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Residents speak out about gentrification in Detroit Shoreway
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LAND This map shows the Detroit Shoreway, a near-westside neighborhood that is just west of Ohio City, just east of Cudell, and just north of Clark-Fulton and Stockyard. Lacey Caporale, a recent PhD graduate in sociology from Case Western Reserve University, has done extensive research in the neighborhood, interviewing dozens of…
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Author shares research on displacement caused by gentrification
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press August 2024) On July 10th at the Rhizhome House in Cleveland Heights the Greater Cleveland Housing Collective hosted an anti-gentrification teach-in and discussion with Andrew Lee, the author of Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War. At the workshop, Lee shared some of his experience organizing against displacement…
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Residents seek info on local crimes at Second District Police meeting
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Tuesday, March 12, 2024; The Second District Policing Committee Meeting, Bridge CLE, 3389 Fulton Road: Johnny Hamm, Captain of Patrol, Second District Department of Safety, City of Cleveland, shares policing data with residents in attendance at the meeting. by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press April 2024) Johnny Hamm, Captain of Patrol,…
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New club brings Esperanto back to Cleveland
PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Sunday, February 18, 2024; Nervous Dog Coffee, 2101 Richmond Rd, Beachwood; Jeremy Genovese showing his Esperanto flag, a symbol of the international language. The green represents hope, the white represents peace and the five points on the star represent each of the continents. by Erik Ault (Plain Press March 2024)…
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2023 Christmas decorations photo
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, December 12, 2023; 8905 Clark Avenue: This household is ready to celebrate Christmas. The houses on this block were constructed during former Councilman Jay Westbrook’s tenure in Cleveland City Council. Prior to the construction of the houses, the city block, which once featured a Watkins Furniture Store, was vacant for…
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Snow Day at Gordon Square 2023 photos
PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, December 9, 2023; Snow Day in Detroit Shoreway, 78th Street Studios: Snow Day visitors viewed a variety of artwork by Cleveland artists. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, December 9, 2023; Snow Day in Detroit Shoreway, W. 67th and Detroit: Dressed as a knight from the era of the Crusades, this…
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Community share-a-meal at St. Ignatius of Antioch
PHOTO BY ABE KURP Wednesday, November 1, 2023; Community Share-a-Meal, St Ignatius of Antioch cafeteria, 10205 Lorain Ave: Bob Bernath of St Ladislas in Westlake helps to serve drinks to guests. The free meals are served on the first and third Wednesdays of every month at 5:30 pm. All are welcome.
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Public Debate on Participatory Budgeting
by Bruce Checefsky City Council member Kris Harsh, who represents Old Brooklyn and part of the Stockyard neighborhoods, published an Op-Ed piece in the Plain Dealer and cleveland.com calling for a public debate with PB CLE (Participatory Budgeting) coalition. The event is for September 26 at 6 pm in the Little Theatre inside Public Auditorium.…
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Aflac donates to Care Alliance and installs a bench in Lincoln Park
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVENTuesday, July 11, 2023; Lincoln Park, 1200 Starkweather Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood: Care Alliance Health Center President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Claude Jones accepts a $100,000 Aflac CareGrant. The Aflac CareGrants are awarded by Aflac, an insurance company, to support organizations that are helping to close the gap around medical…
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Community Photos
PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Tuesday, July 11, 2023; United Bank Building; 2012 W. 25th; Tanisha Caravello, a transplant from the West Coast to the Clark-Fulton neighborhood, is often the only one seen who rides her bike to the building. When asked her motivation, she responded, “I like to feel like I’m part of my environment,…
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