IS THAT THERE IS A PLACE WHERE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE TIME I KNEW IT!
IS AN AREA CALLED "TREMONT"!
LOCATED ON THE NEAR WESTSIDE.
EVEN UNTO THIS DAY!
I STILL DO NOT KNOW WHY IT IS CALLED THAT.
BUT! ANYWAY!
TREMONT IS A PLACE WHERE FOREIGNERS COME TO BOTH LIVE AND WORK AND CALL HOME.
LONG AGO! TREMONT WAS WHERE STEEL WAS KING!
ALL YOU COULD AND STILL SEE IS THE STEEL MILLS AND RAILROAD TACKS AND THE SOUND OF SHIPS AND TRAIN HORNS BLOWING NOT TOO FAR AWAY.IT'S NEAR THE CUYAHOGA RIVER ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE EASTSIDE WHERE YOU COULD SEE FROM HERE ARE THE PETROLEUM PLANTS AND THE OIL FLAMES SHOOTING OUT INTO THE AIR 24/7 AND SEE IT AT NIGHT IS SOMETHING TO SEE. THE SLAG FROM THE STEEL MILLS VATS LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT TIME SKY!
WHERE TODAY! WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT LIGHT UP THE NIGHT TIME SKY!
ONLY! WE CALL IT "LIGHT POLLUTION"!
THE ONLY THING BACK THEN WAS AIR POLLUTION.
ALTHOUGH! THERE WAS AN AREA NOT TOO FAR AWAY!
WHERE YOU COULD SMELL WHAT SMELLED LIKE "BURNT TOAST" WAS COFFEE ROASTING.
THE INTERESTING THING! ABOUT ALL OF THE THIS IS NO MATTER WHERE YOU TURNED TO!
YOU WERE ALWAYS CLOSE TO A BAR!
THERE WAS (AND! FOR ALL I KNOW THERE IS!) A BAR WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF WERE YOU WORK! SO YOU COULD GO THERE ON PAYDAY AND CASH YOUR CHECK AND HAVE A FEW AND/OR HAVE DINNER THERE BEFORE YOU WENT HOME.
I THINK WE ARE IN SOME WAYS! A UNIQUE CITY!
BECAUSE! IT TAKES A BRIDGE TO GO FROM THE EAST END! TO THE WEST END OF THE CITY.
EVEN THE MOTORWAYS/HIGHWAYS HAVE BRIDGES AS WELL!
EVEN IF YOU TRIED TO GO AROUND THESE BRIDGES!
AND GO WHERE WE CALL "THE FLATS"!
YOU STILL NEEDED TO CROSS A BRIDGE!
BUT! THAT'S ANOTHER STORY!
MEANWHILE! BACK AT THE RANCH!!!!!!
TREMONT HAS SO MANY THINGS!
THAT BACK THEN! YOU COULD JUST WALK TO GET WHAT YOU NEEDED!
THERE WERE MINI-SUPERMARKETS, LAUNDROMAT, DRY CLEANERS, DRUG STORES, BARS (I SAID THAT BEFORE DID'NT I?), BARBER SHOPS, RESTAURANTS,VFW POSTS,CORNER GAS STATIONS,DELICATESSENS, BANKS, WAT WE USE TO CALL "5 & $10 STORES, CLOTHING, APPLIANCE, HARDWARE, TV-RADIO REPAIR, SHOE, FLORAL, GO BOWLING ON CHURCH PROPERTY (YES! YOU HEARD RIGHT!),A GRAD SCHOOL, PAROCHIAL SCHOOL,BEVERAGE, INSURANCE OFFICE, BUTCHER SHOP, IMPORT STORE, PUBLIC PARK AND POOL, FUNERAL HOMES,BEAUTY SHOPS, (IT'S EVEN THE PLACE WHERE THE MOVIE "THE CHRISTMAS STORY WAS FILMED,CHURCHES (THE REAL CHURCH(S)! NOT THE CHICKEN PLACE!,SNACK SHOP, PRINT SHOP.RECORD STORE,RECREATION CENTER,LIBRARY.
IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE SCENES OF THE MOVIE "THE DEER HUNTER WAS FILMED (I REMEMBER MY BOSS TOLD ME HIS SISTER WAS AN EXTRA IN THE FILM AND THEY SET UP THE CHUCK WAGON AT LINCOLN PARK AT THAT TIME THEY PAYED THE EXTRAS $25.00 USD A DAY!).
WHEN YOU SEE A SCENE FROM THAT MOVIE!
THERE IS A LOCAL JAZZ DJ WHO HAD HIS NAME SHOWN ALL BY ITSELF.
HIS NAME IS CHRIS COLUMBI JR..
HE IS THE ONE WALKING OUT OF OR LEM-KO HALL WITH HIS ARM AROUND ONE OF THE STARS.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE ON ONE SIDE YOU COULD SEE DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND.
AT THAT TIME! THE TERMINAL TOWER WAS THE TOURIST ATTRACTION THEN! NOT NOW!
EVERYWHERE YOU WENT! YOU WERE SURROUNDED BY TREES.
VERY FEW STREETS DID NOT HAVE ANY!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
I SEEN THAT AND JUST HAD TO!!!!!IMAGES FROM THE MOVIE THE DEER HUNTER
INFORMATION ON THE DEER HUNTER
IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS RELATED SEARCHES!
YOU WILL FIND IT ON YOU TUBE.
IT IS ALSO THE AREA WHERE THE MOVIE A CHRISTMAS STORY WAS FILMED AS WELL.
TREMONT ALSO HAD WHAT WAS CALLED AT THAT TIME "THE PROJECTS"!
THIS! WAS AN AREA NEAR THE CUYAHOGA RIVER.
IT TOOK UP THREE STREETS.
ALL ROWS APARTMENTS.
IT HAD BEEN TORN DOWN AND NEW APARTMENTS BUILT.
IT WAS CALLED VALLEYVIEW HOMES.
NOW! IT'S CALLED TREMONT POINTE.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE 1990'S THAT IT EXPERIENCED A COMEBACK OF SORTS.
IT BECAME WHAT WAS CALLED A "HOTBED" ALL OF A SUDDEN!
IT WAS THE COOL PLACE TO BE!
IN IT'S HEYDAY! FOREIGNERS CAME HERE TO SETTLE IN AND FIND WORK.
THEY DID WHEN THEY HEARD THAT THE PRIEST HAD CONNECTIONS AT THE STEEL MILLS AND HE COULD PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR YOU.
"BEER"! WAS A STAPLE AT THE DINNER TABLE!
IT WAS SAID THAT THE FATHER COULD SEND HIS SON TO THE BAR WITH A PAIL AND QUARTER TO BUY BEER FOR HIM.
IN THE STEEL MILLS!
WORKERS COULD PUT A TV DINNER NEAR THE WINDOW WHERE IT WAS IN FRONT OF A FURNACE AND BY LUNCHTIME!
HE HAD A HOT TV DINNER!
BUT! AT NIGHT!
IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY!
YOU KNEW WHERE YOU PARKED YOUR CAR AT NIGHT!
BUT WHEN THE DAYLIGHT CAME!
ALL THE CARS WERE COVERED WITH SOOT AND DIRT OVERNIGHT FROM THE MILLS.
GOOD LUCK IN TRYING TO FIND IT!
SOME LIVED CLOSE BY THE MILLS.
AND ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS EITHER WALK TO WORK!
OF CLIMB DOWN THE STAIRS ON A BRIDGE THAT WAS NEAR THE MILLS.
IT WAS SO BORING!
SOME EVEN COUNTED THE NUMBER OF STEPS IT TOOK GOING UP & DOWN.
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IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS RELATED SEARCHES!
YOU WILL FIND IT ON YOU TUBE.
IT IS ALSO THE AREA WHERE THE MOVIE A CHRISTMAS STORY WAS FILMED AS WELL.
TREMONT ALSO HAD WHAT WAS CALLED AT THAT TIME "THE PROJECTS"!
THIS! WAS AN AREA NEAR THE CUYAHOGA RIVER.
IT TOOK UP THREE STREETS.
ALL ROWS APARTMENTS.
IT HAD BEEN TORN DOWN AND NEW APARTMENTS BUILT.
IT WAS CALLED VALLEYVIEW HOMES.
NOW! IT'S CALLED TREMONT POINTE.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE 1990'S THAT IT EXPERIENCED A COMEBACK OF SORTS.
IT BECAME WHAT WAS CALLED A "HOTBED" ALL OF A SUDDEN!
IT WAS THE COOL PLACE TO BE!
IN IT'S HEYDAY! FOREIGNERS CAME HERE TO SETTLE IN AND FIND WORK.
THEY DID WHEN THEY HEARD THAT THE PRIEST HAD CONNECTIONS AT THE STEEL MILLS AND HE COULD PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR YOU.
"BEER"! WAS A STAPLE AT THE DINNER TABLE!
IT WAS SAID THAT THE FATHER COULD SEND HIS SON TO THE BAR WITH A PAIL AND QUARTER TO BUY BEER FOR HIM.
IN THE STEEL MILLS!
WORKERS COULD PUT A TV DINNER NEAR THE WINDOW WHERE IT WAS IN FRONT OF A FURNACE AND BY LUNCHTIME!
HE HAD A HOT TV DINNER!
BUT! AT NIGHT!
IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY!
YOU KNEW WHERE YOU PARKED YOUR CAR AT NIGHT!
BUT WHEN THE DAYLIGHT CAME!
ALL THE CARS WERE COVERED WITH SOOT AND DIRT OVERNIGHT FROM THE MILLS.
GOOD LUCK IN TRYING TO FIND IT!
SOME LIVED CLOSE BY THE MILLS.
AND ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS EITHER WALK TO WORK!
OF CLIMB DOWN THE STAIRS ON A BRIDGE THAT WAS NEAR THE MILLS.
IT WAS SO BORING!
SOME EVEN COUNTED THE NUMBER OF STEPS IT TOOK GOING UP & DOWN.
