Halloween

 Not something we observe, however....

From the Plain Dealer, September 25, 1921.

Electric City Trolley Museum

 25 years ago the ECTM opened, and of course we were there.

Lackawanna Avenue

 Lackawanna Avenue, looking east from Wyoming Avenue, from an undated postcard folder.

Cleveland Skyline

 From near the foot of Scranton Road on Saturday afternoon.

Church of the Ascension

 Church of the Ascension, 13216 Detroit Avenue, from a couple weeks ago.

Star Service Station

 This caught my eye the other day, from the Plain Dealer, October 23, 1959.

9010 St. Clair Avenue is now an empty lot, has been for decades now.

At a Theatre Near You

 Neighborhood listings, from the Plain Dealer, October 23, 1949.

Wildlife

 Never know what you'll see walking down the street in the morning.

Eastbound Freight

 An eastbound Norfolk Southern freight, led by NS 8054 and 8043 passing Thoreau Street on Sunday morning.

Lake Avenue

 Lake Avenue looking west from Cove the other day, starting to look autumnal out there.

Canadian National 3254

 CN 3254 at Moscow, August 19, 1994.

Nay Aug Falls

 Nay Aug Falls, October 25, 2009.

Jane's Diner

 Jane's Diner, 115 Public Square, great place for lunch,

Lackawanna Station

 Lackawanna Station from August 19, 1994.

Phoenix Block

 The Phoenix Block on Medina's Public Square.

Vermilion History Museum

 Vermilion History Museum, 727 Grand Street, from last month. It's rather quaint out here, and the ground is very flat.

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.

 

Town Hall & Engine House

 Town Hall & Engine House, 50 Public Square, in downtown Medina, now a museum.

Columbia Pictures

 I went to this a half century ago, you'd think they'd do something for 100, but I guess not.

From the Plain Dealer, October 6, 1974.

Loew's East & West opened in 1966 and would replace the Loew downtowners in a couple years.

Community Bake Shop

 Community Bake Shop, 321 Lackawanna Avenue, August 17, 1994. This building was destroyed in a spectacular fire in August 2009.

Cove Park

 Cove Park a couple weeks ago.

Hop Scotch

 Painted on a Medina playground.

Maine Central 519

 Maine Central 519 at Steamtown, August 17, 1994.

NEPA Broadcasting

 A couple of NEPA broadcasting relics.

The back of the WDAU mug has a large CBS logo. WDAU later became WYOU. 

Medina Fall Festival

 We stopped by the fall fest in Medina on Saturday, quite crowded, a lot of fun as well.

Ormandys Toys and Trains

 We stopped by Ormandys Toys and Trains, 110 West Liberty Street in beautiful downtown Medina. It's a neat store with all sorts of stuff, all gauges of trains are here as well, well worth a visit.