• Developer of former Broadview Savings/Citizens Bank buildings awarded $6 million in Cleveland Port Authority bond funds

    by Lynette Filips      (Plain Press January 2026) December has just ten days remaining as this January issue of the Plain Press is prepared for the printer.  Based on the headline on the article in the Old Brooklyn News Winter issue, “Momentum Builds at Memphis & Pearl:  REMEDIATION ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN BY THE END OF 2025, I…


  • Irishtown Bend Park construction underway 

    PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY August 25, 2023; Rivergate Park, east bank of the Cuyahoga River, across from Irishtown Bend:  Master of Ceremonies Ward 3 Councilman Kerry McCormack kicked off the announcement of the beginning of the Port Authorities’ riverbank stabilization project for Irishtown bend.  A park is planned for the site once the riverbank stabilization is…



  • City Council approves legislation to stabilize hillside at Irishtown bend

    City Council approves legislation to stabilize hillside at Irishtown bend (Plain Press, October 2020) At its September 23rd meeting Cleveland City Council adopted legislation (Ord. No. 592-2020) authorizing the city to join the Cuyahoga County Port Authority on a major project to stabilize a hillside eroding into the Cuyahoga River, threatening commercial shipping. The hillside, known as Irishtown…