luzelac
@luzelac active 1 year, 1 month ago-
luzelac commented on the post, Tourism and the Fate of the City, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Atlantic City has struggled to balance community and tourism. Various ethnic groups face competition with tourists. Unlike Las Vegas which did not have a community before becoming a tourist site, Atlantic City did […]
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luzelac wrote a new post, Rapid Transit in the Cleveland Area, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
The process of connecting the different parts of the city with Rapid Transit has evolved over the years. “It took the largest wrecking program in the city’s history to clear the land for Terminal Tower, Higbee’s, […] -
luzelac wrote a new post, Tower City Center, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
One milestone in the evolution of Public Square happened in 1990. Plans to redevelop the Terminal Tower complex failed in the 70′s but were revisited in the late 80′s with better results. Tower City Center was […] -
luzelac wrote a new post, Terminal Tower, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
The Terminal Tower in Downtown Cleveland is certainly a major junction within our city’s transportation system. The developers of the Union Terminal project, brothers O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen, planned the […] -
luzelac commented on the post, Cleveland State University, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
It is wonderful to read about the history if CSU. There still seem to be some capitalization issues and spacing problems. The information and photos are great.
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luzelac commented on the post, Mather Mansion, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Mather Mansion is a wonderful site. I do hope that it would make a successful Bed and Breakfast. I might have added that even though Flora Mather knew about the house, she never got to enjoy living there because […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Cleveland Play House, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Theater in Cleveland is experiencing a new era with the move of the CPH to Playhouse Square. It is lovely to see the early images. Josephine Abady was very passionate about the Playhouse and everyone who […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Euclid Avenue Opera House, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
This site, like so many for Cleveland exemplify the everchanging tides we endure. Attractions rise and fall at a sometimes disturbing pace. Being replaced by a Kresge store seems like a let down. So many great […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Apr. 19: Heritage Seekers / Toward Inclusive Cultural Tourism, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 2 months ago
War which the nation could see each night on their own television set contributed to a fracturing of America into “image tribes’. These tribes changed the way Gettysburg operated. Advertising that was focused on […]
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luzelac wrote a new post, Hotel Cleveland, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 2 months ago
According to the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, the corner of Superior and Ontario streets in Public Square was always the location of some type of hotel. The 1,000-room Hotel Cleveland was built in 1918 by […] -
luzelac wrote a new post, Wanted: Scenic wonder that is a tourist bonanza…complicated areas need not apply (Alleman), on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 2 months ago
Shaping the Shoreline explores the complicated history Monterey Bay. The area could not be all things to all people and competing interests struggled for control of the area. Immigrants to the U.S. who knew […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Apr. 5: The Postwar Mass Resort, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 2 months ago
While Atlantic City of the 1960′s was compared to a dead shark, Las Vegas of that time was all about the whales. Many cities turn to tourism as a last option. The social scene on the Boardwalk and even the […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Mar. 22: Heritage Towns & Patriotic Shrines, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 2 months ago
Like drive-in restaurants and drive-in theaters, Gettysburg became a drive-in historical site because of the proliferation of automobiles. Technology changed the experiences of travel and leisure. Static […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Mar. 20: Race, Public Space, & Tourism in the Interwar Period, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 3 months ago
Chicken Bone Beach was the name of the area that the African Americans were forced to use in Atlantic City. This is not a very attractive name and considering that the area was “moved behind a stone wall in front […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Mar. 8: Seeing America First: Auto Tourism, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 3 months ago
Belasco’s Gypsies and Rothman’s “elderly ladies in rocking chairs” represented the new freedom drivers found when traveling. For the out of the way places, they represent a potential loss of privacy and intrusion […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Feb. 21: Transcendant Tourism: Camp Meetings, Chautauquas, & Dude Ranches, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 3 months ago
Dude ranches were a place where education, and status was not as important as a strong back. Visitors used the ranch as a way to escape from their everyday lives and tried to reach an understanding of nature that […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Feb. 16: Building the National Parks / Indians & Tourists in the American Southwest, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 4 months ago
Edgar L. Hewett took advantage of the fears created by the fin de siecle by suggesting that answers could be found in archeology. He combined these interests and used his property in the Santa Fe area to create a […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Feb. 14: Imagining the American West / Transcontinental Travel, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 4 months ago
Hal Rothman states in Devil’s Bargain that “The railroad made tourists out of travelers, especially in the western United States.”(p.39) In that way, railroads transformed the experience of the west. Tourists were […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Feb. 9: Tourism in the Civil War & Reconstruction, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 4 months ago
Jim Weeks describes how townspeople who were visionaries used the landscape by creating organizations and tourist services to share points of interest with visitors. David McConaughy and David Wills were local […]
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luzelac commented on the post, Hurley: What does it mean to be new?, on the site introduction to public history 1 year, 6 months ago
Your point about convenience hit home with me as well. It is difficult when a community fails to support revitalization. It is also difficult when their methods of support or ideas about revitalization differ. […]
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