Hi,

 

Neighborhood boundaries in Cleveland are fluid, subjective, and inspire many debates (especially among us  :wink2:) - especially with the lack of an current designated neighborhood boundaries from the city.

 

Here's your chance to say where your neighborhood is and view what others have shared through an online mapping app that I've made:

 

http://skorasaur.us/nh

 

You're encouraged to map (that is draw) the neighborhood where you live but others that you may not live in but may spend a lot of time in or feel strongly about.

 

No neighborhood or city boundaries are present on the map; to remove biases and to encourage boundaries across city lines.

 

With projects like http://openstreetmap.org and improved technology and software, mapping is not only a noun, but it is being used as a verb - creating and modifying what is (or isn't) on a map - the canvas representing a space.

 

 

BTW, the City of Akron contacted me, loved the idea, and is encouraging residents to participate as a part of their review (or a creation) of their neighborhood boundaries.

I'm surprised Cleveland and Akron don't have neighborhood boundaries.  I thought this would be it?

 

 

I'm surprised Cleveland and Akron don't have neighborhood boundaries.  I thought this would be it?

 

 

 

As for Akron's, I'm not very familiar with those, so I can't speak to that.

 

Regarding Cleveland's, yes, thanks for pointing the NHLINK ones out, I forgot about them! Published in 2003, they're a bit outdated and don't include several neighborhoods that currently exist (Little Italy, Slavic Village). Now's a good time to review and update those. :)

It looks fairly good to me for Akron. I'd say that West Hill should be the eastern half of Highland Sq on the map. No one considers St V-M to be in Highland Sq.  Well, no one that I know. 

  Also, with the I76 reconstruction i would wonder if people will consider that part of downtown when they are done.  I believe traffic on Main st will be totally different. Plus they have knocked down several old factories, warehouses, and general buildings to change the exit and on ramps. I just have a feeling that will be considered part of South Akron going forward.

The cleveland map above are 'statistical planning areas' (SPA) and not necessarily neighborhoods. "Little Italy" is definitely a neighborhood, but not a SPA. It is wholly within "University". There is no neighborhood called "University". THere is a "University Circle" and the boundaries of that are different than "University" above, though "University Circle" lies within "University", along with other streets that are not part of "University Circle."  "Downtown" is certainly a place, yet in the map above, several neighborhoods are inside of "Downtown", such as "Warehouse District", "Gateway", "Chinatown", "AsiaTown".  I also wouldn't consider Hopkins Airport in "Riverside"..... to summarize the map above is not a neighborhood map of the city.