a view from the rubble mound

 

Nearly a century ago, Cleveland was either the fifth or sixth most populous city in the 48 states. It was an industrial city that attracted residents who laboured in those enterprises. The Works Progress Administration beginning in 1935, put men to work when private industry could not. The WPA built public housing. In 1939-40 the Valley View Estates [projects] were built on a bluff over the Cuyahoga on the old South Side [now called Tremont], with 528 apartments in two storey brick buildings. In 1990, Interstate 490 came through. In 2004, the remaining apartments were demolished. Recently, some of the rubble has been fashioned into mounds by Cleveland Metroparks. Climbing to the top of the tallest mound, a 360° view can be seen of some of the city. It was sunny day, but not quite clear.

former Clark Freeway, I-490

Thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency, beginning in 1970, the smokestacks are releasing far less noxious compounds. Now the plumes are mostly steam.

Cassius (L), and Karma (R) came to look at the choo-choos at West 3rd.

Cleveland's Terminal Tower was, for a time, the country's second tallest building.

In the center is the model for Superman's Daily Planet. In the foreground of it is the Indians' ballpark.

Perhaps, the most iconic building in the city, definitely in the neighbourhood is St. Theodosius.  St. Theodosius was partly built with money from Czar Nicholas II. It was a church of the mostly Rusyn immigrants, it had been both Greco-Catholic, and Russian Orthodox.