On Friday May 21, 2021 the Northern Ohio Chapter (NOCSIA) met for a day-long tour of the Battery Park neighborhood, which lies two miles west of Downtown Cleveland on a bluff overlooking Lake Erie. The meeting began with a talk by activist and neighborhood historian Jim Cutrone, about redevelopment …
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Battery Park Tour and Annual Meeting 2021
May 21, 2021 by
Haydite Mine in Independence
January 29, 2021 by
NOCSIA toured the former Haydite Mine location in Independence, Ohio on March 27, 2021. It was a long standing industrial site which began as a brick making concern and ran for 100 years as a haydite mine. They also explored remnants of an early sandstone quarry nearby along the new Hemlock Creek …
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Mansfield Industries – Annual Picnic
September 1, 2019 by
We had a very interesting set of industrial tours and picnic in Mansfield October 4th.
Meet in Mansfield (only one hour drive from Cleveland or Akron) in mid-to-late-morning;
Enjoy a narrated bus tour of Mansfield, probably including one or two active factory tours;
Catered lunch at an …
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Cleveland’s Garment Industry
August 13, 2019 by
NOCSIA Members toured the Cleveland Garment District on Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
10:15 am - Gather at National Bias Fabric Company, 4516 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, where we will meet David Breen.
10:30 am – One-hour tour led by David Breen.
Cleveland has a rich history of garment manufacture. By …
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Oberlin Outing
July 2, 2019 by
Tour took place on Tuesday, July 2, 2019
· 7:00-8:40 a.m. -- Oberlin Kitchen (opens at 7:00 a.m.), 51
South Main (440-774-2841) -- Meet up for breakfast (buy your own, order
whatever you like from the regular menu, allowing time to begin next activity
punctually).
· …
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Holy Rosary Church Tour
March 10, 2019 by
We had the opportunity to spend a Saturday afternoon (March 16, 2019) learning about William P. Ginther, Ecclesiastical Architect, when touring Little Italy's Holy Rosary Church with author Anthony (Chip) Valleriano, who published a book (2012) that serves a compendium of the late architect's …
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Gotta Groove Records
February 10, 2019 by
We had the opportunity to tour Gotta Groove Records, 3615 Superior Ave in Cleveland on February 20, 2019 with an optional lunch afterwards. …
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Altoona Tour and Picnic
October 5, 2018 by
BASIC SCHEDULE FOR THE PICNIC that occurred on Friday October 5, 2018
Plan to board the Pennsylvanian https://www.amtrak.com/pennsylvanian-train at
either Pittsburgh (7:30 a.m.) or Johnstown (9:03) or a station in
between. How you get to the train station is up to you, …
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Titan Aircraft Factory Tour
April 10, 2018 by
The free guided tour of Titan Aircraft near Geneva, Ohio occurred on Friday, April 27, 2018.
Titan manufactures sporty
propeller-driven aircraft, including WWII-era P-51 fighter replicas.
Please see website http://titanaircraft.com/index.php
Place Titan
Aircraft main …
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Tour of the I-90 Bridge Project
October 19, 2015 by
An ODOT-guided tour of the George V Voinovich Bridge Project -- that's the I-90 bridge through downtown Cleveland.
This outdoor walking tour will cover the history, progress and engineering of both the old (1959) and new bridges. According to ODOT, this represents the largest bridge project in …
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