West 33rd Street

 Factories along West 33rd Street, just south of Clark, last August.

Moonlight & Pretzels

 Moonlight & Pretzels bally, from Universal Weekly, August 12, 1933. Imagine getting pelted with pretzels at 17th & Euclid.

Lake Erie

 Lake Erie off the coast of Vermilion last month.

Lehigh Valley Caboose

 An unstenciled Lehigh Valley caboose at Steamtown Yard, September 26, 2009.

Goonie’s Dog Shop

 We spotted Goonie’s Dog Shop, 33473 Lake Road, on an outing last month, need to check this place out at some point.

Standard Theatre

 Standard Theatre, 811 Prospect Avenue, with a unique bally. Elmer Smith hit the first grand slam in a World Series game, October 10, 1920, in game five.

From Exhibitors Herald, November 13, 1920.

Beatlemania

 Forty-five years ago, Beatlemania opened at the Palace for a three-week run, Ray papered the house for the opening, I gave away 100 tix at my old high school, that made me very popular for a hot minute, lol.

From the Plain Dealer, September 23, 1979. A year earlier I had seen the show on B'way at the Winter Garden with my friend Denise.

From the Plain Dealer, September 21, 1979.

From the Cleveland State University Cauldron, September 27, 1979. The author of this review, Don Billie has a new book on Margaret Hamilton out now.

This show did boffo biz with many of the performances SRO, had some good radio tie-ins as well.