Other things only a Clevelander would know/appreciate (Euclid, Warren: places to live, store)

[breaker17]

I lived for 4 years in Cleveland Heights in the early 80's when I was really young. Right next to St. Louis School on Taylor, which as I understand is now closed. My memories are a little fractured because I was so young, but here are some of the things I remember:

1. Higbee's at Severance Center putting the giant Santa Claus on their roof.
2. Center Mayfield theater. Saw a lot of good movies there.

3. An ice cream store called "Lickety Splits" on Mayfield down toward South Euclid.

4. A FIAT dealership on Mayfield? Maybe I'm not remembering that right.

5. An old candy store called "Ruckerson's" or "Ruckason's" which I believe was on Monticello and Noble. Hope I'm remembering that right.

5. Swimming lessons at Denison park.

6. Summer festival at St. Louis Church.

7. Taking a walking field trip in kindergarten from Noble road school to the firehouse down the street.

8. A pizza place called Tony's which I believe was in that small strip of stores on Noble right next to the firehouse. There was also a Baskin Robbins next door and a Revco across the street.

9. Getting milkshakes at the Hillside dairy counter right by Noble school.

10. An old eagle mart right across the street from noble school.

11. An old Red Barn restaraunt which I can only remember was somewhere down Mayfield heading toward Lyndhurst. Anyone remember a red barn in that general area?

Anyway, it was a cool place to grow up.

[exclevelander]

Originally Posted by breaker17

An old Red Barn restaraunt which I can only remember was somewhere down Mayfield heading toward Lyndhurst. Anyone remember a red barn in that general area?

Anyway, it was a cool place to grow up.

Yes, you are correct, there was a Red Barn on Mayfield, very close to the South Euclid/Lyndhurst border, across from an IHOP and a Dairy Queen (several blocks from Brush High School, and just a little west of the old mansion that houses the Lyndhurst Library) It closed and was torn down, I'm guessing in the early '80s. Was rebuilt as something else (a Long John Silver's I believe), and then it became something else (a Taco Bell?) Not sure what, if anything, is on that site now.

[Kasey77]

This might have been mentioned...bumper hitching! Maybe not exclusive to Cleveland. But we sure did a lot of it when I was growing up. And all the other places I have lived I have not encountered any one else who knows what that is.
We could have killed ourselves, But it was soooooooooooo fun!

[Kasey77]

And Nelson's Ledges. Their where a lot of concerts out there. Guess if you can remember them you were not really there!
To hell with all this responibility!

[denracer]

How about Cloverleaf Speedway on Saturday and Sunday nights?
Thompson Drag Raceway and those SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY ads
Martin & Howard and "Congo Curt"
Dances at the Polish Women's Hall on Broadway
The Tramend Lounge on Broadway and the house band "The Holidays"
The Roxy
Taking your date to a movie at The Palace and then some ice cream at Boukairs
The Show Wagon with Gene Carroll coming to your neighborhood, usually with some polka band and some really bad singers
LaCave
Geneva-on-the-Lake. Some great times there
Getting my hair cut by Tony "The Big T" Lovano, dad of Grammy-winning jazz sax player Joe Lovano. Running in to the "The Big T" playing sax for Tom King and the Star Fires at Argies Lounge. They soon became "The Outsiders"
Listening in amazement as my cousin's band "CIRCUS" was actually
having their records actually played on The Buzzard.
Street racing all over Cleveland. The Kustom Kings headed up by Jerry Roman
Working at Higbees Downtown and meeting girls from all of the city.
Bar League Slo Pitch softball games on Sundays, after a bad Saturday night.
Andrea Carroll and the PonyTails
Screaming Jay Hawkins live at Leo's Casino
Chippewa Lake and the speedboat ride
Jerry Mills clothing store on Prospect where all the cool guys bought their clothes.

[Sweeney]

LOL...chip chop ham. I haven't thought of that in years. My mom used to drown the stuff in ketchup and a dash of mustard, heat it up and call it BBQ chip chop ham.

Here are some of my favorites. Not doubt many repeats, but really, the place wasn't that big.:

-Newberry's in the Great Lakes Mall had a live monkey in a cage for years! Does anyone else remember that, or am I senile?

-Spencers in the Great Lakes Mall. Not to be confused with the Mentor Mall, across the street, which sucked, except that it had a game room and a theater

-ROMANBURGERS (I eat eat six every time I visit home)

-That head shop at the corner of SOM and Mayfield Rd. which despite all odds as been there forever. It's right next to a Mr. Hero, now that I think about it.

-The EastLake Drive IN. Seen every Don Knotts, Tim Conwaym Disney film there. The had a swing set up front, so you got there early to swing in your pajama's.

-That Porno shop on Vine St which despite all odds as been there forever

-Captain Penny, Mr Jingaling, Superhost, Barnaby, The Ghoul, and the masters: Big Chuck and Hoolihan/Little John.

-UHF channel 61 and Abbott and Costello movies

-The Feast of the Assumption in Murray Hill.

-Lightning bugs

I could go on, and may at another time....sigh...time marches on

[OhioNative]

Originally Posted by Sweeney

-Newberry's in the Great Lakes Mall had a live monkey in a cage for years! Does anyone else remember that, or am I senile?

-Spencers in the Great Lakes Mall. Not to be confused with the Mentor Mall, across the street, which sucked, except that it had a game room and a theater

-That Porno shop on Vine St which despite all odds as been there forever

Yes, there was actually a monkey at the Newberry's pet store. I bought a cockatiel there in 1989 that is still alive!

Regarding the Mentor Mall (again, not the Great Lakes Mall), I remember it as always depressing and empty. There was a state liquor store there that we could always count on for illegal liquor sales however!! Didn't they finally convert it to a regular strip mall after the roof collapsed from a snow storm?

Regarding the Vine St. store, didn't that porn store close after the murders there a few years ago?

[lopsidedfrock]

Originally Posted by normie

OK, for those of you who remember back a really long time....

Guess what these three mansions are today:

A:


B:



C:



Finally, what is this and when did it happen?

bldg c was torn down to put up Waldorf Towers. my senior year at case i lived on the 3rd floor of the house partly visible on the right in that photo.

how's that for a bump.

[airics]

how about the spagetti company in mayfield village, or the celebrity room at eastgate shopping center in mayfield heights.... eastgate coliseum, the roller palace, the giant slide

[Sweeney]

Originally Posted by airics

how about the spagetti company in mayfield village, or the celebrity room at eastgate shopping center in mayfield heights.... eastgate coliseum, the roller palace, the giant slide

I used to cook at that Speghetti Company in my youth. They had the only decent veal parmasian on the east side.

Davis bakery had the absolute best corned beef sandwhich this side of Conventry and Mario Fazio's had the best pizza. Fazio's sucks now, they've gone up scale and don't even make a decent pizza anymore. I knew the end was near the last time I ordered a pizza and they asked if I wanted "red sauce" or "white sauce" on in. Old Mario would be rolling in his grave.

And speaking of Coventry, I'm glad to see that it hasn't changed much. I remember spending hours in basement of the record shops going through the import and bookleg albums you couldn't get anywhere else.

I don't recall hearing that the porn shop was closed or about any murders. I'll have to google it.

Squires castle was always cool because we lived near enough that we could ride our bikes through the park to get there. It also used to be a good place to score a joint or two. (forerunner to the blunt, for you younger folk)