Cleveland x 2

[c@taract_soulj@h]

Cleveland x 2

Part 1) Remember that "rainout" the Tribe had back in May? You know, the one where it poured til like 12am only to begin the game in the 2nd inning?

Part 2) Anywho thanx to the Indians PR dept, we were grateful we could use our ticket stubs for another game this year so we came back...in Sept...in a pennant race.

Signed,
A Tribe faithful

Here we go...



PART 1) May 13'

Had to stop in Erie







Atop the Bi-Centennial Tower facing Ohio. If you told me it was going to pour all night, I would have laughed in your face



Downtown, obviously...there was some cool ribfest goin on that day





Made it to Cleveland in on and off rain but thought nothing of it...at the time. So we ate at Paninis...sorry Primantis



Walking over to Progressive...this doesn't look too good...



So while the night, was slowly dwindling...we drank 3$ kingcans in exchange



So it rained and rained...humminey ho haw hey so we fast forward to 12:15 am and Franconas walking the field with the ump...wanting to get the game in cause they had no other equal dates to play TB



Gf's freezing cause it's still spring rain and I don't blame her, so we peace out in the 7th inning, pissed off and confused...Indians lose 5-2 anyways...



Arcade Mall and Terminal Tower lookout the next day...



You know you're high when the lowest floor is 33



West 3rd gets you pretty shattered at the right bars



From up here, it's got a Hamilton/Ancaster look to it



A much drier Gateway district



Gritty city


Christmas story house...leg lamp right below middle porch light



PART 2) Sept 13' back we go...

Hwy 401 near Windsor



Upon telling the border guard in Detroit I was going to a game in Cleveland, he jokingly gave me a hard time about it lol







Back in BrOhio



Next time, it'll be Chicago



I would live in Lakewood if I had to choose a part of the city to live in





So Johnnie Cochran assisted OJ in that medical malpractice case, no?



Rock



Roll







And the sun dawns on yet another Browns season



It's no raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaainnnn





Kazmir.pitched.a.gem



Look ma, free fireworks!





The Drew Carey cut-to-scene music is playing in your head







Winning is KEY for the Tribe



Blackberry is disappearing so much, it's becoming a shadow





Looks New Yorkish..like Canal St. or something







I'm actually a Bills fan but I feel your guys' pain



Great picture of the bunch!

Hopefully I'll be back in Oct!

[East72nd]

Outstanding set! Cleveland really has a lot of authenticity. I can't wait to visit over the holidays. And actually for a city of its size I was mildly impressed with Erie. Cheers!

[ColDayMan]

Nice job!

[Evergrey]

Nice Erie shots.

[kool maudit]

cleveland is strange in that great lakes way... it has this extraordinary downtown, but little built residential density. if it has been built more like philadelphia, the neighborhoods would be better off i think. those frame houses can only support urban commercial strips at 1920s household sizes.

[MayDay]

Nice pics, you should have let me know you'd be in town - I live within a few minutes walk of the Christmas Story House

"cleveland is strange in that great lakes way... it has this extraordinary downtown, but little built residential density. if it has been built more like philadelphia, the neighborhoods would be better off i think. those frame houses can only support urban commercial strips at 1920s household sizes."

Philadelphia was founded over 100 years before Cleveland, and Cleveland was originally part of Connecticut and adopted the 'town square' model as opposed to ultra-dense rowhomes. That said, in the areas of Cleveland that are thriving (Tremont, Ohio City, Detroit-Shoreway, University Circle, etc.), the residential infill is almost always rowhomes/townhomes.

[Private Dick]

Go tribe!!

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures!

[JivecitySTL]

Love me some Cleveland!

[c@taract_soulj@h]

Originally Posted by MayDay

Nice pics, you should have let me know you'd be in town - I live within a few minutes walk of the Christmas Story House

"cleveland is strange in that great lakes way... it has this extraordinary downtown, but little built residential density. if it has been built more like philadelphia, the neighborhoods would be better off i think. those frame houses can only support urban commercial strips at 1920s household sizes."

Philadelphia was founded over 100 years before Cleveland, and Cleveland was originally part of Connecticut and adopted the 'town square' model as opposed to ultra-dense rowhomes. That said, in the areas of Cleveland that are thriving (Tremont, Ohio City, Detroit-Shoreway, University Circle, etc.), the residential infill is almost always rowhomes/townhomes.

Part of Connecticut eh? That's crazy to fathom but an awesome trivia piece I can use on a buddy of mine who knows all sorts of wild facts. Maybe I'll take ya up on it next time MayDay!

Thanx all!

[MayDay]

Yep, essentially the area west was 'reserved' back in the day - look at the northern and southern borders of Connecticut and extend those to the west. At the time, living in cramped quarters in the city wasn't always seen as the ideal, so when the New Englanders had some land to work with, they gave themselves some elbow room and that's evident in our built environment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect...estern_Reserve

[volguus zildrohar]

Cool views - thanks!

[c@taract_soulj@h]

Originally Posted by MayDay

Yep, essentially the area west was 'reserved' back in the day - look at the northern and southern borders of Connecticut and extend those to the west. At the time, living in cramped quarters in the city wasn't always seen as the ideal, so when the New Englanders had some land to work with, they gave themselves some elbow room and that's evident in our built environment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect...estern_Reserve

That's awesome lol...I'm gonna quiz my buddy about that and blow his mind at the same time...Cleveland Rocks!

[mrnyc]

Originally Posted by kool maudit

cleveland is strange in that great lakes way... it has this extraordinary downtown, but little built residential density. if it has been built more like philadelphia, the neighborhoods would be better off i think. those frame houses can only support urban commercial strips at 1920s household sizes.

nope! but to be fair -- going by what you see today thats certainly an understandable conclusion. cleveland was as much apt bldgs as those frame houses, its just that almost all of the old brick apt bldgs have been torn down, mostly on the eastside. for example, there was a secondary downtown at euclid/e105th, which you would never know today. clev had the moniker 5th city in those days, you can see that embossed on old postcards of the first half of the century, so it had plenty of density. almost a million people within 50-75sq miles is pretty good density. i really love clevelands unique and quirky layout, but you are certainly right that with less wide streets and more phillyesque style it may have been better off. btw if you want to see a good example of the old cleveland style apt bldgs im talking about that were once abundant, check out the final scenes of the antoine fisher movie.