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COMMUNITY BOARD FEBRUARY 2017
A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. ARTS AND CULTURE SPACES Announces 2017 Exhibitions On view January 27 – March 25. R&D: Imani Roach (Philadelphia, PA), Havens. Based on the recently digitized Jim Crow-era travel guides known as The Negro Motorist Green Book, Imani Roach will…
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Architectural historian, Craig Bobby, points out inaccuracies in articles on Cheerio building and W.25th Lofts project
To the editor: (Plain Press, February 2017) I am writing to you to inform you of some inaccuracies found in articles in the January 2017 issue of the Plain Press. All of these are articles pertaining to local historic buildings. In the article about the commercial building on Detroit at the corner of West…
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Front Steps joins with EDEN and PIRHL Developers to plan new facility
(Plain Press, February 2017) Front Steps Housing and Services hopes to be able to move to a new location soon. Front Steps, currently located in a former Travelodge motel at 1545 W. 25th, sits on a ridge over the Cuyahoga River that is unstable. Front Steps Housing and Services has teamed up with Emerald Development…
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Neighborhood Family Practice now providing oral health services
(Plain Press, February 2017) Last summer, Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP) was one of 420 community health centers across the country to receive Federal funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to increase access to integrated oral health care (dental) services and improve oral health outcomes for patients. Thanks to that funding, dental…
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In Memory-Cleveland Housing Court Judge Raymond L. Pianka
(Plain Press, February 2017) Cleveland Housing Court Judge Raymond Pianka, age 65, passed away on January 21st. Raymond Pianka grew up in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood and continued to live and be active in the community throughout his life. Pianka served as a City Council Aide to Councilman Michael Zone from 1972-73. Pianka…
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In Memory-The End of a Century: The Wife of Local Funeral Home Owner, Pauline Martens, passes away at age 100
by Victoria Shea (Plain Press, February 2017) It was like a scene from a movie: the landlord’s son falls in love with the tenant’s daughter. But for Pauline Martens, that was the start of her marriage to the late Walter Martens, Sr., the founder of the Walter Martens & Sons Funeral Home on…
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In Memory, Ted Lobaugh-July 11, 1984 – December 30, 2016
Plain Press photographer, distribution worker and neighborhood advocate Ted Lobaugh passes away (Plain Press, February 2017) Ted Lobaugh III, age 32, Plain Press photographer and distribution worker passed away at the end of December. Ted volunteered taking photos over the past year at many events throughout the community – something he enjoyed immensely.…
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Superelectric Pinball Parlor contributes to continuing history of Gordon Square Arcade
by Zhane Isom (Plain Press, February 2017) Have you ever looked at art while playing a game of pinball at the same time? It does sound a little crazy and different, but that’s what you can do when you visit Gordon Square Arcade’s Superelectric Pinball Parlor. The Superelectric Pinball Parlor opened a year ago, in…
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