Exploring the abandoned Warner & Swasey Observatory in East Cleveland, Ohio

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In 1919, the Warner & Swasey Observatory was gifted to the local Case Institute in East Cleveland, Ohio. Named after the company that manufactured telescopes and other precision instruments, the observatory initially housed a single telescope and dome. A larger dome and telescope were added in the 1940s. However, as Cleveland's population grew, increasing light pollution prevented the observatory from conducting effective studies, leading to its closure in 1980. The telescopes were subsequently relocated, and the abandoned property has since been reclaimed by nature and vandals.
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@johnwilcox4078 3 ай бұрын

The building is way beyond repair and has been for a couple of decades. The copper dome, of course, is long gone. At one time, someone bought the building and was going to rebuild it into a private residence, when it was still practical to do so. He spent a lot of money but not nearly enough, and it once again succumbed to vandalism. It is now in the same shape as the rest of East Cleveland, absolutely hopeless..As a former resident of East Cleveland, it's an astonishing fall from grace!

@artofexp 3 ай бұрын

Although East Cleveland is in rough shape the observatory seems to be in a good neighborhood. It's true it will never be restored to its former glory but I could see the copper domes replaced with glass as sort of a greenhouse room or outdoor rooftop deck.

@bad74maverick1 2 ай бұрын

It should be restored and or saved. They made the first successful adopted telescopic sniper scope for the military in the Warner & Swasey scope. Few examples are known to exist but fortunately numbered.

@Lynchfan88 3 ай бұрын

My parents first house was in East Cleveland just moments from the observatory. Historical place torn apart by time first & then vandals.

@JLange642 3 ай бұрын

What a great building to renovate as a private residence. If not saved in the next 5-10 years it will be too late. At this point, there is still hope!

@artofexp 3 ай бұрын

The bones are great 👍

@ThomasMitchell-kr8yy 2 ай бұрын

I watched grown men stripping the copper off the domes while working in that area a number of years ago it was sickening

@artofexp 2 ай бұрын

Very sad

@raystevens1458 2 ай бұрын

What a shame, this building could have been donated to a school or college to further studies and now it's worthless.

@rvk8991 3 ай бұрын

the people that vandalized this building will never achieve the skill it took to build or work in a building like this.

@Chris.Davies 2 ай бұрын

24-inch (two "feet") refers to the objective lens of a telescope. NOT the length. And doubling the size of the objective lens gathers 4 times as much light. A tragic loss. People are despicable.

@jcivilis533 3 ай бұрын

Cool building!

@EngOne 3 ай бұрын

Enriched yet ?

@clemclemson9259 2 ай бұрын

now who would have vandalized that building? I wonder who did that............. the nice children in the neighborhood? aww such nice children

@ThomasMitchell-kr8yy 2 ай бұрын

I watched in broad daylight grown men stripping the beautiful copper from the roof while working in that area a number of years ago sickening

@Stover1928 3 ай бұрын

Great video. Never knew it existed.

@joanneweislocher8540 3 ай бұрын

Nice interesting video!

@HOUHA99 3 ай бұрын

We need save this building! - Nightclub? Pot shop? Psilocybin clinic? Thanks for the video!

@artofexp 3 ай бұрын

It’s in a neighborhood so likely could only be residential.

@chrispotempa2900 2 ай бұрын

If I were a resident in one of those houses I'd be plenty p***** off that an eyesore like that continues to remain unaddressed, depressing local property values, attracting a criminal element along with environmental hazards and inviting kids to explore where they could get hurt falling through a floor. C'mon -- there's not even a fence with "keep out" signs around it??? That is so messed up. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen at local taxpayer expense. Such a shame. I'll bet at one time having that observatory there contributed some prestige to the neighborhood.

@artofexp 2 ай бұрын

I agree it’s an eyesore but this is East Cleveland where hundreds of abandoned properties exist.

@alitlweird 3 ай бұрын

You coulda told me that this was in Chernobyl and I wouldn’t have known any differently.

@denniswhite9557 3 ай бұрын

Growing up I watched the scavenger s chop that dome of with hatchets it was all copper you need to be careful you might get jumped and robbed their

@artofexp 3 ай бұрын

Very sad.. the copper is always the first to go.

@ffdave117 3 ай бұрын

We explored places like this when I was younger but we never did stupid shit like graffitti.

@iamjames8403 2 ай бұрын

5:53 You were in their with a ghost watch the door.

@artofexp 2 ай бұрын

I thought that was very strange too! Maybe the guy from the old photo in the intro!

@shlibbermacshlibber4106 3 ай бұрын

The theatre was a lecture hall and cinema

@alanmcnew5376 3 ай бұрын

What a shame

@clemclemson9259 2 ай бұрын

All of East Cleveland is a shame - Euclid is next

@smickster 3 ай бұрын

Cool old building. Someone should turn it into apartments or a restaurant.

@ksavage681 3 ай бұрын

This is in the corner of a neighborhood. Pretty far from the Case University. Somebody could make this a cool house with a lot of money spent on it. The is likely zoned residential , so even though it would make a great coffee shop or something, they probably won't allow that.

@shlibbermacshlibber4106 3 ай бұрын

The little rooms are just store rooms offices bathrooms etc

@artofexp 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! There are a lot of tiny storage rooms in this building. I believe to account for the curved architecture of the domes.

@hamboneneurosis995 3 ай бұрын

I think I have a couple of their rifle scopes

@bferguson9277 3 ай бұрын

At least the telescopes escaped the crack heads.

@artofexp 3 ай бұрын

Thankfully they were transferred out. Both telescopes are at universities in Arizona.

@anthonymiller8979 3 ай бұрын

@@artofexp I think the 9.5 refractor, the first scope is still with Case at the University Circle Campus unless it got moved again. One of the larger ones, the 24" Schmidt went to Kitt's Peak in Arizona and it was replaced with a 36" reflector which went to Nassau Station in Ohio. Possible they moved again as light pollution continues to worsen.

@syntheticfuture1718 2 ай бұрын

@@artofexp