Friday, August 21, 2026

Euclid Beach - WKYC Day

 WKYC Day at Euclid Beach with Lou Christie, Keith Allison and The Happenings, from the Plain Dealer, August 12, 1966.

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Allen Theatre: ZZ Top

 The passing of Frank Beard had me recalling their Allen Theatre appearances.

From Scene, December 5 - 11, 1974.

This was the show when a leg of the power feed into the building blew out during the sound check, forcing stagehands to do a bunch of workarounds, and the show went on.

From Scene, June 27 - July 4, 1974.

This show was the source of numerous Lovomotiv GT longplayers which were handed out prior to the show. 

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Public Square

 Undated, unused Public Square postcard, circa 1960.

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Monday, August 17, 2026

Shaker Rapid

 Shaker Heights PCC cars, from ERA Headlights, January 1949.

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Revival

 Sixty years ago this week!

Saturday, August 15, 2026

Beatles at the Stadium

 Sixty years ago the Beatles appeared at Muny Stadium.

From the Plain Dealer, August 15, 1966.

Friday, August 14, 2026

Melt

 Buildings in the old Central Market area, summer, 1987.

The Central Market building is behind the brick "melt" building in front.

Thursday, August 13, 2026

City Jail

 Old City Jail on the forth floor of the Central Police Station, 2001 Payne Avenue, August 1993. I have a bunch of these, need to scan them one of these days.

Grass Mask

 This silly device was marketed during the 1970's, not a good product, there's probably a warehouse full of them somewhere in Jersey.

From Scene, July 1 - 7, 1976.

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Society for Savings

 The Society for Savings building on Public Square, spring 1995.

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Delaware-Lackawanna 4118

 DL 4018 at the Steamtown boarding platform, August 7th, 2016.

Monday, August 10, 2026

T-33A Shooting Star

 TR-263 at the Memorial Garden on Memphis Avenue in Brooklyn a couple weeks ago.

Sunday, August 9, 2026

Berean Baptist Church

 The Berean Baptist Church on Church Street, August 20, 2016.

Saturday, August 8, 2026

On the Radio

 Radio listing, Plain Dealer, August 8, 1936.

Friday, August 7, 2026

South Parkside Drive

 Looking south along South Parkside Drive, I like these brick streets.

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Smeed Box Company

 The Smeed Box Company, 1878 Scranton Road a couple weeks ago.

From the 1921 Cleveland City Directory.

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Bull Dog Ice Cream

 We stopped by Bull Dog Ice Cream, 7467 Memphis Avenue the other day, it's a cool little place. The building was originally a Golden Point restaurant opening in 1960. The short lived regional chain had four stores in the Cleveland area, this is the only one still standing.

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Rolling on the River

Ducks on the Cuyahoga last month.


Monday, August 3, 2026

Sunday, August 2, 2026

St. Michael Church

 St. Michael's, Scranton & Clark last May.

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Scranton Road

 Looking north on Scranton Road, used to be an Erie freight house on the right.