Posted December 13, 200717 yr Hi All, I am currently working at an agency out of state on some Ohio projects. I am looking for iconic images of Cleveland, Columbus and Cincy. As I lived in Cleveland, I feel like I have a good understanding of what those images should be...but I admit that I need assistance for C-bus & Cincinnati. Can anyone name like the top 10 landmarks or iconic images that should be a part of each city's collage? For example, the horseshoe and a buck for Columbus. Thanks all!
December 13, 200717 yr cincinnati: tyler davidson fountain flying pig statues at saywer point music hall union terminal a steamboat
December 13, 200717 yr Cleveland I'd have to say #1 easily being Terminal Tower. You could throw the Free stamp in there too.
December 13, 200717 yr Free Stamp?? No! Terminal Tower West Side Market Art Museum as taken from across Wade lagoon Rock Hall Guardians of Transportation on the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge
December 13, 200717 yr A cool collage for Columbus could be: 1. The Horseshoe 2. The LeVeque 3. The Statehouse Other iconic images: Nationwide Arena The Short North Arches Schiller Park/German Village Goodale Park/Victorian Village Franklin Park Conservatory The Santa Maria COSI Mirror Lake and Oxley Hall The Wexner Center Buckeye Football Helmet Blue Jackets Goalie Mask Jack Nicklaus Jack Hanna Archie Griffin Woody Hayes
December 13, 200717 yr *Basically every bridge that crosses the Cuyahoga could be part of a collage (Swing, Jack Knife, Bascule, Lift, High Level. *Ore boat plowing up the river. *Steel Mills
December 13, 200717 yr Free Stamp?? No! Free Stamp.. YES!! Everyone knows it.. you may not like it, but you know it. Also, the Soldiers & Sailors monument in Public Square.
December 13, 200717 yr "Free Stamp?? No!" Disregard this forumer's comment - he's normally quite lucid but apparently has had a momentary lapse. :-) Seriously though - the Free Stamp is a terrific work of public art. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
December 13, 200717 yr Doesn't anyone else think that the free stamp is cheesy and embarrassing? C'mon people, its art. There should be some cut and dry opinions! ;)
December 13, 200717 yr Top 10 Cleveland Iconic Images, including suggestions from above: -Terminal Tower -Rock Hall -Carnegie Bridge Guardians -West Side Market -Ore boat navigating Cuyahoga -Soldiers and Sailors Monument -Fountain of Eternal Life -Severance Hall -Jacobs Field -Any good flats bridges shot
December 13, 200717 yr CINCINNATI 1. Roebling Bridge 2. Union Terminal 3. Music Hall 4. Findley Market 5. Fountain Square 6. Carew Tower (or the money shot from either Newport or Covington of the entire skyline) 7. Sunlite Pool at Coney Island 8. Belle of Cincinnati 9. Freedom Center 10. and last but not least a CHEESE CONEY. (nuff said)
December 13, 200717 yr Columbus: Leveque Tower, The Ohio State House, A picture of the skyline with the Scioto River in the foreground.
December 13, 200717 yr Doesn't anyone else think that the free stamp is cheesy and embarrassing? C'mon people, its art. There should be some cut and dry opinions! ;) Not as much as a collage that included this ...
December 13, 200717 yr Doesn't anyone else think that the free stamp is cheesy and embarrassing? C'mon people, its art. There should be some cut and dry opinions! ;) A friend of mine from Columbus saw the Free Stamp for the first time, said it was horrible, and felt "it should be put in front of the welfare building" on Superior Avenue. As for true icons, the Terminal Tower is the first choice. I hate to say it but the Rock Hall ought to be considered. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 13, 200717 yr I'll add in my two cents for my alma mater & a tourist attraction - the Peter B. Lewis building, home to the Weatherhead School of Management, at Case Western Reserve University. Yep, all those names :)
December 13, 200717 yr Cincinnati: Union Terminal Carew & Central Trust Towers Fountain Square Music Hall Roebling Bridge Cleveland: The three tallest buildings Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame Westside Market Superior Avenue Bridge A lighthouse and a salt mine Columbus: Ohio Statehouse Ohio Stadium LeVeque Tower Ohio Library (OSU) German Village house "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 13, 200717 yr I hate to say it but the Rock Hall ought to be considered. I agree. Same with the Free Stamp. I don't love or hate it (one of the few that doesn't have a strong opinion on it), but I guess I have to recognize it as "iconic" when it comes to Cleveland.
December 13, 200717 yr I'm going to be honest. The Free Stamp may be a local landmark for Cleveland but as an outside opinion, it's definately not the first couple of landmarks that pop in my head. I still have yet to actually see it in person. Clearly, the Rock Hall, the Terminal Tower, the Westside Market, and even the bridges over the Cuyahoga stand out, which I'm presuming is what the thread starter is looking for. Instant iconic images. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 13, 200717 yr Anyone mention Gateway for Cleveland? Great Lakes brewing company. the Lake (Edgewater looking west) a burning river (JUST KIDDING) and FREE STAMP ROCKS! The history of the piece of art is so cool too. I love how its history actually changed the meaning of the artwork.
December 14, 200717 yr 8. Belle of Cincinnati I'm sure you mean the Delta Queen? Oh sure, absolutely! If it is in town, but the Belle is really the closest thing we have to an iconic riverboat. (Even with it's fake features) it looks pretty cool with skyline shot behind it. (Obviously not in this pic.)
December 17, 200717 yr Okay, I'm not familiar with Cleveland AT ALL, but as an outsider there are three things that I see as purely Cleveland. 1) Terminal Tower from Public Square 2) That crazy statue of the person reaching upward. (I LOVE that statue, but have no clue what it is) 3) Those guardians on that bridge. 4) Runners up are Rock Hall and that market building (WestSide, maybe?)
December 17, 200717 yr "Better Yet! BEHOLD, THE QUEEN IS IN THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Oh honey, I've been here for quite some time but thanks for the proclamation! ;-) ajknee, the "crazy" statue is the War Memorial Fountain or 'Peace Arising from the Flames of War' - take your pick. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
December 17, 200717 yr Ooh, yeah. That's the one. To me, it's an amazing sort of contemporary gothicism. I really wish we could explore a style such as this in the architectural field.
December 17, 200717 yr For the Cleveland list, I'd also consider the wind turbine. While it might not have the history of some of the other landmarks mentioned, it does have a distinctive quality (personally, I've never seen a wind turbine in the CBD in any of the cities I've visited) and speaks to the overall brand image that Cleveland is trying to carve out ... an industrial city reinventing itself as a center for green technology. Moreover, local Charles Brush's wind turbine was the first example of an electricity-generating turbine in the world ... that's pretty cool.
December 20, 200717 yr Would the Botanical and Cultural Gardens be considered top Cleveland Landmarks?
December 20, 200717 yr Yea, all three C's zoos. Does C-lands zoo include the Botanical Gardens or is it seperate?
December 20, 200717 yr Clevelands zoo is south of downtown (in Brooklyn or Tremont?) and the both gardens are in University Circle.
January 3, 200817 yr Clevelands zoo is south of downtown (in Brooklyn or Tremont?) and the both gardens are in University Circle. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is located in Old Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre on the Near West Side. I think that Old Brooklyn claims it.
January 3, 200817 yr They list it as Cleveland. I think it's one of those weird, small little slices that goes deep to grab something (ie how the Airport is).
January 3, 200817 yr It is Cleveland, Old Brooklyn and Brooklyn Centre are Cleveland neighborhoods. You are probably thinking the City of Brooklyn which is separate.
January 10, 200817 yr Cleveland - Images (not previously listed) - Cuyahoga Valley (at dusk) - Old County Courthouse (front facade or the center lobby) - Garfield's tomb (views of and from) - The Blue Angel AND..... - an orange contruction barrell
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