August 12, 20168 yr I was in town last weekend, and my plane was 5 hours delayed Monday eve and my bags were checked through so bag-free, I hoped the Rapid into downtown ... and was amazed. I hadn't seen Public Square since the Rebol restaurant opened... it and the rest of downtown was pulsing with people and excitement... on a Monday night! Mind you, there was no Indians game or any other major event going on (I think there may have been a show at HOB, but other than that, nothing). Monday's a traditionally dull and slow in most cities, particularly Cleveland, but no more. First the Square was buzzing with people everywhere -- kids, families, Millennials, middle-agers, elderly ... you name it. Folks of practically all races were mixing and mingling; everyone seemed happy; even the cops and Downtown Alliance goodwill ambassadors (some of the latter were playing cameraman/woman taking cellphone photos of people)... The fountains were going (it was 80+ degrees in early nightfall and very humid) and kids and some adults were running through it barefoot. Folks were milling about on the grass and tables at Rebol were all occupied, too. This just reinforces how totally right PS planners got it; to steal an Indians' metaphor, designers hit it out of the park. And along Euclid, there were bikes, bike rickshaws and horse-and-buggies all over the place. Restaurants on E. 4th and along Prospect had tables full of people. Corner Alley was also full of bowlers and barflies. There was either a pool or ping-pong table -- I forget which -- just outside, and along CA's Euclid side, there was a jazz band playing for cash (I dropped a few bucks in the saxophone case). I had to blink a couple times: downtown seemed like a mini-New York, but distinctly Cleveland. I know Cleveland has been on a roll of late, and downtown has been (figuratively) getting hotter and hotter, ... but not like this. All I could do was smile ... and knock down a luke-warm Rebol IPA beer before heading back to Hopkins after an hour or so of walking around in utter amazement.
August 25, 20168 yr My father was over from the UK last month, catching the last day of the RNC. I gave him the grand tour of the city and he raved about Cleveland, downtown especially. He was taken aback at the history and the architecture. He called me Tuesday to say he was watching a documentary on Channel 4 about Trump and that the city came across looking very well indeed. Only the trailer is up right now, but I'm sure C4 will upload the full episode presently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkQBY2sToOg My hovercraft is full of eels
August 26, 20168 yr How Ramon Rivas II Reps Cleveland By Isaac Kozell · August 25, 2016 This is a big weekend for Cleveland comedian Ramon Rivas II. Not only is his collective Accidental Comedy putting on their fifth annual comedy festival with headliners like Beth Stelling and Kurt Braunholer, but he’s also making his television debut with one of the first Comedy Central Half Hours of the season. Rivas is DIY comedy incarnate and an interesting model for any working comedian not residing in an industry-heavy city. I caught up with Rivas poolside on the rooftop of New Orleans’ ACE Hotel as he was getting ready to leave town after his Half Hour taping in April. We talked about his family, the Half Hour, and his true love: Cleveland. http://splitsider.com/2016/08/how-ramon-rivas-ii-reps-cleveland/
September 14, 20168 yr Most Cleveland residents would tell their friends to move here, survey shows (interactive graphics) http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2016/09/most_cleveland_residents_would.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 22, 20168 yr Nice! Although, I must ask, what is Memphis like if she was "amazed at the Galleria??" You don't want to know.
October 2, 20168 yr from today -- play the cleveland where's waldo can you spot little john at the wollybear festival in vermilion? :laugh:
October 6, 20168 yr Congratulations! Cleveland Metroparks awarded ‘Best in the Nation’ A big congratulations to the Cleveland Metroparks! They are the winners of the prestigious 2016 National Gold Medal Award for excellence in Park and Recreation Management. The American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration, in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) gave them the award. The Gold Medal is one of the highest professional awards available to parks and recreation agencies nationwide and involves a stringent qualification and judging process. http://fox8.com/2016/10/06/congratulations-cleveland-metroparks-awarded-best-in-the-nation/ :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :banger: :banger: :banger: :banger: :banger:
October 12, 20168 yr I don't know if there's a thread for nostalgic Cleveland media, so I figured I'd post this here. One of the commercials I remember as a kid was the Hal Artz commercials- I swear the jingle still plays in my head every now and then. Problem is that I can't find a recording of the jingle anywhere! If someone find's a recording of the jingle somewhere, I'll buy them a beer.
October 12, 20168 yr I don't know if there's a thread for nostalgic Cleveland media, so I figured I'd post this here. One of the commercials I remember as a kid was the Hal Artz commercials- I swear the jingle still plays in my head every now and then. Problem is that I can't find a recording of the jingle anywhere! If someone find's a recording of the jingle somewhere, I'll buy them a beer. The showplace of beautiful cars... Hal Artz 5930 Mayfield...
October 25, 20168 yr Why Tuesday will be the very best day to live in Cleveland http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/us/cleveland-believes-in-titles/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 25, 20168 yr On the Today Show this morning, they were talking about the Indians-Cubs matchup and Al Roker said how much he loved Cleveland. He then turned to Matt and Savannah and said "ha ha ha...remember, we had a good time." Matt quickly retorted, "what happens in Cleveland, stays in Cleveland." :)
October 26, 20168 yr The night Cleveland ruled the sports world This is what it looks like when a city finds true love after a lifetime of sports heartbreak: Strangers high-five and hug one another. Hardened cynics find themselves wiping away a stray tear. Fans young and old don goofy costumes and paint their faces, dancing to live music in the cool night air; friends and family snap countless selfies, trying to freeze frame a memory. Thousands of people show up on a cold and windy night, with or without tickets, just to laugh and cheer and soak up the joy of a moment that, even a year ago, would have seemed absurd. For a few hours on Tuesday, downtown Cleveland was the center of the American sports universe. Inside Quicken Loans Arena, the Cavaliers raised a banner and slipped on their championship rings for the first time, then thumped the Knicks 117-88. Barely 100 yards away, the Indians hosted -- and won -- Game 1 of the 2016 World Series, beating the Cubs 6-0. It was a historic night for a city that once seemed would be forever cursed with disappointment, and nowhere was the suddenly surreal optimism more evident than in the giant courtyard between Quicken Loans and Progressive Field. It felt like a party 50 years in the making, a symbolic celebration for a city that's quietly thriving after years of being the butt of jokes. http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17889262/cleveland-indians-cavaliers-host-renaissance-mirrors-modern-cleveland
October 26, 20168 yr Chicago and Cleveland: Architectural cousins now in a baseball brawl By Blair Kamin Chicago Tribune OCTOBER 25, 2016 5:40 PM The Great Lakes, industrial-age grit, big plans by Daniel Burnham — Chicago and Cleveland have a lot in common. If the two cities were people, they would be cousins, a shared identity expressed by the two ballparks hosting the World Series. Both Wrigley Field and Progressive Field are framed in exposed steel, a material synonymous with Rust Belt toughness. One of the best of the retro ballparks, the 22-year-old Progressive (nee Jacobs) Field is a direct descendant of 102-year-old Wrigley — a baseball-only ballpark rather than a multipurpose concrete doughnut, quirky in its dimensions rather than symmetrical, tailored to its urban environs rather sitting in a vast parking lot. The downtown ballpark is by no means Wrigley Redux, but you still sense Wrigley's influence in its graceful Erector Set-like design, just as you feel Chicago's influence elsewhere in the heart of Cleveland. It is a statement of fact, not an exercise in civic boosterism, to say that Cleveland is one of many American cities where Chicago's architects have left a lasting mark. MORE: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-chicago-cleveland-architecture-kamin-met-1026-20161025-column.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 26, 20168 yr Chicago, Cleveland are kindred spirits in more ways than baseball By Phil Rosenthal Chicago Tribune OCTOBER 24, 2016 4:45 PM "Hello, Cleveland!" as they say in the movies. The Cubs and Indians meet Tuesday in the opener of a World Series at least partly defined by their decades-long struggles and the epically elusive epic quest the winning ballclub will at last complete. There's no need for introductions between the cities. Chicago knows Cleveland as surely as it knows itself. Cleveland knows Chicago, another notch in the Rust Belt. MORE: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-cleveland-chicago-world-series-rosenthal-spt-1025-20161024-story.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 26, 20168 yr The night Cleveland ruled the sports world In these days of blogs and Twitter it's nice to actually read something from a professional writer. So much crap out there from those who have no business putting pen to paper. Very nicely written.
October 26, 20168 yr The night Cleveland ruled the sports world In these days of blogs and Twitter it's nice to actually read something from a professional writer. So much crap out there from those who have no business putting pen to paper. Very nicely written. Agreed. Darren Rovell of ESPN had an article yesterday that basically said Lebron, Dan Gilbert, Michael Symon, and Johnathon Sawyer were responsible for Cleveland's resurgence. While they all are valued and important contributors, I felt the article was overly simplistic and overlooked contributions of many many others. Plus he said Lolita was on E 4th!
October 26, 20168 yr Darren Rovell of ESPN had an article yesterday that basically said Lebron, Dan Gilbert, Michael Symon, and Johnathon Sawyer were responsible for Cleveland's resurgence. Now I'd be happy if Sawyer could get the damn t.v.'s to work at Noodlecat. Jonathon, buddy, the Indians are in the WORLD SERIES.
October 26, 20168 yr ^He has 1 cent Miller High lifes at Greenhouse Tavern today, LEAVE THE MAN ALONE! :)
October 26, 20168 yr WHAT?! 1 cent? I would like to partake in that special. Well, considering it's one of the high-profile bars/restaurants in CLE and right on E. 4th, it's probably impossible to even get in the door to take advantage of that tonight. I bet their bartenders and servers are raking in the cash, downtown with all of the madness going on. Usually during big events like this, people tip well and spend a lot of money anyway because they're in such a good mood and happy to be there but with 1 cent beers, people also usually put at least half of that savings into the server / bartender's pocket if they're aware of what's going on. Sometimes for me though, it went the other way because the check didn't clearly itemize discounts and break it all down to show their savings. Actually it mostly went the other way, lol! They usually had good intentions but they weren't thinking, especially if they were drunk and when their food / beverages were heavily discounted and they received their check, they would tip 20% (normally a good tip) but 20% of the discounted bill, thinking that they're doing you a favor with a very respectable percentage. They would even come up to me and hand me their check book and shake my hand right before they left, like they were proud of what they tipped, haha. Like I said, good intentions but that alone doesn't pay the bills :( and work put into drinks or serving tables is proportional to the gross sale so it was easy to get screwed with specials that were damn near giveaways. Still, I bet service workers downtown are doing quite well right about now. At least I hope.
October 27, 20168 yr ^He has 1 cent Miller High lifes at Greenhouse Tavern today, LEAVE THE MAN ALONE! :) I posted on Twitter that maybe Jacobs Field could do something similar, maybe even ten cents. #OrMaybeNot
October 28, 20168 yr Why Cleveland Is America's Hottest City Right Now http://www.forbes.com/sites/petertaylor/2016/10/27/why-cleveland-is-americas-hottest-city-right-now/#16d94d456655
October 29, 20168 yr Why Cleveland Is America's Hottest City Right Now http://www.forbes.com/sites/petertaylor/2016/10/27/why-cleveland-is-americas-hottest-city-right-now/#16d94d456655 Folks this is Forbes, the same magazine that will not send people to Cleveland and put feet on the ground and "see" our city. Take this with a grain of salt as I smell BS!
October 29, 20168 yr Cleveland under the reign of King James http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/cleveland-under-the-reign-of-king-james/article32580739/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 29, 20168 yr Why Cleveland Is America's Hottest City Right Now http://www.forbes.com/sites/petertaylor/2016/10/27/why-cleveland-is-americas-hottest-city-right-now/#16d94d456655 Folks this is Forbes, the same magazine that will not send people to Cleveland and put feet on the ground and "see" our city. Take this with a grain of salt as I smell BS! exactly. doesnt make up for bashing cle for years with their made up listicles. maybe getting their longtime forbes hq office banished from nyc and the village and moved to effing nj has finally humbled them lol!
November 3, 20168 yr Is there a way to get discount tickets for the Rock Hall? My family is coming to Cleveland and I wanted to take them there but it says tickets are $24.50 each on Orbitz. Holy Toledo. I thought there was some special going on, where if you're a Cuyahoga Co. resident, you can get 2 tickets for $20.
November 3, 20168 yr Is there a way to get discount tickets for the Rock Hall? My family is coming to Cleveland and I wanted to take them there but it says tickets are $24.50 each on Orbitz. Holy Toledo. I thought there was some special going on, where if you're a Cuyahoga Co. resident, you can get 2 tickets for $20. https://www.rockhall.com/visit Ticket Prices Members: Always FREE! Become a member. General Admission: $23.50 Military & Northeast Ohio Residents (residents of 440, 441, 442 or 443 zip codes with ID): $19 Seniors (65+ with ID): $21.25 Children ages 9-12: $13.75 Children ages 8 and under: FREE with purchase of adult admission Group Rates (15 or more tickets): See the Group Tickets page for more info. Hotel Packages: Check out our special rates
November 3, 20168 yr I think the discount only applies to Cleveland residents (EDIT: I guess I'm wrong here) Group discounts are available, but you need something like 15-20 people. If you have a AAA membership, there might be a discount available there.
November 4, 20168 yr Is there a way to get discount tickets for the Rock Hall? My family is coming to Cleveland and I wanted to take them there but it says tickets are $24.50 each on Orbitz. Holy Toledo. I thought there was some special going on, where if you're a Cuyahoga Co. resident, you can get 2 tickets for $20. https://www.rockhall.com/visit Ticket Prices Members: Always FREE! Become a member. General Admission: $23.50 Military & Northeast Ohio Residents (residents of 440, 441, 442 or 443 zip codes with ID): $19 Seniors (65+ with ID): $21.25 Children ages 9-12: $13.75 Children ages 8 and under: FREE with purchase of adult admission Group Rates (15 or more tickets): See the Group Tickets page for more info. Hotel Packages: Check out our special rates Yeah, I checked that :( I meant 23.50. That was a typo.
November 4, 20168 yr AAA has tickets for I believe 17.50, but you have to go through certain locations (like Independence).
November 4, 20168 yr Good article on Glenville's Teddy Ginn Sr.: For legendary Cleveland high school football coach, it’s about winning at life “We are losing many people in these black neighborhoods in Cleveland because there is no investment by the city and business leaders,” Ginn said. “What we are trying to do to inspire those who attend our school and play football for us is to have our students be the examples of hope for others and hope for the rest of the city of Cleveland. “I have learned over time that both football and our school are both teaching the same thing,” Ginn said. “We teach them to understand the value of life. Things are not moving fast enough for the African-American community on the east side of Cleveland. What we work with is educating our children that they need to try hard to help their families because in so many cases the families they come from are broken and those families need leadership from them after they graduate high school.” http://theundefeated.com/features/for-legendary-cleveland-high-school-football-coach-its-about-winning-at-life/
November 5, 20168 yr I am generally upset and very critical with the marketing of Downtown, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County & Northeast Ohio, but his is the best produced piece I've seen in decades! :clap: I pray there is a national Media campaign behind this.
November 5, 20168 yr So much has been going on downtown over the summer. They did a really good job of capturing the energy and large crowds. Excellent promo video.
November 5, 20168 yr The food was sensory overload for me. It was all happening so fast and I was trying not to drool everywhere. Did I really see hot dogs with fruit loops as a topping? They do that at Progressive Field? Is that some local tradition I never knew about? Fruitloops on a hot dog sound like a horrible idea! I guess I'd try it once, though.
November 5, 20168 yr Yup--its from Happy Dog (which has a full restaurant in Gordon Square and an outpost at the jake/progressive field). Its relatively new in the ballpark
November 5, 20168 yr That is a great video. My only question is: who is it for? Who is the audience? Echoing MyTwoSense's comment, is there a media campaign this is part of? This video itself is obviously not tv commercial length, so is there a shorter one that's being put out there? Living in the DC area, I see ads everyday for Columbus targeted at millennials (see this article: http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2015/03/30/they-want-us-to-move-where-columbus-istrying-to.html) So I hope the Downtown Cleveland Alliance has a marketing campaign outside of Cleveland to spread this positive message, because there's a lot of good news to spread. Looking at their website, I didn't see anything about outreach to other areas.
November 5, 20168 yr That is a great video. My only question is: who is it for? Who is the audience? Echoing MyTwoSense's comment, is there a media campaign this is part of? This video itself is obviously not tv commercial length, so is there a shorter one that's being put out there? Living in the DC area, I see ads everyday for Columbus targeted at millennials (see this article: http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2015/03/30/they-want-us-to-move-where-columbus-istrying-to.html) So I hope the Downtown Cleveland Alliance has a marketing campaign outside of Cleveland to spread this positive message, because there's a lot of good news to spread. Looking at their website, I didn't see anything about outreach to other areas. It's General Market.
November 5, 20168 yr That is a great video. My only question is: who is it for? Who is the audience? Echoing MyTwoSense's comment, is there a media campaign this is part of? This video itself is obviously not tv commercial length, so is there a shorter one that's being put out there? Living in the DC area, I see ads everyday for Columbus targeted at millennials (see this article: http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2015/03/30/they-want-us-to-move-where-columbus-istrying-to.html) So I hope the Downtown Cleveland Alliance has a marketing campaign outside of Cleveland to spread this positive message, because there's a lot of good news to spread. Looking at their website, I didn't see anything about outreach to other areas. I'm not sure of their intentions for promoting the video but I've seen similar Cleveland videos on websites where I've filled out job applications. I can't remember if it was when I applied for IBM - Watson or IBM - UrbanCode (the two IBM subsidiaries I know of in Cleveland) but one of them had a similar video on the jobs section of their website. They have to reach out to job-seekers nationwide as they have ridiculously high expectations for applicants, require very specialized skills and in an effort to convince people outside the region to apply, they also need to pitch Cleveland as the majority of applicants would have to relocate. As great as these videos are, I don't think they actually get viewed by very many people but it can have a pretty substantial impact on the city from the few who do see them.
November 7, 20168 yr I am generally upset and very critical with the marketing of Downtown, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County & Northeast Ohio, but his is the best produced piece I've seen in decades! :clap: I pray there is a national Media campaign behind this. Notice how completely the 80s MTV technique of rapid fire cuts has penetrated advertising.
November 10, 20168 yr the aol "you've got mail!" guy: http://nypost.com/2016/11/07/the-youve-got-mail-guy-is-doing-this-now/
November 11, 20168 yr My sister used to work with him at Channel 3. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 16, 20178 yr Awesome: https://t.co/zVIsMHcxI1 From: https://twitter.com/AmericanBusAssn https://www.facebook.com/AmericanBusAssociation/
March 3, 20178 yr In my spare time I've been reading every rock music biography I can get my hands on. One thing they all seem to have in common is special mention for playing pivotal shows and generally having a great time in Cleveland, OH. Swingos Celebrity Inn is usually at the center of these stories, it's really hard to believe some of them...just wild. That place needs to be put on the National Register. Anyhow, here's an excerpt from the latest book, "A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton." The first stop was Cleveland, where the Box Tops were set to appear on Upbeat, a teen show that aired on Cleveland's WEWS-TV, Channel 5. Started in 1964, the groundbreaking program featured as many as fourteen artists during its hour-long time slot on Saturdays at 5 p.m. The show featured touring acts ranging from the Cowsills to Johnny Cash, The Velvet Underground to James Brown, as well as locals like Eric Carmen (whole band the Raspberries would begin its string of hits around the time of Big Star's formation). Syndicated in more than one hundred markets, Upbeat helped promote acts' records nationally. "We would tape it on Saturday afternoon, rehearsal started at nine, took a break at noon, came back at one thirty and shot the show and hopefully it was done by five o'clock when you had to see it," recalled Dave Spero, son of the program's creator, Ray Spero. "The videotape of each one-hour Upbeat episode would be copied nine times, sent to a station in each of the top ten markets, played, then that station would send it to a station in the next lower market size, shipped or 'bicycled' from market to market. An artist like Tommy James and the Shondells, they put out a song like 'Mony Mony,' well, all of a sudden they're on in ten cities. Next week they're on in ten more. They could follow the show with live performances and get hit records, which a lot of them really give Upbeat credit for." In the days before MTV, shows like Upbeat promoted records to an eager audience of teenagers.
March 3, 20178 yr In my spare time I've been reading every rock music biography I can get my hands on. Mix in John Gorman's "Buzzard" if you haven't read it yet.
March 3, 20178 yr I am generally upset and very critical with the marketing of Downtown, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County & Northeast Ohio, but his is the best produced piece I've seen in decades! :clap: I pray there is a national Media campaign behind this. Notice how completely the 80s MTV technique of rapid fire cuts has penetrated advertising. Watched this video today and have a question. At the 30 second point in the video there is a few seconds showing what to me looks like video possibly taken either in the old Higbee Building on the upper floors where Quicken Loans moved their Cleveland Offices, or possibly the video was filmed in the Halle Building. Are either of these correct, or was the video taken in another building downtown?
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