Cuyahoga, OH

Also, many of my college friends were from there.

Cleveland is a great city, with a lot of cheese. It can be pretty damn annoying - but then, most cities start to feel that way.

Here's a closeup of the facade:

http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/cleveland/landmark5.jpg

The Twenties that Roared - In the late 1920's, corporations rushed to adopt the new American Perpendicular (much later renamed Art Deco) style as an image of their success in the "modern" age. Avoiding the craziness of the Manhattan Great Art Deco Skyrace of late 1920’s, three Art Deco high rise buildings were built in Cleveland. They are the Ameritech Building on Huron, the Fenn Tower, and the profusely detailed Landmark Office Towers. The Landmark Office Towers was originally planned as four interlocked buildings. Only three were built – Medical Arts, Builders Exchange, and Midland. A gap exists over the rapid transit tracks where the fourth was to be. The Ameritech (aka Ohio Bell Building) is an especially fine example of the American Perpendicular style with its characteristic setbacks. It was designed as a taller building but was "downsized" because of soil conditions and changing corporate needs of the Ohio Bell Company and its parent (at the time) – AT&T. A drawing exists of the original version with the top blacked out with ink. The tallest building of the period, the Terminal Tower, was not designed in the new Art Deco style. Art Deco was too modern to be monumental in the minds of the Van Sweringens. However, the Terminal Tower’s foundations were heroic. Hand dug caissons, 250’ deep, support the building. By 1929, a 15% vacancy rate indicated that downtown was over built, ending any new construction. Thus the great Art Deco skyscraper that might have been built in Cleveland was never built. Pictures of it reside in various collections today.

actually i kind of hate it and wish i'd spent 18 years of my life near the rock of fame instead, you're right.

literally? what kind?

Akron used to rock damn hard. Now, it's just sad.

etc.

ye olde rust belt.

m.

I've got an early edition of the Encyclopedic History of Cleveland, which was written by John Grabowski of WRHS, and it's a great compendium of all things Cle, but I'm not sure if it's been revised recently.

TS: Chillicothe vs. Coshocton vs. Circleville. . .

we both know you're leaving
you just don't want to say it yet
'cause you don't want to hurt my feelings
so you gnaw your little holes in the net

and you torture me with those big eyes
and you punish me with pity
but i'm going to cleveland

you say you wanted to strike first
because one of us was leaving
that's what you say
but i've always been real fond of you
so i never would've treated you this way

and you torture me with those big eyes
and you punish me with pity
but i'm going to cleveland

i hear the cuyahoga calling, now i know
what was i was born for
and you say 'hey john where are you going?'
but that's not my name anymore

and you torture me with those big eyes
and you punish me with pity
but i'm going to cleveland

from http://www.themountaingoats.net/lyrics/horace_lyr.html

Come back, J0hn!