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  • Mr. Jingeling with girls at Gordon Square Holiday Event

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, December 14, 2013; Wrapped in Tradition, a Gordon Square Holiday Event, Sweet Moses Soda Fountain and Treat Shop, 6800 Detroit Avenue: Gianna Rivera, age 9, and Madison Westwood, age 8, visit with Mr. Jingeling, the Keeper of the Keys to Santa’s Workshop.

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  • Sister Anna Maria Hayes displays scarfs and hats

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, December 7, 2013; Short and Sweet Holiday Shop at Art House, 3119 Denison Avenue: Sister Anna Maria Hayes, an artist from the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood, displays the scarfs and hats she knitted. Gloria Ferris, Christine Stuckey and Sharon Martyn of Brooklyn Centre Naturalists recruited 25 artists to participate in this…

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  • Two Year Old at Gordon Square Holiday Event

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, December 14, 2013; Wrapped in Tradition, a Gordon Square Holiday Event, Gordon Square Farmers’ Market, Gordon Square Arcade, Detroit Avenue at W. 65th Street: Delia Klein, age 2, ventures through the Farmers’ Market with a parent close behind.

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  • Visit with Santa

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, December 7, 2013; Detroit Shoreway Neighbors’ Holiday Party, Gordon Square Arcade, 6516 Detroit Avenue: Alanna Brumfield, age 6, and Richie Broomfield, age 23 months, visit with Santa. The Holiday Party, which featured refreshments, music and free gifts for the children, was sponsored by Neighborhood Connections and the Detroit Shoreway Community…

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  • Ice Sculpture

    Saturday, December 14, 2013; Wrapped in Tradition, a Gordon Square Holiday Event, W. 67th and Detroit Avenue: Caleb Landis of the University of Akron Culinary Artists Club works on an ice sculpture.

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  • Letter to the Editor

    CMSD Levy Endorsed by Ohio City, Inc. and Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization To the editor: (Plain Press, October 2012) The Near West Side neighborhoods of Ohio City and Detroit Shoreway are experiencing incredible development and investment.  Market Square and Gordon Square are thriving commercial districts and new and rehabilitated housing is booming as more…

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  • Zone Recreation Center: Ribbon Cutting for Outdoor Renovations

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 4, 2012; Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for outdoor renovations at Zone Recreation Center, W. 65th and Lorain Avenue: Children in attendance at the ribbon cutting ceremony assist Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone with the ribbon cutting.

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  • Zone Recreation Center: T-Ball

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 4, 2012; Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for outdoor renovations at Zone Recreation Center, W. 65th and Lorain Avenue: Two teams from the Ohio City T-Ball League, Champion Fire and Lutheran Hospital, play the first game on the new T-Ball field at Zone Recreation Center. Katherine Coyne, age 6, of the…

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  • Zone Recreation Center – Swing Set

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 4, 2012; Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for outdoor renovations at Zone Recreation Center, W. 65th and Lorain Avenue: Emma Romero, age 3, is among the first to try the new outdoor swing set. Her sister, Isabella Lopez, age 7, gives her a push.

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  • Community celebrates completion of Zone Recreation Center’s outdoor renovations

    Community celebrates completion of Zone Recreation Center’s outdoor renovations by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2012) On August 4th, 2012, a planning process that began a decade ago came to fruition with a ribbon cutting for the $3 million dollar outdoor renovations on the 22 acres of the Michael J. Zone Recreation Center grounds. The…

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