Okay, it's early and my coffee is still kicking in - here are some photos, including the Cuyahoga County Courthouse and Whiskey Island - the Courage bit ... you'll find out.
Starting right off with the Cuyahoga County Courthouse - part of the Daniel Burnham Group Plan of 1903, it took about seven years to build. It's located at the northwest corner of the Group Plan area - Cleveland City Hall occupies the northeast site. Both are similar in scale but the courthouse sports a more decorative facade with Ionic columns and statuary above the north and south pediments representing historical figures in law:
Remember the movie 'The Avengers'? The scene where Loki comes striding down a grand staircase and grabs a guy for his retinal scan? This is that grand staircase - you don't mind if I take a few shots, do you?
Alright, it's
just a staircase, let's move on to the mezzanine level:
Well what do you know, it's the staircase again!
Next up, just some random shots of downtown Cleveland - mostly on lunch breaks:
Remember the part about a bit of Courage in the title? As I was walking around the Convention Center's overlook, I noticed some people filming (not uncommon this time of year) but then I saw *who* they were filming. Turns out they were working with Lily Rose Lee (fka Michelle Knight) - one of the three young ladies rescued from their kidnapper a year ago, the others being Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry. The foundation set up in their honor is called the Cleveland Courage Fund - rightfully so, if you ask me. I didn't want to pry and kept my distance, I just hope she's happy and being taken care of.
Let's get out of downtown - a quick photo of the ongoing demolition of the former Innerbelt bridge:
And finally over to Whiskey Island - specifically Wendy Park:
The area, and the Cuyahoga River in general have been cleaned up a lot since the city's darkest days but there's still a lot of work to be done. A huge kudos to the people who were doing a clean-up that day; a hopeful 'gutting like a fish' to the people doing the illegal dumping.
Always a treat to see watercraft - in this case, Victoriaborg, one of the container ships from Wagenborg Shipping. This is relatively new for the Port of Cleveland, hopefully the business grows.
http://www.wagenborg.com/en/our-equi...t/victoriaborg
As the Victoriaborg makes its way into port, there's a little bit of everything to see - nature, boats, people, architecture; my undiagnosed ADHD goes into overdrive every time I come here
Ah, one day it would be great to see the former Coast Guard station repurposed:
Just when I thought I'd call it a day, the Sam Laud ore freighter comes churning down the Cuyahoga
Okay, I know this has been quite a "set"
And I hope we all learn to see the Forest City (one of Cleveland's nicknames) for the trees
CLEVELAND - A lot of Whiskey, a lot of Courage
Nice tour, you did the courthouse justice..
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