Muny Light

Muny Light

This use to be Muny Light and is now Cleveland Public Power.  I always thought Muny Light was the building on the other side of the freeway that has been demolished.  In the late 70's, Dennis Kucinich fought to keep this off the sale block.  The banks said they would turn-over notes if the city put it up for sale.  I think there was more to Kucinich's defeat then this. He narrowly avoid being recalled. 

 

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West 25th Street

West 25th Street

W. 25th Street, this is an area I use to talk about with my mother.  It seems to be the central business district for people from the lower west side of Cleveland. I would ask my mother if I tried to pass-off some people we know as a person who lives in this area if it would work. She'd tell me "No," because you can tell by the way they act and talk that they don't come from there.  I'd tell her a house in Moreland Hills or a Lexus doesn't change how people view you.

I would discuss this with her when she talked about trying to improve herself. Her idea of self improvement was having a Lexus, having a fur coat, buying new furniture, or moving to another city.