November 28, 201212 yr here was a travel guide on Cleveland coining out of Pittsburgh in anticipation of last Sunday's game. Its interesting to see what visitors recommend On the road with the Steelers: Cleveland By Gretchen McKay / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette nov 18, 2012 CLEVELAND -- Once derided as "the Mistake on the Lake" -- the Cuyahoga River, which runs through the center of town, famously caught fire in 1969 because of its rampant pollution -- Ohio's second largest city is on a serious upswing. A growing foodie destination with a landmark public market and a lively arts community (the Playhouse Square Center is the second-largest performing arts center in the U.S.), there's plenty of fun in store for the weekend traveler. So much, in fact, that Travel and Leisure named it one of America's "favorite cities" in 2009 for affordability and its rockin' music scene: in addition to one of the world's best-known music museums, it boasts a renowned orchestra Read More at: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/travel/on-the-road-with-the-steelers-cleveland-662601/
January 14, 201312 yr This thread hasn't been updated for a while... So how about a speech from Ari Maron last year that I've never seen: http://www.tedxcle.com/ari-maron/
January 23, 201312 yr Young lawyers find cost-of-living, amenities, make Cleveland the place to be CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Addisah Sherwood has been a Fulbright scholar in Ghana, a Rotary scholar in Jamaica, and worked in New York and California for Skadden Arps, a mega-firm with nearly 1,900 lawyers who span the globe. But when it came to putting down roots, Sherwood and her husband picked Cleveland. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/01/young_lawyers_find_cost-of-liv.html#incart_river
January 23, 201312 yr Young lawyers find cost-of-living, amenities, make Cleveland the place to be "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 25, 201312 yr I agree...University Circle/Little Italy is a gem... Thank you to all at CIA for making my visit so lovely. I have to say it was the best visiting artist experience I have ever had! http://mollyhatch.blogspot.com/2013/01/visiting-artist-cleveland-institute-of.html
January 30, 201312 yr 10 coolest cities in the Midwest Cleveland #2 Los Angeles and New York City may be well-regarded as musical hotbeds, but Cleveland does indeed rock. The city’s musical cornerstone is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a 150,000-square-foot temple to rock’s most significant players. If you’re looking for a more intimate experience, consider checking out one of the many local live venues, such as Beachland or the Grog Shop. What’s cool: There’s more than just rock ’n’ roll culture at play. The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland’s brand-new mirrored digs is a lesson in modern art itself, a stunning piece of interesting architecture. http://local.msn.com/travel/escape-and-inspire/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=255893633
January 31, 201312 yr Downtown of the month? Why, downtown Cleveland of course!! https://www.ida-downtown.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?webcode=downtowncleveland "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 12, 201312 yr Cleveland's restaurant scene has lessons for other Great Lakes cities, says writer Most Clevelanders know what a great dining scene we enjoy. But it never hurts to get an outsider's perspective -- and an excellent assessment appeared in Sunday's Buffalo (N.Y.) News. In a story headlined "Chow down on Lake Erie: What can the Buffalo restaurant scene learn from the Cleveland revolution?," food writer Andrew Galarneau provided an incisive take on NE Ohio's culinary successes. http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2013/02/clevelands_restaurant_scene_ha.html#incart_m-rpt-2
February 12, 201312 yr Nice... http://www.cleveland.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/02/cleveland_browns_nation_loses.html#incart_river_default
February 14, 201312 yr Another very cool article...definitely like the comments at the bottom (I think he has one major typo...let me know when/if you see it): http://travelsofadam.com/2013/01/exploring-clevelands-hipster-hotspots/
February 14, 201312 yr ^Owl city? That would be VERY hipster. yep :) Funny, I had the same thought. Kind of similar to cool the name of "Frogtown" in St. Paul Minnesota.
February 14, 201312 yr Owl City might be 'too hipster'. We should probably just stick with Ohio City.
February 17, 201312 yr CJN Jews of Interest: Ari Maron Bending Cleveland to cosmopolitanism CARLO WOLFF CJN Staff Reporter Ari Maron – make that his family’s company – is changing Cleveland, refreshing tired neighborhoods with projects designed to be sustainable, pedestrian, entertaining, tasty and tasteful. The facelift Maron spearheads is far more than skin deep. See it in the East Fourth Street neighborhood in downtown Cleveland, in Uptown at University Circle, at Marketplace in Ohio City. These are destinations, converting Cleveland from a city people can’t wait to escape to one people crave. Maron is the public image of MRN Ltd., a firm best known for transforming East Fourth Street from a block of wig emporia and drug dealers to a magnet for foodies, young professionals hungry for city life, and entertainment fans. His partners are Rick, his father and company founder, and his younger brother, Jori. Whether the new look MRN Ltd. is giving Cleveland will spread beyond its current sites seems largely up to Ari Maron, who personifies the adage that where there’s a will, there’s a way – a collaborative, patient way. http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/community/article_32bba884-6c8a-11e2-93be-001a4bcf887a.html
February 17, 201312 yr I've been waiting a long time for a list like this. Pound for pound Northeast Ohio has had an amazing list of influential talent. I think Patricia Heaton is way too high up. And Michael Stanley and Les Roberts? Not sure they belong at all. Anyhow props to the Plain Dealer for a pretty good job. Cleveland's Top 100 celebrities countdown: The Top 20 is revealed, with Paul Newman and Bob Hope atop the list By Plain Dealer staff on February 17, 2013 We love lists. We love celebrities. Most of all, we love Cleveland. So you can just imagine the happy stew we have here with a list of the top 100 Cleveland arts and entertainment celebrities. Pulling together the list was neither quick nor simple. A clutch of features department editors started flirting with the notion about a year ago. Everyone thought it was a capital idea, but no one took charge until November. Then, we learned just how many challenges there could be with this kind of project. How should we define Northeast Ohio? What makes a celebrity? What disciplines should we include/exclude? Can nominees be dead or alive? Who should participate on the jury? http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/02/clevelands_top_100_celebrities_4.html#incart_2box
July 14, 201311 yr Nice article until they mentioned Wendell Cox, an anti-urban demagogue whose research is funded by highway contractors, oil companies and right-wing interests..... http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/07/to_keep_the_momentum_going_cle.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 14, 201311 yr CJN Jews of Interest: Ari Maron Bending Cleveland to cosmopolitanism CARLO WOLFF CJN Staff Reporter Ari Maron make that his familys company is changing Cleveland, refreshing tired neighborhoods with projects designed to be sustainable, pedestrian, entertaining, tasty and tasteful. The facelift Maron spearheads is far more than skin deep. See it in the East Fourth Street neighborhood in downtown Cleveland, in Uptown at University Circle, at Marketplace in Ohio City. These are destinations, converting Cleveland from a city people cant wait to escape to one people crave. Maron is the public image of MRN Ltd., a firm best known for transforming East Fourth Street from a block of wig emporia and drug dealers to a magnet for foodies, young professionals hungry for city life, and entertainment fans. His partners are Rick, his father and company founder, and his younger brother, Jori. Whether the new look MRN Ltd. is giving Cleveland will spread beyond its current sites seems largely up to Ari Maron, who personifies the adage that where theres a will, theres a way a collaborative, patient way. http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/community/article_32bba884-6c8a-11e2-93be-001a4bcf887a.html Maron's clearly a young developer who "gets it" about maintaining and enhancing urban street presence and walkability... Maybe he needs to school K&D about such concepts.
July 19, 201311 yr A nice piece in the NYT. Culture Blooms in Cleveland http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/travel/culture-blooms-in-cleveland.html?_r=1&
July 25, 201311 yr Really awesome story on Cleveland from our neighbors to the north. From a few months ago, but just stumbled across it today. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/why-you-should-be-hot-for-cleveland/article10629211/ Why you should be hot for Cleveland DOUGLAS TRATTNER CLEVELAND — Special to The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Apr. 01 2013, 5:50 PM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Apr. 02 2013, 11:30 AM EDT ...For the first time in recent history, the inner city and neighbourhoods such as Ohio City, Tremont and Detroit Shoreway are growing faster than the suburbs that surround it. Population in the downtown, home to grand 20th-century architecture, has doubled in the past 10 years, thanks largely to an influx of young professionals. More than almost any other activity, Clevelanders love to eat out, and the dining scene here continues to attract more than its fair share of attention. Michael Symon, a Food Network celebrity and co-host of ABC’s The Chew, continues to cast a favourable light on his hometown’s restaurants. Reporting for the Buffalo News, food writer Andrew Galarneau wondered why Buffalo’s own cuisine pales in comparison to that of its Rust Belt sister to the west. “How did Cleveland get so awesome?” he wrote. ... Driving all that tourism is more than $2-billion of downtown development, which includes a $350-million casino, a $465-million convention centre and a $33-million aquarium. In the fine arts department, the renowned Cleveland Museum of Art is wrapping up an eight-year, $350-million expansion and renovation, while the Museum of Contemporary Art just opened the doors to its $27-million showstopper. ... Folks might still be telling jokes about Cleveland. The difference is that these days, the residents are too busy having fun to wait around for the punch line.
August 2, 201311 yr urban-oriented families: as school choices increase, so too does the number of parents choosing city When my wife and I became pregnant with our first child, I felt as though there was a ticking time bomb over my head. As much as we enjoyed our townhouse in the city, we knew that we would run out bedrooms if we decided to grow our family. And then there was the question of schools, a sheer cliff of anxiety looming on the not-too-distant horizon. When our townhouse started to feel cramped with a walking toddler and a second on the way, we poked around the leafy neighborhoods of Shaker Heights. While charming, the curvy streets reminded me of a suburban Bermuda Triangle. The homes were stately yet dated, and the drone of leaf blowers filled the air. It wasn’t for us. http://freshwatercleveland.com/features/urbanorientedlife080113.aspx
August 2, 201311 yr urban-oriented families: as school choices increase, so too does the number of parents choosing city When my wife and I became pregnant with our first child, I felt as though there was a ticking time bomb over my head. As much as we enjoyed our townhouse in the city, we knew that we would run out bedrooms if we decided to grow our family. And then there was the question of schools, a sheer cliff of anxiety looming on the not-too-distant horizon. When our townhouse started to feel cramped with a walking toddler and a second on the way, we poked around the leafy neighborhoods of Shaker Heights. While charming, the curvy streets reminded me of a suburban Bermuda Triangle. The homes were stately yet dated, and the drone of leaf blowers filled the air. It wasn’t for us. http://freshwatercleveland.com/features/urbanorientedlife080113.aspx I smell an urbanohio family in the story!
August 5, 201311 yr If You Build It, They Will Come: How Cleveland Lured Young Professionals Downtown When the Maron family decided to redevelop an entire city block in downtown Cleveland, the area was so blighted no restaurateur would lease space there. A decade later, the East Fourth neighborhood is home to Food Network personalities, a House of Blues, and free Saturday yoga classes. Café-style seating spills into the pedestrian-only street. Apartments on the block are fully leased, and a 100-unit building under construction across the street has already reached full capacity. The success of East Fourth Street in once-struggling Cleveland was something few people would have anticipated 20 years ago. It took years of collaboration between developers, businesses, local institutions, and government, but today downtown Cleveland is taking off—and giving the old Rust Belt city a future. There wasn't a market for urban living in Cleveland until developers like the Marons built places where young professionals would want to be. "Employers are looking for fresh, vibrant urban environments," says Chris Warren, the city's chief of regional development. "Cleveland needs to compete." Until recently, Cleveland was on the sidelines. The city's population has dropped by one-third since 1950. Although Cleveland includes two neighborhoods that are among Ohio's top five employment centers, tax revenues from incomes go primarily to the suburbs where most employees live. As recently as 2011, about one-third of city residents lived in poverty. http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/if-you-build-it-they-will-come-how-cleveland-lured-young-professionals-downtown/6406/ https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
August 9, 201311 yr 25 Reasons Why Cleveland Is The Best Cleveland is the best city on the planet. Your argument is invalid. http://www.buzzfeed.com/itslynnotline/25-reasons-why-cleveland-is-the-best-dfpl
August 9, 201311 yr 25 Reasons Why Cleveland Is The Best Cleveland is the best city on the planet. Your argument is invalid. http://www.buzzfeed.com/itslynnotline/25-reasons-why-cleveland-is-the-best-dfpl the Cleveland Symphony? WTH?
August 9, 201311 yr Sure, it's nationally recognized. Just like the Cleveland Museum of Paintings, Sculptures and Such and Such
August 9, 201311 yr Sure, it's nationally recognized. Just like the Cleveland Museum of Paintings, Sculptures and Such and Such LOL. You hot mess!
August 9, 201311 yr 25 Reasons Why Cleveland Is The Best Cleveland is the best city on the planet. Your argument is invalid. http://www.buzzfeed.com/itslynnotline/25-reasons-why-cleveland-is-the-best-dfpl the Cleveland Symphony? WTH? this is actually common, not that it's any excuse. The Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, among a few others, don't use the word "symphony." A few weeks ago Mariah Carey sang with the NY Philharmonic in Central Park and referred to them as the "New York City Philharmonic." okay, never mind, bad example, it was Mariah Carey. And I had to look up who the hell Ted Mosby is--sorry I did, but was just as happy that I don't have a TV right now. WTF is his relationship to Cleveland? http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
August 23, 201311 yr Author Best part of the article IMO Additionally, the band makes impromptu appearances on neighborhood streets. “It’s always a joy to see people come out on their porches to enjoy the sound and awesome sight,” Clark said. “We have about seven different cadences that we play.” Pride of Glenville Marching band will step out in March on Washington annivesary event CLEVELAND, Ohio - A drum line of community spirit will set the beat in the nation’s capital Saturday morning as the Pride of Glenville Marching Band joins activities marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights March on Washington in 1963. “What a wonderful opportunity this is to be there and join in this historic march. All I can say is WOW!” said Pastor Andrew D. Clark Sr., of Trinity Outreach Ministries Church of God in Cleveland, who founded the band last year..... http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/08/pride_of_glenville_marching_ba.html#incart_river_default#incart_hbx#incart_best-of
August 24, 201311 yr ^I saw the drummers on Channel 5 this morning when the station was reporting on the buses that traveled from Cleveland.
August 27, 201311 yr Sugarhill Gang's Master Gee living the Rapper's Delight dream from a home base in Cleveland Guy O'Brien, aka "Master Gee" of the pioneering rap group the Sugarhill Gang, is now a permanent resident of Cleveland. He's a partner in Aroma Country, a national distributor of commercial air fresheners and industrial-grade fragrances with offices and a warehouse at 3829 Hamilton Ave. He still performs, too, primarily with a group called Rapper's Delight featuring Wonder Mike and Master Gee. Print By Michael Norman, Northeast Ohio Media Group Email the author | Follow on Twitter on August 27, 2013 at 10:00 AM, updated August 27, 2013 at 10:03 AM http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/sugarhill_gangs_master_gee_liv.html#incart_river_default
August 31, 201311 yr The American Grandeur of Cleveland Posted: 08/30/2013 5:59 pm On a recent visit to Cleveland, I found myself so taken by the deep American history and cultural sophistication of this delightful mid-western city that sits on Lake Erie. You can see the past in the historic buildings that speak to another era and then turn a corner to find a sleek structure singing to the future. Cleveland has a character that appreciates its past while embracing the renewal of the future. In 2013, the city has a different kind of American grandeur than it did in its industrial heyday of the early 20th century, but rather than get stuck in the past and not learn the lessons from it, Cleveland has aged well into a modern, global and down-to-earth city. There are many reasons to visit Cleveland, enough to swing the vote right into moving there! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sally-fay/the-american-grandeur-of-_b_3837502.html?utm_hp_ref=travel
August 31, 201311 yr Good article. Nice way to get the word out. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 31, 201311 yr CLE+ should send a bouquet to Sally Fay (rhyme strictly serendipitous). From the tone of the article I'd say she got the bouquet first!
September 3, 201311 yr Cleveland designer Brian Jasinski is in the running for a Martha Stewart "American Made" award. He's currently got one of the highest number of votes nationwide!! But he could, of course, use additional love from Urban Ohio to push him over the edge :) You can vote for him up to 6 times a day at http://www.marthastewart.com/americanmade/nominee/83041 See more about him and his work in this Creative Workforce Fellowship video at ... a massive annual artist support program that's another reason to love the Cleve :)
September 5, 201311 yr i saw this on a blog - its pretty cool: http://www.thedonutproject.com/inspiration/type-city-cleveland/
September 6, 201311 yr Very cool http://www.cleveland.com/comic-books/index.ssf/2013/09/a_love_letter_to_cleveland_mur.html
September 6, 201311 yr Very cool http://www.cleveland.com/comic-books/index.ssf/2013/09/a_love_letter_to_cleveland_mur.html More of this please!
September 6, 201311 yr Gary Dumm, one of the muralists here, is one of Cuyahoga County's Creative Workforce Fellows. Check out this video about him and his work: Let's keep funding local artists so they can keep doing stuff like this! :)
September 7, 201311 yr A friend was in town from Columbus the other night, arriving at Greyhound on a Baron's bus. I picked him up and he remarked "I don't remember seeing all those big apartment buildings down the street." He was referring to the Langston et al down Chester. Then I pointed over to Reserve Square and noted there's a 20-story Embassy Suites in that cluster getting converted to apartments right now and just beyond that is the East Ohio building, another 20+ story building that's soon to be converted to apartments. As he is a lobbyist, he started asking all kinds of questions as to whether Mayor Jackson was the reason for all this, but I said it's happening all over the country including in Columbus (I was surprised that he was surprised at all the development). Then, as we headed east down Euclid, I pointed out that every building west of East 12th "to that red brick building with the scaffolding all over it (Schofield) was under renovation into apartments, hotels, offices, retail or a combination." We passed the Ameritrust tower and he wondered if that had ever gotten out from under the county corruption scandal, and I noted that was being converted into apartments and some hotel rooms too, with a possible grocery store in the rotunda. As we crossed East 9th, I pointed to my left to the steel girders going up for the county administration building. He asked why that was needed. "To get out of the way of a new 650-room convention center hotel," I said. He was blown away. Better still, there were lots of young people out walking around that evening (Thursday, Sept. 5), even in the "dead section" of Euclid between East 9th and 12th. I love looking at my city through the eyes of a visitor. Helps me appreciate it more. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 7, 201311 yr We can have a Browns game and Indians game at the same time. http://baltimoresportsreport.com/nfl-reporters-blame-orioles-for-ravens-opening-in-denver-44043.html I missed this debacle originally when the scheduling happened back in March/April. Is this an issue in Cincy too? Edit: the comments on this particular blog are priceless too.
September 7, 201311 yr Just saw a couple make the turn from Prospect onto E. 4th. "I like this street....A LOT" said the girl in her Southern accent.
September 7, 201311 yr Imagine if we had block after block of an East 4th like environment. Pedestrian only, narrow brick paved streets, mixed used buildings, with the additional aesthetic improvements. Maybe they could do something like that on that massive lot on prospect as an extension of East 4th.
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