This week I mainly stayed within downtown itself instead of wandering out to the further reaches of the RTA line. Instead I started out with Tuesday and Wednesday (Monday was AP day) by visiting two of Cleveland's cemeteries. The first was Lake View Cemetery which is an absolutely beautiful place. I went up to the top of the James Garfield Memorial and you can literally see the entire city of Cleveland, the Lake, University Circle, a lot of trees, and so much. Ironically, right before I went up there I was going to ask the guy at the front desk if there was actually a lake view there - good thing I didn't, that would've been embarrassing. I highly recommend that people go there! It's an incredible view.
The next day my main focus was the East Cleveland Township Cemetery to compare the two as they were both built with ten years of each other - Lake View in 1869, East Cleveland in 1859. The second is across the railroad tracks and Euclid Avenue and it lacks all of the beauty that Lake View has. It's smaller and more run down and the freight trains run right by it, yet there was something still pretty special about the history of the place. Later in the afternoon I went to this small museum on Euclid called the Dunham Tavern Museum which is the oldest house in Cleveland still on its original foundation. The most interesting thing there were all the maps and prints of Cleveland back when it was first being built and all of the buildings we associate with Cleveland now weren't even a thought yet. (Dunham Tavern is open Sundays and Wednesdays from 1-4 PM. Tickets are $3 yet free on Wednesday.)
I also took a while yesterday walking around downtown, mainly the waterfront which was a nice escape from the heat we had. I visited Voinovich Park, the Science Center, etc., and also toured the Q and Jacob's Field area. Unfortunately the one train line that would take me directly from the Q area to the lakefront only operates on the weekends so I walked all the way there - needless to say I was really tired by the time I got home.
Today I decided to keep in close to home, lucky because it poured today, and went to Larchmere, right off of Shaker Square, and photographed that area. Larchmere has was Cleveland lacks: the little shops and restaurants and bookstores that make it a really neat place to be. That and it's been there for so long.
So, week two is done - two weeks to go.
Hope to see you all soon.
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