Posted May 5, 200817 yr Erie Street Cemetery, one of Cleveland's oldest. Unfortunately this baby really shows it age, from vandals, soot, pollution and I suppose just old age, she's quite rough around the edges. Standing in the shadows of Jacobs/Progressive field, it provides a peculiar respite from downtown, Map. Pretty much everything is 19th century, and many predate the Civil War. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History provides a nice write-up Lighting wasn't perfect, but neither am I, Progressive's lights in the background I have to wonder what one would do with a head stone Powerwash me. Fix me. Not sure who is supporting who here. Eep! I'm callin' domino. Very few headstones are readable today, one of the few exceptions. Well it is spring after all. Notice the wear around the base of the Urn. I think this photo is level and the monument is crooked. Seems like when some fall over, they were just left down. Cleveland's 1st Permanent White Settlers With the Yankees in town, plenty of blimps for everyone. Requisite shot. Dirt McGirt I forget the placard, but something something, graves moved, graves moved back.... Go Tribe. Eerily peaceful. He has a write up at the Clev-Encyclopedia. He haunts Progressive Field to this day.... He was a big fan of Joc-O-Sot Green! Colours! Its a me! Mario! Boogity Old/new or something. CHOMP!
May 5, 200817 yr Random. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 5, 200817 yr Nice! Old cemeteries sometimes provide a striking contrast in an urban setting. I can't remember the name of it, but there's another beautiful very old cemetery on the east side of W 25th around Mapledale/Archwood. It has a varied topography, with some graves atop a bluff and some below.
May 5, 200817 yr It may be old but it can be maintained better. Is the city responsible for the cemetery?
May 10, 200817 yr That's an awesome cemetary! I'm telling my family to bury me there so I can have an excuse to haunt it every night. (assuming there's space left)
September 21, 200915 yr I photographed the cemetery about a year before you, and I'm impressed to see in your photos that the Carter couple had that new stone. It was not there in early spring of 2007. Also to who asked, I'm pretty sure the city is responsible for it. But apparently the people who have passed long before us aren't a top priority. And as I recall they had some fairly recent burials there when I took my pictures. (I think, but I'm not sure, the latest one was in 2004, that I saw.)
September 21, 200915 yr Count the graves and add it to Cleveland's downtown residency statistics. Hey we are not Chicago! Nice Pics,
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