Posted December 20, 200816 yr I figured maybe we could just do a Cleveland Youtube thread on some of the past events and memories of Cleveland. This one video is kind of cool since I was only 5 and didn't really remember how Downtown looked like. It was interesting to see the building that was being destroyed to make way for the eventual Society Center. Also there are video shots from the observation deck showing downtown and overlooking the lake. Still odd to see the lake front before the whole north coast harbor was being built up.
December 20, 200816 yr Terminal is a gorgeous building. If he knew he was going to make a video of Cleveland from his car, you'd think he would clean the bird sh!t off of his window first!
December 20, 200816 yr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV6sI5Lmy98&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o72vcr4HeQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esbix1o2MXk
December 20, 200816 yr "It was interesting to see the building that was being destroyed to make way for the eventual Society Center." That was the Engineers Building: clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
December 20, 200816 yr The greatest Cleveland television personality ever, Dorothy Fuldheim: http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 20, 200816 yr The greatest Cleveland television personality ever, Dorothy Fuldheim: Ms. Thing was FIERCE!
December 20, 200816 yr OMG...The Upbeat Show (there was a time, kids, when the big stars would come to Cleveland and perform on tv!), Polka Varieties and Gene Carroll!! (I know there are only maybe three people out there who remember any of this :roll:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzyltTM8xdk&hl=en http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 20, 200816 yr Cleveland winter weather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM4eDC-tS8M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCHidgPJa1Q Note there's none of the hype that current news stations push every time two flurries fall - "Breaking News - Fierce Snow Blizzard Emergency Ice Warning Frost Crisis Winter Blast Frigid Catastrophe Panic Conditions grip Northeast Ohio"
December 20, 200816 yr This was pretty cool also. Where were those fountains and water shown at 4:25-4:28? Was that still Euclid Beach? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10geApZ3VkA&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1 For whatever reason the video shows up when I preview but not when I save it for a post :(
December 20, 200816 yr okay, there's gotta be at least one person who remembers the Flying Turns and the Thriller (but probably not :cry:): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHcQUpRL8Ck&hl=en&fs=1 http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 20, 200816 yr "It was interesting to see the building that was being destroyed to make way for the eventual Society Center." That was the Engineers Building: Ouch!
December 20, 200816 yr well the building didn't look like that when torn down. Then I guess my reply would stay the same.
December 21, 200816 yr Just in time for Christmas! I'm getting a little Kerklempt, reading this thread!
December 21, 200816 yr This was pretty cool also. Where were those fountains and water shown at 4:25-4:28? Was that still Euclid Beach? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10geApZ3VkA&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1 For whatever reason the video shows up when I preview but not when I save it for a post :( The Hanna Fountains were downtown on the mall above the convention center: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,13435.0.html http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16980.0.html
December 22, 200816 yr I remember Lawson's - at my neighborhood Lawson's, I had the high score on Ms. Pac-Man for several months running. :-D clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
December 23, 200816 yr Notice the still intact buildings on the south side of Prospect. Thanks for tearing those down parking lot bastards...
December 23, 200816 yr Notice the still intact buildings on the south side of Prospect. Thanks for tearing those down parking lot bastards... Which post are you referring to?
December 23, 200816 yr North Royalton Days (every suburb had one) Lost in the Dark Aero Dips Over the Falls Humphrey's caramel corn and Salt water taffy Imagine my surprise while in Osaka and saw this:
December 23, 200816 yr North Royalton Days (every suburb had one) Lost in the Dark Aero Dips Over the Falls Humphrey's caramel corn and Salt water taffy Imagine my surprise while in Osaka and saw this: I think I read that Lawson's is now a big thing in Japan. That font brings back memories. I remember when it opened in my little Painesville neighborhood. I was obsessed with the "chipped-chopped ham." Little wonder I had a weight problem as a child. It did great business for a few years until a Convenient Food Mart opened up across the street. Eventually the Lawson's became a liquor store--another highly lucrative enterprise for my part of town! re: "Lost in the Dark"--did you mean "Laff (or was it spelled correctly?)-in-the-Dark?" I don't think I ever rode "Over the Falls." I was convinced that the sheer drop would send me hurtling out of the boat. Then again, I was a real wuss about amusement park rides. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 23, 200816 yr Notice the still intact buildings on the south side of Prospect. Thanks for tearing those down parking lot bastards... Which post are you referring to? The first video when the guys are on the observation deck.
December 30, 200816 yr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGHIgq2tpQ&hl=en&fs=1 http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 31, 200816 yr Houlihan and Big Chuck would just rip on Parma, Parma Hts. and Seven Hills. I know, I loved Parma Place. You're probably too young to remember Ghoulardi. I remember the sweatshirt and the mug from Manners with some weird Ghoulardi beverage that was blue. But there's more! Woodrow the Woodsman, Barnaby and Mike Douglas (imagine, a nationally syndicated entertainment show from Cleveland!!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9FpqJ5mgNQ&hl=en&fs=1 http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 31, 200816 yr actually I think the following clip is the prequel to the one I just sent: http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 31, 200816 yr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGtLIvGw52E&hl=en&fs=1 http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
March 24, 200916 yr Interesting!: "Relive the last days of the streetcar in Cleveland with this lyrical, avant-garde film completed shortly after they were gone forever. Catch a glimpse of Cleveland in the 1950s and witness people from all walks of life rubbing shoulders in cramped cars as seen through the lens of acclaimed local photographer Jasper Wood." http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
March 24, 200916 yr Interesting!: "Relive the last days of the streetcar in Cleveland with this lyrical, avant-garde film completed shortly after they were gone forever. Catch a glimpse of Cleveland in the 1950s and witness people from all walks of life rubbing shoulders in cramped cars as seen through the lens of acclaimed local photographer Jasper Wood." Great find. Awesome to see trains crossing the D-S bridge. And that CTS ticket booth on Public Square. Wow!\ I also like the fact that people were appropriately dressed. I love the advertisments for long gone places like stouffers and the arena.
March 24, 200916 yr Wow that was cool... and sad at the same time. That is the first time I've seen the old cars crossing the bridge.
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