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I think the Board of Education building would make a sweet boutique hotel...Kimpton's second Cleveland property?

There is at least one photograph of the cardboard Silver Grille stove in the Cleveland Landmarks Press series: either "The Higbee Company and the Silver Grille" or "The Silver Grille: Memories and Recipes"...or maybe the cardboard stove photo is in each of them? Both books out of print but you can find used copies on Ebay or Amazon.

It's absolutely amazing how far this building has progressed in one year!

For hardcore Decophiles, the 10th World Congress on Art Deco will be in Montreal this year: May 24-30, 2009. There are over 30 Art Deco Societies around the world; most belong to the International Coalition of Art Deco Societies (ICADS.) ICADS organizes a World Congress every two years. These are really fun events, attracting people from around the world, and a chance to see a lot of venues that are not typically open to the public. Registration is due by March 20th. Details at: www.artdecomontreal.com.

There was an Art Deco tour of Cleveland in 2006 organized by the Twentieth Century Society that attracted an international crowd (and had some advanced publicity on UrbanOhio.) Lots of nice photographs and detailed historic/architectural information at: www.tcscm.org. Click on the "Cleveland 2006" link.