Slow Roll Week 8: Old Brooklyn

After taking the first week of July off with the understanding that the holiday in the middle of the week would prompt a lot of our riders (and squad) to get out of town for a few days, we're back Monday, July 8 with our annual visit to Old Brooklyn, this time much earlier in the year than we usually roll through.

Cleveland's southernmost neighborhood -- and one of its largest by physical size -- Old Brooklyn is an interesting crossroads, a place currently booming with new faces, passions and energy, and yet one tied inextricably to the past, a place for families who have lived here for generations. We'll show you a lot of it Monday, from the leafy, stately eastern stretches to the cobblestones in the west, with a hint at the eclectic energy brewing on streets like Broadview, Pearl and State Road.

We are setting up a…