Cleveland Architecture Part II (5/30/2016)

Monday, May 30, 2016
Happy Memorial Day!

Buckeye Trumpet Man (and Dog) (2008) by James Simon,
at the Art & Soul of Buckeye Park on Buckeye Road at E 118th Street;
also seen is Mosaic Seating (2008) by Angelica Pozo

The Storyteller Mural (2010) by Anna Arnold

Musical note fence at the Art & Soul of Buckeye Park

Hough Obelisk (1989) with a plaque
giving the history of the Hough neighborhood

The area was settled by Oliver and Eliza Hough in 1799, and upon their death in 1866, the land was given to the residents of the community. At the turn of the century, Hough benefited from its proximity to "Millionaires Row" on Euclid Avenue. Between WWI and WWII, it was resettled by a mostly middle-class ethnic population. In the 1950s, there was the out-migration of the upper and middle-class whites, and in-migration of lower-income whites and blacks. Absentee landlords and an eroded tax base leading to reduced public services. The unrest came to a head in July 1966, and the resulting Hough Riots caused more people and the businesses to move out, and the area became even more neglected. New housing has been built, beginning in 1985, and in the 2000s a new shopping plaza and new schools have been built as Hough makes a comeback.

Esmond Building (1898, designed by John L Eisenmann)
at 4806 Euclid Avenue

The Agora Theatre & Ballroom (1913
as the Metropolitan Theatre)

The Agora Theatre and Ballroom, which was founded in 1966 by Henry LoConti, Sr, was moved to this location in 1986.

The Agora detail

A station of the Euclid Avenue HealthLine (2008)
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route

An articulated DE60LFA-BRT bus with a diesel-electric hybrid engine

Sarah Benedict House (1883, architect
unknown, in Queen Anne style), now the
Cleveland Restoration Society headquarters

Unique wrought-iron fence at the Sarah Benedict House

Prospect Avenue Row House Group,
3657 Prospect Avenue (1860) on the right

3655 Prospect Avenue (1860)

3651 Prospect Avenue (1860)

3649 Prospect Avenue (1874),
now the Brownstone Inn

3645 Prospect Avenue (1876)

Tavern Club (1905, by J Milton Dyer in North Renaissance style),
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984

Trinity Cathedral (1901-1907, designed by
Charles F Schweinfurth) at 2230 Euclid Avenue;
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973

Trinity Cathedral Courtyard; the cathedral was closed so
we did not see the Mather Chapel 14C altarpiece by Puccio di Simone

1361 Euclid Avenue building
in Playhouse Square with the 2014 chandelier

Ohio and State Theatres (1921,
designed by Thomas W Lamb)

Connor Palace (1922 as the Keith Palace Theatre,
designed by Rapp and Rapp of Chicago)

The Playhouse Square chandelier
and Idea Center sign for the
broadcasting and educational services
of ideastream/public radio and
Playhouse Square

There are 200 of these planters (2008, designed by
Mark L Reigelman II) meant to resemble
paper wrapped around a bouquet

Cleveland Public Library (1925, designed by Walker & Weeks 

Louis Stokes Wing of the Public Library
(1994-1998, designed by Hardy Holzman
Pfeiffer Associates)

The Leader Building (1911-1913,
designed by Charles Adams Platt)
at 526 Superior Avenue

The Leader Building entrance

The Federal Reserve Bank Building (1923,
designed by Walker & Weeks) that now
has the Money Museum

The Federal Reserve Bank portal with
Integrity and Security statues by Henry Herring

Energy in Repose by Henry Herring at the Superior Avenue
entrance of the Federal Reserve Bank

The Arcade (1890, designed by John L Eisenman)
with the original Romanesque portal,
now home of the Hyatt Regency

The Arcade's Superior Avenue entrance

The Arcade clock and ironwork

The Arcade interior

The Arcade elevator lobby

The Arcade on Euclid Avenue

The Euclid Avenue front was remodeled in
1939 by Walker & Weeks

Relief of Charles Brush, inventor of a
dynamo/electric generator for arc lights,
and contributor to the building of the Arcade

Relief of Steven Harkness,
who had the Arcade built 

E 4th Street District, a pedestrian street of restaurants

Art installation on Euclid Avenue at E 4th Street

Portal (1976) by Isamu Noguchi,
in front of the Cleveland Justice Center (9/9/2016)

Unplanned Hike (5/29/2016)

Sunday, May 29, 2016

We were planning on hiking another section of the Ohio & Erie Canalway Towpath Trail, but frst stopped to see the Everett Covered Bridge that crosses Furnace Run.

1986 reconstruction of an 1870s bridge that was damaged,
then swept away in a 1975 spring storm

Everett Covered Bridge, the only remaining
covered bridge in Summit County

We noticed there was a 2-mile Furnace Run Loop Trail, and decided to walk that today.

The area is covered with Hesperis matronalis/
Dame's Rocket flowers in purples and white

Dame's Rocket is distinguished from
phlox because it has only 4 and not 5 petals

Unfortunately it is an invasive plant,
although it looks lovely in the woods

Gus and Kent on the trail through the Dame's Rocket

A moss-covered fallen tree 

What's that on the Podophyllum peltatum/Mayapple leaf?

Magicicada septendecim/Cicada that
has recently shed its nymph exoskeleton

They were everywhere! They are part of the 17-year brood
that is emerging from the ground in 2016!

You can just about hear the juvenile cicadas with their mating song:

It should get louder in the coming weeks.

Holes in the path from the emerging cicada nymphs

Re-forestation in progress

Lilium sp/Yellow lilies

Ranunculus bulbosus/Buttercups

This trail crossed the road and had steps

Gus and Kent cross a bridge

The trail was not really a loop, but dead-ended at Furnace Run

A house of multiple additions on Wheatley Road,
with gingerbread trim

Back near the covered bridge was Founders Wayside, with
information panels about John F Seiberling and Ralph Regula

John F Seiberling, grandson of the founder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, came up with the idea of creating a park, and as a member of Congress was able to have the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area created in 1974. Once created in name, it was the work of Congressman Ralph Regula to get appropriations to develop the park and in 2000 he had the name changed to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. He also sponsored the legislation for the Ohio & Erie Canalway.