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    So I went to visit a friend in Findlay OH over the weekend for the purpose of going to the haunted Mansfield Reformatory Prison on Saturday night. So he's from down near Columbus originally and has on

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    Saturday May 18th. Biked to Playoff Hockey, lunch at Asian Festival and evening Baseball. Total ~$30      

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    KJP

    To redirect from the SHW HQ thread, here's a few photos on the busy downtown scene on a hot June Wednesday evening....      

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Very cool

I was there but only had my phone so the pics aren't the best. Ill post some up later.

^ wow that looks great - did anybody attend? more pics??

 

here is a fun dailynews review of times sq festivities:

http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/revelers-flock-times-square-nye-article-1.1562330

 

 

I popped by for a little while right around midnight.  I guess a lot of people had the same idea, as it seemed more crowded outside the barriers than in.  I was surprised by how many people came- I'd guess 10-20,000.  Seeing the fireworks and the crowd in the fairly heavy snow was a really unique experience.

I was there and I can say that this was easily the best event that I have been to since living in Cleveland. Props to Ohio Homecoming.

 

Landing Krewella was HUGE. I believe the signed the contract soon before Krewella's popularity took off in the past year. I know a lot of people don't know who they are, but a lot do and they have sold out Cleveland twice. I heard that they wanted to renegotiate the contract with their popularity, but fortunately Ohio homecoming was able to hold strong. People came from Chicago and Columbus just for them, as did I. :)

 

After 10:00, the lines to get in were wrapping all the way around the casino and down towards the Tower City Valet. The police did a great job with security too.

 

This was a huge win for Cleveland and I can only imagine the event will receive more funding next year considering the massive turn out.

 

For some good pictures, search #CLErocksNYE on twitter or Instagram!

Thanks. Lots of good pics. Here's my fave.....

 

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"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

Awesome! Thanks Ctownrocks1

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

I've seen a lot of posts about how many people were at the event, both in the fenced-in area and the whole of Public Square. These numbers have ranged from 2,000 - 10,000. I have not, however, seen anything stating "official" numbers.

Has anybody else seen anything out there?

I think the last real blowout I had to bring in the New Year was for the millenium and I went downtown.  The Isley Brothers were playing on Public Square iirc.  Has there really not been any New Year's celebrations since then?

Im glad Cleveland finally has some sort of celebration, but would like to see something for everyone in the future. Ohio Homecoming seems to hold events aimed at 20yr olds who want to party, dance, and drink. This reminds me of their Cleveland Birthday event on the mall b, except it's winter. Its still nice to have something, but hopefully in the next few years we get an event that is for children, parents, young adults, and seniors, something everyone can attend.

I've seen a lot of posts about how many people were at the event, both in the fenced-in area and the whole of Public Square. These numbers have ranged from 2,000 - 10,000. I have not, however, seen anything stating "official" numbers.

Has anybody else seen anything out there?

 

Not sure if its official but Newsnet 5 reported about 10,000 people attended. There were still a good amount of people waiting to get in around 11:00 and hopefully they did make it in at least before midnight.

And that was with the crappy weather. Not bad.

i was very interested in the event although i did not go.  It sounds like there were a few glitches but thats OK because safety was a priority and that was executed well. Only two arrests for disorderly conduct.  WOIO did a poor job, but i think for a first year...bravo.  I think next year you target non-stop entertainment, kind of like a cavs game. There was some dead air where Drew Carey was just talking to people on stage.  Get the crowd going all the time, try to get some athletes, chefs, other local celebs, etc.  I am glad they had this because I actually envisioned this a few years back, but i envisioned it in Star plaza, which has more of a Times Square look.  Ill be there next year

 

 

I always envisioned a better location (especially if public square is under construction one day) on mall A B and C ... I think that space could be awesome for large events like this but it's never used... The music could be up on the rise on lakeside, the crowd all around in A B and the other side ©. You could utilize taller buildings like the Huntington tower, Key tower, future Hilton etc. for a countdown, fireworks etc.  What do you guys think?

^maybe if NYE is a big hit, a summer festival on the Mall could be pulled off

^"Cleveland has its very own professional soccer team, the Cleveland Royals".

 

(#6 on: http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/01/10-things-british-cleveland-oh/)

 

Never heard of them. Do they have a following? I hope they do well and get the support of the community.

 

Upon research, I discovered we have an "air supported dome[d]" stadium:

 

The 1,680 seat stadium [at CSU] was built in 1985 and has received many upgrades since, including the addition of an air supported dome in winter months to provide an indoor practice facility. The field surface is FieldTurf.

 

http://www.afccleveland.com/field/index.html

 

This was a topic expounded upon a few pages back.

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Now we know for sure.

 

Huey Lewis, whose band Huey Lewis and the News plays the Hard Rock Rocksino Friday night, really WAS referring to Cleveland in the song, “The Heart of Rock and Roll.’’

 

“It was written after a gig in Cleveland early on in 1981 or something like that,’’ Lewis said in a call from the Montana ranch he calls home.

 

“We’d always heard that the heart of rock ‘n’ roll was Cleveland, and we’d say ‘Wow, we’re from San Francisco. We had the Grateful Dead! We had Jefferson Airplane! What’s Cleveland got?’’’

 

That all changed in one night.

 

“We played there, I think it was at the Agora, and we had this unbelievable gig,’’ Lewis said. “On the bus ride out, I’m looking at the landscape and I said, ‘Boys, the heart of rock ‘n’ roll really IS in Cleveland.’’’

 

http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2014/01/huey_lewis_and_the_news_return.html#incart_river

Huey Lewis' band was Elvis Costello's back up band on his first album.

 

Further: I can't stand [glow=red,2,300]The Grateful Dead [/glow].  I don't remember them having any "music" in the hit rotation or high in the sales charts.

Huey Lewis' band was Elvis Costello's back up band on his first album.

 

Further: I can't stand [glow=red,2,300]The Grateful Dead [/glow].  I don't remember them having any "music" in the hit rotation or high in the sales charts.

 

Now that Elvis Costello bit of info is surprising! Good trivia!!

 

p.s. I was never a Dead fan but I do really dig their song "Uncle John's Band." It sounds a lot like Crosby Stills and Nash to me. The album single of UJB, that is - a lot of their live material I just can't listen to.

There are probably a few tunes I would want to hear again, but most of their standards are way lame.

Not really sure what this is, but CLE is one of three US cities for which you can vote for for some sustainability recognition:

 

http://www.welovecities.org/

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i was reading a wiki on australia's most famous dessert, lamington cakes, when suddenly:

 

"Lamingtons have also been popular in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, for many decades. There, they are usually called coconut bars. Some bakeries in cities with many former Clevelanders, such as Los Angeles, also make them, under various names, such as Cleveland bars and rum bars which have rum extract added to the chocolate icing."

 

Two things you don't see in the suburbs on Valentines Day:

 

1) Scantly clad women in front of the Soldier's and Sailor's Monument bringing awareness to PETA:

 

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2) Marriages done in Tower City

 

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Or pink ice on Wade Oval....

 

"@TomLivingston5: Wade Oval rink is packed. For Valentine's Day ice is pink. @inthecircle  @WEWS http://t.co/Aod0mjAsf1"

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

^ I was there and its such a great thing to have. Free to skate and rentals only cost $3. Its nice to see the families come down as well.

 

You westsiders need to make a trip out here sometime!  :wink:

 

Wade Oval Wednesday is also a great event during the summer.

^and sprawl.  Beat cops are only effective in dense neighborhoods

i had no idea, but just sort of assumed those policing innovations popped up here, there and everywhere over the years, but not true. it was all ness and his cohorts in cleveland.

^and sprawl.  Beat cops are only effective in dense neighborhoods

 

These changes were in 1935.  Sprawl didn't really kick into high gear until after the war. 

^I was speaking more generally, not in response to Ness's own conclusions based on costs and the City's makeup in 1935.  I've personally never advocated for beat patrols city-wide, but rather only in specified areas where it would be effective, which we still have to a certain minimally acceptable degree

Hiding Out in Ohio: Bioscience

 

Down the street from Jake Orville’s office in downtown Cleveland, you can hear the cutting of steel gears from a nearly 100-year-old manufacturer of machinery parts. Just beyond that lies Millionaire’s Row, a stretch of historic homes built by industrial tycoons like John Rockefeller and Western Union founder Jeptha Wade, who dominated the city in the late 1800s and early 1900s. But in the midst of these landmarks to the city’s legacy as a manufacturing powerhouse, Orville and his team are working on something Rockefeller and Wade could never have envisioned: patented technologies to test for heart disease

 

http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/bioscience-and-big-money-spark-a-rust-belt-renaissance/6556.article

 

Check out the bar graphs

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The treasures that lie within the city borders. Awesome quote, which I feel embodies the attitude in Cleveland:

 

"The Cleveland Public Library is a library, not a museum, so you actually could come here and sit with it if you wanted to," Brown told Cleveland's Fox 8.

 

 

The Cleveland Public Library Found a Lost First Edition Copy of 'A Christmas Carol'

 

 

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/12/cleveland-public-library-found-lost-first-edition-copy-christmas-carol/7957/

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