Cleveland History Blogs

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I think it’s a good selection of images. They perfectly match speaker’s words. I thought that the photographs of department stores (Higbee’s, Bono’s, May etc), street cars and two children window shopping perfectly match the story. I would like to mention a very well used Ken Burn’s effect on the image of streetcars.

The clip is very interesting. The market and transport sounds create an atmosphere of a lively market. I also liked the transition when the speaker talks about public transportation and a street with buses and cars is shown. When the speaker talks about fresh products, the close-up of market products appears on the screen and [...]

I liked the clip. I think the images exactly match speaker’s words. The good point is to give the name to the clip “A short street of big thrills”. The intro (text) is very good and gives a short, but informative note of what the clip is about. I also think you have a good [...]

The evolution of National Park Service was a complicated many-stage process. On the 50th anniversary, Director Conrad Wirth responded to the problems of the Service by a ten-year program that was endorsed by Eisenhower and included upgrade of the facilities and staff. This program, Mission 66, was continued by Wirth’s successor, George Hartzog…[Read more]

When I looked through the “Weekly list”, I liked the project of preserving the Wentz Camp in Kay County, Oklahoma. An important part of it that it is a recreational facility with a pool. It would be interesting to preserve the pool constructed between 1928 and 1950s. Usually preservation subjects are single buildings, like houses [...]

Historic preservation is often discussed in modern society. What buildings should be preserved? What are the objects of the first priority? Howard makes a point, that preservation of architectural heritage is a good way to consolidate community and bring diverse crowd together. I think it is especially true about preservation and renovation of…[Read more]

A very good audio, both informative and interesting. I enjoyed listening to it. I think the images perfectly show the atmosphere of fun that the speaker mentions. I also liked the length of the clip, the speakers finishes his story in a very natural way. I would probably crop out image #2 to hide the [...]

I think the images work well with the narration. A perfect match is a picture of two shoppers, a woman with a boy, when the speaker mentions that he shopped with his mother. A good selection of images. The clip is good, but I felt it was a bit too long.

The clip perfectly goes with the images. I think you did a good job by including a map, which makes the clip very interesting to watch. I also liked the chronological order and how the older images (sketches) gradually change to the modern photos. I liked the last image, it matches the story, but maybe [...]

While I watched the clip, I felt that the images and the text match very well. The length of the clip is sufficient, it’s not too short, so can get the basic idea and not too long to get boring. I think that the idea of capitalism that he talks about could be represented by [...]

In the “Power of Place” Dolores Hayden considers history of urban landscapes. “The place”(city, village, street, house etc.) has different meanings to people of different origin and ethnic background. The author thinks that public history should emphasize people’s memories that are related to “the places”. The power of place – an…[Read more]

In The Lowell Experiment Cathy Stanton considers Lowell National Historical Park – a challenging project of cultural re-development of the city that experienced deindustrialization. The project aims “to blur the lines between museums, classrooms, tourism, economic development and the cityscape itself” (pg.5) in order to attract wider audience…[Read more]

1.Very emotional. I liked the ending, it sounds very natural.
2.Sweet
3.Interesting
4.Sounds very good
5.Sounds good, but short. Other than that, number five is a good choice.