Posted October 8, 201113 yr Part VIII – Inglewood Historic District & Center Mayfield & Noble Monticello These areas cover the northwest portions of the City, bordering East Cleveland and South Euclid. With the exception of the historic district, the NE segment has more of a post war and middle class feel to it. Most relevantly, this parts of the “121” which are in CH will be found here ;) Part VIII(a) – Inglewood Historic District This is a small residential neighborhood north of Mayfield Rd across from Severance and behind the Bluestone Community and Lutheran East HS. It is roughly bordered by Taylor Rd. and Cleveland Heights Blvd. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Is this the only cul-de-sac in Cleveland Heights? 6. 7. Removed due to placement in the wrong thread 8. 9. 10. 11. Part VIII(b) – Center Mayfield This is at the eastern edge of the city at the South Euclid border, right around where Mayfield Rd. intersects with Noble Rd. and Warrensville Center. It was home to the neighborhood movie theatre (back when we had things like neighborhood movie theatres). It also used to be home to a milk factory, one of the few examples of industry in Cleveland Heights. It is the (possible) future home of the Oakwood development proposed for the old jewish country club sold to developers last year. 12. 13. 14. 15. This place has been around as long as I can remember 16. 17. 18. Residential variety 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Front-yard art is not that hard to find in CH 26. Most of the muti-family is…. ummmm….. uninspriring 27. 28. 29. Part VIII© – Noble Monticello Ah, home. The neighborhood is centered around the intersection of Noble Road and Monticello Blvd. It the most NE area of the city, bordering EC to the north and S Euclid to the east. Parts of this neighborhood come very close but don’t actually touch Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood. Very middle class and modest, with strong influences from the former rock quarry evidenced by the street names ending with “stone’ (i.e. Keystone, Hillstone, Bluestone, etc.) In the extreme NE corner is Denison Park 30. 31. 32. This old firehouse on Noble one of CH’s satellite police stations 33. 34. 35. Parking in the rear, of course… 36. 37. Heading north on Noble towards EC (and Nela Park) 38. 39. This new development is right at the border 40. 41. Now going the other way on Noble, south of Monticello towards the Center Mayfield neighborhood 42. 43. 44. The low rent points of these apartments have created a very noticeable influx of refugees from Nepal who are quickly planting roots in the neighborhood. Very rarely do I travel Noble now and not see one or more of them walking around. They have also occupied many of the buildings across the border in S Euclid along Green Rd. 45. 46. The neighborhood is home to a nice branch of the library 47. Believe it or not, this little corner space was our grocery store (before the days of supermarkets). Everyone was known on a first name basis, with Bob and Charlene manning the register and Sammy and Sammy Jr. in the butcher shop. It was so old-school that my mom had a running tab at the register which she paid off whenever she found it convenient and they were fine with that. 48. 49. Parking in the rear. I can’t tell you how many times I walked in with the family through this back door 50. Looking toward the Noble/Warrensville Ctr split (and the former milk factory) 51. Every city had bad ideas at one time or another 52. Noble Elementary 53. Monticello Middle School 54. Residential variety 55. 56. 57. I hear that the kid who grew up in that beige (formerly white with puke green shutters) house turned out to be a real A-hole ;) 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. I will end with a trademark of the neighborhood…. The side-by-side duplex on the street corners 63. 64.
October 8, 201113 yr What an amazing and comprehensive tour! Thanks for sharing, now I have more places that I want to see for myself.
October 8, 201113 yr Thanks for the great series!! Wasn't the Center Mayfield theater a book store and then a video store? This was the theater where my older sister saw the movie Jaws when it came out in 1975. I was only 8 at the time, so I couldn't go. But my parents let me see Silver Streak that same year (at the May-Land Theater) -- my first PG movie! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 8, 201113 yr I don't know if it was a bookstore, but I do know that it was a video store and then a liquor store. Now I believe it's vacant. Glad to see some pictures of the schools--lots of great/under-appreciated architecture in the CH-UH district. I thought that old firehouse was a police academy? Is it also a satellite station? Never knew that...
October 9, 201113 yr Seems like a very comfortable suburban area. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 10, 201113 yr Amazing photos in this whole series! I know where I'll be moving to later on. Some where in Cleveland Heights!
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