August 9, 201311 yr I threw my 2013 penny up in the air and it came back down as a 1907 Indian Head Cent.....odd. https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
August 9, 201311 yr ^ whoa thats so cool - i love those - good work! more i've had laying around online different angles, different eras
August 9, 201311 yr A few more https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
August 12, 201311 yr I threw my 2013 penny up in the air and it came back down as a 1907 Indian Head Cent.....odd. Nicely done Firenze98!!
August 12, 201311 yr The Hippodrome was a beautiful theater. But it had no business being a movie theater, and the interior photo shows why. It had no use at the time, so it deserved to be mothballed by a public body as the Cleveland Trust rotunda was until the market and a developer was ready to give it new life. It is always shocking to me how we (USA) decide the fate of our most amazing architecture at incremental margins. Architecture should outlive us. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 12, 201311 yr I love this thread. That CTS poster mrnyc posted is amazing. Although I still love the buildings in their current form, some of those photos remind me that I'm bummed we lost the original base facades of the New England and Garfield Buildings.
August 13, 201311 yr ^ Yes...I love that historic image website. Trucks https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
August 17, 201311 yr this is from 2009 in an abandoned amusement parks blog i remember going here once when we were kids "Chippewa Lake Park was basically just abandoned with many of the rides still standing. The park was home to 3 roller coasters - A Wild Mouse, A steel kiddie coaster named the Little Dipper and a larger wooden coaster. The wood coaster was earlier named the Big Dipper but was referred to as just "Coaster" in the later years. The ride was built about 1924 or 1925 by Fred Pearce." Park closed in 1978 so regrowth since then I guess. ― ENBB, Monday, 4 May 2009 01:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
September 25, 201311 yr OK 2008 isn't exactly "vintage" but I thought these views I shot from an as-yet unfinished Avenue District building were interesting..... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 10, 201311 yr What the heck is that building where PNC plaza sits now? https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
October 10, 201311 yr ^^ Wait, does the city club not have the pillars that were removed for CVS in the picture??? Or have those been gone for a LONG time?
October 10, 201311 yr ^I think those were removed sometime in the 30`s ^^Bond Clothing, one of my all time favorite buildings. http://coolhistoryofcleveland.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/the-bond-store/ Crap!! I lost my avatar. wtf
October 10, 201311 yr Amazing photo, such an active corner (read my post footer). Though it's interesting to see how the NW corner of the intersection became more diminutive in stature as the years went on if you scroll up thread a bit. Eventually leading to the corner and a good part of the sidewalk heading west actually being empty in its current state.
October 10, 201311 yr I learned something new today. I never knew that before the Hampton Inn was built at 9th and Superior, there was the beautiful "Hotel Olmsted" ... Another loss in favor of a pretty lack luster structure :( As the building was demolished in 1997 i was wondering if anyone has any modern pictures of this building before it's destruction. I only see postcards
October 10, 201311 yr So many comment on the awful loss of the Hippodrome, but this photo shows that more was lost than just the theater. The whole building appears magnificent. A 10-story tower?
October 10, 201311 yr I learned something new today. I never knew that before the Hampton Inn was built at 9th and Superior, there was the beautiful "Hotel Olmsted" ... Another loss in favor of a pretty lack luster structure :( As the building was demolished in 1997 i was wondering if anyone has any modern pictures of this building before it's destruction. I only see postcards I had thought the Hampton was the same building but it just got renovated in the 90s. If not, the Hampton is almost exactly the same dimensions. (Though I suppose it makes sense to make it the same size so as not to block anyone's windows on the Superior building next door.) The detail on the original structure seems to have been gone long before then anyway. http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/press/id/9247/rec/18 edit: Here's a few postcards from the 1920s for those unfamiliar. http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/postcards/id/2744/rec/2 http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/postcards/id/3149/rec/8 http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/postcards/id/1861/rec/1
October 10, 201311 yr ^The Olmsted was demolished to build the Hampton and it pretty much is the same height and covers the same footprint. By the time it was demolished it looked nothing like the pictures from the 20s. At some point it had been given a "modern skin" and was pretty bland (and of course what replaced it is pretty bland as well).
October 11, 201311 yr i wish the bond clothing store building was still around. it had quirky badazz character. the hipsters would be all over it today. it would be an urban outfitters or something.
October 11, 201311 yr So many comment on the awful loss of the Hippodrome, but this photo shows that more was lost than just the theater. The whole building appears magnificent. A 10-story tower? The Hippodrome Theater was imbedded deep within the Hippodrome Office Building, just as the much larger Keith Building contains the Palace Theater (which was also threatened with demolition in the late-60s and early-70s). Bond Clothing store (where PNC Bank is now) was built about 1946 and replaced the Hicock Building. My father absolutely HATED the Bond Clothing store when it was built. Exterior: http://cplorg.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4014coll18/id/1439/rec/23 Interior: http://cplorg.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4014coll18/id/1440/rec/24 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 11, 201311 yr i wish the bond clothing store building was still around. it had quirky badazz character. the hipsters would be all over it today. it would be an urban outfitters or something. I forgot all about that Bond store. Was that a Morris Lapidus building? (or his "school" anyway) http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
October 11, 201311 yr ^Believe it or not, it was a Walker and Weeks building (along with Herbert Beidler, whom I don't know much about). Pretty versatile firm. Count me as another admirer of the Bond Court bldg Bond Clothing Store** mrnyc is totally right- that thing would be gold if it survived today. I loved the Hickox Bldg too, though. I'd gladly change that horrible SOM PNC Bldg for either predecessor. EDIT: **Oops, yes, sorry, I most definitely did not mean the Bond Court Bldg (know known as the Penton Media Bldg) across 9th from the Galleria. Too many "Bonds" for my little head and impatient typing!
October 11, 201311 yr ^FYI..Bond Court was a hotel...the building where the new Westin is going in was originally opened as the Bond Court Hotel. Bond Clothiers is a different company
October 12, 201311 yr ^Yeah...about 5 blocks a part. I worked for Bonds (Southgate store) when I was in high school in the 70's and was in the Euclid 9th store on many occassions. It wasn't fancy (clothes were comparable to say Richmond Brothers...middle of the pack...not a lot of executives (who would shop at say Bunce Brothers (that's right not Brooks Brothers...Bunce (I really miss that store...I bought my first grey herribone over coat there...loved that coat and wore it to death) but more like middle class guys who needed a suit for a special occassion (say a factory worker who needed a suit for a funeral...I remember we were always doing rush suits for guys would clearly did not own one and needed it in a hurry). Do like the building, although the Roxy right next door on 9th DID have to come down....it was a mess (nothing like going to a strip show in the heart of the business district).
October 28, 201311 yr perhaps the first photo of an early version of the hullet unloaders, from 1900, first built by george hullet and patented in 1898 not sure if we had this, but its a rather famous photo of republic steel circa 1930s
October 29, 201311 yr Awesome pics, mrnyc. Where were they taken? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 30, 201311 yr the first one is on the cuyahoga, not sure where, it doesn't say. maybe the mouth? there is another photo on the link below that is earlier, if that helps, but i could not see the hullets so well. not sure where on the second one either, maybe from the viaduct? although the powerhouse looking bldg could very well be something on the steel plant grounds. http://csudigitalhumanities.org/exhibits/collections/show/2
January 7, 201411 yr 1877 Euclid Avenue just east of Public Square 1901 Euclid Avenue 1905 East 9th and Prospect 1910 Colonial Arcade 1910 East 9th 1910 Schofield Building 1910 Euclid Avenue looking west towards East 9th 1910 Euclid Avenue 1912 East 4th Street 1912 Euclid Avenue east of East 9th 1912 Clarence Building 612 Euclid Avenue 1912 Euclid Arcade 1912 Euclid Avenue and Public Square 1912 Euclid Avenue south side 1912 Euclid Avenue 1914 Euclid Avenue 1915 Fire at Euclid and East 4th 1918 Euclid Avenue 1920 Euclid and Huron 1920 Euclid and East 9th 1920 Euclid Avenue 1920 Euclid Avenue 1920 East 6th Street 1920 Southeast corner of Public Square 1922 Southeast corner of Public Square 1922 Euclid and East 9th 1922 Euclid Avenue 1922 Playhouse Square (No Keith Building) 1922 Playhouse Square 1922 Playhouse Square 1923 Playhouse Square 1925 Euclid Avenue 1927 Playhouse Square 1929 East 4th 1929 Euclid and East 9th 1929 Euclid Avenue 1935 Euclid Avenue 1940 Playhouse Square 1943 Playhouse Square 1947 Bond Department Store No date, East 9th and Euclid Avenue No date, East 9th and Euclid Avenue
January 7, 201411 yr Hasn't changed a bit! Well, maybe a little. Beautiful pictures Besides the playhouse square pictures, sadly most of the buildings pictured have been demolished. We threw away an amazing past like it was nothing. I used to think the 20's and 30's were good times architecturally, but after looking at these pictures it was the start of mega buildings with multiple frontages which destroyed countless smaller brick buildings that were much more architecturally unique and had better street frontage than the classical designed buildings of the 20's and 30's.
January 7, 201411 yr Love this pic..... http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab323/DM4-/Historic%20Pictures/1920EuclidAndEast9th_zps9c6dd718.jpg This photo is from before 1929, as the Lenox Apartments are still standing on the far right. The Union Trust Bank building replaced it in 1924.... http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab323/DM4-/Historic%20Pictures/1929EuclidAvenueandEast9th_zps332be804.jpg This undated photo.... http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab323/DM4-/Historic%20Pictures/LookingnorthonEast9thandEuclidAvenue_zpsc59eac13.jpg ...is actually from 1912 according to: http://cplorg.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4014coll18/id/2202/rec/2 Great crowds! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 8, 201411 yr Neat stuff. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 13, 201411 yr we should add a bit of the rnr history stuff here too. so if ever anyone asks you why should that rock hall be in cle? show them this - the old agora crowd goes nuts for rush. in 1974. old agora. i always thought it looked like a doctor's office. the beatles are in town -- w/jane scott of course. yeah these days posters - we got posters!
January 13, 201411 yr so if ever anyone asks you why should that rock hall be in cle? show them this - the old agora crowd goes nuts for rush. in 1974. old agora. i always thought it looked like a doctor's office. I think this is the place I went to around 79. On Euclid? Saw, The Jam, The Clash & PIL there. separately
January 14, 201411 yr ^ yep that pretty much definately where you were. it was on e24th bet. chester and payne, closer to payne. burned down in the 1980s in what was most likely an insurance job.
January 21, 201411 yr Really amazing! And sad. But a question: Ive never seen the two buildings that were between the Union Club and Cowell & Hubbard. Now its a parking lot and the attrocious Sterling Buildling. Specifcally the building fronting Euclid and 13th- so beautiful! What was it?
January 21, 201411 yr Really amazing! And sad. But a question: Ive never seen the two buildings that were between the Union Club and Cowell & Hubbard. Now its a parking lot and the attrocious Sterling Buildling. Specifcally the building fronting Euclid and 13th- so beautiful! What was it? Read more: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,28961.0.html#ixzz2qxmltQHz That IS the Sterling building, as in Sterling Lindner department store. It was built for the Higbee Co. The building between that and the Union Club was the Sterling & Welsh store, which merged with The Lindner Coy both corporately and physically. It was in this building that featured the open atrium where the giant Lindner Christmas tree became an annual tradition.
January 21, 201411 yr Really amazing! And sad. But a question: Ive never seen the two buildings that were between the Union Club and Cowell & Hubbard. Now its a parking lot and the attrocious Sterling Buildling. Specifcally the building fronting Euclid and 13th- so beautiful! What was it? I believe it was/is the sterling building. Today it is covered, similar to 668, schofield, john hartness brown buildings, etc.
January 21, 201411 yr Really amazing! And sad. But a question: Ive never seen the two buildings that were between the Union Club and Cowell & Hubbard. Now its a parking lot and the attrocious Sterling Buildling. Specifcally the building fronting Euclid and 13th- so beautiful! What was it? Read more: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,28961.0.html#ixzz2qxmltQHz That IS the Sterling building, as in Sterling Lindner department store. It was built for the Higbee Co. The building between that and the Union Club was the Sterling & Welsh store, which merged with The Lindner Coy both corporately and physically. It was in this building that featured the open atrium where the giant Lindner Christmas tree became an annual tradition. WOW... Thanks, Ive learned something new. That is really shocking... I wonder if it would ever be considered to take off the facade- that is if theres anything left underneath?
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