Wednesday, I had the good fortune to attend a Cleveland Indians game with my 7-year-old and his summer camp. While walking back from Progressive Field, I caught what looks to be set construction for the upcoming Avengers film. Actually, I’m 99 percent sure it is. Recent info from the Plain Dealer ‘Avengers’ Blog warns commuters that several roads will be closed during August , including E. 9 th (the main artery in and out of town, for those of you not familiar with Cleveland ). And you can’t mistake a film set when you see a couple Haddad’s trucks parked nearby. So the question is, what is this place they’re constructing? They’re building onto the Ameritrust Tower , what locals sometimes call the Honeycomb Building . That particular building has been abandoned for nearly 20 years. It stands next to a beautiful old bank, also deserted, which featured briefly in Spider-Man 3 , when that film shot along Euclid Avenue . Gut instinct says it’s standing in as a mor
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