Nightclub Nudity

 Crackdown on nightclubs in the early war years.

 From Variety, January 21, 1942.

From The Plain Dealer, March 1, 1942.

From The Plain Dealer, March 1, 1942.

From The Plain Dealer, March 1, 1942.

From The Plain Dealer, March 1, 1942.

From The Plain Dealer, March 1, 1942.

From Variety, March 11, 1942.

From Variety, November 18, 1942.

Madison Avenue

 Looking west on Madison Avenue, looking towards Hilliard Boulevard last week.

Grace Presbyterian Church

 Grace Presbyterian Church, 1659 Rosewood Avenue, last week. This view is from the front of the Blue Cafe, looking towards the 15700 block of Hilliard Boulevard.

Bus Stop

 This bus stop, on Lorain Avenue, & West 140th Street, was shot up last week in the middle of the afternoon. After school target practice for Cleveland School students I suppose. Days later, the damage lingers.

Absolute Legends And Collectibles

 We stopped by Absolute Legends And Collectibles, 2007 Carabel Avenue, the other day, neat place with a lot of stuff. This is a bit out of my realm, but it was crowded, so they must be doing something right.

Rebirth of Speakeasies

 Cleveland, always at the cutting edge, this time with a classic, "the cheat spot."

From Variety, August 5, 1942.

Cleveland Skyline

 View on a murky Saturday morning.

Surrey With the Fringe on Top

 Palace bally for East Lynne, a surrey with the fringe on top at 19th & Euclid, from Motion Picture News, October 10, 1925.

USS Cleveland LCS 31

 The new USS Cleveland off the coast of Lakewood on Saturday morning. The Cleveland was on it's way from Wisconsin to it's dedication in Cleveland.

Detroit Avenue

 Looking west on Detroit Avenue from the 15300 block, on a bleak day in March.

First Church of Christ Scientist

 The former First Church of Christ Scientist, 15422 Detroit Avenue, currently home to King's Church. It sure was bleak back in March.

WJW Radio

 Ad for WJW with logos for all the big Cleveland department stores.

From Sponsor, October 12, 1964.

Lower Mall Contest Winner

 The winner of the first television set to be given away as a prize in Cleveland. Not sure of the wisdom in this, although there was only one station on the air at the time, and it didn't start it's broadcast day until late afternoon.

From Boxoffice, May 22, 1948. I assume Mrs. Agnes Myers' trips to the Lower Mall became fewer once she had her telly set up.

Thoreau Place

 New townhouses with a great view of the NKP under construction. Too bad they won't be done in time for UP 4014's passage next month. These would be great railfan homes, only $480,000 quite the bargain.

Blue Cafe

 We stopped by the Blue Cafe, 15715 Madison Avenue the other day, as always a cool spot!

Pennsylvania Railroad

 Ad from the back cover of Trains, April 1946, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

New Cleveland Theatres Planned

 This article gives an indication of the scope of the theatre construction boom of the early 1920's.

From, Moving Picture World, March 27, 1920. The Playhouse Square theatres are here as are the Capitol, Keith's 105th, Loew's Park, Detroit, Regent, Corlett, Astor, to name a few. The Lyceum is on here twice, Loew ended up only building one west side house.

United Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church

 United Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church, 15120 Detroit Avenue, on a bleak day in March.

Union Pacific 4012

 UP 4012 at Steamtown, July 3, 2021. UP 4014 is scheduled to visit next month, excitement is building!

Air Raid

 Fortunately these were never needed.

From International Projectionist, September 1942.

From Variety, April 8, 1942.

Lackawanna 889

 DL&W caboose 889 at Steamtown, April 30, 2016.

Detroit Avenue

 Looking east on Detroit Avenue from the 15300 block, last month.

Geiger's

 Geiger's, a longtime Lakewood landmark at 14710 Detroit Avenue. from last month.

Radio Cleveland

 A few things I came across while looking for something else. WHK was in this location until the mid-1970's.

The front of this building is mostly unchanged since the 1949 renovation. From Broadcasting, October 17, 1949.

 

 From Broadcasting, October 17, 1949. The coveted television license never materialized. The former Metropolitan Theatre, became known as the WHK Auditorium, and was an inexpensive place to stage a concert, although in somewhat of a dicey location. Today the auditorium is the Agora nightclub.

From Variety, February 7, 1951.

St. Colman Church

 A quick snap from last week, looking north on West 65th Street, towards St. Colman's from near Colgate Avenue.

Trains in the Valley

 Trains in the Valley, a great place for model railroad equipment, always worth checking out. I like the notes with each order. If you're anywhere near there sale, go check it out.

Dave Mason

 The recent passing of Dave Mason had me reminiscing about the first rock show I worked at the Allen. It was my second day there, Sunday, March 26, 1972. The audience of 2,860 all looked like the bad guys on Adam-12. When the house lights went out, the marihuana was lit, for a brief few seconds the auditorium would be illuminated by hundreds of matches and lighters. When I asked a policeman about this, I was told, "not a big deal kid." Quite a different message than school and telly. I had no idea what loud was until that night, the sound was quite deafening, making hard to communicate with co-workers.

From the Plain Dealer Action Tab, March 17, 1972.

Rudy's Strudel & Bakery

 Stopped by Rudy's Strudel & Bakery, 5580 Ridge Road, for Record Store Day, always worth a visit. Great having this next to a record store.

Mistake By The Lake Records

 We stopped by Mistake By The Lake Records, 6502 Lorain Avenue on Cleveland's West Side on Saturday for Record Store Day, always a cool place to stop.

Colgate Court

 Looking west on Colgate Court, a west side alleyway, from about the 6500 block on Saturday afternoon.

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 for Record Store Day, great fun!