Topic: The Official *I Love Cleveland* Thread

[MayDay]

'A' for effort but the execution and final product, not so much.

[Boreas]

"I could make you happy to make you feel my love" -- Friendly people in this town.

[MyTwoSense]

I am not crazy about this video. I think the creator was trying to praise Cleveland, but to me it does not work.  Cleveland is not a steel town anymore.  Cleveland's signiture dish is not a polish boy.  That is not the Cleveland of today.  This video would appear to an outsider as pathetic.  We are so much better then that.

It's the creators interpretation.  You seeing his "vision" however, shortsighted it may be.

'A' for effort but the execution and final product, not so much.

Yeah.  As above, I'm think this person isn't the best rep for the city overall but for his area/generation.   This may very well be "their" vision/version of Cleveland.

[StrapHanger]

I am not crazy about this video. I think the creator was trying to praise Cleveland, but to me it does not work.  Cleveland is not a steel town anymore.  Cleveland's signiture dish is not a polish boy.  That is not the Cleveland of today.  This video would appear to an outsider as pathetic.  We are so much better then that.

In the film maker's defense, I think he was highlighting the legacy of steel making ("sons and daughters of..."), not the current economy.  For better or for worse, I think industrial heritage still seems integral to the city's psyche and self image.  Anyway, this overall genre of feel-good films is not my favorite, but that said, I prefer this to the bland chamber of commerce type stuff bragging about $X billion of investment and the second largest performing arts center, etc.  This one comes off more like a personal expression of community solidarity, not completely vapid marketing gloss.   Just my opinion.

[8ShadesofGray]

Actually, I don't think it's all that bad. Probably wouldn't have used all the same footage personally, but it's certainly more interesting and more organic than a lot of the booster videos we post on here. And I actually like the aesthetic and the editing. I'm just happy that we're seeing more and more people doing their own Cleveland messaging instead of waiting for civic institutions to market on our behalf. This has to be like the fourth or fifth resident-initiated video or video series just in the past year, right?

[Confiteordeo]

Celebrating Cleveland's bike community:

Crank-Set Rides 2012 Preview

[clevezip]

The Pop Traveler: 11 reasons to visit Cleveland!

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2012/02/the-pop-traveler-11-reasons-to-visit-cleveland/1

[surfohio]

The Pop Traveler: 11 reasons to visit Cleveland!

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2012/02/the-pop-traveler-11-reasons-to-visit-cleveland/1

Great list, I love the PopCandy blog. Whitney M. is such a sweet nerdy fox...irresistable!

Thanks for posting CleveZip.

GO ZIPS!!!!!!

[Boreas]

Riders decide for themselves if they want to wear a helmet. Any decision is fine as long as one is comfortable with the idea of relearning the alphabet.

[birdtree]

Riders decide for themselves if they want to wear a helmet. Any decision is fine as long as one is comfortable with the idea of relearning the alphabet.

I like the way you worded that because it could apply both ways. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_helmet

[TBideon]

^^so long as my insurance premiums are unaffected by your decision, I say do what you want

[mrnyc]

loving the pop candy link & especially the 100 days in cle link i found there. they both done real good!

[MuRrAy HiLL]

Dang, us Clevelanders eat up positive press.  Check out the facebook and twitter "share" difference with University Circle and the rest of the neighborhoods listed:

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/efel45lkj/university-circle-cleveland-ohio/

[MuRrAy HiLL]

Varejao loves Cleveland as well:

"Since I got to Cleveland, the fans have taken to me. I didn’t speak any English, but every time I would get in a game, I felt like I had somebody behind me, helping and motivating me. The fans did that for me when I got here. And now that they know me, I just want to thank them for everything they’ve done for me. [...] I feel like my football team is the Browns, my basketball team is the Cavs, and my baseball team is the Indians. That’s all I know. I feel like I’m from here."  -- Anderson Varejao

http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/2012/02/anderson-varejao-the-fans-make-me-feel-like-im-from-cleveland/

[Scav]

two artists in an interview and the beginning is especially interesting as he gives his outlook on Cleveland and our arts scene. Very interesting!

I especially like the reference to looking under a rock. I am going to use that more often..

Bask vs. B.Askew Part 2

[KJP]

Varejao loves Cleveland as well:

"Since I got to Cleveland, the fans have taken to me. I didn’t speak any English, but every time I would get in a game, I felt like I had somebody behind me, helping and motivating me. The fans did that for me when I got here. And now that they know me, I just want to thank them for everything they’ve done for me. [...] I feel like my football team is the Browns, my basketball team is the Cavs, and my baseball team is the Indians. That’s all I know. I feel like I’m from here."  -- Anderson Varejao

http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/2012/02/anderson-varejao-the-fans-make-me-feel-like-im-from-cleveland/

Awesome, Andy.

[Boreas]

I like the way you worded that because it could apply both ways. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_helmet

I was surprised to learn that there was skepticism about the efficacy of wearing a helmet.  I didn't read the whole wiki article.  If nothing else, a helmet prevents wounds. 

[MuRrAy HiLL]

two artists in an interview and the beginning is especially interesting as he gives his outlook on Cleveland and our arts scene. Very interesting!

I especially like the reference to looking under a rock. I am going to use that more often..

Bask vs. B.Askew Part 2

Thanks for posting!

[surfohio]

Article on Cleveland surfing via Huck, a British Culture Magazine.

Cleveland surf Freshwater frontier
A sun-loving surfer from the Californian coast heads inland to Cleveland, Ohio - where the waves are fickle and the water’s fresh - to meet the world’s most patient, dedicated crew.

Text Stefan Slater
Photography Billy Delfs
Posted 16:21 GMT on February 10, 2012

On November 11, 2011, the first morning of my surf trip to Cleveland, Ohio, local surfer and filmmaker Scott Ditzenberger meets me outside my hotel to loan me a board. The weather is brisk in an I-can’t-feel-my-limbs sort of way. It’s freezing. Surfing in thirty-degrees-Fahrenheit weather is going to be a new experience for me.

The six-foot, neon-blue single-fin Scott gives me, which barely fits inside my recently rented Ford Fiesta, looks like a prop from eighties teen surf flick North Shore. (The retro movement is more than just a passing trend in Cleveland; boards like logs and fishes just tend to be more practical in this environ.) Before he leaves, Scott tells me that the surf is about waist-high at Edgewater Park.

I drive to Edgewater – a Lake Erie surf spot in downtown Cleveland, approximately ten minutes by car from my hotel near Progressive Stadium, home of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. Scott has to work, but tells me to go ahead and introduce myself to the local crew, all of whom he assures me are perfectly friendly. But hell, what have I got to fear? I mean, I’m only heading to an unfamiliar surf spot, 500 miles away from the nearest ocean, and introducing myself to a close-knit group of locals that I’ve never met before.

‘Hi, I’m a surfer from Los Angeles,’ I imagine myself saying, ‘I’ve come to surf your… lake.’ In my mind, that introduction is closely followed by a quick tour of the bottom of Lake Erie, viewed from my sinking Fiesta. Regardless, I try to remain optimistic.

http://www.huckmagazine.com/features/cleveland-surf/

[MuRrAy HiLL]

Justice Scalia likes the Cleveland lifestyle

Blog entry: February 22, 2012, 10:34 am     |     Author: SCOTT SUTTELL

He has a job for life, but if Antonin Scalia is looking for a post-Supreme Court career, maybe Cleveland can enlist him as a pitchman.

Speaking to law students recently at the University of Chicago, where he once taught, Justice Scalia “urged the future lawyers to look to join firms with a more relaxed attitude, especially those in out of the way locales,” according to this blog from The Washington Post.

According to this short account from The ABA Journal, Justice Scalia had this to say:

“Try to find a practice that enables you to maintain a human existence, time for your family, your church or synagogue, community…Boy Scouts, Little League.”

He went on to say that he began his career at Jones Day in Cleveland. “You should look for a place like that. I'm sure they're still out there. Maybe you have to go to Cleveland.”

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20120222/BLOGS03/120229953

[mrnyc]

good times
good times!

[mrnyc]

i saw some homies around times square today

[osu4brutus03]

Cleveland is heading in the right direction.....We're bringing our city back

[eastvillagedon]

i saw some homies around times square today

lol--I think I saw that same bus last night in the East Village (although it could have been another LFL bus) boarding a bunch of high school students getting out of "Stomp."

[brtshrcegr]

Ugh, it is now Cherry Blossom Festival/Spring School Trip time in DC, which means I see at least a half dozen LFL or Cleveland Southeastern buses everyday during my morning or evening commute. To be completely serious, besides commuter coaches, I see more LFL & Cleveland Southeastern buses combined in downtown DC than ANY other. They must bring groups in from all across the east coast and not just NE Ohio.

[MuRrAy HiLL]

Has this been posted yet

The Return of the Comeback City

Darvio E. Morrow, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Mar 8, 2012

We've all heard the story. Cleveland, Ohio, like many other Rust Belt cities, has struggled mightily in the aftermath of the demise of heavy manufacturing. For those not paying attention, Cleveland would seem to be a doomed city destined for a continual decline. But this is not the case. Right now, the city of Cleveland is undergoing a dramatic transformation, the likes of which America hasn't seen since the rebirth of New York City in the early 1990s. Currently there is over $6 billion in new developments taking place in the core city, with more on the way. Companies are moving in or moving back to Cleveland. The city's downtown has more residents than any other downtown in Ohio. If you're here or you're paying attention, you know something big is taking place in Cleveland. You can feel it. But for those of you that are not here or have not heard, here is a list of the biggest or most impactful developments and economic happenings taking place in the Comeback City.

http://voices.yahoo.com/the-return-comeback-city-11048888.html

[stpats44113]

Nice little article on Cleveland in the new issue of Details magazine

http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201204/rust-belt-revival-cleveland-ohio

[surfohio]

Nice little article on Cleveland in the new issue of Details magazine

http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201204/rust-belt-revival-cleveland-ohio

Awesome!! Details Mag has always had good connections with CLE and Ohio.

[Clueless,Ohio]

Love Jonathon Sawyer's last line:
"We're tired of being behind the rest of the country," Sawyer says. "We'll open every kind of niche concept to keep our city viable."

[TMH]

Why is Pickwick and Frolic always left out of these articles.  I love that place.  They were on that street before the others arrived.

[MuRrAy HiLL]

Not sure where this could go ... But check out this guy's honest review of Cleveland:

http://artdock.net/days-cleveland/

[CleveChiNola]

awesome article.
"The central city along Euclid Avenue near Tower City has not been bulldozed and replaced with cheap modern structures and parking lots."

I'm glad he missed the thing that makes me slightly insane.


But, to this thought, I can only say "Preach"

In my two and a half days in Cleveland, I discovered a place I would like to revisit. My little taste of the place whetted my appetite for more. Also I discovered something about myself  – that I had many preconceptions that required re-examination.  Nobody comes to Cleveland because nobody knows what an interesting place it is. We keep away because the negative views we have acquired. Cleveland is a great place. It deserves more recognition. Cleveland is not a wasteland like Detroit, but then again I bet Detroit is not quite the wasteland I perceive it to be.



Thanks MH

[TBideon]

A charming and honest article

[KJP]

Great article. And there are so many more wonderful interiors and exteriors in Cleveland she had yet to visit.

[MuRrAy HiLL]

The US Travel Editor of Lonely Planet will be checking out Cleveland for the first time tomorrow according to his blog. 

On his agenda -- Euclid Tavern and kayaking the Cuyahoga.

Check it out:

I've Never Been to Cleveland
In January, the Atlantic did a survey of an issue that often overlaps with my feeling of why travel is so important: perception. Often we find outside perceptions of a place immediately burst when you go. Things like, oh, that in the '90s, that Americans should be leery of traveling in Vietnam, travel to places like Colombia or Mexico is too dangerous to consider, that all Russians or Parisians or New Yorkers are unfriendly. All you have to do is go to know better.

The survey looked at the 50 biggest cities in the US and which had the most positive and negative associations. The positive 10 included lots of coastal cities with Seattle at #1. The negative list predictably ran through the Rust Belt, with three Ohio cities in the top 10, and Cleveland at #3 (behind #1 Detroit and #2 Birmingham).

I wonder how many of the people surveyed had been to those places?

I've never been to Cleveland, the city Liz Lemon linked with sandwiches in a '30 Rock' episode and has been misspelled for years (it's named after Moses Cleaveland), but always have wanted to. I go tomorrow to attend the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony this weekend and see some rock sites.

http://reidontravel.blogspot.com/2012/04/ive-never-been-to-cleveland.html