Posted March 6, 200916 yr After looking at many Cleveland pics posts, I started thinking about how many of the city's 36 (or so) neighborhoods aren't represented. The "What Cities is UrbanOhio Missing Thread" made me think about this more...since even within the cities that are heavily photographed, a lot of areas go under the radar. So, I was wondering if there are any particular underrepresented areas that you all would like to see photographed in Cleveland and the inner rings? Note: Hopefully this topic wasn't already brought up while I was away from UO for like 4342436 years. Some of my picks are (sorry for the East Side skew): -The area around Rockefeller Park and the cultural gardens with the big old houses (and the supposed pack of rabid dogs :wink:). -Larchmere area -Collinwood, esp. since they are working to turn Waterloo into one of the cities many arts neighborhoods.
March 6, 200916 yr Off the top of my head, and in addition to the ones already mentioned: -The neighborhood around St. Clair, between East 55th/East 79th -Glenville -Clark/Fulton BTW, I had a run in with the Rockefeller dogs during a bike ride in the summer. They may or may not be rabid, and I don't know how dangerous they are, but they definitely are down there. They barked pretty fiercely and ran back and forth along the opposite bank of Doan Creek from me, but didn't come across.
March 6, 200916 yr After looking at many Cleveland pics posts, I started thinking about how many of the city's 36 (or so) neighborhoods aren't represented. The "What Cities is UrbanOhio Missing Thread" made me think about this more...since even within the cities that are heavily photographed, a lot of areas go under the radar. So, I was wondering if there are any particular underrepresented areas that you all would like to see photographed in Cleveland and the inner rings? Note: Hopefully this topic wasn't already brought up while I was away from UO for like 4342436 years. Some of my picks are (sorry for the East Side skew): -The area around Rockefeller Park and the cultural gardens with the big old houses (and the supposed pack of rabid dogs :wink:). -Larchmere area -Collinwood, esp. since they are working to turn Waterloo into one of the cities many arts neighborhoods. I think neighborhoods that are "under represented" are because there are not many people who live in those neighborhoods. Look at this thread http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16801.0.html The most populated area's have the most discussion, photo's/photo threads. Seems like most of UO's Cleveland members live on the Westside. Hence more discussion/photographs of those neighborhoods. I'd like to see more Glenville Lee-Harvard Forest Hills Clark-Fulton Edgewater The far west side area's Admittedly, I could take more pictures of my own neighborhood.
March 6, 200916 yr ^ I have hundreds of Central photos that I'll work on posting when I have downtime.
March 6, 200916 yr North Collinwood? ahh ditto that. it's been like forever since i was back there & we dont see it on uo. i'd love to see whats up these days. hmm. maybe SE cleveland -- like south broadway to lee-miles? maybe some motivated uo'er can start a neighborhood by neighborhood thread tour? that would be cool.
March 6, 200916 yr I´m already doing that...for Columbus (quite a few are more problematic than thought, requiring a bike and bus and bike again for safe entry, and some have an element of danger aside from getting run over). I 2nd Forest Hills and thanks to the wonders of streetview, it's iffy-looking at best, but grit-tastic. There's also a Forest Hill to the southeast (Cleveland Heights area). Might want to do both in one thread to avoid anyone getting confused. Always great to see neighborhoods never-before-seen on UO. Looks like you might have bitten off more than you could chew. ;D
March 6, 200916 yr I´m already doing that...for Columbus (quite a few are more problematic than thought, requiring a bike and bus and bike again for safe entry, and some have an element of danger aside from getting run over). I 2nd Forest Hills and thanks to the wonders of streetview, it's iffy-looking at best, but grit-tastic. There's also a Forest Hill to the southeast (Cleveland Heights area). Might want to do both in one thread to avoid anyone getting confused. Always great to see neighborhoods never-before-seen on UO. Looks like you might have bitten off more than you could chew. ;D The East Cleveland section is gorgeous. http://www.chhistory.org/Places.php The "forest hills" park in Cleveland has been seperated from its E. Cleveland brother by Euclid Avenue but renamed. The sled hill in Forest Hills is amazing. It's even better than Cain Park.
March 6, 200916 yr and you are doing a bang up job too -- we need to clone you for cle neighborhoods!
March 6, 200916 yr I'm certainly going to be due a visit up north. I recall there being a city map with all neighborhoods on the official city website (ahem, Columbus take note :speech: ), but it's gone (bad Cleveland! :whip: ). With lesser-known neighborhoods you generally find interesting gems that, while they don't offer as much as their better-known neighbors, are definitely worth a stop to get off the beaten path, but for others it's quite clear as to why you don't hear much about them. I won't name names: you know who you are.
March 6, 200916 yr I'm certainly going to be due a visit up north. I recall there being a city map with all neighborhoods on the official city website (ahem, Columbus take note :speech: ), but it's gone (bad Cleveland! :whip: ). With lesser-known neighborhoods you generally find interesting gems that, while they don't offer as much as their better-known neighbors, are definitely worth a stop to get off the beaten path, but for others it's quite clear as to why you don't hear much about them. I won't name names: you know who you are. You mean this map? http://www.nhlink.net/neighborhoodtour/nt.php
March 7, 200916 yr I wanna take some pics of Fairfax. I was in the neighborhood yesterday, and there are definitely two sides to the neighborhood; the well known Euclid Ave. side with the Clinic, and the residential portion. The residential part of the neighborhood has been devestated by foreclosures, and I wanna get some pics of the historic (though unfortunatly mostly vacant) housing before it's gone.
March 7, 200916 yr right away, I agree with Stockyards and Fairfax. I agree fairfax sadly is losing those giant houses with interesting details every day. Stockyards has funky workers cottages -also detroyed with regularity. You go down parts of Storer ave and you might as well be the wild west-in every sense of the word. The ramshackle buildings that nearly hang over the narrow street containing saloons, speakeasys and lord knows what else are something else. I have say I have felt like I am out of Cleveland and time driving down there. Snippets of Buckeye have an old Europe feel which is neat. and yes, I am charmed at times by Industrial valley. insanity, I know. Oh Slavic Villiage- amazing and heart breaking all together.
March 7, 200916 yr a lot of those neighborhoods seem artificially designated. who refers to Puritas-Longmead, Riverside, or Jefferson? That's all West Park. No one says, "hey let's go to Goodrich-Kirtland for some Chinese food." Aren't North and South Collinwood and Euclid Green all just Collinwood? That's what my mom would say, anything in the Collinwood High attendance zone (if that exists today).
March 7, 200916 yr a lot of those neighborhoods seem artificially designated. who refers to Puritas-Longmead, Riverside, or Jefferson? That's all West Park. No one says, "hey let's go to Goodrich-Kirtland for some Chinese food." Aren't North and South Collinwood and Euclid Green all just Collinwood? That's what my mom would say, anything in the Collinwood High attendance zone (if that exists today). Sounds like my grand parents. He's like "Glenville is all Glenville & Forest Hills with a small part of Hough". However, those are neighborhood borders, I don't think they've changed in a very long time. School districts can over lap with neighborhood borders.
March 7, 200916 yr Different people define neighborhoods in different ways for a variety of reasons. What you are seeing on the "36 neighborhoods" list are "statistical planning areas", i.e.- what planners use to divide the entire city up into roughly equal chunks for purposes of analyzing trends, planning, and allocating resources. They don't necessarily share boundaries with what "lay" people would consider to be their neighborhood, or with our city's wards, or even with the Community Development Corporation's service areas. Point being, it is a bit of planning arcana which is gaining traction because it is a convenient way of dividing the city up into neighborhoods.
March 8, 200916 yr I would love to see a North Collinwood and/or a Lake Shore Blvd. thread. More on Cleveland neighborhoods: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,14594.msg235954.html#msg235954
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