Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Veterans Memorial Bridge and Subway Tour
9am - 3pm
Free parking at the County Engineer's Bridge Garage
Free Admission
Way back when, before public transit studies were tied to population and development concentrations, before Cleveland was mostly paved parking lots and people came downtown to work, be entertained and well, get stuff done. Back when Cleveland's heritage was that of one of the 5 largest cities in the country without any playful exaggeration of city boundaries and glowering promises of regionalism there existed a simple and possibly beautifully efficient mode of transport through town called the street car. These simple passenger craft made quick transportation cheap and easy until the advent of the automobile gave people the solitude they didn't know they wanted.
Now, as lightrail systems pop up in cities like Portland, Or and Houstan, Tx and are even being considered for cities like Columbus, Oh, the County Engineers are kind enough to make public the old street car level of the Veteran's Memorial Bridge.
Typically I try to walk it at least twice a year and have yet to be disappointed. The views are amazing and it harkens back to a more prosporous time for the city. Perhaps even pointing out a way that cleveland can reclaim it's proper heritage.
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