Historic Preservation

Richard Florida, "I take it back."

Submitted by Susan Miller on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 14:12.

Phew, the Cleve Orch dodged a bullet… Now we can sleep knowing that Severance Hall will not become an abandoned and empty place for scrappers to loot. But right around the same time, we can read about Richard Florida’s admission that some cities are just too damaged to play anymore. You can bet Cleveland is on his list. His solution? Move away… run, run, run as fast as you can.

Tremont School Library was the forerunner of Jefferson Branch. 1911-18

Submitted by RAG on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 11:00.

 

Tremont School Library was the forerunner of Jefferson Branch. The Library operated from a single room framed annex in the school yard of Tremont School from December 1911 until December 1918. photo 1916 CPL collection.

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West 65th Street 1922

Submitted by RAG on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 10:49.
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W. 65th Street in 1922

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Question of the Day: Where Do You Go For Advice On Keeping Your Chickens Warm, in Real NEO?

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 03:00.

One thing that sets your life apart from that of the typical real NEO resident is having farm animals - in our case, four chickens and a rooster. Besides adding the barking of a rooster to your neighborhood's timbre - at any hour of day or night (like now - 3:46 AM) - and collecting fresh eggs each morning, you find yourself shopping for very different family pets, in very different local markets... like Wilson Feed Mill.... a true gems of the region.

2009 Holiday Lighting Display at GE Lighting & Electrical Institute, Nela Park, East Cleveland, Ohio, in Snowfall

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 06:00.

2009 Holiday Lighting Display at GE Lighting & Electrical Institute, Nela Park, East Cleveland, Ohio, in Snowfall

Christmas Eve, my family drove across East Cleveland (all 3 miles long) to Nela Park - The GE Lighting & Electrical Institute - to see their remarkable, historic Holiday Lighting Display and share some photos on REALNEO. While beautiful at the time, the conditions were not quite right to truly show-off the lights and season.

The conditions were perfect tonight.

Question of the day: does it make sense to build public-subsidized housing near pollution?

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 12/23/2009 - 06:00.

New government-subsidized market-rate Tremont Pointe development located next to Mittal Cleveland Works steel mill and expanding I-490 freeway, in the toxic Cuyahoga River valley

The 2002 Canadian scientific report "Air pollution induces heritable DNA mutations" finds "Integrated steel production generates chemical pollution containing compounds that can induce genetic damage." And, the 2009 German report "Long-term exposure to traffic-related particulate matter impairs cognitive function in the elderly" finds "chronic exposure to traffic-related PM (particulate matter) may be involved in the pathogenesis of AD (Alzheimer's Disease)"

So, who thought it was a good idea to spend $43 million of scarce government and quasi-public funding to build Tremont Pointe government-subsidized housing, located within scent and fallout of the Mittal Cleveland Works Steel mill, and other highly polluting industry of the Cleveland Flats, and directly adjacent to the I-490 freeway, planned to have increased polluting traffic through expansion as the "Opportunity Corridor"?

Central Viaduct 1895 - W. 14th / Jennings Rd

Submitted by RAG on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 10:12.
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Central Viaduct 1895 (W.14th-Jennings Rd) photo:cleveland memory or CPL

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RAG Newsletter December 2009

Submitted by RAG on Sat, 12/12/2009 - 13:33.

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Columbus Road and Lorain Avenue, NW 1922

Submitted by RAG on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 11:49.
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photo courtesy of http://www.clevelandmemory.org/
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This is prior to the Lorain Carnegie Bridge which was built around 1930. I imagine this intersection was demolished and the bridge was elevated over Columbus Rd.

1931 Tremont - Jefferson Avenue water tower on the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad

Submitted by RAG on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 18:53.
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Jefferson Avenue - Looking west up to what is now W. 3rd. I think it was named Central at that time. That building looks to be same one still standing at the bottom of Jefferson hill.

Cuyahoga River fire, 1952 - Jefferson St. and W. 3rd.

Submitted by RAG on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 11:25.
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Cuyahoga River fire, 1952 - Jefferson St. and W. 3rd. (http://www.clevelandmemory.org/)

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1952 Detroit - Superior Bridge

Submitted by RAG on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 11:27.
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Traffic on the Detroit - Superior Bridge in 1952

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Clark Avenue Bridge 1917

Submitted by RAG on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 19:26.
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Clark Avenue Bridge when completed 1917. It must have been great to get back and forth across the river so easily.

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Clark Bridge Supports 1912

Submitted by RAG on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 19:18.
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Clark Bridge Supports 1912

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