A trip around the flats and and other parts of downtown Cleveland.
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@seanhancock306912 жыл бұрын
I LOVE CLEVELAND. It's so chill and can be literally chill at times. However, the people are just really down to earth and LOVE their sports teams no matter how bad they are doing.
@ohiodrb11 жыл бұрын
Note at 1:12 is the infamous dead mans curve. At 2:44, to the right is the Harbor Inn, Clevelands oldest bar. At 4:20 the middle tower is the West Side Market, today was its 100th birthday. At 6:20 you will see one of my worst nightmares...the red swinging bridge closed! ..also at 8:54 if you had went left. You would of actually seen the east bank of the flats...loved the video!
@timothylonderee55004 жыл бұрын
Outstanding tour! Great shots, wonderful soundtrack. I worked in the Warehouse District and enjoyed the Flats establishments in the ‘80s. Yeah it’s changed, but I’m happy the industrial character is still there. Thanks for the video!
@Freewayjim4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the comment and for watching!
@initeveryday58954 жыл бұрын
Best drive around Cleveland vid yet. The areas you were in and the music to fit shows Cleveland raw. Moved from CLE to NYC but will alway have heart there. Thanx for the well put together vid.
@Freewayjim4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the comment and for watching, glad you enjoyed it!
@chuckdudley11 жыл бұрын
Not from Cleveland. Never been to Cleveland. After this vid. I'm goin to Cleveland. Great video. Classy music. Excellent Jim and son!
@unkolawdio6 ай бұрын
I've known this drive for long time,,and since child,,,you captured it how it only should be done,,,the right way,,,,it shows old ancient Cleveland just right
@Freewayjim6 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, that means a lot to me because it was my first and so far, only time there.
@XTRABIG8 жыл бұрын
That track fits the scenery perfectly brother!!
@Freewayjim8 жыл бұрын
+XTRABIG Thank you!
@slobomotion12 жыл бұрын
Uprated. Well done! I was born here in '57. My parents remembered a vibrant city, but it was always a place sliding into oblivion for me. Couldn't stand the weather, had to leave the Rust Belt by the late '70s. (Now in France via NYC.) Oddly, Cleveland is part of my personality. I love music and many foods! I recognized a lot of the buildings and places in this clip, which has a good choice of music.
@ladymarie6311 жыл бұрын
I have been watching several of your videos which allows me to travel to some parts of the U.S. where I haven't been yet. Your annotations are very interesting and the choice of music is always spot on. Very well done, keep up the good work. Cheers.
@noryg9558 жыл бұрын
Totally breath taking I hope to go there this year. Thanks for sharing.
@Freewayjim8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@MrJamesgrate6 жыл бұрын
Cool ride there (Jim), a lot of side streets, stop signs and turns! As always, you deliver an enjoyable video to watch!!
@Freewayjim6 жыл бұрын
Thank you James and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
@MrJamesgrate6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jim, and I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas, and I want to wish you and your loved ones a very Blessed coming New Year! Looking forward to see more of your work in 2018!!
@FreewayBrent13 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed watching this. I remember driving over a couple of the bridges featured in this video; thought the architectural designs were outstanding. It's too bad the Flats have deteriorated, after being considered a real success story in the early 90's. Cool song choice too. Thumbs up for sure.
@szmitz13 жыл бұрын
beautiful bridges Thanks for showing the history of this city Greetings from Poland
@thevultrantransituniverse14876 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Cleveland is sure an interesting city to drive around.
@Freewayjim6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it is.
@thevultrantransituniverse14876 жыл бұрын
Freewayjim So what cities or areas of the US are you going to tour for this year?
@Freewayjim6 жыл бұрын
I don't know yet.
@georgiaroadgeek13 жыл бұрын
I was just chillin' to those grooves, Jim. Another nice ride, if I may say so. :)
@dave1168613 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff, didn't get to see the Flats though when I visited Cleveland.
@LouAdipietro196910 жыл бұрын
Nice video and a really nice shot of the West Side Market at the west end of the Lorain-Carnegie bridge.
@Freewayjim10 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@cjs12167513 жыл бұрын
Nice! As a native of Ohio and Northeast Ohio I love your vids! You guys are awesome with the freeways!!!!!!!
@KellyThundercloud12 жыл бұрын
Really cool! My fav is that Veterans Bridge too!!
@cjs12167512 жыл бұрын
I love this vid- no matter how many times given I've spent a lot ofI time in downtown Cleveland for Indians, Browns and Cavs games- or just to get away form the craphole of Kent, OH. Cleveland has a lot of unique bridges. The Carnegie bridge is also famous for it's cameo in Major League. I have spent a lot of time on these roads and I should add the I-90 bridge is being replaced within a few years. They're replacing the bridge and from what I've seen of the designs, it looks sweet.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@FreewayBrent Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! There's so much more to explore there, I'll get back someday.
@davenelson-xk6oc6 жыл бұрын
you need to do a update jim with the new I-90 bridge done the flats is going under a coplete rebuild with the Ohio & Erie canal towpath park and most of the river briges are being rebuilt
@jofrko1412 жыл бұрын
I just found your videos and I have always wanted to explore my hometown and this video does it! Keep up the good work!
@miriambucholtz93156 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video; it's very nice. I haven't been in that area for years because I moved for a while, but I'm back. Can't stay away from either the food or the diversity of Cleveland.
@Freewayjim6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@unkolawdioАй бұрын
You made this perfect,,for someone my age,,to wanna give to The young,,about old old Cleveland
@FreewayjimАй бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
@GoJoGeoff13 жыл бұрын
.. luv the architecture / engineering in those bridges..great ride thanks Jim ..
@dolape700210 жыл бұрын
what a beautifuul city is cleveland, I wish i´d ever visit the city .
@riolindasucks13 жыл бұрын
Great video. It's nice to get off the Interstate once in a while and see amazing things like these structures.
@slobomotion12 жыл бұрын
I'm originally from Cleveland and had one very pleasant visit to Florida. I was just amazed how clearly the roads and highways were marked! I had no trouble getting around in a rental car. I live in Saint-Denis outside Paris, France now, and roads go back to the Dark Ages and are not marked at all -- people seem to have the knowledge in their DNA or something. It can be super frustrating, so I work on the side as a private guide!
@EphemeralProductions4 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this version of Papa Was a Rolling Stone! As good as the original if not maybe even a little better!
@Freewayjim4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I thought it was an excellent cover of a classic song.
@Matchboxtruckman16312 жыл бұрын
Awsome video! I am a huge fan of Cleveland I love visiting Cleveland. This video shows Cleveland in a great way! thanks for posting
@gremcs8 жыл бұрын
Love seeing my hometown in all its glory. Have you heard about the replacement bridges for the Innerbelt? The double-spanned George V. Vonovich bridges?
@Freewayjim8 жыл бұрын
+GremlinboyFH Yes, hope to see them next time I'm in the area.
@Freewayjim11 жыл бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@unkolawdioАй бұрын
I mean...this song,,meant these images of downtown old ancient Cleveland since I was 5....this good video for me
@FreewayjimАй бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
@gettemeh2o6 жыл бұрын
Just over the Lorain Ave. Bridge with the 'Guardians', at marker 4:26 on the intersection of Lorain Ave and W. 25th sit's the famous West Side Market not highlighted in the video. It is the light brick building with the archway facade and tower to the right. Aqua green trim and stone detail.
@epistte6 жыл бұрын
Roaming the market and some of the cool restaurants in the W25th neighborhood is a relaxing way to spend a weekend afternoon.
@InterstateKyle13 жыл бұрын
cool video and bridges!
@unkolawdioАй бұрын
It was in Cleveland,,where I first undstood,,,pappa was a rolling stone,,,as a child,,,watching tv
@kdwaynec2 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Things really haven't changed all that much in 11 years. Too bad the Center Street Swing Bridge was closed @6:20. I like to sit near the "Gazebo" on the other side and watch it open and close for the big ships.
@Freewayjim2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@williamrandle33105 жыл бұрын
great job fellas..
@Freewayjim5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@TheRaeffel2 жыл бұрын
As a German, it took me a while to realize the highway footage was sped up 🙈
@GertLadefoged13 жыл бұрын
Just great. I Love this video.
@beepbeepme5013 жыл бұрын
ok thanks!!!! I LOVE your videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am addicted to your videos
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@TheChamba999 Because I purposely try to film them in that kind of setting, it makes for a better flowing video as opposed to being in a constant stop and go situation....think about it.
@ipeters613 жыл бұрын
Now those are some damn impressive bridges.
@Freewayjim11 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@empresslisa68755 жыл бұрын
Jim you knowing these streets 😀
@Freewayjim5 жыл бұрын
Not really, just luck and instinct :)
@AkiraSonBio12 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Great choice with the song. First time I've ever heard that remix before
@chippledon17 жыл бұрын
At 6:35 straight ahead was a canal basin which is covered over in a parking lot and the bridge.
@Freewayjim11 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the nice comment and for watching!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@pk33617 Thanks, there were a few guys working on the swing bridge on the west side of the flats, too bad I would have liked to have filmed crossing it.
@dougsmith49997 жыл бұрын
So how did it ever get the name "The Mistake By The Lake" I visited the Flats a couple times during it's peak. One Sunday morning I saw a giant Lake Freighter back in and parallel park to unload.
@sarjim43817 жыл бұрын
Most of the industry left from about 1960 on. Wth them went the jobs, the people, and the tax base. The population has fallen from 915,000 in 1950 to about 388,000 today. The city in terms of places want to go and live consists of downtown and some scattered neighborhoods on the west side. The rate of poverty is almost 35%, 27% of the population is single mothers with kids, and 77% of Cleveland babies are born out of wedlock. It's a city with an infrastructure for a million while the actual population is less than half that number. Combine all that with what's arguably the most execrable climate of any major city in America and things don't improve. As one example, there's only 25% of the possible sunshine in December while 14.1 inches of snow is falling on you, and a lot more if you live in the snowbelt. Cleveland is my hometown, but I left in 1967 because I could see where the city was headed. I get sad every time I go back and see what's happened to my beloved Cleveland.
@adamsedlock6467 жыл бұрын
Sar Jim got to tell you, I'm from Cleveland and love it even though I have moved, there are lots of run down and seedy areas, I would love to see CLE make more of a comeback
@pcstevemartin43626 жыл бұрын
"Mistake by the Lake" is a quote from Bruce Keidan, a Pittsburgh sports writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from way back in the 1970's when the Browns/Steelers games meant so much.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@FinlaythePug Thanks for watching, I would like to film Buffalo someday but to be honest, it is well of the beaten path of places I usually go but hopefully I'll have the opportunity to get there with some time to film it properly at some point.
@localdriver13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the ride!
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@TheChamba999 Another reason is to avoid cars and trucks blocking the views along the way.
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
@deangmoxon Thank you, the video is sped up about 2x in this video, and usually 3-4x on freeways.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@beepbeepme50 Not sure I'm familiar with what Dead Man's merge is, I know Dead Man's curve.
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
@KellyThundercloud Thanks, glad you liked it!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@eluko79 Thanks, they do indeed have nice collection of bridges.
@adamsedlock6467 жыл бұрын
+freewayjim you should head back and do a couple of new Cleveland videos soon, they just finished Flats East Bank developments and downtown has lots more stuff since the RNC
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@szmitz Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@InterstateKyle Thanks
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@YoshiLuigi45 Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@localdriver Thanks for watching!
@Zeakthecat12 жыл бұрын
weather channel music wow that is nice (btw i remember the intro of the song and carpared it to one of the weather channels intro themes {in my head lol}) but for some crazy reason i can remember 2 of the addresses that ive moved to over the first 8 years of my life and they are a 6 hr drive from each other lol & im 18
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@lakebay972 HD footage coming soon!, I did not use that song again but I think you'll like what I did :)
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@Trionixxx Thank you!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@riolindasucks Thank you!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@0marigolds Thanks! glad you "joyed" it :)
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@expresswayjess Thank you, much appreciated!
@kalix.clerealtor Жыл бұрын
Great video ,,, can I use some parts of this video for one f my listings? Thx
@Freewayjim Жыл бұрын
Thank you! yes you can, just be sure to give me credit for the footage.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@georgiaroadgeek Thanks Steve, much appreciated.
@lakebay97213 жыл бұрын
@Freewayjim Yes, and I loved that video you did around the Liberty Bridge and Tunnel featuring "Union Man" by The Cate Brothers. Having it in HD would've been EPIC. Great video nonetheless.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@beepbeepme50 Just past the split where I have the signs for I-90 @ OH-2 early in this video, the 35MPH Curve.
@FinlaythePug13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload! I never realized how many bridges Cleveland has! OH-2 reminds me of autoroute 720 in Montreal which has the same type of approach into the downtown area. It must be a common theme in the Great Lakes/Northeast like Toronto, Detroit and Chicago all with that grid system. My city of Buffalo as the be one of the only few Great Lake cities to have a defined beltway. Any chance of coming to Buffalo in the near future?
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@gladef Thank you!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@GeoffJennyOliver Thank you Geoff!
@oreo1011112 жыл бұрын
@Trashjack101 trust me they can get a little confusing even for cleveland natives like me we have overhead signs and signs on the side of the road and if you miss em then oh well other than those you have to know where your going
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@beepbeepme50 Thank you, I appreciate that!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@Reiser86 Thanks, and I agree 100%
@kitsune53523 жыл бұрын
See our river that CATCHES ON FIRE
@beepbeepme5013 жыл бұрын
Where the flashing yellow turn signs?
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@cjs121675 Thank you!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@dave11686 Thanks!
@deangmoxon12 жыл бұрын
were you speeding thru those streets or was that just the camera ? brilliant vid
@expresswayjess13 жыл бұрын
Good stuff. Better than watching T.V.
@thevultrantransituniverse14875 жыл бұрын
Cleveland is 5 hours away from Toronto.
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
@jofrko14 Thank you very much!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@FreewayTitan Thanks Max
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@bsdpowa Thanks!
@679steelers99 жыл бұрын
Cleveland is home of my Cavaliers. However, I'm a steelers fan
@beepbeepme5013 жыл бұрын
where are you shooting next
@jamesqualls8125 Жыл бұрын
Now it's the Cleveland Guardians in Baseball
@blvcksailormooninthenameof756110 жыл бұрын
There's no place like home :)
@Freewayjim10 жыл бұрын
:)
@blvcksailormooninthenameof756110 жыл бұрын
Freewayjim You seem like a really nice and I like that. ;)
@Freewayjim10 жыл бұрын
Iesha Harper Thanks :)
@adamsedlock6467 жыл бұрын
Freewayjim just a heads up, the rapid transit system is called the RTA. Love your videos, keep more Cleveland ones coming!
@dralaskalala7 жыл бұрын
Adam Sedlock It is the gcrta, greater Cleveland Rapid transit authority. Jim got it right!
@TheChamba99913 жыл бұрын
How come most of your videos almost never have any traffic?
@vernwallen42465 жыл бұрын
I went too Cleveland once and it was closed.Never went back!