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. 

Lakewood Public Library

 Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit Avenue last Friday morning.

Madison Plumbing

  Looks like the former Madison Plumbing building at 1590 Coutant Avenue may have a new tenant.

Lakewood Seventh-Day Adventist Church

 Lakewood Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 1382 Arthur Avenue from Friday morning.

KYW Radio

KYW dj's and contest winner, photo from U.S. Radio, January 1961.

Delaware - Lackawanna 2461

 DL 2461 at Steamtown Yard, March 26, 2016.

Keith Building

 A candy Keith Building, from Billboard, January 13, 1923.

Garfield School

 Garfield School on Detroit Avenue in Lakewood a couple weeks ago.

I like these old school buildings. I've yet to find a decent model for the model railroad, the one's I see aren't like any school I'm familiar with.

Delaware Water Gap

 Hard to believe it was ten years ago when we made this little trip. Looking north from the Lackawanna Railroad bridge, March 9, 2016.

That was a fun day!

Despina's Bakery

  We stopped by Despina's Bakery, 11823 Detroit Avenue again the other day, this place is the best, be sure to check it out!

Sunday Shows

 A bit of a dust-up concerning Sunday stage costumes at the Hipp.

From the New York Clipper, October 25, 1916.

Highland Studios

 The Highland Studio Building, 11712 Detroit Avenue, an interesting looking structure, there was a Southworth grocery here years ago.

Star Bakery

 Almost hard to believe that once upon a time dozens of bakery wagons plied the streets.

From The Plain Dealer, March 18, 1926.

Coil Car

Norfolk & Western coil car out a passenger car window, around Toledo, October 1990.

Canadian Pacific 2317

 CP 2318 eastbound behind Lackawanna Station, October 17, 2009.

Beach Boys

 Sixty years ago tonight, Beach Boys, Lovin' Spoonfiul and Noel Harrison at Music Hall.

From the Plain Dealer, March 11, 1966.

Cleveland Skyline

 View from behind some buildings on Edgewater Drive on Sunday afternoon.

The ice is gone for the season.

West 117th Street

 Looking south on West 117th Street a few weeks ago, always looks bleak along here.

Number 5 Dam

 A view of the still frozen Number 5 Dam, March 29, 2011. Montage Mountain ski slopes visible in the distance.

Harrison Avenue Bridge

 The old Harrison Avenue Bridge, March 21, 2016.

Construction is underway on the replacement bridge.

Edgewater Drive

 Looking east on Edgewater Drive, from West 117th Street a couple weeks ago.

RKO Palace: Wartime Biz

 Came across this article on the early wartime biz at the RKO Palace. 

From Variety, March 11, 1942.

Lake Cove

 One of the many apartment entrance-ways along Lake Avenue, a couple weeks ago.

Scranton Button Company

 Came across this the other day, from Talking Machine World, November 15, 1924.

Burlington Northern 6888

 Almost caught an eastbound freight a couple weeks ago, but alas that wasn't to be. Don't see trains as often as I did in Scranton, really miss that.

Cove Park

 A snow covered field a couple weeks ago at Cove Park.