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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…

Mysterious Monoliths Ramona has an interesting footprint. The street starts heading south from Clifton towards the railroad tracks before gently curving westward and connecting with Marlowe. While not truly a dead-end street, it had the look and feel of a quiet cul-de-sac. At the start of the street there were four isolated brick monoliths. Two…

The Heart of Birdtown I got to walk back-to-back streets in the Birdtown neighborhood, having completed Plover yesterday. Even though Madison is a much busier street that runs through Birdtown, Quail felt like Birdtown’s Main Street. I passed multiple churches along the way, snapping a picture of a beautiful mosaic in front of St. Nicholas…

Piping Plover I took a long bike ride over to Birdtown today and had a nice walk down Plover. Plover is on the southern edge of Birdtown, running parallel to the RTA Rapid Transit tracks. Most of the streets in Birdtown that start at Madison dead-end into Plover. As I was walking the street I…

Feeling Squirrely The squirrels and I have generally been friends on my walks so far. However, as I was walking down Phelps this morning I thought they were going to pounce. Phelps is a short side street that connects Sloane to Detroit on the western side of Lakewood. Near the Detroit intersection I came upon…

One Man’s Weed . . . I finished up the last of the “PARK” streets this morning. I never would have guessed that there were 6 streets in Lakewood that started with PARK. Parkwood runs north and south just east of Bunts Avenue from Detroit to Madison. Parkwood was in the middle of an infrastructure…

Black-Eyed Susans Parkway is a short macaroni shaped street that curves away from Lewis near Detroit before reconnecting with Lewis again as you approach Franklin. The neighborhood is across the street from St. Edwards High School. Today the street was a park-like escape from the major construction activity that was taking place all along Lewis.…

Love Thy Neighbor I had the opportunity to walk down the street just to the east of Lakewood Park this morning, appropriately called Parkside. As I was taking in the sights, I started reflecting on what it would be like to live so close to a large public space like Lakewood Park. In my opinion,…

Getting Charged Up Today was my first Monday morning back to work after a weeklong vacation. I knew I had plenty of work waiting for me at the office, so starting my morning with a bike ride and a short street to walk was just what I needed. I have found that I tend to…

Perfect Picnic Place On the corner of Park Row and Detroit I discovered Park Row Park. I have stopped here a time or two over the years, but until this morning I didn’t realize that it is a perfect spot for a picnic. There are not a lot of shady green spaces near Detroit with…