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Digital Diversity Dialogue luncheon tackles digital divide in Cleveland
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, April 20, 2024; 9926 Lorain Avenue: Ashbury Senior Computer Community Center (ASC3) and PC’s For People, housed at 9926 Lorain Avenue, joined with Westown Community Development Corporation to host a Digital Diversity Dialogue on April 24th. by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press May 2024) The Ashbury Senior Computer Community Center…
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Former Nunn Family Funeral Home demolished after fire (photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, April 20, 2024; 4434 Lorain Avenue: The former Nunn Family Funeral Home, built in 1865, succumbed to a fire on April 10th and has been demolished. The My Place Group, headed by President Chad Kertesz, proposed development, 45 West, called for the building to be one of three buildings that…
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Social security office plans to move to W. 44th
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, March 19, 2024; Social Security Office, 7517 Lorain Avenue: Residents are alarmed about the revelation that this office plans to move eastward on Lorain Avenue to W. 44th and Lorain above the Sherwin Williams Paint Store. While the current location has plenty of parking for both staff and clients, that…
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Lorain Midway project should result in a safer more vibrant street
by Abe Kurp (Plain Press March 2024) In September 2017, at the intersection of Fulton and Lorain, a young woman named Ashley Shaw was struck by a car while waiting at a red light on her bike. Shaw, who then worked for Ohio City Inc. and is now executive director of Midtown Cleveland Inc.,…
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Eastman Library reopens
(Plain Press December 2023) PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, October 28,2023; Grand Opening Ceremony for the Eastman Campus of the Cleveland Public Library, 11602 Lorain Avenue: Quinn Jenkins, age 22 months, holds on to her newly acquired book while her twin Riley holds on to their mother, Tonya Jenkins. To their right, D’Santaneyce Pulliam selects…
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New mural completed near the Lorain Ave. exit of I-90
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, October 12, 2023; 8004 Lorain Avenue: This Destination Cleveland Mural by artist Lisa Quine of Hudson, Ohio is across Lorain Avenue from the westbound I-90 Lorain Avenue exit. The mural says, “The Land where anything is possible.” Northwest Neighbors offers thanks to the building’s owners and Destination Cleveland for accepting…
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Digital Connected Learning and Retail Community Center opens on Lorain Avenue
PHOTO BY MIKE PANDUREVIC June 29, 2023; Grand opening and ribbon cutting for the Digital Connected Learning and Retail Community Center, 9926-9928 Lorain Avenue: (L-R): Westown Community Development Corporation Director Rose Zitiello, Founder and Executive Director of Ashbury Senior Computer Community Center (ASC3) Wanda Davis, Ohio Director of PC’s For People Bevin Bowersmith, and Ward…
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Cleveland Public Library opens reimagined Lorain Campus
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, June 17, 2023; Grand Opening of the reimagined Lorain Campus Library, 8216 Lorain Avenue: Tamara Steward, Director of the Lorain Campus of the Cleveland Public Library, welcomes guests to tour the newly renovated library. The Cleveland Public Library celebrated the grand opening of its renovated Lorain Campus at 8216 Lorain…
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All-State Barber College
PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Friday, December 16, 2022; All State Barber College 2546 Lorain Avenue: Antonio Guerra, 30, practices his barber skills on fellow student Mahdi Jaber. Antonio is from the Clark-Fulton neighborhood and intends on graduating in November. When asked why he wants to be a barber, he responded, “I enjoy meeting and serving…
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Krampus Visits Hansa Haus
PHOTO BY ERIK AULT December 9, 2022; Hansa Haus 2717 Lorain Avenue: Krampus visits. Krampus is an Alpine tale of a demonic figure who visits those who have misbehaved and whips them with birch rods. Thankfully, no one was birched at Hansa Haus this evening.
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