ALT Ray Culley shooting a film scene from atop the Terminal Tower in 1941 | Image courtesy of Hagley Museum and Library, Cinecraft Productions Collection
Our story about Pla-Mor Roller Rink, part of the rich history of African American businesses on Cedar Avenue, is cited in thelandcle.org/stories/plann… via @LandofCLE
ALT Nighttime view of "New Mall" marquee with decorative street lights and other electric signs along the Euclid Avenue sidewalk | Creator: Arthur Gray | Source: Cleveland Public Library Photograph Collection | Date: 1937
ALT Cross-section view of Mall Theaters double-deck cinemas | Creator: Richardson & Yost, Architects | Source: Popular Mechanics | Date: May 1917
A massive flood struck Cleveland in March 1913. As @sarahgrace0419's new story highlights, the flood was especially severe in the Flats, but it was part of a broader weather event that brought disastrous flooding to many other cities in the Midwest. clevelandhistorical.org/item…
ALT A car driving through floodwaters on W. 3rd St. in downtown Cleveland. A "Gund's Beer" sign is visible on the side of a building. (Source: Cleveland Public Library Photograph Collection)
ALT Ad titled "Lorain-Fulton Square" and showing a view facing west on Lorain Avenue from Fulton Road with commercial buildings on either side. Source: Cleveland News, December 21, 1914
The Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights is 30 years old this month. Kathy Blackman opened the club with Matt Mugridge and Sean Heineman in 1992. The three worked together at Club Isabella in University Circle. Blackman bought out her partners in the mid 1990s. clevelandhistorical.org/file…
ALT Kathy Blackman (right) co-founded the Grog Shop in 1992. | Source: Grog Shop
ALT The center row in this image is a scene from a wall mural by Jake Kelly, located on the south wall of the Grog Shop. Flier artists represented in the top and bottom rows include Tyler Fortney, John Greiner, Jon Hicks, Seri Pop and Jake Kelly. | Source: Grog Shop
Check out our newest story – Fridrich Bicycle: Cleveland's Oldest Bike Shop, by @jdubelko, which gives insights into how Lorain Avenue developed as a commercial corridor in the 19th century and the role the Fridrich family played and continues to play clevelandhistorical.org/item…#CLE
ALT Early 1940s photo showing old cars parked on Lorain Avenue in front of the storefronts housing Fridrich Bicycle. Signs read "100 Used Bikes," "Schwinn Built Bicycles $36," and "Bicycles | Wheel Goods | FRIDRICH." Photo courtesy of Nancy Todd Paris, descendant of Joseph Fridrich
ALT Joseph J. Fridrich (right) talks with longtime employee Fred Kidd as they look at new bicycles inside the store in 1968. Photo: Cleveland Public Library, Photograph Collection
A little bit of Vegas in Cleveland... The Sahara Motor Hotel at 3201 Euclid Avenue even made appearances in a few episodes of CBS's "Route 66" TV series in the early 1960s. Never mind that the actual highway never passed through #CLE! clevelandhistorical.org/item…#ThisWasCLE
ALT Courtyard view of Sahara Motor Hotel. An arrow-shaped swimming pool with low diving pool is in the center of a concrete courtyard and surrounded by rows of lounge chairs. Widely spaced multicolored umbrellas over tables and chairs line the perimeter of the courtyard. Egyptian figures are painted on the walls of the motel at regular intervals on all three floors. There is a single tree beyond the pool.
Here’s a cropped 1958 photo of the original Leo’s Casino at 4817 Central Avenue. Leo’s opened in 1952, burned in 1962, and reopened at 7500 Euclid Ave., becoming a major Motown stop until it closed in 1972. greenbookcleveland.placinghi… Photo: Bd of Zoning Appeals pix @Cleveland_PL
ALT A corner commercial building faced with brick on the second story and formstone on the first story with a pointed turret on the near corner. Large signs are mounted on the second level: At center is a musical eighth-note shaped neon sign that reads “Leo’s CASINO food LIQUOR.” To the left is a checkmark shaped sign that reads “ABBOTT’S BAR-B-Q” with a circular seal-like medallion sign reading “Ribs—Chicken.” Three 1950s cars are parked in front and the leaves of a tree above the photographer appear at the top just inside the field of view.
From Euclid Avenue to University Circle, the Museum has been inspiring wonder for the natural world for over a century. In 2024, we will once again transform the face of natural history in CLE. See where science and imagination meet at ContributeToHistory.org.
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ALT Previous home of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Euclid Avenue
Dearing's appears to the right of Mercury Bar on E. 105th St. in this 1960 photo from @Cleveland_PL. While his restaurant was never in the Green Book, Ulysses S. Dearing managed three clubs that were listed. More on this great #CLE restaurateur at greenbookcleveland.placinghi…
ALT 1940s-50s cars parked in front of an old commercial building with a blade sign reading "Mercury Bar Dine Dance" and a smaller sign reading "Dearing's Ribs Chicken Shrimp." An iron balcony to the left is sheltered by a tile-roofed awning supported by brackets. The building itself has the name "Paris" carved in a stone nameplate set in the brick facade just below its roofline.
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In 1964, Roxboro Junior High School in Cleveland Heights hosted the Davis Cup tennis championship. Arthur Ashe, the first Black player on a US Davis Cup team, played here that year. See more on the school's history at clevelandhistorical.org/item…#CLE (Photo: CHHS Alumni Foundation)
The scenic Quarry Park Picnic Area in South Chagrin Reservation masks the history of a small quarrying town that once thrived in the region, but clues to its hidden past can still be found if one knows where to explore. clevelandhistorical.org/item…
In or about 1822, Josiah Barber and Richard Lord laid out a village west of the Cuyahoga River. Its public square was located on what is today the northwest corner of W. 25th St. and Lorain Ave.—just across the street from the West Side Market. clevelandhistorical.org/item…#CLE