Posted March 1, 201015 yr Boats, barges, icy river and Lake, smokestacks and sunrise Sunset in Industrial Flats Sunset over Lake Erie The following are Sunrise
March 2, 201015 yr Oh hell YES!!! :banger: :banger: :banger: clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
March 2, 201015 yr The beauty of this city never ceases to amaze me :) Well done! Where was this photo taken?
March 2, 201015 yr Totally Agree. This photo is fantastic! These are stunning -- love them all, but this has gotta be my fav!
March 2, 201015 yr Very Pretty!! What Church is that? St. John Cantius (Sw. Jan Kanty to any Polonians out there) in Tremont If you've never seen the interior, this is what you're missing: (not my photos)
March 2, 201015 yr Maybe it's just me, and my mood today, but these shots just blew me away. Phenomenal
March 2, 201015 yr Oh hell YES!!! :banger: :banger: :banger: One of the many reasons that I love living in Crittenden... beautiful views like that. You've captured it very well. My fiance thinks I'm weird when I stand at the windows and watch the boats go by... she just doesn't get it!
March 2, 201015 yr Thanks for all the comments! Yes, it is very nice to have such views. Ship traffic down the Cuyahoga ended in mid-January, it'll be nice when that starts up again soon. I didn't know at the time but these pics of the Sam Laud were probably its last venture down the river in January before it was docked. The beauty of this city never ceases to amaze me :) Well done! Where was this photo taken? The last 4 photos were all taken around Scranton Rd near Metrohealth Hospital
March 2, 201015 yr "My fiance thinks I'm weird when I stand at the windows and watch the boats go by... she just doesn't get it!" Why does she hate America, freedom and puppies? ;-) clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
March 2, 201015 yr From what vantage point did you take the pictures of the Sam Laud? Is it a private residence or is it somewhere public?
March 2, 201015 yr Thanks for all the comments! Yes, it is very nice to have such views. Ship traffic down the Cuyahoga ended in mid-January, it'll be nice when that starts up again soon. I didn't know at the time but these pics of the Sam Laud were probably its last venture down the river in January before it was docked. FYI - just saw a large ship making its way up River last night. Probably just delivering coal or coke from the port to the steel mills because the hatches were already open, but it looks like some shipping traffic has started back up. OH, and it appears as though the Center St. swing bridge is stuck in the open position. I was walking my dog after the ship had passed and it looked like the bridge was "rocking" trying to close. Walked my dog this morning and it still appeared to be stuck in the open position. Any West Bank folks have some information?
March 2, 201015 yr According to Fox 8, the Center Street (Swing) Bridge is closed for repairs. http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-swing-bridge-closed-txt,0,186373.story clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
March 2, 201015 yr From what vantage point did you take the pictures of the Sam Laud? Is it a private residence or is it somewhere public? I can answer that for him. It's from the Crittenden Court apartment building. There is no roof access (that I know of) on the building, so the pictures were probably taken from a private residence. According to Fox 8, the Center Street (Swing) Bridge is closed for repairs. http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-swing-bridge-closed-txt,0,186373.story THANKS!
March 2, 201015 yr I never realized what great views Crittenden has. Truly amazing shots Clueless. You and MayDay should collaborate on another book ;)
March 2, 201015 yr Spectabulous!!! I agree -- it's one of the best photo spreads I've seen on UO. And yes, the ship picture is great. It tells a story. But so does this one. Question is, is this the sunrise or sunset for advanced steel-making in Northeast Ohio.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 2, 201015 yr I never realized what great views Crittenden has. Truly amazing shots Clueless. You and MayDay should collaborate on another book ;) MayDay did a book? Is this true? But a book from me?...I am much too new at this...this is beginners' something. :-) I've only been on UO since this past July, and my attempts at Cleveland photo threads are only just as recent. These are a lot more work than I thought, well this one was anyway. These photos are from November - January. I was lucky to get the beautiful sunrise skies the mornings that I drove over to Broadway & Rockefeller Rds, which is perched above the Industrial Flats and the Arcellor-Mittal Mills. For anyone who cares to know, the best skies for either sunset or sunrise (that I've noticed living downtown especially) usually occur on clear-ish October or November days. But they're probably obtainable all throughout the year. The winter scenes on the Lake and Cuyahoga can get pretty amazing by January and February. I wanted to do a thread with a theme of Cleveland's industrial heritage against Nature's backgrounds.
March 3, 201015 yr Fantastic. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 3, 201015 yr I have to ask - does anyone else who regularly travels through the Flats see the "cloud" of gulls floating and realize they have to change their route since it's obvious one of the freighters is heading through the Cuyahoga? clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
March 3, 201015 yr ^ No Mayday I have not noticed that. I have become quite accustomed to the (sometimes mesmerizing) "clouds" of gulls though. Great for pictures. Spectabulous!!! I agree -- it's one of the best photo spreads I've seen on UO. And yes, the ship picture is great. It tells a story. But so does this one. Question is, is this the sunrise or sunset for advanced steel-making in Northeast Ohio.... ^KJP, I knew you would especially like this thread. And I do hope that there is a "sunrise" of sorts for advanced steel-making in NEO.
March 3, 201015 yr I have to ask - does anyone else who regularly travels through the Flats see the "cloud" of gulls floating and realize they have to change their route since it's obvious one of the freighters is heading through the Cuyahoga? I really noticed this over my Winter Break when I took a little walk down to the swing Bridge. There must have been millions of sea gulls. It was just unbelievable. I felt like I was at a bird breeding ground at a national park.
March 3, 201015 yr The gulls also crowd together between the E.72nd and E.55th St exits on the lake. It's amazing to see the amount of birds in these areas. I know the lake is frozen over now, but these areas are the same places where we have the yearly dying off of fish in large numbers, no?
March 3, 201015 yr The beauty of this city never ceases to amaze me :) Well done! Where was this photo taken? http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=44101&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.490703,114.169922&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cleveland,+Cuyahoga,+Ohio+44101&ll=41.463979,-81.699421&spn=0.005797,0.013937&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.463879,-81.699438&panoid=ULszywvyacjLXsebX5FShg&cbp=12,125.94,,0,4.72
March 4, 201015 yr The gulls also crowd together between the E.72nd and E.55th St exits on the lake. It's amazing to see the amount of birds in these areas. I know the lake is frozen over now, but these areas are the same places where we have the yearly dying off of fish in large numbers, no? I think they crowd together like this in the winter because of the reduction in food available to them to eat. They can also hang out on the ice right on the water to constantly look for food to be churned up by passing boats. I also think they hang out around E55 because of the power plant right there. It keeps a small portion of the water from freezing and gives the gulls access to the food churned up by the power plants coolant water discharge. That portion of I-90 is a seagull killing ground...
March 4, 201015 yr The gathering of waterfowl and gulls on the water like this is just simply a way to keep warm. Any chances for food follow sequentially from that. Needless to say, during the mid-Winter's bitterly cold days and nights, any unfrozen water (32 degrees +) is like a tropical paradise. Even water that has a thin layer of ice is a nicer place to sit than the cold, frozen earth. That unfrozen water is emitting heat, therefore warming the surface slightly and therefore the ambient temperature. Clearly, water near or associated with modern technological "machinery" (such as huge barge in motion or working power plants,etc.) is more of a haven since that water is warmed/churned and open (ice layer removed). With respect to the discussion about the E. 72nd area, the open (and occasionally sheltered) warm water there, due to the intake channel for the CEI Plant and its various warm water release sites, is a veritable sanctuary for an array of waterfowl and gulls. A birders' paradise. With respect to the "clouds" and swarms of gulls near the northern end of the Cuyahoga (from the Lake to the Industrial Flats), the birds are attracted to the breaking of the ice by the barges. Which exposes the "warmer" water underneath and any "food". They congregate and create the swarms. Then there are ways to explain this further with the physics and chemistry of (cold) water (which is important to life on earth). And also how cold water has more oxygen...thus providing food, etc. etc. I'm sorry. I'll quite rambling Science is my background. And I even took an Ornithology class in college. Very nerdy. There was something recently on the E.72nd area in the Plain Dealer and the unbelievable collection of birds that can be there in the Winter... (Two of my pics are of E.72nd , no birds were around though) Read more at: http://www.cleveland.com/neobirding/index.ssf/2010/02/post_14.html
March 8, 201015 yr ^Thanks for that explanation. That makes sense... I guess the yearly dying off of fish around the beginning of spring which just so happens to be in the same area has something to do with the warming of water as well? If anyone has been down to the lakefront between E.55th and E.79th in early spring, you've no doubt seen the amount of dead fish in this specific area right after the lake thaws (and the continued feasting by the gulls). The same can be seen on the Cuyahoga in regards to dead fish around the end of March/ early April.
March 8, 201015 yr ^Is it that they die in the spring or do is this just the accumulation of dead fish over the 2 or 3 months that there was ice on the lake? Then once the ice thaws all the dead fish under the ice become evident.
March 8, 201015 yr ^It seems as if they congregate to these areas over the winter, and when the ice thaws it shows how many fish died in these areas. There was a day a few years ago in late March/ early April when me and my fiance went to the lakefront between E.55th and E.79th on a warm day. Talk about an incredible amount of dead fish, associated with an incredible smell. If you're driving on the freeway during this particular time of year and had your window down, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. So we were done being grossed out, and went to a beach on the west side (past Lakewood, I believe- I'm not sure). This area of the lake didn't have the same problem, or the same smell.
March 8, 201015 yr I know everybody is probably "gulled" out. But just to emphasize one more thing in this discussion... there is a variable that's worth mentioning. People I know on both sides of town, but specifically the East Side, who can see the Lake tell me that it is either snow- and ice-covered for as far out as they can see... or that the Lake isn't "open" until one gets out a considerable distance from the shoreline. This is likely "squeezing" the gulls, etc. into the open-water Cuyahoga River area (and the confined E. 72nd area) making their population seem bigger in these areas. This is a variable that would probably be different from year-to-year since the Lake's freeze and thaw times are generally different each year. Some years it has hardly frozen over. I would expect that this stretch of sunny and warmer days would really start melting the snow cover on the Lake. Although it may take a while.
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