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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Ohio in the 19th Century

Cincinnatti

Cleveland

The local Rush Limbaugh wannabes raise no end of ruckus about it, but Toledo's government does a good job of brightening the place up.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Swan Creek

These were taken from the dock behind the Erie Street Market.

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library

The Winter Garden.

St. Patrick's Church, Warehouse District

St. Stephen's Church, East Toledo

SS Peter and Paul Church, Old South End

Immaculate Conception Church, Old South End

What will it be called? Its official name is the Veterans' Glass City Skyway Bridge, but no one's ever going to bother with all that, except whatever bozo came up with it.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge is still called the Cherry Street Bridge, by almost everyone, and the Anthony Wayne Bridge has been called the High Level Bridge since it was built.
Why bother naming the blasted things? Just let a name crop up. It will anyway.
(Photo Credit)

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Swan Creek

Hard to believe this is in the middle of a city of 300,000.

Dominating the Landscape

The newly rebuilt spire of St. Patrick's Church, in the Warehouse District.

The church is built on a slight rise in the land.

Remember, I'm from Pennsylvania. There's no way I'm calling it a hill.

I Love This

A glass block floor, lit from underneath.

It's in the basement of the Downtown branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library.

Overdoing It

I was all over Downtown Toledo, yesterday. Spent several hours there, about half of which was spent collapsed onto a chair at the library, a chair in a cafe, and several park benches. Fortunately, Toledo is kind to people like Lucilla Eliot and me. There are a lot of benches.
Over the next few days, you'll see some of the hundred-odd ( The OED can't remove THAT hyphen. ) pictures.
Today, I'm not in any condition to go farther than the back porch.