Tris Speaker

 Tris Speaker and an Allen Theatre bally for "Where is My Wandering Boy?" From Exhibitor's Herald, May 20, 1922.

Current Year Records and Tapes

 We stopped by The Current Year Records and Tapes, 5580 Ridge Road, Parma, right next to Rudy's Strudel & Bakery on Saturday, great store. Be sure to stop by on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 18!!!

West Creek

 Looking down on West Creek from a Snow Road carpark last week.

RKO Palace Blackbeard Bally

 Ballyhoo for Blackbeard at the RKO Palace, from Independent Film Journal January 21, 1953.

Lakewood Masonic Temple

 The Lakewood Masonic Temple, 15300 Detroit Avenue, built 1916, from last Friday.

Parma Elks Club

 We stopped by the Parma Elks Club, 2250 Snow Road, for thier Friday Fish Fry, and it was great! Building is rather nondescript.

Playhouse Square

 Fifty four years ago.

From The Plain Dealer, March 17, 1972.

From The Plain Dealer, February 7, 1972.

Not sure what drove me to get involved with this, spirit of the times I guess, do something to help the community, and I did. Those places were cold, dirty, didn't pay much at all. Few thought the theatres were worth saving, most thought we were wasting out time. A handful of Clevelanders stepped up when no others did, Starting with Ray Shepardson and Ceil Hartman, Victor Villimas, Ralph Smith, Veralynne Bosco, Ken Plocica, Kevin McAndrew, Pete Weber, Chuck Fleming along with a few others. Other people got the glory later, but we were the people that actually did the work.