CLEVELAND - Getting back on track with a Goodtime!
It's not summer in Cleveland if I don't get a trip on the Goodtime III excursion/tour boat at least once. It was a great day for photos with the forecast was temps around 65F and low humidity.
One nice thing about Lake Erie is how it reflects weather conditions. Super-crisp line of demarcation between the sky and the water = low humidity
New restaurant on the East Ninth Street pier:
Not too many companies can say their offices offer on-site boat parking
Inbound freighter:
And we're off - apologies in advance for the gratuitous shots of the new Hilton. What can I say - my website is clevelandskyscrapers.com and you know Cleveland, we don't get a new tower built every other day
Bicycle-mounted law enforcement training drills for the upcoming Republican National Convention:
This view from about ten years ago:
And now ...
I know the international container shipping business is booming at the Port of Cleveland but I don't think I've ever seen this many at one time. I heard next year they are expanding the shipping routes to India.
Remember when this was the new glassy tower on the block?
Making our way up the Cuyahoga, passing the Nautica Queen:
Much improved over the vacant buildings that used to be there but looking forward to the next phase:
This approximate view almost ten years ago when the Flats had declined from their infamous 'party central' days:
The area has since been redeveloped into a more mixed-use neighborhood along with a new and improved boardwalk.
I believe the blank retail space is slated for the Rascal Flatts restaurant - definitely not my cup of tea but hopefully it does well:
It seems like yesterday there was "nothing to see, move along" in this area:
Ah well, more pics along the Cuyahoga:
Headquarters to Sherwin Williams who occupy almost 100% of the building - rumor has it they're looking to build new somewhere.
Time to turn around at Collision Bend (fortunately we made it through unscathed):
Adjacent to the Flats East Bank area is the southern stretch of Old River Road which was also part of the 'party scene' back in the day. There's a small amount of spillover development happening but it involves repurposing older buildings rather than new construction
Passing the former Coast Guard Station and Whiskey Island - glad to see it's being taken care of and redeveloped.
And pardon the excess pics from northeast of downtown - part of the reason the humidity was so low was high winds; the captain took us briefly beyond the breakwall and then turned back due to choppy water. As Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, it doesn't take much to get the waves churning so we went back behind the breakwall rather than get further down the shoreline than I'd hoped:
That's what I said, skylines are all about angles. Showing the lowrises as many as it can (urban horizontal width), and the highrises not blocking each other (urban vertical height), in perfect harmony.
This thread contains by far, the best angles of Cleveland skylines show Cleveland as a real metropolis with urban width and height.
Talking about big cities, below cities cannot find properly representative and typical skyline on Internet so far:
Albany, Omaha and so on.
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I am delusional, I talked to photos.
I remember Cleveland, I went to school there as an undergrad. It's good to see them redeveloping downtown and the flats, and I heard they did a good job with Euclid Avenue and University Circle. I still don't see myself moving back there though, because it's still not a booming city with strong job opportunities like a Denver or Seattle, or even Minneapolis. It's still losing population, albeit at a slower pace than before, and there are still plenty of rough areas in the city.
Hmhmhm... Hmhmhmhmhm, I've had some feeling that Detroit could easily argue about this. They built way too much stuff in the past to ever give up.
Who owns the Cavaliers there by the way? The same odd Detroiter that currently owns just about half of downtown Detroit. Well, somehow, even a billionaire may become a winner.
Mais bon, I'm watching buildings on here. The Hilton tower right there is splendid. Isn't it? That super sleek glass beats most supertalls IMO. It would fit the finest quality limestone over here...
Cleveland is a beautiful city I pass through on 90 coming back from Chicago love taking the northern route back to Philly .The airport is in the downtown area , never seen an airport so close to highrise buildings like that before .
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Isn't it? That super sleek glass beats most supertalls IMO. It would fit the finest quality limestone over here...
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