mostly signs of time past

Our Lady of Lourdes, clock with incorrect time; but how can you know?

School of the Parish of Mary of Lourdes, abbreviated in Czech. East 55th Cleveland.

I wonder, a little, about the "English only" contingent.

former Cleveland firehouse in Newburgh

JEDNOTA in Slovak is UNION

First Catholic Slovak Union was formed, in 1890, to provide funeral and life insurance (and other matters) for Slovak immigrants dying in East Pennsylvania coalfields, and factories in Cleveland and other industrial cities. Founded by the founding pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Cleveland, Fr. Stefan Furdek. In 1919 it was headquartered in a house on East 55th, near the church. In 1932 the house was expanded with art deco styling and a stone facade. They moved out in 1988.

JOY is a form of Resistance, East 71st facing Euclid Avenue Cleveland O.

Stop Mass Incarceration, Carnegie Avenue Cleveland O.

 

also on Payne

Marc Brown used to have frequent, interesting commercials run on late, late night teevee.  They were similar in style to the skits that horror movie hosts did. He had a distinctive, low volume, raspy voice. His furniture store is now empty.

former Cleveland Central Police Station 1926

at the central peak of the arch over the entrance

one of two eagles on the columns

On three sides of the building there are triple windows with these dog heads above each division.

In Union There is Strength

 

This was from 1949 to 1999 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America,  Sidney Hillman Memorial Building. Hillman was the union's leader and died in 1946. The bold script on top, and the concave front of the building is in art deco style. The architect, Milo Holdstein, was a Clevelander. This must have been one of the last buildings in the style, which flourished in the '20s and '30s. As that style waned, so did the union. Locally they never unionised Richman Brothers. The union merged with other garment workers in 1976, and again in 1995. Since 2004, the building has been Norma Herr Women’s Center. Her name is where Hillman's name was. Vertically, from the far left, Amalgamated was spelled out. The previous lettering was in similar font of the motto, "In Union There is Strength".

on Payne Avenue, Cleveland

2021 Miscellany #1

 

This is repeated across the front of the building at 3740 Carnegie, Cleveland. Cleveland has a few art deco exteriors. There is a wee plaque by the door reading the best small business building 1935-Chamber of Commerce. Would like to know who the original tenant was.

Sarah Benedict House on Prospect has what looks like an altar in the garden.

opening on Prospect, Cleveland

The new home of Children's Museum of Cleveland is a former Euclid Avenue mansion.

Stone ornament on the house of the architect, Charles Schweinfurth, of  many of the Euclid Avenue millionaire mansions.

Fancy a little tai-chi in front of Cleveland Art Museum?

stuff to see on a February morning, east side Cleveland

There are a pair of cupids in Lake View Cemetery. On occasion they are decorated like stone porch geese are. To-day is St. Valentine, but i think this is winter gear. The other cupid has a black bonnet. This was the lightest foto snapped of them. Snow does not make for many good picture with cheap cameras.

In November early, these papers were posted up and down on Carnegie, and seemingly the next day were removed. This one is one that was missed on 116th. Apropos seeing it after T****'s second acquittal. He is still a criminal, traitor, and loser.

There is some very good brick work on this fire house built in 1898, Station 26, at Kinsman & E. 79th. Horses pulled the fire wagons then. It has been slated to close more than once. The center bump out's three windows have been replaced by bricks, and glass blocks. Wonder whether this was Cleveland's best looking fire house.

Tatra Savings & Loan Co. began in 1909.  1925? a new building was built at Woodhill & Sophia. Mame was changed to State Savings & Loan Co. in 1946 and moved in 1952. Declared insolvent and sold in 1986. Tatra is the English spelling of the mountain range which is the northern border of Slovakia. This had been a Slovak neighbourhood. The American Eagle was often prominent on banking buildings in the 1920s, but this S&L also prominently advertised its savings interest rate (that was a thing in the past).

Sometime later someone started a church, his name is on the sign. This is common in the Black neighbourhoods in Cleveland.

Guilty! whadya gonna do bout it?

Trump will not be convicted. Trump is not on trial. The Republican Party is on trial. Republican senators will not admit themselves, and their party guilty.

Trump will not be convicted. Trump is not on trial. The Republican Party is on trial. Republican senators will not admit themselves, and their party guilty.

Trump will not be convicted. Trump is not on trial. The Republican Party is on trial. Republican senators will not admit themselves, and their party guilty.

Y'no, years ago the Freemasons realised their membership was continuing to shrink. They commissioned a study to see how they could attract new, young members. The conclusion was that younger men were not very interested in the ceremonies, and other things. Freemasons liked the ceremonies, and other stuff. They would not change, and their membership continues to shrink.

Republicans are not going to change their behaviour. They are what they are, and they like it that way. We will see how their membership holds, of  course they survived Hoover and his Depression, Nixon and his criminality, the utter vileness of Gingrich, the incompetency and mendacity of bush jr, and they still celebrate Reagan's attack on reality and the American way.

Republican speak: cancel culture = public censure for mendacity and exhortation to violence

Republicans know they must lie, cheat, and be hypocrites to achieve and maintain power. They are very clever to find useful devious terminology. One egregious example was "death panels" when the Affordable Care Act was discussed, the real death panels are medical insurance companies. They are the gatekeepers for medical care. Another egregious one was the Orwellian term "enhanced interrogation" as an euphemism for torture.

Began hearing this stupid term, "cancel culture", after T**** used it in a campaign foto-op in front of Mt. Rushmore on July 3rd. He said it was part of totalitarianism. First of all, Orange Caligula wants instant revenge on those who disagree with him. He is vindictive and vengeful, he has spoken of his glee for vengeance.

Alexei Anatolievich Navalny during his latest show trial referred to the Russian dictator as Vladimir the Poisoner. Vladimir's protégé is Donald the Destroyer. Donald, by the press, is called a "disruptor". No, Donnie delights in destruction. He enjoys destroying people, and this country. Colin Kaepernick knelt in silence, was attacked by Trump, and black listed from football employment.

On January 6th, his putsch attempt failed. The chief traitors in the Senate: Cruz, Hawley, Johnson were in support of him that day. The Republican propaganda machine, and the guilty Republicans babble and blither about being cancelled. They refuse to be held accountable, and take vociferous umbrage about it. T****'s other congressional toadies have protected him, and attacked those critical. Rand Paul has been defending the trumpster militia by comparing them to the words and actions of black people.

A boycott is simply refusing to do business with someone because of their bad behaviour. Those engaged in that behaviour are upset that they are not supported. Here their fake outrage is made public with a demand to be accepted.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the insurrectionist, and extremist outhouse rat crazy Republican is a very recently seated Congressman. She has recently worn, while speaking on the floor of the House, face coverings with the words: Trump won, free speech, and censured. Trump did not win, and she has not been silenced.

Wednesday, i was riding through Ohio's Knox and Licking Counties. There were many Trump flags. There were also signs, "stop the steal", and one very large one with Biden Benghazi 2012. Republicans are relentless, ruthless, and remorseless.

winter touristing

On this rare sunny day, the crew drove about Licking and Knox counties. Some of the sites were not fully available in the winter snow. We went on the 3rd, since then it has been sunny each day, and cold, very cold. It has barely moved above 20°F. In Newark, the county seat of Licking there is a totem pole carved by an Alaskan. The Amerindians of the coastal northwest have totem poles. The Delaware had been in central Ohio, and "Licking" is an anglicisation for "where the flood waters recede".

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Here is the funny part: as the foto shows, the pole is to remind people of the flood of January 1959, and somehow prevent another one. The pole has been cared for, and protected..

Mike Major. Johnny Clem. 1999. Newark.

The youngest soldier in American history joined the Union Army as a nine year old. He was born in Newark, and served with the 22nd Michigan. He retired in 1915 as a brigadier general. Johnny started as a drummer boy, had trouble enlisting, and became a major general after retirement. He was twice wounded, and was a prisoner of war. He deserves a statue, but his face looks like a cast of paper mâché.

Gary Lee Price. Mother Teresa, Great Contributors Sculpture. Newark.

Ohio State has a branch campus in Newark. Throughout campus there are benches with historical figures. Traipsing through campus was not a welcome pursuit with gym shoes in the snow. I'll be back. Price has many bronzes, and sells copies. This series is currently at thirteen. Teresa is number eleven. The campus also has other pieces by him. 

In Mount Vernon (county seat of Knox County) there is a dog fountain, modelled after one in Toronto, both by Claude Cormier. It is less than two years old, and the central piece has rusty patches.Besides the dogs, there is a cat, a pony, and two birds. The dogs are facing a central fountain with the two wee bids, and a big golden bone.

Victoria Woodhull Clock on time, but the wooden statue was a no show. Victoria Woodhull was born near by in Homer. She was a sexual abuse survivor, and then a 15 year old bride to a bad first husband. She ran for president in 1872. Part of the scandal was her support for "free love", which she later changed opinion. Sometime after 1976, a clock, a statue geared to appear on a balcony was built in Granville. After a time, all of it decayed. All of it has since been replaced. The second statue was carved by Granville's Larry Nadwodney *1938. Nadwodney has carved many Santa Clauses, loons, and ducks.

Diane Powell. Once Upon a Time. Granville Public Library.

Pivoting on the same spot from viewing the Woodhull Clock, one can also see this sculpture. The dog has a bandana, and the people are wearing surgical masks.