St. Theodosius a week later

St. Theodosius after the fire, a crew is removing the Jesus dome, the largest  of the thirteen. Visually, the two most externally striking churches in Cleveland Ohio are St. Michael, and St. Theodosius. This was taken early Tuesday afternoon. Thunderstorm expected to-morrow. The fire under the dome was Tuesday afternoon last.

Starkweather & St. Tikhon

heliocopter

aeroplane

bird

Heard a television report. It said six or seven days to take down the dome.

front doors

men in basket lifts

order to vacate

parade workshop tent

Parade the Circle. Visions of Harmony. 8 June 2024.

Much wood, paper, cardboard, papier-mâché, and paint are used to make costumes and floats vibrant and ready for the parade. Some items are clever, and sharp, and a joy to see. Do not know what color(s) will be applied to this convertible.

parrots with artist in the background

head resting on table

long canoe

one of many orange men

the great Egyptian Greyhound God

details s. high str. Akron

We took a short walkabout after seeing the Sojourner Truth Plaza. Yearstone for Carnegie Library, now part of Akron Art Museum, a little ornate, and a little confusing— MCMII (1902).

One building had originally been a law school. by John Comunale

Some businesses are willing to have a great sign. by John Comunale

Northern Ohio Traction and Lighting Company was an electric interurban railway that was the product of mergers of different lines from c,1900 to 1926. It was bought by the electrical utility, Ohio Edison in 1930. The rails stopped running in 1932. Do not know why they chose a funereal ornament. Well they did carry the dead.

This is only the second of Kyle Holbrook's peace signs i have seen. He has painted these all over the United States on his Gun Violence Awareness National Tour. This one was in the alley between two buildings.

This 1899 Post Office is also part of Akron Art Museum, it is directly across the Carnegie Library. The lanterns are reproductions of the originals. The outside architectural details of these two buildings are high quality beauties.

knockout in the alley

The name on the heart tattoo is Lynn, the name of the alley which tees into Pearl.

In Tokyo, on February 11, 1990, Columbus' James "Buster" Douglas defeated the most feared boxer of the day, Mike Tyson. Outside the saloon, facing Pearl alley is this mural. [usually i note date and artist, did not find, at least yet; and i think the background has been changed from the original].

This is the oldest saloon in Columbus. First opened in 1897, it became in 1910 Chamber of Commerce Cafe & Rathskeller. The city's Chamber of Commerce was not amused, and then grapevines were carved.  Once it was the Jolly Gargoyle. Later a fight promoter bought it, and has been Ringside Café since the 1930s.

This is the first saloon i have seen that has stained glass windows that did not come from a church. This window sits next to the entrance. It has a security monitor and cables in front of it. There are a set of three windows that have mediæval feasting about. These two party animals have chosen a draft beer, and a bottle of Rhein wine. The lower left has a pretzel, and the right a barrel. There is some suggestion that the biblical beast of burden is Irish. Since the state Capitol building is visible from the alley, and a Ohio has become a one party state, with hyper partisan, dictatorial, and corrupt Republicans in charge, it is a small wonder that the right side of this window is still allowed. After all, they do not want a Democrat on the ballot at all for President, and Vice-President. 

 

These windows were made in Belgium. There were two other windows that were destroyed by a fire, and the spaces bricked over, the outside wall has the painting.

I came in on a Tuesday, just as the last lunch patrons were leaving. It is a small saloon. There is a body bag, and a copy of  Dempsey and Firpo by George Bellows from Columbus. The two ladies did not mind me snapping fotos. They allowed me to bring in Karma (our greyhound) for water. It was very sunny outside, and she doesn't take heat well. 

Made a few trips to Columbus over the years. The two things at top of my left to see list were that window, and a mosaic in a Health Science library.

new bronze statues in Ohio

Andy Sacksteder. Captain and the Kid. 2012. Port Clinton O. 

This group can be seen at three spots around the Great Lakes. Here yards away from Lake Erie, in Gladstone Michigan by Lake Michigan, and Hessel Michigan by Lake Huron. Sacksteder is from Port Clinton, and lives in Gladstone Michigan. He went to Ohio State, and has a Woody Hayes statue near that campus.

Norman Rockwell. Outward Bound. 1927.

Andy Sacksteder. Lighthouse Keeper and His Dog. 2020. Port Clinton O.

statue group by the Port Clinton lighthouse

Paul Brown. 2023. Norwalk O.

Also part of Brown's memorial, all the teams he successfully coached. 

The statue has him walking on a silhouette of the Ohio map. Paul Brown has statues in Massillon [click], and Oxford (Miami). In Massillon there is also one of the high school's mascot [click]. Conspicuously absent are ones not in C-bus, and Cleveland. Cleveland has statues of Otto Graham, Jim Brown, and a previous owner of the NFL team. There are two statues of Hayes in Columbus one by Alan Cottrill, and one in Newcomerstown also by Alan Cottrill.

Woodrow Nash. Sojourner Truth. 2024. Akron.

Sojourner Truth's first language was Dutch, and her name was Isabella Baumfree *c.1797, 1883†. She was sold three times as a child. She endured cruelty. In 1826, before New York's emancipation 1827, she escaped with her fifth child, an infant girl. In 1828 she sued to have a twice sold son returned to her.

 

On Pentecost 1843 she named herself Sojourner Truth, and she believed God wanted her to go forth and speak truth. Her most famous speech was at an Universalist church in Akron on 29 May 1851 during the Ohio Women's Rights Convention. Later it was called the "Ain't I a Woman? Speech". One version was written in 1863, as if she spoke in a southern dialect; she did not. For the anniversary of that speech, and the 100th of national womens' suffrage, a ceremony to present Truth's statue took place Wednesday evening past. It is in a new plaza with more memorials to her. The plaza was one of the parking lots of United Way, it was on the site of the aforementioned church.

 

the speech not in dialect

Well, in September there maybe a Roberto Clemente statue in Cleveland, and the Lone Sailor statue may be moved from the Great Lakes Science Museum to the 9th Street Pier.

Holy Cross Columbus

The first Catholic church in Columbus Ohio was St. Remigius in the 1830s. A new larger church was in use January 1848, this one. This is the oldest church building in Columbus. The parish was renamed Holy Cross. There is a statue of Jesus, and at the base are the words "Follow me".  The local bishop suppressed the parish in April of last year, the church is still open to the faithful. The parish was absorbed by the cathedral. American bishops see parishes as corporate franchises to administer as the wish. Canon law sees them as Can. 120 §1. A juridic person is perpetual by its nature. Bishops often act as autocrats with full immunity from law. And Catholics who are clericalists, as many bishops are, do not appreciate any such criticism of such authoritarian behaviour, unless of course it interferes with them directly. That is what is known as hypocrisy. Speaking of hypocrisy, the building across the street is the Ohio Republican Party, it says its for sale. It was sold a long time ago.

Nephew and hound walking.

The narthex with statues of two favorite saints, St. Elisabeth of Hungary and Thuringia, and St. Anthony of Padua and Lisbon. Usually the other favorite non-Marian saint is St. Therese of Lisieux, she has a statue and a window inside. Before the visible picture is script on tile floor, reading Holy Cross Church. The church is beautiful, and has several statues, a beautiful main altar, and frescoes; but i am interested in windows a little moreso.

The church has Zettler windows from Munich, They waited at a dock in Germany for the First World War to end. They were excellent choices for a church. Some of the scenes are not that often seen, but hey are of important moments. The one supra is Jesus washing the feet of Peter on Holy Thursday.

This window is above the door that leads out to the narthex (and into the nave). it is the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Underneath, in chalk, is the inscription from this year's Feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany was the day that Easter dates were announced. The letters are the initials of the Magi. Epiphany celebrates their arrival to see Jesus.

Martha the dutiful, and Mary the listener, sisters in Bethany with their guest Jesus.

The miracle of the multiplication of five loaves, and two fish.

The miracle of Jesus raising the daughter of Jairus.

I have seen a few windows of the Flight into Egypt. I haven't gotten a satisfactory camera to capture the color detail of all the four faces, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the burro (some people get shocked at the proper noun, and for those people the word donkey was invented). Remember the ass shows up at the Nativity, and the entrance into Jerusalem.

A round window is slightly rarer than a rectangular, or arched window. This is the Father and the Holy Spirit over a rood (crucifixion) statue group. 

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But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent. — Amos v. 24.

some more after i first posted:

 I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh

 

Immediately after the verdict came in i thought of this playlist:

• Johnny Cash (Live) - I Got Stripes.   Y'no, i'm a traditionalist, it's black and white stripes, but i see orange and white are available.
• In the Jailhouse Now by Jimmie Rodgers (1928)
• The Crickets - I Fought The Law
• Bruce Springsteen - I Fought The Law
• Sam Cooke - Chain Gang

flamingo

This is why i want to get to see and foto as soon as i find about something, it may not be there later.

We were there Monday, before Sean Brennan (who initiated the arrival of the bird), and then Sia Nyorkor woio, and then wjw showed up. The original flamingo cost $2,000. Three additional have been bought for other locales at $2,300@. The one remaining foot almost looks like some kind of voodoo.

The bird was planted after Christmas Day, this foto was before the new year. Saturday at 2.22 am a neighbour's security camera recorded [click] where three idiots parked their car a few feet away from the heist. A few minutes before that the saloons closed. 

Well, i was expecting to post this later, but the three dumbshits were arrested and went to court. They are all from Parma: Taylor Pupkiewicz, 25; Marcus Balue, 25; and David Burak, 24.

How did Parma get flamingos? Supra, census figures (with % growth) for Parma. There was a time that Parma was the most happening place in America, it was the fastest growing municipality in the country. A local late night movie host, Ernie "Ghoulardi" Anderson, was living in Parma. He made it a part of his show. His poking fun at Parma was constant. Parma's largest ethnic group is German. The city has many Lutheran and Catholic churches. Increasingly, Parma was getting more eastern European. The second most common ethnic group are Poles, and other slavonic and eastern Europeans were just lumped as Poles too. A very popular yard decoration was Featherstone's pink flamingos. For a long time many residents, and other Poles were not pleased at the humour. In recent decades the flamingo has been accepted. [see and click]