We will be taking a look around downtown Cleveland as it is all decorated for the Christmas season over the next several weeks. Don’t forget the Holiday Edition of our Downtown Highlights walking tour where you can see the sights up close and personal and learn about the history of our great city. Click here […]
Tours of Cleveland, LLC is offering the Holiday edition of our Downtown Highlights Walking Tour, an exciting and educational walking tour of beautiful and historic downtown Cleveland with an addition of Cleveland Christmas history and fun thrown into the mix. This walking tour hits all the highlights of downtown in one great, two hour tour. […]
As we continue our look at Castle Noel in Medina, OH this post will focus on their window displays from NYC. The owner, Mark Klaus, has traveled to New York to take possession of department store window displays after the Christmas is over and bring them back to be featured at Castle Noel. Castle Noel’s […]
In 1969 the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught on fire and earned Cleveland the nickname “Burning River City”. Ironically this was not the first time the river caught fire, it was the last. The first documented case of the river catching fire was in 1868! And the fires were a fairly regular occurrence. The industries […]
Mr. Jingeling is a Cleveland tradition dating back to the late 1950’s. He was originally thought up by an advertising firm for the Halle’s department store; he presided over their “Treasure House of Toys”. Mr. Jingeling was Santa’s major domo and was known as the keeper of the keys to all the rooms in Santa’s […]
Today, is the 100 anniversary of the end of WWI. Cleveland’s newspaper, the Plain Dealer, published a letter from Army Lt. Dillard Firse (from Cleveland) 100 years ago describing the end of the war for him and the members of the all-black 336th Infantry Regiment while in France during the war. Lt. Dillard Firse’s letter […]
Spooky Cleveland – One of my favorite spooky Cleveland ghost stories involves, Sauk Indian Chief, Joc-O-Sot. He died in Cleveland in 1844 and is buried in Erie Street Cemetery. But rumor has it that he had wished to be buried closer to his birthplace (probably somewhere in current Minnesota or Wisconsin). His burial in Cleveland […]
One of the older symbols of Playhouse Square is the blue urn that sits in the Connor Palace theater. The blue urn is cobalt porcelain with brass handles, weighing 325 pounds. It sits on a slab of marble from Tunisia. The urn was made prior to WWI in Sevres, France. It’s sister urn is said […]
The Playhouse Square chandelier is the most famous symbol of Playhouse Square today. It was first lit on May 2, 2014 in a grand celebration that included live performances, a marching band and fireworks, lots of fireworks! The Playhouse Square chandelier is the largest outdoor chandelier in the world. It is made up of 4,200 […]
The Playhouse Square Retro Sign is one of the many symbols of Playhouse Square. As part of the dramatic transformation in 2014 of the neighborhood, the Playhouse Square retro sign was lit. It stands 44 feet tall, with 9 feet letters and 3 inch LED light bulbs. The sign is located on top of the […]
