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Cleveland moviemaking history begins with the Giant Coal Dumper and continues to evoke its lessons
by Cameron Mays (Plain Press April 2026) It is now probably accepted that the big bang that started our universe was not some great explosion but a simple happening. Thus, it is fitting that which started Cleveland film history was no epic tale but a routine industrial occurrence. Giant Coal Dumper was the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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