St. Clair

This is all by Slovenski Narodni Dom (Slovenian Auditorium) on St. Clair in Cleveland. There are many decrepit buildings, and an increasing number of empty lots. Public art is a temporary answer to the blight.

Mayan maybe

Man in the Moon has benches.

This ornament is on the former Raymond Chapman Public Baths, the St. Clair Avenue Bath House. Chapman was the star shortstop of the 1920 Cleveland Indians, who was killed by a pitch. The building was completed the same year. It had a gym, a laundry, and a swimming pool.

Bože požehnaj naš dom is Slovak for God Bless our House. A former butcher shop has many unrelated items there now, whether they are in temporary storage, or for future sale is not apparent. On the glass entry door, there are soaped letters advertising fresh potatoes.

Recently a building has been removed, and bare walls of the then adjacent building were painted with birds. In the last few years, a lot of wall murals have been created in the city; and more are planned. Some are done in a realistic style, and some not.