Merry Christmas

 Merry Christmas everybody!

From Motion Picture Herald, January 6, 1943. Loew's Granada was at 11621 Detroit Avenue, razed in 1970.

 

Unsent V-Mail from Anzio, 1944.

From The Plain Dealer, December 25, 1943.

Despina's Bakery

 We stopped by Despina's Bakery, 11823 Detroit Avenue, the other day, always great. A seriously great little place, well worth a visit.

Cleveland Skyline

 View from behind buildings on Edgewater Drive on Sunday afternoon.

Fred Harvey's

 A long forgotten spot in the Union Terminal complex.

From The Plain Dealer, December 23, 1935.

Cove Park

 A frozen Cove Park last week.

Under Construction

 Construction on Thoreau Avenue, next to the Nickel Plate tracks last week.

May Company

 May Company, from the Plain Dealer, December 21, 1965.

The stereos on those telly combos would outlast the telly by years.

Frozen Playground

 Looked a little too cold to play the other day in Cove Park.

Construction Progress

 A view of the ongoing construction work behind Lakewood's City Hall.

Giant Tiger

 A long forgotten retailer, frequented the 1939 West 25th Street location, from the Plain Dealer, December 21, 1965.

Nickel Plate Road

 Looking east on the NKP from Thoreau Avenue last summer.

Roaring Brook

 Looking downstream at Roaring Brook and the Lackawanna Railroad bridge, December 5 2010.

Note the Rock Island grain car on the bridge.

Detroit Avenue

 Looking west along Detroit Avenue from West 65th Street last month.

Zayre

Zayre ad from the Plain Dealer, December 21, 1965.

We used to go to the Denison Avenue location.

Philadelphia Suburban 76

 Philadelphia Suburban 76 southbound at Laurel Line Tunnel, December 15, 2012.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division

 Looking west in the big cut near mile 14.2 back on December 12, 2007.

Mayfair Casino

 The Mayfair Casino, located in Loew's Ohio Theatre, 1513 Euclid Avenue, 1935-37.

From the Plain Dealer, December 4, 1935. Much more on the Mayfair and Loew's Ohio can be found here.

Cove Park

 Cove Park last month before the snows.

Lakewood Public Library

 Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit Avenue last Monday morning. It's been rather bleak out as of late.

Nay Aug Falls

 Nay Aug Falls, December 9, 2012.

Top Toys

 Hasbro's Top Toys, from the Plain Dealer, December 4, 1955. Quite a few long forgotten retailers here.

Gypsy Beans

 We stopped by Gypsy Beans, 6425 Detroit Avenue again a couple weeks ago, cool spot.

RTA 3370

 Took a rather unpleasant trip on RTA 3370 on Monday morning, a constant, and loud BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP for the entire trip. I pitied the poor motorman that had to endure this aural torture. I also wondered if they ever clean the buses, dirty and smelly seems to be the RTA standard.

Lakewood Masonic Temple

 The Lakewood Masonic Temple, 15300 Detroit Avenue in the heart of downtown Lakewood, built in 1916, from a few weeks ago.

Detroit Avenue

 Looking west on Detroit Road from in front of the library in the 15400 block a few weeks back.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division

 Looking east in the big cut near mile 14.2 back on December 2, 2007.