A Dedication for Dendrite

The pre-ceremony group. Click the image to enlarge it.

5/9/2014 - Thank goodness for the Tremont West Development Corp's e-mail or I would have missed the shindig in my front yard today! Our home's mascot Dendrite, which I've written about on occasion, got herself a coming out party. All the bigwigs were there to pay their respects and take some photos. Mayor Jackson, Councilman Cimperman, some people from Tremont West Development Corp, Land Studio, and the artist and mother of Dendrite, Olga Ziemska.

There was a good size crowd that gathered around Dendrite. I heard a lot of "What do you think it means?" from the group. I got to talk to a few of the onlookers and their thoughts ranged from "Love it" to "Waste of taxpayer money". I have no idea why these people showed up with such a bad outlook but to each their own I guess. It was nice to meet some neighborhood people and shoot the shit for awhile before things kicked off. Oh and they definitely wanted to make sure that I went to the block party at the end of the month at Press Wine Bar. If I'm back from training in Dallas, I will be there.

The speeches were short but well spoken. The TV20 camera guys took the angle down the street so that they could get the city skyline in the shot. Olga did a great job explaining her sculpture and made a nice speech which included an explanation of the sculpture's meaning. Mayor Jackson, as always, made a great speech and was very friendly with everyone in the crowd. He even shook my hand right before he left! Councilman Cimperman came in and set the place on fire. His personality is something to be admired. Friendly, outgoing, and ready at a moment's notice to come in and speak from the heart. He had to run or I would have shaken his hand too. Next time. He follows me on twitter.

All in all it was a great little ceremony and I couldn't be happier that it was right in my front yard... Oh and that it didn't downpour on us. Just a few sprinkles. I love that I keep putting myself in these situation. I find it exhilarating to see first hand a city rising up to be great once again. I couldn't have lucked into being in a better place during a better time.

Here are some pictures that I took from my front porch...

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Random Thanks To's and Thank You's

	Our  future front yard decoration has a name!!! Dendrite... ya but it's art and Mona Lisa isn't really the super-mega-lightning name of the art world either. It was created and installed by Cleveland artist Olga Ziemska and is brought to you by the wonderful people at Land Studio. They're the group who've brought you most of the recent public art installments and project in Cleveland. They're in the business of making this old rust belt city a little less... able to actually give you tetanus. It goes to show you what happens when the art people run the projects... or at least have a equal say from the beginning. Thank you Land Studio! Oh and just in case you were curious (Gina), according to Land's website: ...the piece was inspired by the street names of Professor, Literary, University and College, which are vestiges of the neighborhood’s days as a college town. She began thinking about creating a public sculpture and a public space for contemplation, observation and interaction for the Tremont community—much like what the space of a university provides for its students and surrounding community.
Walnut Wednesday's are back! Thanks to the great people at the Downtown Cleveland Alliance downtown workers can enjoy fresh air, music, beautiful Perk Park (also brought to you by Land Studio), and delicious food served from food trucks. Gina and I visited Perk Park after last year's Asian festival and it really was an amazing oasis of relaxation and color in the middle of the grays of downtown. I'm all about getting people on the street so for me, this is great news! It looks like I'm going to need to start working from the Higbee building on Wednesdays starting on 5/7 so I can partake!... and then Thursdays starting 6/5 for Lunch by the Lake.
	Uber launches its app-driven transportation service in Cleveland today!... or a few days ago. Anyways, we can be a little less jealous of other big cities and the cool things they have that we don't. Thanks to Uber you can now hail a cab in Cleveland with an app on your phone. Uber is the latest to recognize all of the good that has been happening in Cleveland and northeast Ohio. They also see the money making potential of big events on the horizon like the Gay Games, a possible Republican National Convention in 2016, and I mean how long are we going to really have to wait before we get a Wrestlemania here??? 1 or 2 more years? Seriously! It's always great to get some validation for the good things happening around here, so I'll take this one. Plus it'll come in handy when I need a ride home from the Strip Cl... bar. A ride home from the bar.