League Park

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This is what is left of League Park.  This was the first home to a Cleveland's baseball team. They have had a few.  Cleveland Municipal Stadium was built and after a few years, Cleveland's newest baseball team, the Indians moved out.  This is where Cy Young, Babe Ruth, and Joe DiMaggio played.  This is where The Spiders played. After that it was the Bluebirds. Because Cleveland's baseball teams had one or two native American Indians on them a sportswriter suggested calling them the Indians. That name along

with caricatures drawn of an Indian's face wearing a baseball uniform have drawn resentment from some people. 

 

This park, what remains of it, on Lexington Avenue, is located in the inner city and is probably part of the reason the team moved.

 

 

Severance Hall

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Severance Hall 

This is Severance Hall where the Cleveland Orchestra performs. It was built during the depression. It is named for the widow of  John Severance who led the effort to build the concert hall and who  donated $ 1 million dollars to the project.

I photographed this in the morning when the sun is shining bright orange. From looking at the photo I can see I the effort was not a total waste. The shadows  on the building are there because the photo was taken an hour after sunrise on a bright day.  I was trying to use the sun as fill-light. Fill-light is used to minimize the shadows caused by the main light.  In this photo, the sun produced shadows. Maybe I should try photographing this building an hour before sunset. That is suppose to make nice shadows.

A lady once photographed a gas station  with the sun rising in the background. The shot could have been timed better because the sun was too bright in the photo. Often, it seems, he sun doesn't set or rise behind the subject. 

 

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Cleveland Indians

This is Progressive Field where the Cleveland Indians play and where they lost the World Series.
It was  Jacobs Field but then the Jacobs brothers sold the team and a business bought the naming 
This is Progressive Field where the Cleveland Indians play and where they lost the World Series.rights.  Maybe they  will do better next year.

This is the newest home of the Indians. Every sports team needs its own venue. The baseball team left Cleveland Municipal Stadium Several years ago then it was totally demolished so a new football stadium could be built in the same place.



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Mayor Perk's Home

Ralph Perk's house

This is where Ralph Perk lived as Mayor of Cleveland and afterwards.  The house is located in the Slavic Village  neighborhood.  A freeway leading to downtown Cleveland is across the street and steel mills are visible from his house. He was mayor from 1972 to 1977. When he was elected, he was viewed as the common man.

Does the photo above with the postal truck look brighter? It should. I took it as the sun was beginning to go down. The lady driving the postal truck was a young, attractive lady.  She declined to be photographed.

After three two-year terms as mayor he lost his bid for re-election in the primary campaign to future mayor Dennis Kucinich  and unknown state representative named Ed Feighan.

When did the former homes of Cleveland's former mayor's become sights to see? They probably are not because it seems I am the only one interested in them. I even send photos of them to friends and relatives. No one responds. When I send photos of  other places, such as the Detroit-Superior Bridge, Severance Hall, or The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, people respond.

Mayor Stokes' Home

Mayor Carl Stokes

This is where Carl Stokes lived during his two-terms as Mayor of Cleveland. He served from 1967-1971.



This is where Carl Stokes lived during his two -terms as Mayor of Cleveland. He served from 1967-1971.  He moved to this house after being elected. 

The charismatic Stokes received the backing of the business community when he unseated incumbent Democratic Mayor Ralph Locher and defeated  the Republican nominee, Seth Taft.  The business community hoped that electing Stokes mayor would stop the racial unrest that had begun. It not do that. Stokes became a controversial figure. Besides this nice house that he lived in, his standard of living raised questions about his source of income beyond what he made as mayor.

After two-terms he decided not to seek re-election and went on to be an anchorman in New York.

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Muny Light

 

Muny Light

This is another sight that caught my interest but no one else's. I thought the CEI plant on the other side of the freeway was Muny Light. That has been torn down. Most of it. This does not look like the old, defunct power plant that some people called it.    

During the "70's" this was the subject of a mayoral election,  special election, and some people claim it was a factor in Dennis Kucinich defeat for re-election as Cleveland's mayor.



It was Cleveland's Municipal Light plant that many people referred to as "Muny Light." When Mayor Kucinich campaigned to keep it from being sold to Cleveland Illumination Company a person printed shirts with the slogan "Muny Lite is not a beer."



This was built after 1900 when Tom Johnson was mayor of Cleveland. The banks said they would keep the city in good standing if Kucinich put the power plant up for sale. He refused. He told voters that 700 million dollars is a lot of money for a defunct light plant but a very good deal for a monopoly. Voters listened, the plant did not go up for sale and the city went into bankruptcy.

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During the "70's" this was the subjectThis was built after 1900 when Tom Johnson was mayor of Cleveland.Tis is another sight