Posted March 22, 200817 yr Per Blinker 12's suggestion, I'm including some neighborhood shots this time.
March 22, 200817 yr WOW @ the Great Lakes Brewery before... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 22, 200817 yr WOW @ the Great Lakes Brewery before... Around 1979 that place was in business as the Market Street Exchange. My BF at the time worked there, as did some of his friends. I think you had to be gay to be a waiter there. Great shots! That Amalgamated Union Hall is wonderful.
March 22, 200817 yr That second house on East. 25th is my favorite in the city, after the four townhouses on Prospect at East 36th. Both of those East 25th St. homes appear to be in better shape today than they were then.
March 22, 200817 yr Amazing shots, BarneyBoy... Love those old boat-like 70s-era cars; what'd those things get, like 5 MPG? And the Huron-Prospect Point lows my mind... The area, esp Prospect, was a total dump in those days... Compare that corner's trendy existence today, with the Winking Lizard, Pointe condos & Kent's Urban Design Insititute, among others.
March 22, 200817 yr Stouffer's and Halles! BarneyBoy, this trip down memory lane is killing me - I a good way. For anyone who states downtown has not improved, they should be directed to BB's threads.
March 23, 200817 yr Freakin' awesome threads. Northwest Orient!?! Where's People's Express! Braniff! These pics, along with Ink's roaming moves around the state, are hands down the best pics threads on here. And MTS is right, overall downtown is leaps and bounds better today than it was 25 years ago. Barney, weren't most of these pics in the "Cleveland: You've gotta be tough" T-shirt era? Or was that earlier? Feels very early 80's, maybe just after the Kardiac Kids, or around the summer of the All-Star game. This pic is newer though, I see the USA Today box on the corner.
March 24, 200817 yr Great stuff! And those are also early 80s shots. The Cuyahoga and Williamson buildings on Public Square were demolished in 1983 for Sohio. Brings back so many memories. I can just imagine listening to the car stereo while driving down Prospect, listening to Culture Club, Soft Cell and Human League on 92Q - The Rock of the 80s or G-98! Throw in some radio ads in there for Sony Beta tapes, Zayre's, Cotton Club ginger ale, Sohio's forecast low ("You go or Sohio pays the tow") and we've completed the trip down memory lane. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 25, 200817 yr For some reason, I thought Theo's Restaurant was on Memphis and Pearl across from Deacones in Old Brooklyn. Great Photo's!
March 25, 200817 yr It is, or at least until very recently. I believe Theo's has closed. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 25, 200817 yr fantastic pics -- keep'em coming. gotta love the one of the market street exchange aka great lakes brewpub --- and note the boarded up future wine bar on the corner of it. i can remember it all looking like that. these threads remind me of getting old and of an old broadway song.... ARTIST: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe TITLE: I Remember It Well We met at nine We met at eight I was on time No, you were late Ah yes! I remember it well We dined with friends We dined alone A tenor sang A baritone Ah yes! I remember it well That dazzling April moon There was none that night And the month was June That's right! That's right! It warms my heart to know that You remember still the way you do Ah yes! I remember it well How often I've thought of that Friday (Monday) night When we had our last rendezvous And somehow I've foolishly wondered If you might by some chance be thinking of it too? That carriage ride You walked me home You lost a glove I lost a comb Ah yes! I remember it well That brilliant sky We had some rain Those Russian songs From sunny Spain? Ah yes! I remember it well You wore a gown of gold I was all in blue Am I getting old? Oh no! Not you! How strong you were, how young and gay A prince of love in every way Ah yes! I remember it well
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