Sunday, February 14, 2021

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 The center bump out's three windows have been replaced by bricks, and glass blocks.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.

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