Today’s Photo: Peaceful Pond
This is just a random fall photo I took a week ago out on the East side close to Youngstown. I really enjoy this time of year and I wanted to share this photo.
Today’s Quote: “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower” -Albert Camus
Today’s Photo: Guitar Mania
Guitar Mania® is a Greater Cleveland community public art project that has raised $2 million for its two benefiting charities – United Way of Greater Cleveland and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s education programs. The project consists of large, 10-ft-tall Fender® Stratocaster® guitars creatively transformed into works of art by local artists and national celebrities. The guitars are displayed on the city streets of Cleveland for residents and visitors to enjoy from the end of May through October, 2012. Corporations, organizations and individuals sponsor the guitars and select from a variety of local artists to paint, sculpt or decorate them. Celebrity artists also paint and decorate guitars.
For more info: http://www.cleveland.com/guitarmania/
Today’s Quote:
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. -Edmund Burke
Today’s Photo: Superior Viaduct
From the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:
“The Superior Viaduct was proposed for improving transriver commuting in the years following Cleveland’s 1854 annexation of Ohio
City. The Cuyahoga River bridges up to that time had been “low-level,” necessitating being opened for every river craft that needed to pass. City voters in Apr. 1872 approved construction of the new bridge, which was to extend from Superior Ave. and W. 10th St. on the east to Detroit Ave. and W. 25th St. on the west. Plans called for a western approach consisting of Berea sandstone arches built on piles
driven 20′ into the muddy subsoil. A total of 10 arches carried this portion of the viaduct a length of 1,382′, 72′ above the foundations. Connecting the masonry arches to the eastern portion of the bridge was a 332′ pivoting center span. The eastern end of the viaduct was of girder design, 936′ long. With approaches, the viaduct totaled 3,211′, with a 64′ roadway. Construction began in Mar. 1875; the bridge was completed at a cost of $2.17 million and opened to traffic on 28 Dec. 1878.”
“The Superior Viaduct was closed in 1920. Its eastern portion and center span were demolished in 1922, and in 1939 the easternmost 3 arches of the remaining sandstone segment were blasted away to allow for a widening of the river. Seven arches, a total of 600′, remained in place on the west side of the river.”
Today’s Quote:
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.-Albert Einstein
Today’s Photo: Bunker Hill Golf Course
From the Bunker Hill Website:
Bunker Hill Golf Course started as the Bunker Hill Farm prior to 1927, this name was given by the early settler, Eden Hamilton in memory of the historical Bunker Hill, near which the Hamilton family lived in the East. Her grandson Walter Kennedy, who fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill, acquired the farm land. Bunker Hill Golf Course was purchased in 1939 by Berneta and Roger Ingraham.
Check out their website to find out how you can golf all year round!
http://www.bunkerhillgolf.com/index.htm
Purchase this photo: Brent Durken Print Sales
http://brent-durken.pixels.com/
Today’s Quote: “Always do right – this will gratify some and astonish the rest.” Mark Twain
Today’s Photo: The Cleveland Playhouse Lobby
From the Cleveland Playhouse website:
Founded in 1915, Cleveland Play House is America’s first regional theatre. More than 12 million people have attended over 1,300 productions at Cleveland Play House including more than 130 American and/or World Premieres. Today, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Bloom and Managing Director Kevin Moore, Cleveland Play House is an artist-driven theatre that serves the Greater Cleveland community by holding true to its mission: To inspire, stimulate and entertain diverse audiences in Northeast Ohio by producing plays and theatre education programs of the highest professional standards.
This year the Cleveland Playhouse will move operations to the Allen Theatre in Playhouse Square Center.
For more info:
http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/
Today’s Quote:
“I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way” – Lady Gaga
Today’s Photo: Severance Hall
AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL CONCERT HALL
From the Cleveland Orchestra website:
“After the Cleveland Orchestra’s inaugural concert at Severance Hall on February 5, 1931, a Cleveland newspaper editorial stated: “We believe that Mr. Severance intended to build a temple to music and not a temple to wealth; and we believe it is his intention that all music lovers should be welcome there.” John Long Severance was the president of the Musical Arts Association from 1921-1936, and he and his wife Elisabeth donated most of the funds necessary to erect the magnificent building meant to be the permanent home of the Orchestra. Severance Hall was designed by Walker & Weeks with an elegant Georgian exterior that harmonized with the classical architecture of other prominent buildings in the
University Circle area. The interior of the building reflects a combination of design styles, including Art Deco, Egyptian Revival, Classicism, and Modernism. The landmark building was recognized as one of the most modern, up-to-date concert facilities in America when it opened in 1931”.
If you would like to learn more about this building or John Long Severance and his wife Elisabeth I highly recommend the book Lost
Cleveland: Seven Wonders of the Sixth City by Michael Dealoia. You can find it here:
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Cleveland-OH-Seven-Wonders/dp/1596298782
Today’s Quote:
I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music. – Billy Joel
Today’s Photo: The Cleveland Grays
It’s Friday so this will be my last post for the week. I hope everyone has enjoyed seeing some “hidden” gems in this city.
Today’s photo is of a bar in a secret room in the Grays Armory in Downtown, Cleveland. It is said that there was a special knock needed to enter this room during prohibition. That being said, you had to be a member of the Grays to even get inside the building. Your chances of being
raided were slim since the Mayor and the Police Chief were members of the Grays as well. Have a great weekend!
Grays Armory is a Cleveland Treasure and I hope it will be around for a long time to come. To find out more about the Cleveland Grays follow these links:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/GraysArmory
Today’s Quote:
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today – and in fact we have forgotten. – John F. Kennedy
Today’s Photo: Inside the Clock Tower
Most Clevelanders have heard of the Old Stone Church. It is a historic Presbyterian church located in downtown Cleveland, and is the oldest building on Public Square. I know that most people know what the church looks like from the outside but I figure few know what the inside of the bell tower looks like. I thought I would show you. This church is an incredible place and I have many more photos of it to share with you.
Today’s Quote:
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today’s Photo: The Greenbrier Suite
This is a photo of the 2 story Great Hall of the Greenbrier Suite. The Greenbrier Suite was secret residence of the Van Sweringen Brothers and it is located inside the Terminal Tower. That’s right, it is located on the 12th, 13th, and 14th floors of the Terminal Tower in downtown Cleveland.
This stunning home was built to rival the mansions located on Euclid Ave. It was built in English Gothic style with oak paneling and marble fireplaces.
Who are the Van Sweringen Brothers you ask? Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen were two Clevelanders who created a $3 billion, 30,000-mi.
railroad and real estate empire. They also were the builders of the Terminal Tower and the real-estate developers of Shaker Hts.
For more information:
http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=VSOP
Today’s Quote:
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.” – Jeremy Irons
Today’s Photo: The Cleveland Trust Co. vault
This large vault, in the basement of Cleveland Trust Co., was where many Clevelanders once kept their most valuable possessions. If you look close you can see that there is actually a vault inside the vault. The metal for the massive main door came from the Carnegie Steel Company.
The Cleveland Trust Company was established in 1894. In 1903 Cleveland Trust merged with the Western Reserve Trust Co. and in 1908
it built a new headquarters bldg. at E. 9th and Euclid. This building is still there today but it is now called the Ameritrust Building. By 1977 The Cleveland Trust Company had 120 branches, $5 billion in assets and it managed $7 billion in trust funds for its clients. CleveTrust changed its name to the AmeriTrust Corp. in 1979 and became part of Society Bank in 1991. Three years later Society merged with KeyCorp making it the nation’s 11th largest bank.
For more information about the Cleveland Trust Company please visit:
http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=A8
Quote of the Day:
“And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity in the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale” – Thomas Jefferson