March 25, 2022 Update: Tunnel tours for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument return April 30 – May 1, 2022. Tickets required and can be purchased on their website – www.soldiersandsailors.com. These tours are not affiliated with Tours of Cleveland, LLC. If you wish to contact the Monument directly, call them at 216-621-3710. This past Saturday, […]
March 25, 2022 Update: Tunnel tours for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument return April 30 – May 1, 2022. Tickets required and can be purchased on their website – www.soldiersandsailors.com. These tours are not affiliated with Tours of Cleveland, LLC. If you wish to contact the Monument directly, call them at 216-621-3710. Good news! This […]
Before the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stood on the shores of Lake Erie, back in 1936 & 1937, the site was home to the Great Lakes Exposition. This was a World’s Fair style event that drew over 11 million visitors! It included a pop up store from Higbees, Billy Rose’s Aquacade where Johnny […]
This week we celebrate the Class of 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony here in Cleveland on Saturday, April 14, 2018! This year’s inductees include Bon Jovi, the Cars, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues and Nina Simone. The induction ceremony will be broadcast on HBO at a later date. Artists are eligible […]
Cleveland has long, rich food history. Today we look back at Cleveland resident Hector Boiardi. After moving from New York in 1917, Hector worked at the Hotel Winton and went on to operate several restaurants in downtown Cleveland. Hector was an Italian immigrant who launched a “to go” business for food in the 1930’s. At […]
The Allen theater is one of the many theaters that make up Playhouse Square today. The theater originally opened in 1921 as a movie palace. It showed it’s last picture, Bonnie & Clyde, in 1968. In 1971, it hosted the Budapest Symphony Orchestra. At the time Cleveland had one of the largest Hungarian populations outside […]
I’m not talking about live eagles but the eagle statues that once stood on Public Square outside the old Chamber of Commerce building. The eagles first appeared on Public Square in 1898 but left in 1955 when the Chamber building was demolished. They have been “living out their years” on a farm in Geauga county but […]
