Rail car street art dwarfed by hulking old steel mill just south of Downtown Cleveland.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 24
STEEL MILLS
Rail car street art dwarfed by hulking old steel mill just south of Downtown Cleveland.
Rail car street art dwarfed by hulking old steel mill just south of Downtown Cleveland.
Monday, September 3, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 23
STEEL MILLS
Steelyard Commons, located at the edge of Cleveland's industrial valley just south of downtown, has risen from the ashes of LTV Steel's abandoned No. 2 finishing mill.
The mixed-use shopping center combines retail outlets, restaurants, a playground, and hiking and biking trails--all in the heart of the city.
I have no
idea what the function was of this rail car.
It looks
like it carried something boiling hot, maybe dangerous.
It's
preserved at the edge of the parking lot of the Steelyard Commons shopping
center.
From the
shopping center's site:
Steelyard Commons, located at the edge of Cleveland's industrial valley just south of downtown, has risen from the ashes of LTV Steel's abandoned No. 2 finishing mill.
The mixed-use shopping center combines retail outlets, restaurants, a playground, and hiking and biking trails--all in the heart of the city.
Friday, August 31, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 21
THE FLATS
Prince lives.
Eating a Homer Simpson pink donut.
In a larger than life piece of street art.
In industrial Cleveland
Eating a Homer Simpson pink donut.
In a larger than life piece of street art.
In industrial Cleveland
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 19
THE FLATS
Perhaps the meaning of this graffiti is that art is art.
It shows a cop arresting Leonardo Da Vinci, presumably for painting the Mona Lisa.
One could surmise this is a Banksy-like protest of arrests for street artists.
It shows a cop arresting Leonardo Da Vinci, presumably for painting the Mona Lisa.
One could surmise this is a Banksy-like protest of arrests for street artists.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 18
THE FLATS
This brick building in Cleveland's industrial zone sports Banksy-like street art.
We're not sure if "Please Reconsider" refers to demolishing the stately, but careworn old building.
We hope it does.
We're not sure if "Please Reconsider" refers to demolishing the stately, but careworn old building.
We hope it does.
Monday, August 27, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 17
THE FLATS
Brick machine shops, warehouses, small factories -- they all look like they are just waiting for a visionary to turn them into housing, galleries and more.
Sunday, August 26, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 16
THE FLATS
What is it about fire escapes that are so charming from a design standpoint?
It's like Urban Designers and Urban Photographers have to love fire escapes the way music critics and independent record store owners have to love Yo Lo Tengo.
It's like Urban Designers and Urban Photographers have to love fire escapes the way music critics and independent record store owners have to love Yo Lo Tengo.
Saturday, August 25, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 15
THE FLATS
We love our adopted hometown of Miami.
But there are virtually no industrial areas.
No ruins of bridges and smokestacks to preserve as art.
No elegant red brick industrial buildings to convert to artist lofts.
But there are virtually no industrial areas.
No ruins of bridges and smokestacks to preserve as art.
No elegant red brick industrial buildings to convert to artist lofts.
Friday, August 24, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 14
THE FLATS
Cross this bridge under the crooked river that burned, and you will be in Tremont -- one of the most-desirable urban neighborhoods in the Great Lakes region.
Thursday, August 23, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 13
THE FLATS
So many worn out buildings, many occupied by workers for 3 round the clock shifts in Cleveland's hey day, exist in the valley along Cleveland's Cuyahoga River.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 12
THE FLATS
Smoke stacks certainly are symbols of fossil fuel burning that polluted most of the Rust Belt.
But preserved here, this brick tower is as elegant as a commissioned piece of art.
But preserved here, this brick tower is as elegant as a commissioned piece of art.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 11
THE FLATS
The West Bank of the flats is know for nightclubs and an aquarium -- though there still are lots of working industrial sites.
The West Bank of the flats is know for nightclubs and an aquarium -- though there still are lots of working industrial sites.
Monday, August 20, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 10
THE FLATS
Happy birthday to my brother Keith, my only sibling.
He turns 50 today.
He lives in Medina County, the same county -- contiguous with Cleveland's Cuyahoga -- that we were raised in.
I remember many visits to Cleveland with Keith.
One time we saw an Indians game in the cavernous old Municipal Stadium, but really wanted to see NE Ohio favorite son Joe Walsh in concert after the game.
The James Gang alum killed it.
When you rock Cleveland, you can rock any place on earth.
The "new," going on a quarter century old, ballpark looms just above the big rust-hued goliath of machinery in the picture above.
Happy birthday to my brother Keith, my only sibling.
He turns 50 today.
He lives in Medina County, the same county -- contiguous with Cleveland's Cuyahoga -- that we were raised in.
I remember many visits to Cleveland with Keith.
One time we saw an Indians game in the cavernous old Municipal Stadium, but really wanted to see NE Ohio favorite son Joe Walsh in concert after the game.
The James Gang alum killed it.
When you rock Cleveland, you can rock any place on earth.
The "new," going on a quarter century old, ballpark looms just above the big rust-hued goliath of machinery in the picture above.
Sunday, August 19, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 9
THE FLATS
Larger than life contraptions hulked all over Cleveland's Flats.
Heavy industry inspired some larger than life music to come out of Cleveland.
And more legendary bands than can be counted owe their first big break to airplay on Cleveland rock radio and appearances at its many music venues.
Heavy industry inspired some larger than life music to come out of Cleveland.
And more legendary bands than can be counted owe their first big break to airplay on Cleveland rock radio and appearances at its many music venues.
Saturday, August 18, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 8
THE FLATS
Brother where you bound?
The west bank of the Flats is a bit of an entertainment center.
The east bank has lots of condos, apartments, and new places to eat and drink along a riverwalk.
Ohio City and Tremont are booming classic old Cleveland neighborhoods on just west of the Flats.
Brother where you bound?
The west bank of the Flats is a bit of an entertainment center.
The east bank has lots of condos, apartments, and new places to eat and drink along a riverwalk.
Ohio City and Tremont are booming classic old Cleveland neighborhoods on just west of the Flats.
Friday, August 17, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 7
THE FLATS
Tearing down old, rusty things and removing any touchstones of the past used to be consider the best way to do urban renewal.
Thankfully, best practices shifted toward keeping essential parts of the old DNA, so the new could be contextual.
Tearing down old, rusty things and removing any touchstones of the past used to be consider the best way to do urban renewal.
Thankfully, best practices shifted toward keeping essential parts of the old DNA, so the new could be contextual.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 6
THE FLATS
So much steel -- in the bridges in the Flats and made in the giant mills just south of it.
The auto industry made Midwest cities huge in the first half of the 20th century.
Cleveland (forget our rival Pittsburgh) made steel.
Akron made rubber tires.
Toledo made glass.
Detroit put it all together.
So much steel -- in the bridges in the Flats and made in the giant mills just south of it.
The auto industry made Midwest cities huge in the first half of the 20th century.
Cleveland (forget our rival Pittsburgh) made steel.
Akron made rubber tires.
Toledo made glass.
Detroit put it all together.
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 5
THE FLATS
Dozens of great bridges spanned the ravine separating the west side of Cleveland from the east.
Many carried cars.
Movable lower ones carried industrial trains.
Some carried commuter rail.
Dozens of great bridges spanned the ravine separating the west side of Cleveland from the east.
Many carried cars.
Movable lower ones carried industrial trains.
Some carried commuter rail.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND, OHIO -- part 4
THE FLATS
Cleveland's red brick factories, steel bridges, heavy wires and concrete masses inspired my sense of what an urban place should look like.
Cleveland's red brick factories, steel bridges, heavy wires and concrete masses inspired my sense of what an urban place should look like.
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