June 2023 Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a well-known private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, with the distinction of having seventeen Nobel laureates as members of the faculty and alumni of one of its two predecessors. Established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826, and Case Institute of technology, founded in 1880, merged, …
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June 2023 Euclid Beach Park, along the shore of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, is a passive park, with lots of shade trees, a picnic pavilion, a sandy beach and a pier stretching out into the lake. Long-time residents of Cleveland will remember the park as the site of Euclid Beach Park. Opened 22 June …
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May 2023 In the middle of May every year, all across America, ceremonies are held in honour of National Police Week; a week where police officers across America attend ceremonies in honor and remembrance of those who have lost their lives in the line of duty. On 19 May, in Cleveland, Ohio, a crowd gathered …
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May 2023 The Arcade in Cleveland, Ohio, is a visually stunning, Victorian-era, shopping centre, that has the distinction of being one of the first indoor shopping centres in America. Opened on 30 May 1890 and known as Cleveland’s Crystal Palace, The Arcade consists of two nine-storey office buildings facing out to Euclid and Superior Avenues, …
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May 2023 Castle Village and Enchanted Kingdom Park was once a very popular children’s amusement park, a little to the west of Midland, Ontario, based on several famous fairy tales, including Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Merlin’s tower, Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs, with a large medieval castle welcoming guests at …
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May 2023 The small Hamlet of Parksville was once a vibrant community, as was much of the Catskills region of New York State. Colloquially known as the “Borscht Belt,” Parksville was part of the summer vacation haven for New York City Jews prior to integration and prior to cheap airfare, that allowed families to travel …
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May 2023 Like all big cities, Toronto, Ontario, has long had an extensive public transportation system. Starting in 1849, the City of Toronto gave Williams Omnibus Bus Lines, owned by local cabinetmaker Burt Williams, a licence to operate the first mass transportation system in the city. Starting with an initial complement of four six-passenger horse-drawn stagecoaches, …
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May 2023 The southern Ontario city of Burlington has many historic homes within its boundaries. One of the more stunning is Paletta Mansion, an 11,000-square-foot stone mansion on the Lake Ontario shoreline in the east end of Burlington. Complete with a gatehouse, a full-size children’s dollhouse, one of the few stables remaining in urban Burlington, …
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May 2023 The Kincardine lighthouse is one of the many former lighthouses that used to guide ships as they traversed in and out of harbours on the Great Lakes. Built in 1881 near the mouth of the Penetangore River at Kincardine Harbour, it’s an eight sided, red and white clapboard tower that stands 74-feet in …
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May 2023 The Niagara Region was on the front line of the defence of Upper Canada, with many historic forts along the Niagara River, from Fort Erie in the south, to Newark (present-day Niagara-on-the-Lake) in the north. Fort Mississauga was one of the forts at Point Mississauga in Newark, named in reference to the Mississauga …
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