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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Tourism and the Fate of the City, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year ago
Reese Palley predicted that the legalization of casino gambling in 1976 would create jobs, transplant the poor and minority populations through the elimination of the dilapidated residential districts, and make […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Cleveland Hippodrome, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Zac, your site reads very well as a thoughtful, engaging narrative. The parallels between Cleveland’s Hippodrome and New York’s Hippodrome are very intriguing when placed in a national context, as you have, and […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Hotel Cleveland, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
I really thought you did a great job giving a concise history in the first paragraph, and effectively established context for the reader to grasp to. You also took full advantage of your image captions by […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Severance Hall, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
As with your accompanying site, I thought you did a good job finding interesting storylines such as the CMA’s architectural influence on Severence Hall, and the major interior renovations that have occurred over […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Adella Prentiss Hughes, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
In my opinion you did a good job finding an interesting story line to follow with regard to Adella Hughes and the establishment of the Cleveland Orchestra, rather than simply creating something encyclopedic. […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Apr. 19: Heritage Seekers / Toward Inclusive Cultural Tourism, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Image tribes are niche groups of self-conscious individuals that share similar economic tastes, which in turn make them unique among other groups. The image tribes supplanted family-oriented tourism, and as a […]
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Matt Sisson wrote a new post, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, C.E.I., on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Founded in 1892 as the Cleveland General Electric Co. by Charles F. Brush, C.E.I. adopted its current name just two years later, and headquartered its corporate offices within the Cuyahoga Building on Public […] -
Matt Sisson wrote a new post, The Powerhouse, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
The Brush Electric Light & Power Co., prior to its absorption into C.E.I., developed the equipment used for Cleveland’s first electric streetcar line that operated under the East Cleveland Railway Co. A […] -
Matt Sisson wrote a new post, Nela Park, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
The National Electric Lamp Association (NELA) formed in 1901 under Franklin Terry and Burton Tremaine. Much of NELA’s light-bulb innovation stemmed from, and competed with, both Brush’s arc light technology, and […] -
Matt Sisson wrote a new post, Monterey Bay: Formed from Fishing, Bred in Contention, and Reinvigorated through Tourism, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
The Monterey coast’s attribution with fishing goes back to its original inhabitants, the Ohlone Indians and their triblets, but social contention over the Monterey Bay locale seemingly begins with the arrival of […]
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Matt Sisson wrote a new post, Avon Lake Power Plant, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
With regard to Cleveland’s west side, the addition of the Avon Lake Power Plant on Lake Road in 1926 is arguably the most significant project taken on by C.E.I. Situated 23 miles west of C.E.I.’s Public Square […] -
Matt Sisson commented on the post, Apr. 5: The Postwar Mass Resort, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 1 month ago
Rothman’s explanation of Las Vegas’ malleability asserts that the city catered to the wants and desires of each individual, and by being transient the city was able to adjust to accommodate the newest trends. […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Mar. 22: Heritage Towns & Patriotic Shrines, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 2 months ago
The automobile transformed the Gettysburg experience by completely usurping the railroads and streetcars as the main form of transportation into the park. As a result visitors became more dispersed, no longer […]
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Matt Sisson 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
Simon’s first mention of interracial encounters is very brief, and he simply mentions that tourists of Atlantic City would employ black men to wheel them around in rolling chairs. Simon explains that this was […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Feb. 21: Transcendant Tourism: Camp Meetings, Chautauquas, & Dude Ranches, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 3 months ago
Visitors to dude ranches sought to discover the meaning of life through authentic, first-hand experiences. For these dude ranchers, this involved getting as close to an authentic frontier experience as possible; […]
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Matt Sisson 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
In part Hewett created a veneer of Indian and Hispanic culture by maintaining the old Hispanic facades of the buildings in Santa Fe, and created cultural institutions and museums dedicated to highlighting the […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Feb. 14: Imagining the American West / Transcontinental Travel, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 3 months ago
Rothman Ch.1-3, prompt #1:
Rothman argues tourism can take the form of a devil’s bargain, which he describes as uncontrollable change that transforms the cultures that adopt tourism as a major economic […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Feb. 9: Tourism in the Civil War & Reconstruction, on the site U.S. Tourism 1 year, 3 months ago
Cemeteries are an excellent example of how landscape advanced the formation of Gettysburg as a destination. Cemetery Hill, for example, combined natural and almost sublime views that were vogue at the time with […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Hurley Discussion, on the site introduction to public history 1 year, 5 months ago
I definitely think that settlement houses you mention could have become victims of urban preservation and revitalization, specifically as a tool of gentrification. I use the past tense because Hurley is speaking […]
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Matt Sisson commented on the post, Daniel “Danny” Greene, on the site introduction to public history 1 year, 6 months ago
Very well written, nice photos. A caption on one of the car bombing photos gives a great quote from the PD describing Greene, and I think its worth considering for use as an opening line in your narrative because […]
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