Monday, September 30, 2024

Blue Cafe

 We stopped by the Blue Cafe, 15715 Madison Avenue again last week, always cool spot!

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Elmhurst Reservoir

 Elmhurst Reservoir from a moving train, August 19, 1994.

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Nickel Plate Freight Station

 Trackside view of NKP station in Vermilion, it's been incorporated into a fenced in community, so it was hard to get a front view.

Friday, September 27, 2024

Cleveland Harbor

 Map of Cleveland Harbor from the 1949 International Shipmasters Association Directory.

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Canadian National 3254

 CN 3254 heading east out of Scranton to Moscow, August 20, 1994.

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Lake Shore Electric 38

 Stopped by Lake Shore Electric 38 again in Avon Lake a few weeks ago.

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Ghost Sign

 Faded Richman Brothers sign in Canton, from last week.

Monday, September 23, 2024

Bridge 58

 DL&W Bridge 58 over Cedar Avenue in Scranton, August 19, 1994. The Hotel Casey. looming in the background was demolished in 2000.

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Lake Erie

 Storm clouds over Lake Erie, a few weeks ago.

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

 We stopped by Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, 5441 Whipple Avenue in North Canton, nice little spot, a regional chain.

Friday, September 20, 2024

President McKinley's Tomb

 We were in Canton the other day, stopped by President McKinley's tomb.

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Ridge Theatre

 The Ridge Theatre, 3116 West 73rd Street, opened 1914, closed mid-1950's.

From the 1936 Film Daily Yearbook.

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Harbourtown Fine Arts Center

 The Harbourtown Fine Arts Center in the former Town Hall, 736 Main Street, Vermilion is a neat little town.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

519-23 Lackawanna Avenue

 519-23 Lackawanna Avenue, August 19, 1994, both buildings were razed in 2000.

Monday, September 16, 2024

Despina's Bakery

 Glad to see Despina's Bakery, 11823 Detroit Avenue, has reopened after summer vacation. Great spot, highly recommended.

WERE News

 Sheet from September 16, 1985.


Sunday, September 15, 2024

First Presbyterian Church

 First Presbyterian Church, 265 Jackson Street, Sandusky, last July.

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Nickel Plate 514

 NKP 514 passing Lackawanna Station, September 6, 2014.

Friday, September 13, 2024

Lighthouse

 The 1877 lighthouse at Vermilion, from a couple weeks ago.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Penn Square Theatre

 The Penn Square Theatre, 5413 Euclid Avenue, razed in July 1960, from Moving Picture World, July 18, 1914.

A later remodeling drastically altered the entrance.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Beach

 Beach along Lake Erie at Vermilion a couple weeks ago.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Power Plant

 The old Avon Lake power plant, currently undergoing demolition.

Monday, September 9, 2024

Westbound Freight

 A westbound freight, led by Norfolk Southern 4761 and NS 1037 roll through Vermilion Ohio last week.

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Lake Erie

 Lake Erie at Vermilion last Sunday.

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Detroit Avenue

 Looking west on Detroit Avenue from the 13100-block last week.

Friday, September 6, 2024

Hola Tacos

 We stopped by Hola Tacos, 12102 Madison Avenue the other day, nice spot with an outdoor patio.

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Little Library

 A little library on Edgewater Drive in Cleveland, from after last month's storm.

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Hotel Casey

 The now demolished Hotel Casey, August 16, 1994.

Preno's was also a long-time landmark.

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Lackawanna Avenue 1994

 Lackawanna Avenue, August 20, 1994, looking west from Lackawanna Station.

Looks a lot different now! The Hotel Casey on the right was demolished in 2000.

Monday, September 2, 2024

Labor Day

 Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer, always a melancholic kind of day when I was a kid with the new school year starting on the following Wednesday.

From the Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, September 3, 1916.

Sunday, September 1, 2024

Church of the Ascension

 Church of the Ascension, 13216 Detroit Avenue, from last Sunday.