Cleveland Then and Now

by John J. Grabowski, Diane Ewart Grabowski

Celebrating America’s favorite cities and landscapes, this series combines historic interest and contemporary beauty. Cleveland Then and Now features fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. A visual lesson in the historic changes of the nation's greatest landscapes and a captivating look at how time changes the world we live in.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published December 20, 2002

Reviews

[Tory Wagner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting book that is mostly before and after photographs of scenes in Cleveland, Ohio. John J. Grabowski is well known as the editor of The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History and this could be a pictorial companion to that text. The older photos are from the mid-1800's to early 1900's while the new photos are mostly from 1990's. I was hoping to find some photos to supplement some geanologicai research and although that didn't happen, I was quickly engrossed in the book. It's amazing to see how much has changed and equally amazing to realize that some things have not!

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

It would seem the content of this book is limited by the old pictures that the authors could find of Cleveland. They are interesting, but it seemed that there could have been more written about the history of the old photographed images? As so much has changed since the old photographs were taken, the new photographs are rather lackluster as many buildings and parks are gone. Again there is not much written about the new photographs. Lastly many items in the photographs are not identified well, so if you are not familiar with the buildings in the photograph, it is difficult to tell which is which.

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

i really enjoyed this book because I really like Cleveland history and Cleveland in general. This book shows how much has (and hasn't) changed, and is all around very interesting.

[Dianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

The historical info was interesting and the photos of the now and then are really nice! Nice coffee table book for those who love Cle!