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St. Paul’s Community Church throws Harvesting Hope fundraiser (photo)
PHOTO BY ROB KAZAR Saturday, September 13, 2025; Harvesting Hope, St. Paul’s Community Church, 4427 Franklin Blvd: (L-R): Tom Wolf, Deb Kazar and Tim Walters. Deb Kazar, Coordinator of St. Paul’s Community Outreach, reads off raffle prize winners all in support of the Harvesting Hope event to support the St. Paul’s Community Outreach program that provides…
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West Side Creation Care Team goes on a Pilgrimage of Hope in honor of the 10th anniversary of Laudato Sí
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 20, 2025; 2459 Washington Avenue: Members of the West Side Creation Care Team, an ecumenical grassroots organization promoting care for creation, return to St. Malachi Church after a Pilgrimage of Hope walk to Wendy Park on Whiskey Island. (Plain Press October 2025) The West Side Creation Care Team,…
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Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits granted to two buildings in Old Brooklyn Historic District
IMAGE COURTESY OF STEPHANIE RYBERG-WEBSTER Stephanie Ryberg-Webster, associate professor in the Department of Urban Studies at Cleveland State University’s Levin School of Urban Affairs, is the author of Preserving the Vanishing City: Historic Preservation Amid Urban Decline In Cleveland, Ohio. She was one of three persons speaking about the topic of Preservation Advocacy at a…
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Fact checking corrects misinformation about history of Pearl & Memphis corner
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN German United Evangelical Church of Brighton, Ohio, built in 1853 and replaced in 1904. This little frame church faced Columbus Rd. (today’s Pearl Rd.) at the northwest corner of Mill St. (today’s Memphis Ave.) PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN St. Luke’s Evangelical…
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Madison Ave. Community Garden @ Story holds ribbon cutting
PHOTO COURTESY OF SCHWELIK STUDIOS Saturday, May 17, 2025; Ribbon cutting for Madison Avenue Community Garden @ Story, 9909 Madison Avenue in the Cudell neighborhood: Diab Dar-Issa, garden leader and member of Coalition for a Better Cleveland, cuts the ribbon to mark the opening of the community garden. Madison Avenue Community Garden @ Story,…
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The greening of Cleveland: coalition says “let there be trees”
by Gregory Cznadel (Plain Press June 2025) April Showers bring May flowers. This year it was trees: lots of trees, tree plantings, and tree give aways. God decided this was the year to help renew his green earth by increasing our tree canopy to scrub the carbon out of the air, bring shade back…
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Rooted in faith, growing in action: West Side churches embrace creation care
PHOTO BY RONALDO RODRIGUEZ JR. June 2024; Seeds of Love Community Garden on W. 14th Street: Members of the West Side Creation Care Team gather for a Litter Pilgrimage in the Tremont neighborhood. by Ronaldo Rodriguez Jr. (Plain Press June 2025) As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis, his legacy endures here…
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A variety of concerns drive opposition to proposed development at Pearl & Memphis
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN The Independent Order of Odd Fellows building at 3409 “Short” Broadview Rd. was built in 1913 and owned by the Odd Fellows until 1958. Since then, ownership has passed to several different entrepreneurs. At the time that the South Brooklyn Commercial District was established with the…
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In Memory: Timothy Barrett, March 9, 1951 – December 4, 2024
(Plain Press February 2025) Timothy Barrett is known to many Cleveland residents for his Cleveland Sacred Architecture lectures and tours. Barrett, an architectural historian, freely offered his assistance and advice to many individuals working to restore historic homes, especially in his Ohio City neighborhood. Barrett’s work in the City of Cleveland Storefront Renovation Program…
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Cleveland City Planning Commission approves demolition of buildings in Old Brooklyn’s Historic District
by Lynette Filips PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN 2005 Photo that accompanied the application of the South Brooklyn Commercial District to be on the National Register of Historic Places: On Friday, December 6th, the Cleveland Planning Commission approved the demolition of four buildings on the corner of Pearl Road and Memphis…
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