view from the dashboard

More Scenes from a Hot Summer Day

2007-07-18T13:18:00.000-04:00

Hot Summer Day in Cleveland

2007-07-10T16:33:00.000-04:00

Shots from Around West Side Market

2007-06-30T09:57:00.000-04:00

Goodbye Flats East Bank: pt1

2007-02-28T21:17:00.000-05:00

Hello again.
I have no excuse. I was watching TV... that's it.

According to Cleveland.com, the city issued demolition permits for eight of the properties on Old River Road. A couple of weeks ago I went down there to take some photos before everything is gone. I am going to document the before, during and after of the East Bank and will post here regularly.

On with the show:

To my fellow drivers in 2006...

2006-12-31T23:59:00.000-05:00

Tremont at Night - St. Theodosius

2006-12-28T08:42:00.000-05:00

I noticed last Wednesday St. Theodosius is the latest church near a freeway to be lit up at night. Incredible job. One of the best light up jobs yet. It would be really cool to have an image of the cityscape at night with all of the churches that are lit up and have the rest of the city darkened.

Here are shots from my drive last Wednesday night after the Cleveland Colectivo meeting.

2006

2006-12-25T00:49:00.000-05:00

Boardman, Ohio

2006-10-14T22:56:00.000-04:00

One of my classes is conducting a charrette in the city of Boardman, Ohio. It is a suburb of Youngstown.
Here are some shots I took while driving through parts of the city.

The commercial part of the city literally has almost no sidewalks. It is very un-pedestrian friendly.
This intersection was one of the only parts of the city where there are sidewalks and the buildings are close to the street edge.
Good place for a multi-purpose trail.
There are no design standards either. Signs are all over the place and there is no control of how they look or are placed.

Neighborhood Connections II

2006-08-30T14:14:00.000-04:00

Neighborhood Connections Bus Tour

2006-08-19T16:47:00.000-04:00

Has it really been a month?
Here are shots taken from the bus tour recently held for the grant committee for Neighborhood Connections.

Another July Day on the Euclid Corridor

2006-07-17T12:39:00.000-04:00

Views of Stonebridge 5 on a July Morning

2006-07-10T10:51:00.000-04:00

Stonebridge Phase 5 is moving along - slowly but surely.
I am very anxious to see how the finished project will look.
I am equally anxious to see renderings of Bob Corna's nex phase along Center Street.

From the Powerhose parking lot.

From Center Street
A preview of the skin.
From across the river

More building skin shots . The building looks much smaller from this angle.

The Fulton Road Bridge

2006-07-02T16:31:00.000-04:00

By this time next year, a large portion of the Fulton Road Bridge located in Old Brooklyn above the Cleveland Zoo will have been demolished for replacement.
If you are ot aware of this or would like more info, go to the official site for information. It hasn't been update since last November, but there is still some good information available.
I took a ride around the structure to gather some shots for preservation.

The Latest Dashboard Shots of Steelyard Commons

2006-07-01T00:01:00.000-04:00

These shots are about one weeks old. I imagine the worlk there has progressed more.

The relocated bridge.
Don't know what this is - anyone?
Close up of the relocated bridge.
The first concrete intersection.

Where I'm at...

2006-06-26T19:39:00.000-04:00

I've still been having camera troubles; however, I think they are now resolved.
In the meantime, here is a guest shot from my friend Domenic.
This was taken on I-77, near East 55th.

I'll have some updated pictures from Steelyard Commons in the next day or two.

Random Downtown Shots

2006-06-02T16:36:00.000-04:00

The new and improved (former) Carter Manor.

Medical Mutual
The Osborne
at&t

VFTD - Steelyard Commons Post

2006-06-01T12:45:00.000-04:00

After my son and I spent sone time at the Veteran's Memorial Bridge/Subway tour, I decided to get up close and personal with Steelyard Commons.
However, there were a few security guards patrolling the grounds, so I decided to stick with this concept.
You know, they have a link to a streaming webcam on their website, but you need a password to access it.
I wrote them asking if/when they would open it up to the public and was told that it was for tenants only - they can watch their building go up in the safety of their own cube.
Oh well, you will just have to look at these - and as always, all of the pictures used for this blog are located here.

As you can see here, most of the street lighting is in place.

Good view of the Jennings Road Extension (is this the real name? not sure) with curbs and streetlights in place.

More curbs and lights.
The eastern edge of the property where Quigley, Jennings and the Tow Path will meet.

This is taken from the area where the new traffic circle will be.
Further east on Quigley

Evening Storm

2006-05-30T09:11:00.000-04:00

I was coming home after meeting some friends at the Old Angle in Ohio City and took some of these shots during the storm that passed through.
This is my house, if you can guess where it is, you win.

VFTD in Put in Bay

2006-05-21T11:13:00.000-04:00

For the whole set from our trip to the islands, go here.

This is the best view I could ever hope for.
Say hello to Marcus.

Foggy day in Cleveland

2006-05-09T23:34:00.000-04:00

I love the fog. I just had to go out and take some pictures last week, Now I can post them.
No, this is not left over from the spiderman filming.
It is on the Superior Viaduct.

This also from the Superior Viaduct. Can you see the birds resting on top of the steel beams of the under construction Stonebridge Phase 5?

I love this one

Shots from San Antonio

2006-05-01T00:05:00.000-04:00

I was in San Antonio, Texas last week. Although these shots are not really from the dashboard, they could be. You can see the rest of my pictures from the city and with my friends here.

Random Driving Shots in April

2006-04-25T13:14:00.000-04:00

I'll paint any car, any color...

Somebody buy this door already....

Spider Man 3 - Euclid Avenue Style

2006-04-19T23:44:00.000-04:00

Shots from the Wednesday before shooting
I love that they actually paved over the construction just for the movie. And to think it will be full of holes again in a couple months.

I like this one.

Night Time in April

2006-04-18T23:41:00.000-04:00

Saint Ignatius of Antioch on Lorain AvenueIn a few months there will be a new street here - East 17th Street extention. Part of the Euclid Corridor project.
It is really hard to take pictures when driving on the pre-Corridor Euclid Avenue - bumps everywhere.

Traveling on the East Side

2006-04-17T09:26:00.000-04:00

Just so you don't think I am limited by location in where I travel, here are some views from my most recent trip to Chagrin Falls.

Driving Through the Flats

2006-04-14T22:27:00.000-04:00

This is now one of my favoite pictures - right up there with the picture in my profile (which I took during iNGENUiTY).

I used to "live" in the room on the second floor - only one window (Left Bank Building)
Stonebridge, Phase 5 (you can see more of these here)
This is really going to look different in the next five years.

There was only one person on this train.
I like this shot too.

Flickr Group

2006-04-14T14:48:00.000-04:00

I created a group on Flickr to store my dashboard photos.
It is called... View from the Dashboard.
Pretty original
This way you can view at a better resolution and do whatever people who are hip to Web 2.0 do to photos. Of course I use a Creative Commons license.
The pol will probably have more photos on it then what is posted here. Consider the photos here to be the better of the pics.
The group is set to invie only, so if you are interested in providing photos to the pool, let me know.

Camera Still Dead - Random Pictures

2006-04-11T13:24:00.000-04:00

Someday a new camera will come... I can feel it.

ATTENTION

2006-04-09T16:27:00.000-04:00

Due to the death of my camera, I will not post pictures for the forseen future.
I will , however occasionally post pictures I have taken in the past until I am able to purchase a new camera.
Donations of unused digital cameras are always accepted and welcome.

These are some pictures from the Flickr Group, Euclid Avenue - Before and After.
Feel free to contribute to the pool.

Downtown on a Nice Early Spring day

2006-03-30T11:06:00.000-05:00

Is this Free Speech?

2006-03-28T10:50:00.000-05:00

This is one of the tamer signs put up by Sysak. I don't have a problem with the things he puts up.
Often I agree with him
Something about it being across the street from the library and next to a church rubs me the wrong way a bit.

Taking a different route to school...

2006-03-23T12:34:00.000-05:00

Steelyard Commons 1Steelyard Commons 2
Old Brooklyn Y
Lumpy's Cafe
Part of the solution... or the problem
It looked better when I took it.

On the way to John and Lisa's Wedding

2006-03-19T00:21:00.001-05:00

Picture of the new Stonebridge Phase near the Superior Viaduct - 1

Picture of the new Stonebridge Phase near the Superior Viaduct - 2

St. Pats Driving

2006-03-18T01:10:00.000-05:00

Remo's World (yellow sign)

I like this one

Storm Coming in on a Warm March Day

2006-03-14T12:57:00.000-05:00

First post

2006-03-13T11:03:00.000-05:00

I hate it when parents drop their kids off at school in the middle of the street. Very ignorant.
Soon to be site of new trafffic circle heading to Steelyard Commons.