Friday, March 27, 2020

Tower Boulevard’s New Look

Back in early January (on this post), I wrote about the fact that Tower Boulevard was now towerless, since Ohio Edison had recently removed them.

To refresh your memory of the towers, here are a few photos (courtesy of Google Maps) showing the familiar views that the locals had grown accustomed to seeing all their lives. (After all, the towers had been there since the late 1920s or early 30s.)

Looking north on Leavitt Road, and approaching the Tower Boulevard intersection 
Looking east down Tower Boulevard from just off Leavitt Road
Looking west on Tower Boulevard from Oberlin Avenue
Well, a few weeks ago I was in Lorain on a sunny Saturday afternoon, and decided to check out the new monopoles that replaced the towers. Here are a few views.

The pole at the intersection of Tower and Leavitt
Looking east down Tower from just off Leavitt
Same view as above
Looking east at the intersection of Tower and Oberlin Avenue
I’m not sure I like the new monopoles. They have a funky look to them that belies their importance; sort of like an earring tree. Ah, but that’s progress.


8 comments:

Mark said...

LOL!

Jay said...

Were they replaced due to age?

Dan Brady said...

In the C-T article, the Ohio Edison spokesman says it is because of age, plus the new ones are more efficient.

-Alan D Hopewell said...

I still think they should rename it Margaret Hopewell Boulevard.

Dan Brady said...

Lorain County Tourism could make it part of the "Alan Hopewell Funwell Funway Trail" for tourists, which would incorporate all of the various places you lived in Lorain, as well as the locations of where you worked, favorite eating spots, etc.

Dennis Thompson said...

Please stay 6 feet apart while you are on the Hopewell Trail.

Big Don said...

Does anyone know if Tower Blvd was originally supposed to extend to Broadway? Seems to me it was.

Rick said...

The extension of Tower Blvd. to Broadway was proposed and preliminary planning was done in the mid 1970s. However, the extension, along with the proposed widening of Broadway, hinged largely on getting Federal funding for most of the project. Although discussed for several years funding never materialized.