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+ Ashtabula Covered Bridges
Nation's longest covered bridge dedicated, named in ceremony
Like the structure it identifies, the name of the longest covered bridge in the nation is lengthy: Smolen-Gulf Bridge, Ashtabula County Highway 25. The new covered bridge, No. 17 for Ashtabu la County, was recently dedicated and named during a ceremony blessed with perfect weather and a large crowd, about 1,500.
+ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens an outpost in the Big Apple
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's plan to let New Yorkers sample the museum holdings in a small Manhattan-based annex sounds like a great way to get visitors interested in coming to the real thing here in Cleveland. It's a smart promotion for the Rock Hall, which has been trying for a few years to dream up new ways to boost its 500,000 or so annual attendance.
+ The Cleveland Museum of Art
Tyler Green's influential blog for the art and museum world features=2 0The Cleveland Museum of Art
"Aside from great art, the two qualities most essential to a great gallery are light and space. The Cleveland Museum of Art's new baroque gallery has lots of all three. An essentially new space carved out of the Cleveland Museum's original 1916 Benjamin S. Hubbell and W. Dominick Benes Beaux Arts building by architect Rafael Vinoly, it's immediately one of the best galleries in America."
+ Cuyahoga River
Reviving river life
The Cuyahoga River is on fire again. This time, it's from sparks of innovation that are fueling flames of environmentalism and could stoke the business prospects of three local companies. The three companies, along with Cuyahoga County, local universities and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, have undertaken efforts to restore aquatic life to the last 5.6 miles of the Cuyahoga, which often is alive w ith big lake freighters but little else. The goal is to make that final stretch of the river habitable to the many species of fish that attempt to use the river each year to spawn — an effort that may create a new industry
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