This is an advertisement from January 1963 promoting a Cleveland visit from Irma the Body.  The Roxy was the most well know burlesque house in Cleveland history.   To view other Roxy scans found by SGS check out this link. 

Murder She Wrote Desi Style (originally by Chaka Demus & Pliers)

ClevelandSGS has been archiving Cleveland signage for the last three years.  Hubcap Alley is located at 12208 Lorain Ave. We snapped this shop in September, 2006. To view a collection of our signage photos click here. 

This is an ad for the Cleveland National Air Show in 1929.  This drawing was published in Cleveland Town Topics. 

Bowling for Dollars was a television game show where Clevelanders could win cash or prizes based on the results of their bowling scores. The scan above is from the April, 1977 Cleveland TV Guide.  The original incarnation of Bowling for Dollars was hosted by Don Webster. The new and improved 1977 version was hosted by our own Dick Goddard.  Bowling for Dollars was actually produced and filmed at in-studio lanes at WJW Channel 8. 

In James Beard’s 1964 memoir, Delights and Prejudices, the author coined the phrase, “taste memory”.  ClevelandSGS always thought that this term was a bit annoying as it is often used by culinary aesthetes, but one item lives up to this evocative term for us. 

Everyone has a favorite confection that they would cross the city to get to no matter what the time or weather condition.  After numerous discussions and debates on desserts, SGS finally agreed that the Almondine at the West Side Market stood above all other challengers. This towering achievement can be purchased at Michael’s Bakery(Stand D2). The lovely Lyuba(pictured above) who works at this stand is always ready to fork over these delicacies with a smile. Lyuba informed SGS that the Mitterholzer family who runs Michael’s Bakery lovingly hand crafts the Almondines and then ships them to the Market in the morning. Michael’s Bakery is located on Broadview Rd. in Cleveland. 

To present the recipe of the Almondine to our readers would be a grave injustice. One must make the trek to the West Side Market and pay the $1.25(same price as some boring doughnut), for a gluttony sensation that will leave you delighted.

Recently SGS was viewing the new Gus Van Sant film, Milk. After watching this amazing performance by Sean Penn, we started talking about Harvey Milk’s life and the resiliency he demonstrated by continuously running for office after a string of defeats. The discussion led us to a local Cleveland activist named James Sykora (pictured above from August, 1971). Sykora was born in Cleveland and was a student at Benedictine High School. Sykora was a great student who excelled at chess and also ran a handful of unsuccessful no-budget campaigns for the offices of Cleveland City Council (1971, 1975, 1985), the school board (1971, 1993, 1995), County Commissioner (1998) and the Ohio General Assembly (1971, 1974, 1988, 1990). We were also surprised to learn that Sykora ran as a member of the Ohio Republican Committee.

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Mrs. Soonja “Sue” Kim and her family owned and operated Hair Plus Beauty Supply in downtown Cleveland for approximately 25 years. For 20 years she was located at 2066 East 4th  street before moving to the Colonial Arcade, Ste. 29. When Cleveland SGS heard that one of downtown Cleveland’s last remaining hair product stores was closing we simply chalked it up as another casualty of a poor economy and decreased foot traffic, what we found out was quite the opposite.

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