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So very sad. I attended in 1992. My cousin Kim and I went together from NY. Our roomate was from Maine and she ended up going home after a couple weeks. I remember the rooms and the main lobby. Thank you for sharing this video.

Cleveland is great. Bad rap

I did that "journey" (worst word ever, btw) back in the 80's. Thanks for the video, but the music is horrid.

The Cleveland Flats were our Bourbon street aka New Orleans or Duvall street Key West !I worked at a Plasma Center nearby and would brings shorts, a nice shirt, sandals and could be at Fagan s Happy hour bar in 10 minutes andl drinks 1$ ....And we partied, People would buy shots for stangers just sitting next to you. AND Finally Girls ,Girls ,Girls Young, popular and Sexy GONE WITH THE WIND

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It’s sad to see it like this. I graduated in June 1988.

As a child of this era- I can confirm my brother came home with a new chick every night. They were great morning talkers too. :)

Man I loved the flats I played in the NBA hoop it up and West fifth was nice but the Flats were the Flats

I appreciated this video. I graduated in 1990, wow. It rook me down memory lane. Reminded me of how hot it was and we had to wear suits almost everyday. I'm currently a retired Persian Gulf Veteran. Thanks and Salute. Btw, the only teacher I remember is Mrs. Prasse.

I work down on the west bank in was once the Mirage but is now a doggy daycare. When cleaning out the building to get it ready a picture of Snoop Dog was found and we keep it hanging on the wall. I tell people it was a sign that the place was meant to be for the dogs. We still have the disco balls up.

This is great, thank you for sharing. I believe I attended Jan. through March of 1989 or 1990. I believe there was a teacher named, Mr. Benjamin.

The main reason the flats died out was because, they had opened alot of rap clubs down there, and during closing time there were lots if race related fights and problems, people started going up the hill to west 6th street, kind of a white flight. Then that area eventually got bad, so they are now on west 4th street, these are facts....

Okay.

I had alot of fun in the Flats.

This was really well done! Thanks for posting it!

I worked there as a bartender in the early to mid-90s. It's nice to see some familiar faces. The bouncer, Jerry, who flips off the camera in the beginning, flipped everyone off. Some people say "hello" when they greet you. Jerry, on the other hand, would flip you the bird. 🤣

Terrible colour

I attended fall of 90. Fun times!! Makes me sad to see it end up like that. 😔

The flats became a tug of war for land. Thats what killed it. You had many investors wanting to build and the city wanted them to jump through hoops. To the point they no longer wanted to invest. Now on the west side of the flats its abandoned buildings and unfinished demolition. The flats shouldve stayed a place to party, not live. We had enough liveable spaces up on W.9th , W.6th , and W. 3rd just to name a few. Seriously every historic building for the most part thats still standing has apartments in it. Plus they are pricey as hell

Peabody's Down Under was the coolest bar downstairs. Always had a great band down there....

Even before the '80s, the Flats were a fun nightlife spot. Back in the 70s, the bars were smaller, but each one was unique, each had its own vibe and type of music: jazz, bluegrass, folk, etc. People used to bar crawl there before the term was even invented. I moved from Cleveland in the 70s, but visited often afterwards. For decades, Cleveland businessmen worked with city government to rejuvenate downtown. Has that all over too?

Definitely a more tame crowd than THE COZ. Loved the atmosphere at this nightclub!

Went clubbing here in the late 80s to early 90s when I lived in Mentor, Ohio. Always had a good time at this club! No longer live in Ohio, and clubbing days are long gone. But it's nice to see videos from back in the day! Thanks for sharing. 01/09/23

Excellent method….that’s what I did.

jeez the backround music is way to loud i worked at Fagans from 86 to 91 the politicians destroyed the flats trying to land grab and it failed miserably

it was vivacious

Attended spring of 86

The Flats used to be the shiz. Thugs ruined it.

We enjoyed your video but could not hear what you were saying for much of the video. The music drowned your words out!

Attended summer 1990❤

Great if you like purple.

Whoever did this video was either NOT from Cleveland or too YOUNG to remember this. That bar with the peace sign was NOT "A Groovy Bar"..... It was Have A Nice Day Cafe!!! If there's anything Clevelanders hate most, it's people who are not from here, or too young to remember how things used to be, trying to tell stories as if they were here or do remember them.

The guy in the suit early in after the young lady walking to the back of the car.. his name is Tony and Jeff and John were in that room with Tony... Jeff went home early because he missed Tina John is holding a notebook out the door!

Don't forget The Mirage on the West Bank!!! That is where all of the Soul, R&B, Hip Hop and Sports Stars from out of town came to party!! Missy Elliott, Puffy, Mike Tyson, Tommy Hearns, TLC are just a few of the celebrities that frequent the Mirage back in the day!!!!

We used to race cars under the Detroit Ave bridge in the early 70's. Then in the late 80's, I came back to visit relatives for a wedding. Hell, in the late 60's, the Cuyahoga River caught fire because it was so polluted 🤪

I went there in 84 and loved it. I'm sad they closed down it really helped me get a job back then before everyone had a college degree. They didn't hand out money for college like they did now.

Thanks for video. Informative.

Being new to Cleveland this was very helpful in learning more about Cleveland's past. Thanks!

The most awesome thing about Cleveland is how all their roads prioritize horrible looking telephone lines and extremely ugly colored masonry buildings with off-tan concrete sidewalks. Cleveland believes in bringing heavy industry into the pedestrian experience just in case anyone was in danger of thinking any zone would be created for enjoyability.

I'm European, OK. So, you have this one place with roots, this one genuine drag called the Flats, that people might have known about even if they were not from the rustbelt city of Cleveland themselves or its immediate environs, and they tore it down!!! Wtf?

Update: the Flats is Bumpin' again!!!

I did gigs in every venue on Old River Road in the '80s. As usual, city hall couldn't leave it alone. Nice job, you twerps.

I did not see Kindlers? Did I miss it?

Memories!! Loved this 😁

Once people move out , they will not come back . Go figure !

we need law and order in Cleveland. a strong Republican mayor.

Peabody's DownUnder, Pat's in the Flats, The Odeon (was still there but last I was downtown, but not the club it was) The Flats was an amazing place to be young and dumb, but maybe it's best that it has changed. "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life" ...

i bartended there for awhile.

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