Flashback Friday: 1900's Euclid Postcard with house and horses

Do you recognize this house? I bet it may still stand!

Euclid, Ohio, circa early 1900's. A woman stands outside her two-story home with 2 children and 3 horses.

Another Round of Euclid Square Mall Demolition Photos

Click to see the full gallery!

1986 Euclid Square Mall Burl Ives 'The Night Before Christmas' 45 Record

Today the Euclid Historical Society and Museum posted an adorable ad with Burl Ives holding a 45 record that Euclid Square Mall and other Jacobs, Visconsi & Jacobs malls were giving out for the Christmas season 1986 with purchases totaling $25 or more.

Midway Mall in Elyria, Ohio, also a Jacobs, Visconsi & Jacobs enterprise, gave away this record as well.

Listen to this narrated classic below:

Euclid Square Mall Demolition 2017: Toys R Us, Red Lobster, Fazio's, ESM Sign

 

It may not look incredibly different...

But here's my amazing Photoshopping of what used to be there just a few weeks ago!

 Top: Fazio's strip with HomeTown buffet and the grocery store amongst other little units. Also top: Gone.

Euclid Square Mall Demolition!

Without anywhere near as much ceremony as it had when it was built, Euclid Square mall's demolition has officially begun!

Already mostly gone: Toys R Us, Red Lobster, and the entire Fazio's outplaza.

Click for a gallery!

24950 Lakeshore Blvd: Euclid Jewish Center & New Life Christian Church International

Sunday, April 12th, 1953, the cornerstone for the new Euclid Jewish Center was put down.

Prior to the erection of this building on Lakeshore blvd., members of the Euclid Jewish Center got together in a community center on Briardale. Today, this is the parking lot at Sticks Pub & Grille in the Briardale golf course.

Here's a picture fresh from the late 1950s:

In 1997, Ner Tamid in Euclid and Temple Israel in Mayfield Heights merged and became Temple Israel Ner Tamid. They did this, in part, as in 1996, they were lacking a permanent rabbi. They are still located at 1732 Lander Rd, Cleveland, OH 44124.

Today, the structure is home to New Life Christian Church International.

It looks incredibly similar still:

You'll notice that the decorative gray block work in the center of the photo used to be freestanding. A room was added and the blocks are incorporated into the new space. The brickwork match is very good, so much so that I didn't notice that they are slightly lighter until I realized it was added on.

25941 Euclid Ave: Dietrich's Mens Shop, A Shady Podiatrist, Steakhouse Outlet, African Fashions, Ohio Therapy & Rehabilitation

Read the opening of the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

25941 Euclid Ave was the fourth unit from East end of the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

1952 - Dietrich's Men's and Boy's Shop opens with the plaza. They would stay put until December 1978, marking a 26-year run in the same location.

It seems like a crooked podiatrist by the name of Alan Weiner "practiced" podiatry and stealing from Medicaid and Medicare in the early 1980's.

1982 - Steakhouse Outlet

 Last seen advertised at the 25941 Euclid store was June, 1985, although many locations stayed open.

On March 21, 1987... a candy store was closing. What candy store was there?

1987 until the early 1990's, it was the office for Cardinal Retirement Village. Today, this complex is called Hilltop Village.

In 1991, African Fashions/Beauty Salon moves in. They are there until sometime after mid 2011, another impressive 20+ year run.

Since at least 2014, a Chiropractic office has been at 25941 Euclid Avenue.

25951 Euclid Ave: Curtain Shops Inc. and Davis Bakery

Read the opening of the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

25951 Euclid Ave was the fifth unit from East end of the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

1954 - Curtain Shops, Inc.

Where Euclid may have gone for curtains! Seems logical, anyway.

Curtain Shops, Inc. hung around until 1977. They also had a location at 4511 Mayfield Rd. South Euclid.

In late 1977, Davis Bakery moved into the unit at 25951 Euclid, down from 25891 Euclid Avenue, also in the Euclid-Richmond shopping center.

Something you can't say about many of the stores featured in this blog... Davis Bakery is still open and still uses that cool "Davis" font! They (or some bakery, anyway) stayed here until 1984.

Today, 25951 is a National Cash Advance.

Move Into A New Benton Building Co. Euclid Home Before Winter!

From late November 1947 - Ready for Occupancy! These new homes, built by the Benton (Lefton) Building Company are located on East 254th Street and East 258th Street in Euclid, Ohio. They boast 5 and 6 rooms, some with attached garage, multiple floor and exterior plans, full basements, up and down hardwood floors, automatic hot water tank, and large 50 foot lots.

1967: Chicken Bait at E. 200th St. and Cherokee

Kids walking in the street and being irresponsible with cars - a problem in Euclid. Go to any of those cancerous Euclid Facebook groups and see for yourself. Evidently, this problem goes back many years, despite being hotly debated by every third Euclid resident to this day.

I give you: Chicken Bait.

Do you know where your children are at 9 or 10 p.m. every night of the week? Do you know your children's friends so you can tell what kind of examples your children have to follow? Do you know what your children do for excitement and thrills each high during the week? Do you really care if maybe some night the phone rings in your comfortable, warm house to let you know that your son or daughter is now dead-that he or she has just been hit by a car?

Many parents in this area must not be able to answer these question very successfully. They must not really care about the physical, mental, or moral welfare of their kids.

ANY WEEKNIGHT (or weekend) why don't you jump into your car and take a ride down 200th street near Cherokee to see if your children are standing in that crowd? Please drive carefully, because you are sudden bait for the current new games that go on each night. You are an excellent prospect for the game of "chicken."

Your children find it great fun to run into the middle of the street in front of an oncoming car to see how fast the driver can push on the brakes.

This has happened to us and we were lucky enough to stop. When you hear the screech of the brake and feel your heart pounding, your knees weaken and hear the roar of laughter from the "audience" please keep your temper because you can do nothing to step this game.

DURING THIS WEEK there has been more than $300 worth of damage done in one parking lot on Cherokee ave. Did you give your children the switch blade that was used to slit three brand new tires Wednesday night? Did you maybe give your kids the BB gun that has been used to shoot out the light in the parking lot so the police or residents couldn't catch your child?

Halloween 1977: Kiwanis & WZZP-FM Haunted House!

Back before haunted houses became multi-million dollar "haunted attractions", there were these kinds of quick and fun scare zones set up by Kiwanis clubs all over America.

What I wouldn't give to see some photos of this haunted house set up at 24700 Euclid Avenue in October, 1977.

WZZP were the call letters for "Zip 106" from 1977 until 1984. Today this frequency is better known as WHLK - 106.5 The Lake.

Happy Halloween!

City Council Passes Euclid Square Mall Rezoning Ordinance

City Council Passed the Euclid Square Mall Rezoning Ordinance on August 21, 2017.

This 73-acre property was the home to the Chase Brass & Copper tube mill, a government financed build that took place during World Ward II and operated until 1973. It was demolished in 1975.

Unlike 2017, the vote in the mid-1970's to rezone the property was met with much hesitation and many opponents. Of course, it was eventually brought to a vote in the form of issue 22-C in November 1973, and the issue passed by about 66% of the vote. The property was rezoned from industrial to retail.

The mall went on to be built and opened in March, 1977. It lost a main anchor in 1998, and this propelled the eventual decline, but was certainly not the only reason. The last real tenant, Dillard's outlet store, left in 2013. This mall never even received the major makeovers that other malls saw in the 1990's, such as the addition of a food court.

There was some re-designing of signage in an attempt to modernize the mall, as well as some interior cosmetic changes, but the Euclid Square Mall structure, by and large, still smacks of 1977.

At least, for now.

July 31 1947: Assistant Euclid Service Director and Boy Killed in Crash at Gettysburg, PA

70 years ago today 2 lives were lost on a rainy day in a head-on collision.

Ronald Sabine, 12, and William Harry Stoneman, 43, assistant Euclid service director and president of coalition club were passengers in a Hudson owned and driven by Paul Hewitt Torbet, 45, Euclid city solicitor.

The threesome were on their way back from a business trip in Washington D.C.. Sabine was traveling with the men he referred to as "uncles". Torbet befriended the young Sabine after his father, Frank Sabine, died of meningitis 2 years prior. The boy had gone on previous trips with Torbet. On this trip Torbet and Stonemen decided since the boy had never seen Getttysburg, they would take him there.

321 East 241st St. and Maplewood in Euclid, where young Ronald F. Sabine lived in 1947.

The accident occurred about 8 miles south of Gettysburg, PA on Route 15, just minutes from their destination.

Paul Torbet was driving the 1947 Hudson when he attempted to pass another vehicle on a hill. It was rainy and they collided with a flat body tractor truck hauling 13 tons of brick driven by Walter Buhl of Vienna, VA. No one in the truck was injured.

Emmitsburg road hill, just north of the MD/PA border

12-year-old Sabine ended up beneath the wheels of the truck, dying instantly. It took some time for the body of the boy to be coaxed out of the car, which itself was pinned under the truck.

Stoneman died some twenty minutes after being admitted to Gettysburg hospital suffering from head injuries, a crushed chest, and fractures to both legs.

Torbet suffered a fractured right leg and shoulder, but survived.

Buhl was absolved of any blame in the crash, while the coroner said the blame should be shared between drive Torbet and an unidentified driver. Torbet said he and Stoneman had agreed to pass a slow motorist, and that said motorist sped up when Torbet attempted to pass. When Torbet was the oncoming truck, he attempted to swerve out of the way, but the truck driver swerved that same direction, causing the fatal collision.

The truck driver and Air Corps veteran Buhl stated that two hitchhikers he was carrying took off into a cornfield after the crash occurred. Buhl said he had a clean driving record; Torbet made the same claim about his own history.

Ambulance driver Luther Topper made a statement saying that Torbet insisted Stoneman was removed first, as the man was more seriously injured. 

Torbet was released from Warner hospital in late October, several months after the accident. He paid a $10 fine on the charge at the same time.

William Harry Stoneman is buried in Euclid cemetery.
Ronald Sabine is buried in Calvary cemetery.
Walter Buhl died in 1977 and is buried in Idylwood, Virginia.

Paul H Torbet, who drafted the charters for Bratenahl, Eastlake, Linndale, and Willoughby Hills in addition to Euclid, retired to Florida in 1973 and died in Fall of 1981, at the age of 81.

25961 Euclid Ave: Shifrin's Merchandise Mart and Wyban's Gift and Book Shop

Read the opening of the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

25961 Euclid Ave was the fourth unit from East end of the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

1954 - Shifrin's Merchandise Mart.

Have you ever heard of this place? I can't find out a thing about the store or its owners.

1954 - Help wanted

I'm usually surprised at how little advertising was done. Hadn't advertising always been a crucial part of having a successful enterprise?

They were listed in a 1957 advert for Glidden paint, along with a huge list of other paint retailers.

Well as you well know, what comes next is the end of Shifrin's Mdse Mart.

February 1961 - closing due to illness.

1961/1962 - Wyban's Gift and Book shop moved in relatively quickly, as they were one of the 3 units affected by the Woldman's Deli fire.

Ever heard of this place? I'm showing my age.

Fast forward to July 1979, and Wyban's Gift and Book Shop says goodbye to the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

Today? Merged with 25971 and 25981 to become 25991 Euclid Avenue, aka Family Dollar.

25971 Euclid Ave: Katz's Restaurant, Woldman's Delicatessen, Richmond Restaurant, Agnes Moore Dress Shop

Read the opening of the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

25971 Euclid Ave was the third unit from East end of the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

Opening in 1952 with the plaza was Katz's Restaurant and Delicatessen, proprietors being Paul Ross and Dave Katz.

 

They put out adverts for waitresses and cooks from 1953 until 1959 or so.

1953, 1957, 1959.

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By 1961, 25971 Euclid Avenue was operating as Woldman's Restaurant and Delicatessen. Wife of part-owner Mike Cohen belonged to a committee to get the Euclid Sunday closing law repealed in June of that year.

June 1961

The law must have been a stick in the craw of the Cohen's and Woldman's, and they demonstrated that on Sundays in 1962 by having their wait staff dress up in old-fashioned clothing and handing out menus printed in Old English. I personally think this is quite fucking awesome.

February 1962, Sheldon Woldman makes a statement

In April of 1962, about a month and a half later, disaster struck as fire raged through the restaurant and deli.

Damage as the result of a deep-fat fryer exploding

Undaunted, they persisted that they would re-open despite the fire that caused about $8,000 (that's about $64,000 in 2017) in damage.

April 1962

May 10, 1962, Woldman's ran an ad in the Euclid Journal to keep an eye out for the completely rebuilt restaurant! They ran this ad and similar several times.

Run May 10, May 31, June 14, June 28,

July 5th 1962... soon!

Finally they were open... early August 1962.

So they re-opened. Neat

In 1971, though, Richmond Restaurant would at least for a few years, be found at 25971 Euclid Avenue.

1971, 1972, 1973

1977 - Need a dress, ladies?

And in 1979... selling off the fixtures.

And so 25971 Euclid Avenue stops right there.

Today? Part of Family Dollar, another unit merged to become part of 25991 Euclid Avenue.

25981 Euclid Ave: Bo-Peep Shoppe, Shore Appliance

Read the opening of the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

25981 Euclid Ave was the second unit from East end of the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center.

Stephanie and Harry Traub opened the first Bo-Peep Shoppe at 798 East 105th Street in Cleveland in 1941. Bo-Peep Shoppe opened its doors at this address in 1952. They went on to open more shops on the East Side of Cleveland with the largest located at 717 E. 185th Street in Euclid.

1955 Euclid High School yearbook

 In Spring 1962, a fire broke out in a neighboring unit that housed a deli. Bo-Peep Shopped suffered water damage as a result.

April 1962 fire at the Euclid-Richmond Shopping Center

Stephanie Traub and her second husband George continued to operate Bo-Peeps Shoppe until closing the business in 1966.

August 1966, selling off the fixtures

 In 1974 Shore Appliance Company called 25981 home for a spell. It was owned by Ray Haas.

Today: Doesn't exist. This unit was combined with 25991 Euclid Avenue, which currently is home to Family Dollar.