Definitely appreciate the couple paragraphs in the beginning and interesting to hear about Cleveland in comparison to other cities. Interesting little tableau of the Uber driving asking you why didn’t you go to Chicago.
Anyways always appreciate your photography. Funny enough the supermarket aisle with the tiling on the bottom caught my eye. And then the one after that left me with the thought that rust belt cities, even more than a place like Winnipeg, are really cities whose golden ages have come and gone. I could be wrong but that is just the sense I got.
There was also some random person while I was waiting for a train that “whoever told you that shirt looks good on you is not your friend” completely unsolicited. Or the lady telling me about her slumlord turning off the heat during a cold snap last winter which made her neighbour pass away. Idk the vibes were just bad.
The supermarket photo is from Heinen’s, a local grocery chain. That’s their Downtown Cleveland store, in an old bank. The photo of the dome looking up with the paintings is the same building.
I found some interesting parallels with Detroit and Winnipeg, actually. But Detroit is going through a significant renaissance right now and its downtown is much more vibrant as a result, but they’re both legacy acts whose potential never came to fruition. They both have a lot of old grandeur but gappy urbanism. So does Cleveland, but it being less flat, more lake-oriented than river, and its downtown feeling less historic (even though it is) made the comparison to Winnipeg less applicable in my mind.
Definitely appreciate the couple paragraphs in the beginning and interesting to hear about Cleveland in comparison to other cities. Interesting little tableau of the Uber driving asking you why didn’t you go to Chicago.
Anyways always appreciate your photography. Funny enough the supermarket aisle with the tiling on the bottom caught my eye. And then the one after that left me with the thought that rust belt cities, even more than a place like Winnipeg, are really cities whose golden ages have come and gone. I could be wrong but that is just the sense I got.
There was also some random person while I was waiting for a train that “whoever told you that shirt looks good on you is not your friend” completely unsolicited. Or the lady telling me about her slumlord turning off the heat during a cold snap last winter which made her neighbour pass away. Idk the vibes were just bad.
The supermarket photo is from Heinen’s, a local grocery chain. That’s their Downtown Cleveland store, in an old bank. The photo of the dome looking up with the paintings is the same building.
I found some interesting parallels with Detroit and Winnipeg, actually. But Detroit is going through a significant renaissance right now and its downtown is much more vibrant as a result, but they’re both legacy acts whose potential never came to fruition. They both have a lot of old grandeur but gappy urbanism. So does Cleveland, but it being less flat, more lake-oriented than river, and its downtown feeling less historic (even though it is) made the comparison to Winnipeg less applicable in my mind.
Thanks Michael!
Wtf those are some bad vibe comments you got yeah no wonder Cleveland would feel weird.