Ohio - Cleveland, Snail Statues

Slowly spreading the news: it's National Postcard Week!
May 7-13, 2017

I took this photo September 2016 at the Cleveland Public Library during the art installation "Flock," by CrackingArt, a group from Milan Italy.  There were over 300 recyclable plastic animal figures all over downtown.  I loved the snails!

This postcard is number 42 in a limited of 100.  It is from Christina Getrost. 

Ohio - Cleveland, Powerhouse and Bridge

National Postcard Week
May 7-13, 2017

Constructed in 1892 on the West Bank of the Cuyahoga River, the Powerhouse was used to provide power for streetcar lines.  The Powerhouse closed in 1920.  Today it is a National Historic Landmark.  Pictured is the Powerhouse, the hub of Nautical Entertainment Complex and houses the Greater Cleveland Aquarium.

Created by Betty Kacirek, Parma, Ohio
50 cards printed

Ohio - Cleveland, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

National Postcard Week
May 3 - 9, 2015

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is located in 1100 East Ninth Street on the shore of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio.

Submitted by Betty Kacirek

This postcard is a limited edition of 50.

Ohio - Cleveland Rock 'N Roll

Rock 'N Roll and Cleveland

Officially coined over the radio airwaves of the city by Cleveland's DJ Alan Freed, Rock 'N Roll is intertwined with the city.  Cleveland was the site of the first Rock concert and is the hometown of many famous Rock 'N Roll musicians.

Design/Illustration: Terrell Publishing
2010

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The First Rock Concert:

The Moondog Coronation Ball was a concert held at the Cleveland Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on March 21, 1952. It is generally accepted as the first major rock and roll concert.

The concert was organized by Alan Freed (a disc jockey considered to have coined the term "Rock and Roll" at WJW-Radio), along with Lew Platt, a local concert promoter, and Freed's sponsors, including Leo Mintz, owner of the Record Rendezvous store. More tickets were printed than the arena's actual capacity, in part due to counterfeiting. With an estimated 20,000 individuals trying to crowd into an arena that held slightly more than half that - and worries that a riot might break out as people tried to crowd in - the fire authorities shut down the concert after the first song by opening act Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams ended.

Moondog today:

Today, the Moondog is a more controlled concert, but still evokes the spirit of the 1950s. Half a dozen vintage rock and roll performers entertain concert-goers and many of the attendees dress in classic 1950s-style. WMJI radio has sponsored the event in mid-March at the Quicken Loans Arena for several years.

Ohio - Cleveland, West Side Market

National Post Card Week
May 2-8, 2010

West Side Market
Cleveland, Ohio
This Cleveland landmark offers much to please the senses, smells and tastes of the ethnic heritage Cleveland is proud of.

Limited Edition #14/50

Ohio - Cleveland Waterfront

Cleveland Waterfront

The Cleveland, Ohio Waterfront area offers many attractions along the Lake Erie shoreline.

Photos by John Penrod
2014

The sender writes that the domed building is the Science Center.

I have postcards of the Rock and Roll Hall of fame so I know that is the building on the far left.  I think the stadium is The FirstEnergy Stadium.  

Ohio - Cleveland Brown's Stadium

Cleveland Brown's Stadium
The Browns have played on the same site on the shores of Lake Erie since their inception in 1946.  From 1946 - 1995, their home was Cleveland Municipal Stadium.  In 1999 the Cleveland Brown's Stadium, a modern glass and concrete structure replaced old Municipal Stadium on the same 31 - acre site.

National Postcard Week
May 1 - 7, 2011

unused
limited edition 1 of 75

Ohio - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Shaped

Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame and Museum
Cleveland, Ohio

Designed by architect I.M. Pei, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a spectacular, sculptural building that expresses rock's raw power.  It is the ideal home for the museum's dynamic presentation of the living heritage of rock and roll and its enduring impact on global culture.
2011

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was created April 20, 1983. However, it had no home. The search committee considered several cities, including Memphis (home of Sun Studios and Stax Records), Cincinnati (home of King Records), New York City, and Cleveland. Cleveland lobbied hard to be chosen, citing that Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed is widely credited with promoting the new genre (and the term) of "rock and roll", and that Cleveland was the location of the first rock and roll concert. Civic leaders in Cleveland pledged $65 million in public money to fund the construction. A petition drive was signed by 600,000 fans favoring Cleveland over Memphis, and a USA Today poll which Cleveland won by 100,000 votes. The hall of fame board voted to build the 150,000 square foot museum in Cleveland.

Ohio - Cleveland, Public Square

Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio