thestraightscoopfromcleveland

The Straight Scoop from Cleveland

Ramblings of a Cleveland area native from "The Best Location in the Nation": (With a nod to television meteorologist and fellow Cleveland area native Bruce Kalinowski who, when discussing conditions affecting northeast Ohio, often used the vintage tag line quoted above on The Weather Channel under the moniker Bruce Edwards!)

Has actor Martin Milner ever visited Cleveland? What does one name a drag racing car from northeast Ohio? Click here to get the photographic answers! Two gems from the Cleveland Autorama

Lime green police cruisers? Yup, Cleveland had 'em back in the '70s. Click here to get the story: Cleveland once sported chartreuse police cars.

Wonder what the Cleveland "Flats" looked like back in January, 1980? Click here to see some more old, faded pics much like the one at the bottom of this page: Circa 1980 scenes from the Cleveland flats.

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From the Cleveland flats, an ore boat on the Cuyahoga River facing toward Lake Erie. This view is looking north with the Main Avenue bridge in the background. January, 1980.

Photo by DFH

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