tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post5597798001132065823..comments2023-09-15T08:48:49.716-04:00Comments on Cleveland Area History: Following the Old RoadsChristopher Busta-Peckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-86939352692733992162016-12-03T10:38:46.541-05:002016-12-03T10:38:46.541-05:00And yet - Ridge Road runs N-S! The one road you wo...And yet - Ridge Road runs N-S! The one road you would think was once a shoreline.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09861939945927967740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-81429815269498407362011-02-08T20:46:26.537-05:002011-02-08T20:46:26.537-05:00You said, "On the west side of Cleveland, som...You said, "On the west side of Cleveland, some of the oldest roads follow the ridges formed by various shorelines of glacial Lake Erie."<br /><br />The same is true for Lake County, on the East side. North Ridge (Route 20) and South Ridge (Rt. 84) Roads were formed by various shorelines. As is Middle Ridge Road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140721014134558960.post-2804102778360419452010-12-07T13:26:37.487-05:002010-12-07T13:26:37.487-05:00I always wonder how different Ohio would look if w...I always wonder how different Ohio would look if we had followed the European model where all the farmers live in a dense little hamlet and then there are just miles and miles of rolling farmland with no buildings on it. <br /><br />Of course in europe all the land was owned by the aristocracy so there was an urban growth boundary by default, but I think too often our pattern of constantly dividing and subdividing the land results in ugly and chaotic developments... how many times have you seen an old cemetery stranded in the middle of a parking lot?Cryptohttp://www.cryptocleveland.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com