Community Chat

[CrazyDaisy]

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@sydsgma1 wrote:

Nope, it was the one in 1969..as I recall it burned for a while...the school closed because of air quality. 

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Again you must be mistaken, the fire in 1969 was on June 22.  A Sunday morning.  The pictures published in all the local and national publications were of the 1952 fire.

[Lipstickdiva]

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@CrazyDaisy wrote:

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@BirkiLady wrote:

We moved to Shaker Heights, Ohio about five years later and the neighbors were still talking about the fire on the Cuyahoga River! By then, the River was clean and on St. Patrick's Day it was dyed bright green.  

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Lived here my entire life and never heard of the river being dyed.  Chicago yes, Cleveland no.  

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I've lived in a western suburb my entire life and have never heard of the river being dyed green for St. Patrick's Day either.

[Travone]

Nice to see all these Clevelanders posting.  I've actually crossed the river.  Yes, believe it or not.  I grew up on the west side and now live in an east side suburb.  I too do not remember the river ever being dyed green.

[feline groovy]

@Pearlee , etc.

R.E.M.'s poignant song about this topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWPD1zPFZ3Q

"Cuyahoga"

Let's put our heads together
And start a new country up
Our father's father's father tried
Erased the parts he didn't like
Let's try to fill it in
Bank the quarry river, swim
We knee-skinned it you and me
We knee-skinned that river red

This is where we walked
This is where we swam
Take a picture here
Take a souvenir

This land is the land of ours
This river runs red over it
We knee-skinned it you and me
We knee-skinned that river red
And we gathered up our friends
Bank the quarry river, swim
We knee-skinned it you and me
Up underneath the river bed

This is where we walked
This is where we swam
Take a picture here
Take a souvenir
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga, gone

Let's put our heads together
And start a new country up
Up underneath the river bed
We'll burn the river down

This is where they walked, swam
Hunted, danced and sang
Take a picture here
Take a souvenir
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga, gone

Rewrite the book and rule the pages
Saving face, secured in faith
Bury, burn the waste behind you
This land is the land of ours
This river runs red over it
We are not your allies
We cannot defend

This is where they walked
This is where they swam
Take a picture here
Take a souvenir

Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga, gone

Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga, gone