Well thats odd, I could have sworn I didn’t see Cuyahoga county listed. I stand corrected!
I get a hoot out of this one:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/sandiego/postcards/theoin.jpg
It’s a college now and surrounded by houses.
This thread reminds me of one of my now-dormant hobbies; taking modern-day photos from the same location and perspective of old photos/postcards.
Hmmm…didn’t see DC on there. Oh well, I suppose we’re not a state after all
The only picture they’ve got of my home town is of W. G. Mallett school. I went there, K-3. It looks pretty much the same today, except the upper halves of the windows have been filled in to save on heating and Quebec Street’s paved now. It’s still the elementary school, but they’re trying to get funding to build a new one and turn Mallett into a center for the arts. I can’t seem to find a recent photo online.
Here’s a postcard from a different website of the old State Normal School. It’s unchanged, both inside and out, but now it’s part of the university. Mostly it’s administrative offices, but there are a few art and music classrooms. Almost the whole second floor is a great auditorium with an enormous pipe organ. Freezing, freezing cold in the winter. Here it is now.
Here’s another postcard. I honestly can’t figure out what it’s supposed to be of, though. It says it from atop Powderhouse Hill, but I can’t make anything out.
Postcard of the Lillian Nordica Homested. Still there, more trees around it now. It’s got a small museum with a collection of her clothes and jewelry and such. It’s pretty far from downtown. (If you don’t know who the hell I’m talking about, Lillian Nordica was a 19th century opera singer. Here she is singing Selika in L’Africaine. Her popularity may have faded elsewhere, but she’s still famous here. I’ve got all her records.)
This is the public library. Still is, still looks the same, but the main entrance is in the rear now (here’s a recent picture of the back, the green metal thing is new entrance).
The Lahr Hotel is still standing. It’s now an apartment building.
I live near St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Columbian Park is still a recreational spot. and today features a zoo, a baseball stadium, and the waterslide area known as Tropicanoe Cove.
Dorjän: The Cleveland streetcar system operated into the 1950’s, and is fondly remembered by my parents. I’ve seen a souvenir postcard that was given to passengers on the last run. As you may know, some of the cars were sold to Toronto, where they were in operation as recently as 1982.
That’s a great site - I have found quite a few pictures of my village on it too - fascinating stuff.
The village pub (well, one of them, and probably one of the worst!)…
in 1906,
in 1919 (it appears to have been substantially rebuilt in the meantime),
in about 1960
and today (different angles, though).
Here’s another 1906 view. Nice to see the local “hoodies” out in those days, too 
Dorjän, I love seeing photos from the same spot as old pictures, too. I can see a project coming up - to try and reproduce these old photos as closely as possible!
The origins of the Concrete Swamp:
Planting time on a Japanese rice farm near Houston, Texas (1913)
Yes, we built a major city on a bunch of bayous and rice paddys. It’s incredibly humid and prone to floods. Move here, I dare you!