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The revised park plans could be presented to the Cleveland City Planning Commission for review and approval on Nov. Team effort. Planners have been studying the potential for parks, trails, and an archaeological site on the oxbow-shaped river bend since the early s.

They have seen it as a way to rediscover a forgotten piece of geography where 19th-century Irish immigrants established a gritty, walk-to-work settlement amid factories, rail lines, and shipping. The curving brush-covered hillside descends steeply down from West 25th Street in Ohio City to the river. Vacant for decades, the hillside has threatened to slide into the water, halting shipping to industries including the steel mill in the industrial Flats south of downtown, now operated by Cleveland-Cliffs.

The erosion on Riverbed St. Project partners have spent more than a decade assembling more than a dozen parcels for the park, many of which were previously owned by the housing authority. For unknown reasons, port officials said, the U. Army Corps of Engineers added the fill dirt to the slope in the midth century. The additions raised the profile of the hillside but led to the threat of a landslide.

Hillside under threat. Today, a section of Franklin Boulevard that descends the slope is buckling in the middle, where the underlying escarpment edges the unstable portion of the hillside.

Sections of Riverbed Street, down along the river, have cracked deeply and filled with weeds as the lower section of the road has pulled slowly away from the hillside. Half of Riverbed St. The looks on these kids faces is priceless; some of them have not a single book in their house other than a phone book Posted by George Houghton on September 03, Project Read can be found at W 3rd St The following is offered: Continuing Education. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, and was last updated on Nov 14, In Dayton there are 18 other Continuing Education.

An overview can be found here. Posted on August 28, Brought to you by opendius. This location is in the Downtown neighborhood. He realized that while the sport has changed, his outrageous size advantage has not. Jones believes he should dominate most opponents just as he was once unguardable in the low post. That standard sustains him on the field. That competitive fire help suppress the one he left behind. It is not hyperbole to say he mourned the passing of his basketball dreams.

Something that you love. But this one right here can change your whole life and opportunity. The kid who used to sleep with a basketball will never truly disappear. The man he grew into simply found a new dream to chase. More Buckeyes coverage. Can offense mount an explosive first half vs. Outrageous Predictions. Buckeye Bits. Olave once rejected OSU, nearly depriving Buckeyes of an all-time great. What is the depth chart against Indiana? What Al Washington learned from the Pope episode.

CFP Show. Can Stroud, O-line pass the Indiana test? Five Indiana players fans should worry about. Will Garrett and Cameron Brown play against Indiana? Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. All rights reserved About Us. Air Force from to Hendry, Charles and Margaret T. Svendsen Between Spires and Stacks , , Written by Charles E.

Hendry and Margaret T. Johnson, Tom L. Hauser My Story Tom L. Johnson was a pioneer in politics in the doing of things because they were right rather than because they were expedient. He believed in the people, and he addressed himself to them with a sincerity, vigor, and freshness of method as unusual as they are effective. His moral courage, coupled with an intense desire to have social wrongs corrected, caused him often to challenge the authority of those in high places.

Up to his last hour of consciousness he was living ahead of the generation just born. Ralph J. Perk embodied the quintessential 20th century politician.

A dedicated administrator with both insight and foresight, he dedicated nearly fifty years to public service. Automobile Industry , Emphasis will also be placed on some of the smaller as well as larger restaurants. To lend additional clarity, this study will investigate some leading national chains whose innovations within the industry set the pace for current development.

For over years, these large stores dominated the local retail scene. They represented exciting places that not only provided a full range of goods and services all under one roof, but also, offered a special shopping adventure every time their customers visited" — Richard Klein. Knepper, George W. This monograph presents a concise but comprehensive look at the history of religion in Northeast Ohio.

Starting with the early settlers from New England, Professor Knepper traces the increasingly diverse mixture of faiths that now characterize the life of the sacred in Northeast Ohio.

In doing this, Professor Knepper is drawing on a lifetime of study into Ohio's history. Lackritz, Marc E. The Hough Riots of , During the night of July 18, , racial turmoil in Cleveland's Hough neighborhood resulted in one of the most serious outbreaks of civil disorder in the city's history.

A week later, when the National Guard had finally restored order, four people were dead, dozens were injured, hundreds of fires had been reported, and millions of dollars of property had been destroyed. Historiographical trends demonstrate that the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements were not separate, sequenced periods, delineated by the riots into two, distinct ideologies.

Existing in the North before the riots, both movements were more complex than the narratives' moralistic binary. The Civil Rights Movement sought to restore to African-Americans the rights of citizenship guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments through legislative change. In its most essential form, the Black Power Movement called for the independent development of political and social institutions for black people and emphasized pride in black culture.

The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements were two different approaches to the amelioration of the black condition in America. This dissertation will argue that the Hough riots, including its cause and aftermath, were at the intersection of both these strategies.

Lederer, Clara Their Paths are Peace , The Cultural Gardens constitute a verdant symbol of the perpetual renewal of the human spirit through past cultures and future aspirations. As divergent elements of an harmonious whole, they represent democracy and brotherhood as set forth in the American ideal. They are testimony to the faith of their founders that in the visions of poet and prophet, of artist and musician, are after all to be found the supreme realities of history, and that it is the dreams of men which forge the destinies of nations.

The contributions of the Syrian and Lebanese people in the political, educational, professional and business life of America are numerous. These achievements were made despite serious obstacles and prejudices which they faced in the early years.

This book offers one profile of that history in the Cleveland area. Manry, Robert N. Tinkerbelle: The story of the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic nonstop , He arrived in Falmouth, England seventy-eight days later on August 17, At the time of the crossing Tinkerbelle was the smallest boat to have ever crossed the Atlantic.

It is to be hoped that this brief history will stimulate a new generation of poets, dramatists, writers, moviemakers, historians, and scholars of every sort to prepare better histories and greater works in the future. Immigration is a voyage that lasts for many generations. Some day soon, a generation will come along that will link hands again with the culture left behind, and in a kind of circle complete the fragmentary journey so far, and so painfully, traversed.

Miggins, Edward M. This monograph was written as part of the Cleveland Heritage Program in to provide more up-to-date information for researchers of Cleveland's history.