[PRCo] Re: Cleveland

[Bob Rathke]

I was in Cleveland that day in April, 1969 when the Cuyahoga River caught 
fire.  Given the condition of the river at that time, I didn't think that 
the fire was unusual, and it probably burned at regular intervals.

Bob 1/14/07

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:42 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Cleveland


> Yes, Cleveland has come a loooooooooooong way since the Cuyahoga River 
> caught fire in the 1960's. It is a rather odd fact that, in the United 
> States, a 'good economy' can seldom be nationwide. Rather, it is regional. 
> Some area do well for a few decades, then the 'good times' move to another 
> region. Strange, indeed.
> Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:  Herb's comments describe just 
> the opposite situations in Cleveland and
> Pittsburgh in the late 1960's and early 70's when I lived in Cleveland. In
> those years, downtown Cleveland was dead after 5PM, and many old buildings
> had been torn down but not replaced with new structures. At that same era
> in Pittsburgh, people were staying downtown for the restaurants and 
> theater,
> and new buildingconstruction and rennovation was cranking up. Around 1970 
> I
> worked with several people in Cleveland who took more than one weekend 
> trip
> to Pittsburgh to enjoy the attractions there.
>
> Bob 1/13/07
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Holland"
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> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 4:40 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Cleveland
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>> Herb Brannon wrote:
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>>> This is the main reason I moved back to my hometown.................
>>> Cleveland is everything a 'Steel City' should be. Something happened
>>> sometime after 1985 that changed Pittsburgh far too much. I concur
>>> with the comments of the writer.
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>> Maybe we should expand the list coverage to include Cleveland -- isn't
>> it a Division of WP -- West of Pennsylvania??!! :-) ;-)
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>> Do you plan to transfer to Shaker when you have enough snority?
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>> Impressions of Shaker Operation??
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>> Jim___Holland
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