a walk in Birdtown

between Madison Park, and a branch library

in front of someone's house and porch

Why is it exactly called Birdtown? O, yeah right.

A husky was lounging on his front porch.

The porch goose's jersey would be more recognised if the laces were in the front.

in front of a Mexican restaurant

This part of Lakewood had immigration from eastern Europe (Slavonic Austro-Hungary): Poles, Slovaks, Rusyns, Ukrainians. Each built their own churches, where they could speak their old languages. This yearstone was above a door. That building is now connected to a Baptist church. A few houses beyond is an Ukrainian Orthodox church. Across the street is a former Byzantine church [click], which had its last liturgy mid-December 2011. It was bought to be turned into a restaurant and brewery, development stopped, and in the last few moths has accelerated. 

Dej me synu muj, sroce své; a oči tvé cest mých at ostŕíhaji. Pŕis. 23, 26. 

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes keep to my ways. Proverbs 23:26.  [NAB]

Škola
Ev. Aug. Vyz. Církve
Sv. Petra a Pavla
30. Juna. 1910.

School
Lutheran U.A.C. Church
SS. Peter and Paul
June 30. 1910.

I surmise,  Ev. Aug. Vyz. Církve is Evanjelický Augsburský Vyznanie; in English, U.A.C. is Unaltered Augsburg Confession. They were the first congregation in Birdtown. This was their first school and church. Much bigger, and impressive buildings were built in 1927, a short walk away on Madison. Since then, the original congregation split twice, and those of the first split have merged under a new name. There is also a SS. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church on Madison in Birdtown. 

Impett Park

Impett Park Cleveland has a swimming pool, and a shower building.  That building is like so many at Cleveland pools. It has a new unnamed mural now, with animals and trees. To show it was painted this year, it has the total solar eclipse. Some incongruity, there are falling oak leaves. This is a small part of the whole painting. The chief painters are Bernadette Glorioso, Megan May, and Monica Webb. Cuyahoga County funded the painting, as a separate project. The main project was the new kiddie playground in 35 acre Impett Park. Saturday, 16th November, it was celebrated.  $750,000 came from Joe Biden, $660,000 from City Council Ward 17.

Also on the wall, Dylan

 From the park St. Mark, and St. Mary Romanian Orthodox are visible. That is St. Mary's in the distance.

kakastrophe

The election showed most Americans would have been fine with Hitler, as long as they were the Germans. Hillary Clinton was correct in so many of her opinions. Perhaps her greatest statement of truth was calling Rumpenfuehrer's supporters 'deplorables'. Let us recall some of their wardrobe choices this summer, and fall: tee shirts worded "I'm voting for the felon", wearing diapers outside their pants, kotex pads on their ears, garbage bags. His electorate were debased clowns, and he is nominating deviant clowns for his cabinet. Trump is demented, stupid, and senile; he is also a sadist, pervert, rapist, fraud, and a criminal. He is a malignant narcissist. Orange Caligula has one formidable talent, he corrupts absolutely, and he easily finds people who are corrupt, or corruptible. He is irredeemable, relentless, incorrigible, the Devil has a great servant. Every day is a new piece of fresh hell, the vastness of what has been transversed is mind boggling.

Sometimes one word or term signifies a presidency: Camelot (Kennedy), New Deal (FD Roosevelt), Great Society (LB Johnson). The next administration it will be: Kakistocracy. Etymology: Greek, kakistos (κάκιστος; worst) & kratos (κράτος; rule). I had thought kaka referred to sh*t, σκατά. — Ω ☨

from the same spot

St. Colman (Irish)

 St. Stephen (German)

The two parishes did not get along with each other.  First it was the ethnic rivalry, and more recently politics. Then Lennon came and stated a mass reduction in parishes.  These two were pitted against each other. Lennon grouped parishes into "clusters".  People were made to think that there would be co-operation, but no, it was to be musical chairs.  In this cluster there were five, and they were ordered to become three. St. Procop (Czech) was going to be put out. The cluster was going to remove Stephen. Lennon surprised the committee, by axing Colman. Colman's pastor, Fr. Robert Begin, organised a successful appeal. Lennon allowed both to survive under probation (ransom). Begin and Lennon have died, and other bishops have come and gone. Now both parishes have the same pastor.

Terminal Tower, old Sohio Building (Huntington) 

These three snaps were all taken from the same spot on a walking path at Zone Recreation. 

2024 Miscellany #16

 

November 2nd was All Souls Day, Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos

Here is an altar (ofrenda) in Cleveland for the Four Martyred Missionaries of El Salvador. Jean Donovan (St. Ann Cleve Hts), Sr. Dorothy Kazel (St. Robert Euclid), Sr. Ita Ford, Sr. Maura Clarke.

New revolving egg gate at Dike 14, not yet complete November 7th.

On Superior, they made 'viral' national news on their food, they have made local news over attempted robbery.

Driving north where the innerbelt ends on 90 there is an abrupt right turn, as if the civil engineers did not realise there was a big lake straight ahead.  We all call this 'dead man's curve'.  Now at the beginning of that turn there is a descriptive sign.

Karma with red maple leaves

proper response of a patriot

 

Out and about to-day with camera,

 two Harris signs, and one trumpster flag:

obviously

hairball

embarrassments to neighbours and society

a camera sees

Marbles is eight, that is eight in dog years. He is a sweet animal. His guardian has had him a year, and named him after his way of walking. This Great Dane steps as if he was walking on marbles. Marbles has leg problems, he spent four years in a too small cage.

Scaffolding surrounds Cleveland's Silly Hall, Biden's improvement funds.

Say, who are the people in your neighborhood? The people that you meet each day. ~ Sesame Street

Actor at Akron Zoo, who will meet school children for an afternoon show.

The child and the Humboldt penguin, both find the other interesting at Akron Zoo.

red panda Akron

ram wizard, Akron Zoo

There is a General Motors stamping plant in Parma.

Cleveland has art

Yes, Cleveland has art. Sister Wendy Beckett came to Cleveland Museum of Art. It was founded by the money of late 19th century robber barons, several were partners of the world's richest man at the time. Cleveland became the 6th (or very briefly 5th?) city in population. Chicago, the capital of the Middle West, was the second city, and still uses that, even now that it has fell to third. Cleveland has declined far greater in rank. But that original monetary nucleus still exists. When European immigration was high, and the population of foreign born was high, many of them paid and built fine architectural churches, which employed workmen, and artists. Some of that endures. Also, in recent years public murals have spread around the nation. Replacing graffiti, and encouraging morale. Cleveland is still a center of population with ability.

On a Monday morning, a warm autumn day, people worked comfortably outside. St. Theodosius is absolutely a monument. Earlier this year, roofers almost burned it down. The main (Jesus) dome was destroyed. Firemen saved the church, but the fire and the quenching water did much damage. Now it is a time to mend and repair. These fellows waved hi, and high above a hand is an aeroplane. 

Earlier that morning, spoke to Greg who had spent two weeks on painting, with two weeks to go. He went to Ohio University, and paints around the country. This building is across St. Mary Cemetery on Clark. A bridge that crosses the river from the west, to the east side has four sandstone pylons, each with two Guardians of Traffic. Recently, the baseball team was renamed as the Guardians. 

Almost a year ago, this long awaited statue arrived from Viet Nam. [click] It is a very white marble, smoothly carved, that takes the sun very well.

On West 106th, stopped to look at this mural, on September 25th. Across the street, on the tree lawn, there was a large tree. Many Asian lantern flies were resting on the bark. Many were seen around the city in the days immediately before.

 

There are several "The Land" murals that have sporadically sprouted around Cleveburg. This one was painted by Garret Weider on Denison, and is at the exit (and entrance) to the Medina Freeway (I-71).

 

                                          Stanley Bleifeld. Lone Sailor #18. 2021. Cleveland. 
The first one came to Washington DC in 1987. The public relocation for this statue was long delayed. On October 12th there was a ceremony, and it was not well proclaimed, or covered. For sometime, the statue was on display inside the nearby science museum. It was waiting for the completion of a small naval memorial. Now, it is at end of the East Ninth Street Pier. I was wanting to have this in an earlier post [click].

Dates:  the statue is 1986, the bag is '87, came in '21, pedestal '24.

scary season

 

In Ohio City, a stretch of Clinton had a bunch of front yards/porches decorated. One house had an Australian, another had a Trinidadian flag, and there were sights for the spooky season. This was purchased, don't know where, it is the only one i've seen. Find it very child friendly, and cute — trick-or-treating dog with an aristocratic cape.

One house was packed full of characters, Mars Attacks.

a monster of a house in Lakewood

Governor Frankenstein (better than nearly all Ohio governors for more than two score years).

On Clinton, a few windows had black silhouettes. This crow was above a church entrance.

This fellow in Parma, creates a new scene each year. First found him in 2017, and enjoy each one. That first one i saw was an ATAT Walker from Star Wars. He had been doing this for some time before. He comes up with unique ideas, that i have not seen anyone do. This is from the horror movie franchise, Alien.

Misny has a sign now for most things.

One can play the part for All Hallows Eve, and still have a plea for the national good.

This house is divided, but the one could not go for Moreno.