What is the Cleveland Crib? No, it’s not a big bed for all the babies in town. It’s the main intake for the Cleveland water supply, and it sits a little over three miles away from the downtown Cleveland shoreline, and 5 miles from the pumping station. The "Crib" term is from the metal cage structure, which was built on shore, then taken out to the lake location, filled with rock, and sunk to the
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Happy Birthday, Moses Cleaveland
Posted on 02:31 by jackson
Moses Cleaveland, the name sake and founder of the City of Cleveland, was born on January 29, 1754, in Canturbury, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale in 1777 after studying law, and was commissioned shortly thereafter to fight in the Revolutionary War in the Continental Army. He resigned in 1781 and began to practice law.After the Revolution, people began a westward migration, and disputes
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Lake Erie – Look at What’s “Beyond The Surface”
Posted on 12:30 by jackson
Usually local Cleveland programming can be bland an uninspiring. But one local series, called “Lake Erie Beyond the Surface” is the exception to that rule.This half hour show features one of the most amazing and diverse resources to which the Cleveland area has access: Lake Erie. This series digs deep into life in and around the lake, not just in Cleveland proper, but also in other areas along
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
The Cuyahoga County Courthouse in Downtown Cleveland
Posted on 11:08 by jackson
Last summer I made a trip to the Cuyahoga County (Probate) Courthouse on Lakeside Avenue for a family member to get a copy of a marriage certificate. Since I had never been in the building – at least that I can recall – I decided to take the camera and snap a few pictures.Central Court Entry
The Courthouse was completed in 1906. The Bluffton.edu web site contained some interesting information
The Courthouse was completed in 1906. The Bluffton.edu web site contained some interesting information
Sunday, 20 January 2008
Imagine a Re-Imagined Hanna Theatre
Posted on 11:27 by jackson
The Hanna in the 1940s The Hanna Theatre is undergoing an extensive renovation, or “re-imagining," to create a new theatre experience in Cleveland, and is being touted as a theatre unlike any other in the country. Some background on the theatre: It was designed by Charles Platt, built by John Gill & Sons, and decorated by Faustino Sampietro. It first opened on March 29, 1921, and was dedicated
Friday, 18 January 2008
Rating Cleveland’s Morning News Shows
Posted on 06:25 by jackson
The one thing of which Cleveland has no shortage is morning news shows. Between 5:00 AM and 7:00 AM, you’ll find news on channels 3, 5, 8, and 19. And each show has a personality all its own. Since I’m a frequent watcher of “Fox 8 News in the Morning” and a former frequent watcher of “Channel 3 News Today”, I spent the last few weeks watching all four channels to get an idea of who really has the
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008
UPDATE: Breuer Tower Has a New Owner
Posted on 12:39 by jackson
This is an update to an issue I covered in my blog on January 7, link here. The Breuer Tower, AKA The Ameritrust Tower, has been saved from both the mismanagement of Cuyahoga County politicians, and the wrecking ball (hard to tell those two things apart).The Cleveland Plain Dealer has reported that Willoughby-based K&D Group has purchased the Ameritust complex and has some great plans for the
Monday, 14 January 2008
Haunted Cleveland: Franklin Castle
Posted on 14:05 by jackson
In the fall of 2006, while driving downtown, I hit a detour in the freeway and accidentally took the wrong freeway exit. In trying to get back to my original destination, I got really lost on the West Side of town off I-90. My ability to get my bearings was being hampered because the entire Cleveland area had been hit by pea-soup fog. I could barely see the front of my car, much less street
Saturday, 12 January 2008
It’s Now Progressive Field – Get Over It!
Posted on 03:31 by jackson
The Cleveland media announced yesterday that Jacobs Field, the home of The Cleveland Indians, would now be called Progressive Field. Progressive Insurance purchased the naming rights for the playing field, in a 16 year, $3.6 million a year deal. The length of this agreement coincides with the Indians’ lease with Gateway.If you listen to the media reports, one would think that Progressive was
Thursday, 10 January 2008
The Hulett Ore Unloaders: Cleveland's Late Workhorses
Posted on 13:41 by jackson
Once you’ve seen the Hulett Ore Unloaders, it’s hard to forget them. They looked like giant, prehistoric steel grasshoppers sitting on Whiskey Island. I use the past tense, because they’re not there anymore.The Huletts were invented in 1898 by George H. Hulett, who was born in Conneaut, Ohio, but grew up in Cleveland. The Huletts were revolutionary at the time, greatly speeding up the process
Monday, 7 January 2008
Breuer Tower (AKA The Cleveland Trust/Ameritrust Tower): A Reprieve?
Posted on 10:54 by jackson
The Breuer Tower has been the subject of some controversy. You may not know that the building is even there, because it sits so nonchalantly behind its smaller, yet architecturally more obvious neighbor, the old Cleveland Trust rotunda.What’s the big deal about this building? Well, it’s a prime example of the ignorance, the shortsightedness, and the blind spending of local politicians. More
Wednesday, 2 January 2008
Tallest in Cleveland: The Key Tower
Posted on 06:23 by jackson
The granite-faced Key Tower sits impressively on Cleveland's Public Square. At 57 stories and 947 feet tall, it is the tallest building in Cleveland, the tallest in Ohio, and the 16th tallest in the United States. It was originally called the Society Center (for Society Bank, the original owners), and was renamed after Key Bank acquired the company. It was designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates.
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