When I was at the Rock Hall the other week, I walked over to the Cleveland Fire Fighters Memorial. I had seen it from afar but never visited the actual site. The memorial honors the 77 Cleveland fire fighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty since the department was formed back […]
The Cleveland Board of Education Building would open in 1931 on Cleveland’s Mall. Today the building is the Drury Plaza Hotel. The office building was one of the many buildings designed by Cleveland’s own Walker and Weeks architecture firm. It was the last of the public buildings to be built in the early 1900’s that […]
A building that has always fascinated me is the Standard Building, just off Public Square, mainly because of its looks – covered in creamy terra cotta with repeating starburst patterns throughout. It was built it 1925 and at that time was the second tallest in Cleveland. It was the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) Cooperative […]
One building that I have always been fascinated with is the Tower Press Building. It is not on our walking tour as it is a little off our path, on Superior Ave. and E. 21st St. Its most striking feature is the five story tower rising up in the center of the complex. The Tower […]
Today was suppose to be the day we in Cleveland celebrated Pride Month with the annual festival and parade downtown. It has been postponed until Saturday, September 12 due to COVID-19. But that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate and honor the LGBT history here! 2014 Gay Games Cleveland and Akron hosted ninth Gay Games in […]
Moses Cleaveland We begin a look at some of the Public Square statues, past and present. We will start with the obvious choice, Moses Cleaveland, the founder of the city. Moses of course arrived here on July 22, 1796. Instead of talking about him, I’d like to focus on the statue itself. The statue was […]
Have you taken the time to walk across the Hope Memorial (or Lorain-Carnegie) Bridge and get better view of the Guardians of Traffic? Last month, I was looking for a different spot to get my daily walk in, so I met a friend and we walked the bridge. The bridge is about a mile in […]
Today, the Statler offers Cleveland apartment living in the heart of downtown but in its past it was the Hotel Statler with several restaurants, a speakeasy and a grand ballroom! The hotel opened in 1912 as part of what would become one of the first hotel chains in the country started by E. M. Statler. […]
Cleveland Businesses Blog Series We continue our series of blog and social media posts that look at local small businesses and people that have been affected by the COVID-19 shutdown in Cleveland with an interview with Jennifer Wirtz of Der Braumeister, a local German restaurant in the West Park neighborhood of Cleveland. Der Braumeister Family […]
Cleveland Businesses Blog Series We continue our series of blog and social media posts that look at local small businesses and people that have been affected by the COVID-19 shutdown in Cleveland with an interview with actor Brian Golub from Jesus Christ Superstar. Brian Golub Brian is an actor that was in Cleveland as part […]
