The earth underneath the Cleveland metropolitan area isn’t something that people think about very often, if at all. Of course, if you live in one of the areas surrounding the city that has been hit with mild tremors over the last few years, maybe it has crossed your mind once or twice.I’ve always been interested in geology. Not seriously, though. As a kid I liked to pick up all kinds of rocks,
Friday, 31 October 2008
Friday, 24 October 2008
Cleveland’s Favorite “Haunts”
Posted on 06:00 by jackson
Franklin CastleWith Halloween coming up, it makes me think of all the places in Cleveland that are reported to be haunted.I’ve already written here before about what is probably Cleveland’s most famous haunted house, Franklin Castle, located on Franklin Boulevard at the intersection of West 44th Street. The Gothic-style house was built in 1865 for grocer and banking executive, Hannes Tiedemann
Friday, 17 October 2008
The Cleveland Browns
Posted on 06:12 by jackson
Cleveland’s NFL football team, The Cleveland Browns , incites all kinds of passion in people, some of it the good kind, some of it bad. Long time Clevelanders have a love-hate relationship with the team. It comes from many years of having fans’ hopes raised when teams reached the playoffs, only to have fans’ hopes dashed when the team just can’t quite reach the top rung. Of course, just this past
Saturday, 11 October 2008
A Tour of Cleveland in Vintage Postcards
Posted on 07:03 by jackson
Here is a short video tour of the city of Cleveland, using vintage postcards from the 1930s-1950s. There are quite a few places of interest represented: the Terminal Tower, Public Square, Euclid Avenue, University Circle, some beautiful public parks, and a few of the city’s most notable bridges, monuments, and structures such as Public Auditorium and the Cuyahoga County Courthouse. It’s easy to
Posted in Bridges, Cleveland, Euclid Avenue, Public Square, Terminal Tower, University Circle
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Friday, 3 October 2008
Cleveland’s Innerbelt Bridge: In Trouble?
Posted on 12:24 by jackson
Last December, I wrote here about Cleveland’s many bridges (“Cleveland:City of Bridges”). One of the bridges mentioned was the I-90 Innerbelt Bridge, and at the time, there was much concern over the deterioration of the span.Months later, things haven’t improved. The West 14th Street ramp in Tremont was closed several months ago due to concerns about the bridge structure in that area. This week,
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