Cleveland in HDR – The 6th City Collection

Today’s Photo: Into the Sun

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

This photo was taken looking directly into the sun. By using HDR I was able to still bring out the details on the front of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument. To the right you can see the top of the Terminal Tower. It looks like it is leaning because of distortion from a wide angle lens. That or it just leaned over so be in the photo also. To the left you can see the old May Company Building. I wish those department stores were still downtown, especially this time of year.

Today’s Quote: “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” – Attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville

Today’s Photo: Tugboat

Tugboats have been used to help guide larger ships up and down the narrow, crooked Cuyahoga River for over a century now. This is a photo of a modern day tugboat pushing a barge down the Cuyahoga towards Lake Erie.

Today’s Quote:

“History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies” – Alexis de Tocqueville

Today’s Photo: German Cultural Garden

From the CCG website:

“Second Cultural Garden to be constructed, after the Hebrew Cultural Garden in 1926. German-American Karl Wolfram was instrumental in creating the Cultural Gardens and in developing the German Cultural Garden. Like the Hebrew Garden before it, the first German cultural figures to be recognized were poet-philosophers (Goethe, Schiller, and Heine), musicians (Bach and Beethoven) and writers (von Hutten). The German Cultural Garden expanded their honored cultural heros to include artist Durer, dramatist/critic Lessing, educator Froebel, physical culturist Jahn, and scientist Humboldt. In the 21st century the Garden recognizes “Balaskapelle” or traditional, German, brass band music with its annual Conrad Mizer/Karl Wolfram concert in the Garden with regional German-American bands and singers. Conrad Mizer was a 19th century German emmigrant who first started “Fruhschoppenmusic” or public park concerts in the area and then went on to be one of those instrumental in the founding of the predecessor organizations of the Cleveland Orchestra.”

For more info:

http://culturalgardens.org/gardenDetail.aspx?gardenID=13

Today’s Quote: “A person hears only what they understand” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Today’s Photo: Historic Covered Bridge

There are over 125 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Ohio. This photo is of the covered bridge near Lanterman’s Mill in Mahoning County.

For more info on Ohio’s covered bridges:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ohio_covered_bridges

Today’s Quote:

“Don’t count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.”-Unknown

Today’s Photo: Hinckley Lake

Hinckley Lake, located in Hinckley Reservation, impounds 87 surface acres of water on the east branch of the Rocky River which makes it the largest inland lake in Cleveland Metroparks. The lake is another great place to spend an afternoon with the family. For more info:

http://www.clemetparks.com/visit/index.asp?action=rdetails&reservations_id=1011

Today’s
Quote: We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today’s Photo: Bike on Euclid

This is a photo of a bike that was locked up on Euclid Avenue near the Idea Center and the Playhouse Square theaters. Biking is an excellent way to get around if you live in the city. It is also a great way to see the city if just want to slow down and see the sights. Here is some information about a company that offers bicycle tours in Northeast Ohio:

Great Lakes Touring Co. is Northeast Ohio’s premier source for custom bicycle tours and excursions. The company aims to bringing fitness, fun and adventure together on Cleveland-area bicycle trails, while promoting interest in regional tourism and history. Tours of Northeast Ohio communities, the 55,000-acre Cleveland MetroParks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park are available throughout the year for riders of all experience levels from beginner to expert cyclist. Great Lakes Touring Co. offers corporate team building events, gym alternatives and birthday party packages.

For more info:

http://www.BikeCLE.com

http://www.facebook.com/iBikeCLE#!/iBikeCLE?sk=info

Today’s Quote:

When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. ~H.G. Wells

Today’s Photo: Cleveland’s Time Machine

To walk though these doors is to step into our past. You can travel though time from the present back to the beginning of
Connecticut’s Western Reserve. Here is a little of the Western Reserve Historical Societies history from their website:

In 1867, the Western Reserve Historical Society was founded to preserve and present the history of all of the people of northeast Ohio. Today, it is the largest privately supported regional historical society in the nation. The reason we’re called the Western Reserve Historical Society instead of the Cleveland or Northeast Ohio Historical Society has to do with how the area was  settled. When the original colonies of the United States were formed, most of the western borders were left blank, since the settlers didn’t know how far west the land went. If you look at the map to your right, you’ll notice that northern Ohio is exactly west of Connecticut, so we were originally part of the state of Connecticut. In 1786, the State of Connecticut gave up its claims to Western lands of the United States, except for a portion of northeastern Ohio known as the Connecticut Western Reserve. Later, the land was sold to the Connecticut Land Company, which surveyed and settled the region, but the name Connecticut Western Reserve – or just Western Reserve – continued to be used to describe the northeastern section ofOhio.

Please support this wonderful institution, we are lucky to have it. For more information:

http://www.wrhs.org/

Today’s Quote:

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be – Thomas Jefferson

Today’s Photo: This Old House

This photo is of a very old log cabin located within Greenleaf Park in Medina County. As an amateur Genealogist I not only find this
home very interesting only because of its age but also because it was built by my wife’s 5^th Great Grandfather. The cabin was built about 1817 when Abraham Hard moved his family from Vermont to Medina County, Ohio. Today this cabin is open to the public.

For more information on this home and family:

http://books.google.com/books?id=7jrqVW2X9jwC&pg=PT460&dq=%22abraham+hard%22+%2B+greenleaf+park&hl=en&ei=-z25Tu_KEo64tweD49SlBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Today’s Quote:

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. -Edmund Burke

Today’s Photo: Rock Hall Resting Place

This photo was taken on a warm evening while walking in Cleveland’s North Coast Harbor. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame can be seen at
the end of the walkway.

Today’s Quote:

“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.”- Martin Luther