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A variety of concerns drive opposition to proposed development at Pearl & Memphis
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN The Independent Order of Odd Fellows building at 3409 “Short” Broadview Rd. was built in 1913 and owned by the Odd Fellows until 1958. Since then, ownership has passed to several different entrepreneurs. At the time that the South Brooklyn Commercial District was established with the…
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“Ohio Flying Saucers” documentary to air on Monday nights
GRAPHIC CREATED BY KEVIN KELLY A flying saucer hovers over the City of Cleveland (Plain Press April 2025) A great majority of Cleveland residents do not realize that their State of Ohio is considered a hot spot for Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) sightings. In addition, some of the oldest UFO organizations originated in the…
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Demolition of Pearl-Memphis historic buildings on hold until parking and financing confirmed for proposed development
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN In 2005 when the application for establishing the South Brooklyn Commercial District with the National Register of Historic Places was submitted, this iconic structure at the northeast corner of Pearl Rd. and Broadview Rd. was a branch office of US Bank. But when it was built…
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Home Video Systems (VHS) usher in the dinner and a movie era
(Plain Press March 2025) Remember the VHS/Beta tape era? Back then, one could rent a motion picture from the nearest video store in your neighborhood and watch it in the privacy of your own home without any interruptions. No longer did you have to go to a crowded theater and fight for a good…
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A look at some of the buildings in Old Brooklyn’s Historic District
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN The H. Krather Building, built in 1895, is one of several historic buildings in the South Brooklyn Historic Commercial District, near the corner of Pearl and Memphis. by Lynette Filips (Plain Press December 2024) This month we continue to look at the history of the…
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How the corner of Pearl and Memphis came to be included in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005
GRAPHIC COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE A map of the South Brooklyn Commercial Historic District from the United States Department of Interior National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places. by Lynette Filips (Plain Press November 2024) This month we continue to look at the history of the northwest corner of Pearl Rd.…
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Greenline Building has housed a wide variety of businesses over the years
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN 1961; Ken Booth’s House of Flowers, 3426 Memphis Avenue, northwest corner of Memphis and Pearl. by Lynette Filips (Plain Press October 2024) This month we continue to look at the history of the northwest corner of Pearl Rd. and Memphis Ave. which the Old Brooklyn…
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Documentary on Ghoulardi to air in October
(Plain Press October 2024) If you were to tune in to channel 8 at around 11:30 PM Friday nights, back in 1965, you would have also seen a funny looking man, wearing a fright-wig and lab coat, smoking a cigarette on live television. His name was Ernie Anderson, and he was a Cleveland sensation,…
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Old Brooklyn’s Brookmere Cemetery included in nationwide cemetery tour
PHOTO BY JOHN RAKAUSKAS Monday, August 5, 2024; Brookmere Cemetery, 3645 Broadview Rd., in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland: Cleveland residents as well as residents of other cities in Ohio and neighboring states attended an outdoor workshop demonstrating how to clean, repair and reposition headstones. The workshop was conducted by Jonathan Appell, founder of…
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