Author: dasoadmin

A Helping Hand Roosevelt appears to be a cut-through street. When I took a picture of the street sign at Madison, there was a second sign on the other corner indicating that it connected with Cedarwood, Olivewood and Blossom Park. I guess if you are heading north off Madison, Roosevelt is a short-cut if you…

Block Parties When I walked down Rockway this morning I saw several signs for their block party. The street that I live on used to have great block parties. I can remember years when we had a DJ to entertain the kids, a margarita machine for the adults, and a guest appearance by a Lakewood…

Empty Nest As I was walking down Robinwood this morning, it dawned on me that I have been sending kids to the Lakewood Public Schools for 20 years. My daughter Rachel started Kindergarten at Grant Elementary School in August 2004, and my youngest child Anna is entering her senior year at Lakewood High School next…

Birdtown’s Nest I have been a frequent traveler to Birdtown lately, having completed Plover, Quail and Robin all in the last 10 days. However, each time I venture into this neighborhood I discover something new. Today it was an impressive looking commercial building on the corner of Robin and Madison. The building itself is over…

Ebbs and Flows Given that the entire western border of Lakewood is a river (Rocky River), I am surprised that there are only two street names that start with “river”. Yesterday I walked Riverside and today I finished them up with Riverway. As I was bike riding along Riverside on my way to Riverway, I…

Family Bike Ride This was the second weekend in a row that we had a family bike ride. Last Saturday I skipped walking my street to complete the Bike Lakewood 2024 Scavenger Hunt. We had fun riding all over town taking pictures of their challenges. I hope they do it again next year. Today my…

Tortoise and the Hare First of all, I need to shout out my website designer Brian Frolo. I got up early to run to my street and I passed him riding his bike in the opposite direction on West Clifton. I could not have reached the starting line of this project without his help. Speaking…

Geography Trivia Night I had a pleasant walk down Ridgewood this afternoon. It is a north-south street that runs from Detroit to Madison on the eastern side of town. I was immediately struck by the mix of old and new architecture. Several new townhomes were located near Detroit, but the house right next to them…

Plants vs. Zombies I’m not sure what was more unusual on Richland this afternoon, the foliage or the garden gnomes. Richland started out like most other streets that I have walked. It began at an intersection with a busier street (Madison) and ran south all the way to Lakewood Heights Boulevard. However, as I was…

Favorite Teacher A special thanks to Vincent O’Keefe for sending over a touching story about the naming of Reveley. According to Margaret Manor Butler in Romance in Lakewood Streets, “Reveley Avenue was named for Miss Ellen G. Reveley, principal of the Old Normal School situated on Eagle Street in Cleveland long ago. She was a great…