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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Tourism and the Fate of the City, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year ago
The mid-twentieth century was tough on Atlantic City. The once bustling coastal city began to see diminishing tourist numbers. It became clear the city needed to be re-branded to reboot the tourism industry. In […]
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Hippodrome, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Really great images. They really helped to enhance the text, which was also well written. It’s sad that it was torn down, it sounds like it was a unique venue that was probably worth keeping.
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, The Cleveland Arena, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
I like your images, but some description might help contextualize them. Also, what was on the land before the arena was built in the thirties? What stands on the property now?
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, The Powerhouse, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Great site, well written. Some biographical information on the Hanna’s might be interesting as the family was prominent in Cleveland. Also pictures of the present day flats and plans for its redevelopment could […]
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Viktor Schreckengost, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
I really liked this blog post. I’ve always wanted to know more about Schreckengost and I gained a lot of knowledge from your article. I thought the latter half was especially well developed. I would like to know […]
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elkaiser3 wrote a new post, Dunham Tavern, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Rufus Dunham and his wife Jane Pratt Dunham moved to the Western Reserve in 1819 from Massachusetts. They purchased 13.75 acres along the well-traveled Buffalo-Cleveland road for $147. It took them five years to […] -
elkaiser3 wrote a new post, The Glidden House, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
In 1909 the son of the founder and president of Glidden Paint Co., Francis K. Glidden (known as Frank), built his family a dream home in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland. The Glidden’s, like many of […] -
elkaiser3 wrote a new post, Mather Mansion, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
One of the few remaining homes of Millionaires Row is Mather Mansion, built by Samuel Mather in 1910 (begun in 1907). Mather was an iron tycoon who got in early to the steel industry that built Cleveland’s […] -
elkaiser3 wrote a new post, Tudor Arms Hotel , on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
In 1933 the swanky, exclusive Cleveland Club opened the doors to its new building at 10660 Carnegie Avenue. It became known as the Cleveland Club Building. It was mainly occupied by the Cleveland Club, but also […] -
elkaiser3 wrote a new post, Battle of the Bay, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
The clash between industry and tourism happens everywhere. In most instances their ability to coexist in the same geographical area is difficult. They need the natural resources in different ways, but not […]
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Apr. 5: The Postwar Mass Resort, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Las Vegas had no apparent industry in the early twentieth century. It was too hot and dry to farm, missed the mark for manufacturing, and had no apparent cultural heritage/ attraction like Santa Fe or New Orleans. […]
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Mar. 22: Heritage Towns & Patriotic Shrines, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 2 months ago
According to Weeks, “The automobile” dominated “Gettysburg tourism by both the landscape and the way tourists experienced it.” With the democratization of travel accelerated by the growing popularity of the […]
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Mar. 20: Race, Public Space, & Tourism in the Interwar Period, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 2 months ago
Atlantic City had a reputation in the tourism world as being a place where any well enough dressed American could go and feel like they belonged. It sold itself as an inclusive environment, but for only certain […]
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Mar. 8: Seeing America First: Auto Tourism, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 2 months ago
The automobile brought the true democratization of travel and gave people the freedom to design their excursions. With the rise of the automobile in the early twentieth century, travelers literally broke away from […]
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Feb. 21: Transcendant Tourism: Camp Meetings, Chautauquas, & Dude Ranches, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 3 months ago
The people who traveled to Dude Ranches in the fin de siecle were not the same type of people who relaxed at resorts for their health. They desired a more intense commune with their environs. They were not very […]
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Feb. 16: Building the National Parks / Indians & Tourists in the American Southwest, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 3 months ago
Edgar Hewett used his passion for archeology to put Santa Fe on tourists’ radars. After receiving a Central American Fellowship from the Archaeological Institute of America to establish a research center in Santa […]
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Feb. 14: Imagining the American West / Transcontinental Travel, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 3 months ago
3) The biggest and most obvious effect the railroad system had on the west was the new opportunity it gave for more tourists to travel farther into the frontier. From this there was the alteration of nature from […]
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elkaiser3 commented on the post, Feb. 9: Tourism in the Civil War & Reconstruction, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 3 months ago
Response to prompt 2
Gettysburg was not built around healing waters and health benefits like Saratoga, instead it grew from battlefields. The residents and entrepreneurs were often criticized for their […]
