Lake Avenue

 Looking west on Lake Avenue from near Cove Avenue, last week.

Edgewater

 Entrance to building on Cove Avenue, from last week.

Loew's Ohio & State Closing

 Fifty seven years ago tonight, few thought the theatres would ever reopen.

From The Plain Dealer, February 9, 1969.

From The Plain Dealer, February 4, 1969.

Lake Erie

 A frozen Lake Erie, off the coast of Lakewood last Sunday morning.

Old Harrison Avenue Bridge

 A view of the old Harrison Avenue Bridge from February 29, 2016.

Medic 2

 Medic 2 speeds to the rescue in Lakewood on Sunday morning.

Loew's State

 Today is the 105th anniversary of the opening of Loew's State Theatre.

Loew's State auditorium, circa 1923. Theatre Historical Society photo.

Funny how I never hear from my "friends" at the theatres unless they want something from me. Although I enjoy the snarky anonymous comments, often making wildly untrue allegations. Sometimes people don't like what I have to say, but they know it's me saying it, I don't hide behind anonymity like a coward. 

Liberty Tax Service

 Liberty Tax Service, 6424 Detroit Avenue last month. Always remember going past the one in Plains on my way back from Wilkes-Barre, they always had someone dressed up like the Statue of Liberty out front.

Cleveland Skyline

 View from behind buildings on Edgewater Drive on Sunday morning.

Detroit Avenue

 Looking west on Detroit Avenue from West 65th Street, January 18, 2026.

Stafford Meadow Brook

 Looking upstream at Stafford Meadow Brook, near Connell Jct., on a bleak, January 25, 2012.

M. B. Horwitz

 Nice little bit on M.B. Horwitz, one of Cleveland's early exhibitors.

From Boxoffice, March 30, 1940.

Canadian National 3254

 CN 3254 passing the University of Scranton, January 17, 2009.

Sure miss seeing things like this, not much to see/do around here.

4517 Lorain Avenue

 Building at 4517 Lorain, the building was a furniture store for several decades.

1954 Zoning Board photo from the Cleveland Public Library.

Challenger

 We were in Boston on our way to Paul Revere's House when we heard the news on the radio. I bought this newspaper at South Station, it was our first look at the tragedy. 

Apollo 1

 I always remember this night.

Time, February 3,1967.

Ice

 Ice in the big cut along the Erie's Wyoming Division, near mile 14.1, January 25, 2014.

Nay Aug Park

 A snowy trail through Nay Aug Park, January 23, 2011.

Pennsylvania Railroad

 Ad for one of the PRR's flyers, although the New York Central was faster to NY.

From the Plain Dealer, March 18, 1926.

Penn Station, 55th & Euclid, May 1952, Robert Runyan photo.

Detroit - Shoreway

 A view of West 65th Street at Detroit Avenue last Sunday afternoon.

Reading 467

 RDG 467 at Steamtown Yard, January 17, 2016.

Gypsy Beans

 We stopped by Gypsy Beans, 6425 Detroit Avenue again on Sunday, great spot.

Cleveland Skyline

 View from behind buildings on Edgewater Drive on Sunday afternoon. Looks like ice is starting to reform.

West 25th Street

 Looking south on West 25th Street from near Blatt Court a couple weeks ago.

Holdup Heroine

 This story from the Plain Dealer, January 20, 1956 caught my eye.

Audubon School

The now demolished Audubon School on Mulberry Street, January 23, 2011.

I remember voting here once.

4461-63 Lorain Avenue

 Sure looked better then it did 60 years ago along here, this was a rather sketchy area in the 60's & 70's.

1957 Zoning Board photo from the Cleveland Public Library.

1955 Zoning Board photo from the Cleveland Public Library.

Board of Trade Building

 The Board of Trade Building on Courthouse Square, January 16, 2016.

Jewett Six

 Jewett Six on sale at Paige - Ohio, from the Plain Dealer, January 6, 1926.

Arsenal Cider House

 Arsenal Cider House, 4507 Lorain Avenue, a lot of interesting spots along this stretch of Lorain.

Ore Carrier

 An ore ship on Lake Erie on a chilly December day.

Lorain Theatre

 The Lorain Theatre, 4601 Lorain Avenue has recently been reborn as the new home of Visible Voice Books that had previously been in Tremont. The theatre building dates to 1909, with a capacity of around 450, it served primarily as a picture house through the late winter of 1969. The theatre was transformed into the Denmark Cinema in late 1971 and ran as an adult theatre through the 1970's. Later the building served as a furniture store, and was vacant for a number of years. The recent renovation is quite impressive.

The new home of Visible Voice Books, the former Lorain Theatre on Saturday January 3, 2026.

The Lorain Theatre is visible at the far right in this 1954 view from the Cleveland Public Library.

View of the small stage from a loft in the former auditorium.

Looking down, towards the front entrance.

Portions of what appears to be the original wall treatments have been preserved.

From Show World, July 10, 1909.

Ads fot the Lorain were usually tiny, from The Plain Dealer, March 24, 1917.

From Motion Picture News, August 7, 1926

From The Plain Dealer, September 26, 1926.

From Motion Picture news, February 25, 1927.

From The Plain Dealer, September 7, 1930.

From The Film Daily, June 8, 1931.

From The Plain Dealer, January 11, 1936.

From The Plain Dealer, May 30, 1943.

From The Plain Dealer, August 10, 1945.

From The Plain Dealer, June 29, 1956.

From The Plain Dealer, September 11, 1959.

From The Plain Dealer, July 20, 1962.

From The Plain Dealer, October 23, 1964.

From The Plain Dealer, October 18, 1967.

From The Plain Dealer, January 1, 1969. The theatre closed several weeks later.

The Lorain was reborn as the Denmark Cinema, from Scene, November 5 - 11, 1970.

This article, from Scene, November 5 - 11, 1970 illustrates the changing times and how Some Cleveland theatres were adapting.

From The Plain Dealer, December 21, 1970.

From The Plain Dealer, January 10, 1971.

From Scene, January 28 - February 3, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, October 29, 1971.

From The Plain Dealer, November 19, 1971.