Phew, the Cleve Orch dodged a bullet… Now we can sleep knowing that Severance Hall will not become an abandoned and empty place for scrappers to loot. But right around the same time, we can read about Richard Florida’s admission that some cities are just too damaged to play anymore. You can bet Cleveland is on his list. His solution? Move away… run, run, run as fast as you can.

Tremont School Library was the forerunner of Jefferson Branch. The Library operated from a single room framed annex in the school yard of Tremont School from December 1911 until December 1918. photo 1916 CPL collection.

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I met an old friend for drinks at Nighttown, the other night. Nighttown is definitely one of my old real NEO friends' favorite East Side places to gather, and has been for decades, for many good reasons... starting with a great owner (in the video above) and staff, excellent, consistent food, and the world's best jazz. Open every day, from 11 AM-2AM, the ambiance is as good as it gets, as well... for a club inspired by the Red Light District of Dublin.

Interesting, Nighttown is also the home of The Press Club of Cleveland, The Press Club's Hall of Fame and Visual Archives... lots of related information is linked here... the video above introduces the Press Club Hall of Fame, hosted at Nighttown, which includes our own new media idol Roldo... since 2004.

  Never Surrender - Flag Flying Above USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i

Yellowstone National Park has been rattled by more than 250 earthquakes in the past two days following a period of 11 months of quiet seismic activity in the park.

The image shows a retrofit seismic support on I 215 in San Bernardino, California near the San Andreas Fault.  CalTrans has studied all of the California highway structures and retrofitted the system with earthquake safety features in many locations across the State.

 A contractor has been inscribing coded references to Bible verses on rifle scopes for years.

AP – Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, cen

W. 65th Street in 1922

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Earthquake Threat Lurks for United States, Too

 AP – People beg for food and water outside a supermarket in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Troops, … Where Are the Supplies?

Report: FBI illegally collected phone records

WASHINGTON – The FBI violated the law in collecting thousands of U.S. telephone records during the Bush administration, The Washington Post reported Monday

  "HEAVEN KNOWS KEEP AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OR YOUR NEXT" is a sign that was on our home ministry - now it on a mural attached to our front fenc

PHOENIX —  Ten thousand immigrant rights advocates marched in front of a county jail in Phoenix Saturday in a protest that was aimed at Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration efforts and was marked by a clash between a small group of protesters and police officers.

 An approximate 40% increased energy return per gallon of ethanol over per gallon of gasoline is being claimed by numerous environmental groups and government organizations in efforts to save the environment from humans, all serving to fascinate me. How was this number arrived at?

Here are some photos taken today in the vicinity of Hooper's Farm in Tremont. 
Note the new construction and lack of any attempt to control stormwater, silt and mud run off from the site.