June 7, 201213 yr We can all thank Judge Alvin "Buddy" Krenzler for the disppearance of most of that. What bad luck for us that he would know to start demolition that morning before the legal 8:00AM hour.
June 10, 201213 yr University Circle Wow! Look at how much housing (and apartment blocks) UH demolished! Could you all post dates of these photos? The distant view of the Cleveland skyline was taken 1985-89 (Key's construction cranes were visible by early 1990). That era was personally a great time for me. And what is the reason for the parade on Euclid? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 17, 201212 yr Does anyone know the story with the Embassy Theater? It looks like the National City Building razed it or the modernist building constructed in the 40s that I cannot recall.
June 18, 201212 yr Does anyone know the story with the Embassy Theater? It looks like the National City Building razed it or the modernist building constructed in the 40s that I cannot recall. Built by Waldemar Otis as the Columbia Theater and opened 12 Sept. 1887, the Embassy was closed on 1 Dec. 1977 and razed to make way for the Natl. City Bank building. Here's the details: http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=ET
June 19, 201212 yr Welcome Coleman! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 22, 201212 yr Can you imagine if this was still the entrance for the City Club? This would also be the best CVS entrance in the WORLD!!!
June 23, 201212 yr Except for the loss of Hickox Building (NW corner, replaced by Bond Clothing store in the late 40s, which then succumbed to the white NCB tower), the intersection of East 9th and Euclid may have kept more of its architectural gems than most intersections downtown. I consider the Lennox apartment building on the NE corner that gave way to the Union Commerce Bank (later Huntington) building was an improvement. The Lennox.... Interior of Union Commerce Bank.... Then you have the Cleveland Trust Bank rotunda on the SE corner. And then of course the Schofield Building on the SW corner. To paraphrase Meatloaf, 3 out of 4 ain't bad.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 23, 201212 yr I love that stretch of Euclid because, well just look at that picture, every building still exists. They are historic, and have good height to them. Its a shame to see that stretch look the way it does today, but atleast it hasn't been demolished. And within the next ten years, even less, I expect to see that stretch revitalized.
June 23, 201212 yr haha i remember going in the funky bond. unfortunately these unique buildings like bond and the ornate buildings are the first to go, too hard to maintain/update. *** as its about that time of year - the first cle airshows http://www.clevelandairshow.com/press_room/natlairraces.htm
July 8, 201212 yr Its cool to see the sherwin williams sign, which looks a lot like their advertising today. Subway entrance The subway entrance used during Ingenuity and other events. Looks a bit different than today. Another subway entrance. Still standing today. South side of Superior between West Prospect and West Huron, where the large black building is today.
July 8, 201212 yr And those subway entrances were photographed when those stations were still being used. Shows how poorly maintained things got. I hope many of you were able to go on the subway tour yesterday. I think it's the only they're going to have this year. It's the downside of no longer having an elected county engineer..... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 25, 201212 yr These vintage ads blew me away. Especially the Flats Cat t-shirt design. I drew that (crappy) picture for Daffy Dan over 30 years ago back when the Flats were jumpin'. I had forgotten all about it, but I recognize my work no matter old or crude it is.
July 25, 201212 yr ^ haha barney that is so cool thx for sharing - honestly it was my fav one, it came up on google images right off. here are a few more i uploaded, but forgot to post: kool gas station! 1940s ge badge st. pats 1980
July 25, 201212 yr Is the Kool Motor station at West 3rd and St. Clair (view looking west)? City Mission used to be the current Grand Arcade in the Warehouse District. hard to tell.
July 25, 201212 yr Is the Kool Motor station at West 3rd and St. Clair (view looking west)? City Mission used to be the current Grand Arcade in the Warehouse District. hard to tell. The way they used the wall for ad space for Kool Motor reminds me a little of TM Advertising in Columbus. We have a lot of blank walls in CLE that can use some livening up. This is a great past example of how to.
July 26, 201212 yr "Especially the Flats Cat t-shirt design. I drew that (crappy) picture for Daffy Dan over 30 years ago back when the Flats were jumpin'." As a fellow designer who has some old stuff floating around out there, I know the feeling - but that's still *too* cool! "Is the Kool Motor station at West 3rd and St. Clair (view looking west)? City Mission used to be the current Grand Arcade in the Warehouse District. hard to tell." Good eye - but I don't believe that's accurate; City Mission didn't move into 408 St. Clair until 1964. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
August 14, 201212 yr I have a hard time calling a 1973 photo as "vintage" since I was six years old then. But I do get a dated sense when looking at this picture, especially the air pollution from leaded gasoline burned by cars, high-sulfur coal used in the steel mills and other emissions..... A larger image is here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TERMINAL_TOWER,_OVERLOOKING_THE_PUBLIC_SQUARE,_DOMINATES_THE_CLEVELAND_SKYLINE_-_NARA_-_550198.jpg "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 16, 201212 yr Ohio City - West side of West 25th between Jay and Franklin. From the Cleveland Public Digital Library update today. What a huge loss in the Ohio City area. The area facing West 25th is dominated by parking lots in 2012 instead of the awesome brick buildings. I wonder what this area would be like today if these buildings were still around...
August 16, 201212 yr Ohio City - West side of West 25th between Jay and Franklin. From the Cleveland Public Digital Library update today. What a huge loss in the Ohio City area. The area facing West 25th is dominated by parking lots in 2012 instead of the awesome brick buildings. I wonder what this area would be like today if these buildings were still around... and the huletts in the background.... :(
August 16, 201212 yr Thanks New World Techno Boy. I love old Euclid Ave pictures as much as the next guy, but obscure photos of the city's neighborhoods like that one are pure gold. Of course it also makes me angry and sad, so geez, thanks a whole lot!
August 17, 201212 yr ^ oh yeah definately agree. however, of all of them this one is by far my favorite vintage cle shot!
August 21, 201212 yr Just found this on the CSU Clevelandmemory site. It is an aerial view of downtown from 1931. We often marvel at the density lost in the Warehouse District, Cleveland's first central business district. But this area, where the old (1848) Central Market and Sheriff Street Market were located, was even more densely built up. For those you not spatially oriented, the area at right is where Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena are located. Across the bottom of the photo is where the Inner Belt (I-90) is today. Notice also the new railroad and rapid transit right of way at left for the Cleveland Union Terminal which opened in 1930 as well as the eastern approach for the still-building Lorain-Carnegie Bridge. Bob Hope's father is down there somewhere..... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 21, 201212 yr Just found this on the CSU Clevelandmemory site. It is an aerial view of downtown from 1931. We often marvel at the density lost in the Warehouse District, Cleveland's first central business district. But this area, where the old (1848) Central Market and Sheriff Street Market were located, was even more densely built up. For those you not spatially oriented, the area at right is where Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena are located. Across the bottom of the photo is where the Inner Belt (I-90) is today. Notice also the new railroad and rapid transit right of way at left for the Cleveland Union Terminal which opened in 1930 as well as the eastern approach for the still-building Lorain-Carnegie Bridge. Bob Hope's father is down there somewhere..... That picture is always painful. I posted a link to a larger version of it on the page before this one.
August 21, 201212 yr Who remembers this? This is the Eagle Avenue lift span and viaduct complex rising over the Stones Levee bridge. Photographed April 25, 1928 by Walsh Construction. Sourced from the Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library Special Collections. The Eagle Avenue lift span is abandoned, the viaduct is long gone - demolished in 2005, but the Stones Levee viaduct still stands.
August 22, 201212 yr Who remembers this? This is the Eagle Avenue lift span and viaduct complex rising over the Stones Levee bridge. Photographed April 25, 1928 by Walsh Construction. Sourced from the Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library Special Collections. The Eagle Avenue lift span is abandoned, the viaduct is long gone - demolished in 2005, but the Stones Levee viaduct still stands. Sherman, this is one of my favorite bridge stories of Cleveland - I've spent a lot of time researching this area. It is also interesting to note that the Smead rolling road was right here as well, prior to BOTH bridges. The intersection of Eagle and Canal is an awesome place to just sit and think about about all of the changes this area has gone through. Even more amazing, the Ohio & Erie Canal passed right through here too. The tall smoke stacks from Cleveland Thermal/CEI are a nice landmark for identifying historic photos. It is pretty cool to see the Cleveland Thermal site still in operation. This is one of my favorite historic spots in the flats...
August 22, 201212 yr Yeah, when I go by there and see how sanitized it is now... makes it very hard to picture it how it once was - bustling and industrial.
August 22, 201212 yr Where was the Standard Oil refinery located? I know it was in "The Flats". IIRC, Sherwin Williams Company located in Cleveland to be near the refinery.
August 22, 201212 yr Where was the Standard Oil refinery located? I know it was in "The Flats". IIRC, Sherwin Williams Company located in Cleveland to be near the refinery. Here's where Standard Oil #1 Refinery and additions were located. Much of this still stood into the late-1970s.... This is what's there now..... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 24, 201212 yr "Rockefellar Avenue" - very good. Thanks, KJP. Was that the parcel that was considered for a "new stadium" back in the 1980s?
August 24, 201212 yr Never knew there was an additional east west road bridge in that area. Sure would come in handy now getting to Tremont from the east side (Abbey Ave one way, West 3rd Bridge closed for unknown reasons).
August 24, 201212 yr "Rockefellar Avenue" - very good. Thanks, KJP. Was that the parcel that was considered for a "new stadium" back in the 1980s? No, the Central Market Domed stadium was proposed in 1984 to be built where Progressive Field/Quicken Loans Arena is today. There was a proposal in the mid-1990s when the Browns left to build a football-only stadium south of the Inner Belt here: Never knew there was an additional east west road bridge in that area. Sure would come in handy now getting to Tremont from the east side (Abbey Ave one way, West 3rd Bridge closed for unknown reasons). This is the bridge where the worst Cuyahoga River occurred in 1952. See the photo at: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1642 I don't know if the fire caused this bridge to close permanently, but this bridge has been closed for many, many years. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 29, 201212 yr Where was the Standard Oil refinery located? I know it was in "The Flats". IIRC, Sherwin Williams Company located in Cleveland to be near the refinery. Here's where Standard Oil #1 Refinery and additions were located. Much of this still stood into the late-1970s.... This is what's there now..... Wow that brought back memories of going to the refinery and chemical center.
September 29, 201212 yr Has this one been posted yet? Great shot of the Superior Viaduct: Nothing shows on my screen. Wow that brought back memories of going to the refinery and chemical center. Didn't that mess up your mousse-doo and wreck your nails? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 30, 201212 yr Has this one been posted yet? Great shot of the Superior Viaduct: Nothing shows on my screen. Wow that brought back memories of going to the refinery and chemical center. Didn't that mess up your mousse-doo and wreck your nails? No it just made me throw-up. The first two times was unbearable. The smell just suffocates you. Even in a hazmat suit.
October 1, 201212 yr Awesome pic, scotdor. Looks like a smokey model railroad layout. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 13, 201212 yr Right, let me try that again: I love this view. I've come across similar views and it took me a long time to figure out why things didn't quite look right. The B&O bascule bridge is on the wrong side! Prior to 1956 the bascule bridge was on the East Bank (as shown in this photo). In 1956 this bascule bridge was replaced with the current one next to the Powerhouse. It is also interesting to note that the B&O tracks follow the path of the Ohio & Erie canal, and this is where the canal used to cross the Cuyahoga (at the location of the bascule bridge). Anyways, thanks for posting this great shot.
October 15, 201212 yr ^^Same area...different view https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
October 15, 201212 yr Those are really cool! Where are you getting them from? Would love to browse more!
October 16, 201212 yr Those are really cool! Where are you getting them from? Would love to browse more! I've been getting mine from www.shorpy.com Love this website as there are tons of high resolution photos from the late 19th century to early 20th century. Scroll down to the City Galleries on the right side of the webpage. https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
October 16, 201212 yr And Shorpy usually gets them from the Library of Congress Website: loc.gov/pictures/
October 17, 201212 yr luster tannery (1850) 16360 euclid av arcade early 1900s more arcade d-s bridge construction haymarket warehouse district (1922) more warehouse district euclid ave bet e9th & e12th (1889) ohio & erie canal in cle (1859) chargin falls (1899) cle zoar school cle union terminal WW1 cle bridge war columbus street bridge (1835) another view of it in 1835 from detroit street yet another view - woodcut (1836)
October 26, 201212 yr I would like to see a larger version of "ohio & erie canal in cle (1859)" as it could be one of the earliest photos of Cleveland. The canal is only 25 years old! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
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