Cleveland Vintage Blog

In previous posts I have admitted to embarrassment over not knowing about some pretty prominent Cleveland local history, but this upcoming post is particularly humbling not only from a Cleveland perspective, but my native Maple Heights as well. I am a member of the “You know you are from Maple Heights..." Facebook page. Right before the holidays a post came through with what I consider to be a bombshell of a revelation that I was never even remotely aware of: Henry Mancini himself was born in Maple Heights in April of 1924. I came to realize that the post came about...

A total solar eclipse is always exciting, but it's especially exciting for Northeast Ohio residents in 2024, as Cleveland falls into the path of totality, ensuring nearly four minutes of total darkness in the city come April 8.  Here is everything you need to know about the 2024 total solar eclipse. What time will the eclipse take place? How long will it last? The total solar eclipse will begin at about 1:59 p.m. and fully take place around 3:13 p.m. on April 8, 2024, shrouding Cleveland in darkness for about three minutes and 49 seconds. As if that wasn't interesting enough,...

My day job takes me by the Home Depot on Wilson Mills Rd. in Highland Heights at least twice a week. Pretty much every time the same thought pops into my head: How many people that drive by here as often as me or even frequent the Home Depot realize that on this very site once stood a truly magnificent 3,200 seat entertainment venue, the Front Row Theater. Opened by none other than Mr. Sammy Davis Jr. on July 5, 1974, the Front Row was a magical place to see a show. The seating was circular, but there were no...

Not only is Cleveland, Ohio home to some of the best restaurant tippers in the nation, our city is also home to some of the least aggressive holiday drivers, too. According to a study by GasBuddy, which compiles driver data based on its "Drives Feature," Clevelanders are some of the calmest drives out there. The Drives Feature study includes metrics from more than eight million drives in the top 50 metropolitan areas over this past Thanksgiving weekend - November 23 to 26 - monitoring things such as speeding, fast acceleration, hard braking, and more. And after putting it all together, Cleveland came...

Imagine a restaurant thirty-eight stories high. A place for the most special of occasions. A place where handshakes sealed business deals over a whiskey sour, or even a place where you decided to book a table to propose. That was Stouffer's Top of the Town restaurant. Sitting thirty-eight floors at the very top of the Erieview Tower, this restaurant was something incredibly special from the moment it came onto Cleveland’s scene in 1964, when everyone quickly realized this would never just be another restaurant, but a place where lasting memories were made. Right up until it closed for good in...