Arts on the Square Festival

A few photos of the Arts on the Square Festival from last Saturday at Courthouse Square.

The Great Party on the Linden Street stage.

 Another view of The Great Party.

Hippie Nation on the Spruce Street stage.

 Michael Lello at the Highway 81 Revisited tent.

Cleveland: Loew's Stillman Theatre

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the closing of Loew's Stillman which was at 1111 Euclid, next to the Hotel Statler. The Stillman opened in 1916, designed by George Post & Sons, Loew's acquired it within a few years.Probably the greatest moment in the theatre's history was the Cleveland premiere of Gone With the Wind in 1939. Huge crowds wound down 12th street from the theatres entrance for several weeks that December.  The Stillman became a little less relevant following the reopening of Loew's Ohio in September 1943. Loew's Stillman would close on July 28, 1963 following a lengthy run of Lawrence of Arabia.  Not long after the closing the auditorium was razed, and replaced with a parking garage for the neighboring Hotel Statler. For the next 25 years the ornate plaster ceiling of the front lobby was still visible until it was dry-walled over in a mid 1980's renovation.

Above two images from the Cleveland Memory page.

Main floor plan from Architectural Record, November 1918.  

Mezzanine floor plan from Architectural Record, November 1918.  

Balcony floor plan from Architectural Record, November 1918.  

Entrance foyer, from Architectural Record, November 1918.  

Mezzanine stairs, from Architectural Record, November 1918.  

Mezzanine promenade, from Architectural Record, November 1918.  

Another view of the Mezzanine promenade, from Architectural Record, November 1918.  

Reception Room, from Architectural Record, November 1918.  

Rear of the auditorium, Mezzanine promenade, from Architectural Record, November 1918.  

Auditorium side wall, Mezzanine promenade, from Architectural Record, November 1918.  

From the Plain Dealer, April 20, 1919.

GWTW packed the house for 10 weeks in 1940. From the Plain Dealer, February 2, 1940.

Ad from the Cleveland Press, May 19, 1963.

Nay Aug Falls

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Gawkers

Last weekend some poor soul drove down the Lackawanna Railroad tracks and into the gorge. Yesterday his body was found in his wrecked SUV down in Nay Aug Gorge. This morning on our usual walk to the park we saw tons of people, it was like a circus had just come to town. 

 These groups of people congregated on the bridge made pedestrians dodge cars in the street to get around them. There is literally nothing to see here.

Other groups of people swarmed down the Davis Trail in Nay Aug Park, hoping to get a glimpse of  the recovery process, again there is nothing to see here.

Even this WBRE-TV truck was flying through the park, fortunately for them this guy pointed out that there is no road through here. Otherwise there would have been another recovery effort, the street ends at a cliff.

Wilkes-Barre: Jersey Central Station

A few photos of the Jersey Central station in downtown Wilkes-Barre from July 5.

View from Wilkes-Barre Boulevard.

Old passenger cars were once used as dining areas.

The station built in 1869 was last used as a nightclub, now sitting derelict with most of it's copper roof stolen by vandals.

Everhart Museum

The Everhart Museum on Sunday morning.

River Street

River Street looking west on Sunday morning.

Roaring Brook

Roaring Brook, looking downstream from the Nay Aug footbridge.

Below, looking upstream from the Nay Aug footbridge.

Nay Aug Park

New landscaping at the beginning of Davis Trail, by the Veteran's Memorial.

Nay Aug Falls

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

And with a couple swimmers added.

Nay Aug Park

The gazebo in the park this morning. Pleasant weather, sunny, not too hot.

Pittston: Massara's Market

Whenever we're in Pittston we like to stop at Massara's Market, 106 Butler Street. They have the best hoagies this side of the Susquehanna.