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Welcome Nikki Hudson and Phil Kidd to their new positions
by Greg Cznadel The monthly Democratic Ward Club meeting January 14th at the Estabrook Recreation center in Old Brooklyn was the first combined meeting of residents from the new Ward 4 (formerly Ward 13) and the new Ward 11. Normally, Councilman Kris Harsh, Ward 4, has a guest speaker from the City, followed by…
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Friends of Snake Hill’s first encounter with Metroparks takes place in the freezing cold
by Greg Cznadel Friends of Snake Hill braved Cleveland’s cold on December 19th to gather at its trailhead in Old Brooklyn at 3800 Muriel Avenue in the Edgewood Neighborhood for a planned meeting with a representative of the Cleveland Metroparks. The trailhead is just northwest of the intersection of Memphis and Pearl. The temperature…
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Historic buildings still standing at Pearl and Memphis
by Lynette Filips The months (and years) go by quickly and thus another month has passed with seemingly nothing having moved forward with the projected demolition of the doomed buildings in the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation’s (OBCDC’s) revitalization plan for the northwest corner of Memphis Ave. and Pearl Rd. Sheets of new plywood…
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Cleveland Parks & Greenspace Coalition gives green teams across city chance to write their own headlines
by Greg Cznadel (Plain Press January 2026) Cleveland Parks and Greenspace Coalition held its 2025 Park Advocate Night December 2nd at the ThirdSpace Action Lab, 1464 E. 105th Street. Tait Ferguson (Trust of Public Land), Erika Hood (Syatt), and India Hobbs led the group in an eventful night with twelve Cleveland neighborhoods and over…
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All storefronts in Greenline Buildings at Memphis and Pearl are empty
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN MUSEUM AND MARIA THE BARBERETTE WERE EVICTED LAST MONTH by Lynette Filips(Plain Press December 2025) In the article about the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation’s (OBCDC’s) Memphis Pearl project in the April 2025, issue of the Plain Press, I wrote some commentary about Ward 13 Councilman Kris Harsh’s visit to…
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Council Candidate Nikki Hudson hikes trail with Friends of Snake Hill
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, October 5, 2025; Snake Hill Trail, Ward 11 City Council Candidate Nikki Hudson, and Alex Manuk, co-founder of Friends of Snake Hill, hike the trail. by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press November 2025) Ward 11 Cleveland City Council Candidate Nikki Hudson joined with Friends of Snake Hill to hike the…
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Councilman Kris Harsh urged to honor promise to delay demolition of Pearl and Memphis corner until funding for proposed project is secured
by Lynette Filips (Plain Press November 2025) Longtime Greater Clevelanders will no doubt remember the years shortly before and after 1970 when the lights were permanently off at Playhouse Square. The once-glorious theaters were slated for demolition because downtown Cleveland was not the entertainment epicenter of the region that it once had been. But…
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Old Brooklyn residents visit Rooms to Let exhibit in Slavic Village
by Greg Cznadel (Plain Press October 2025) On September 7th, Old Brooklyn residents Dot Martin, programmer for 91.1 FM, Lynette Filips, Old Brooklyn historian, and myself, experienced a Rooms to Let exhibit on the grounds of the Broadway School of the Music and the Arts, funder of our Old Brooklyn Citizens Resource Center’s art…
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News from Old Brooklyn and update on status of Memphis and Pearl project
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, September 22, 2025, Brookmere Cemetery, 3645 Broadview Road: Entrance to the City of Cleveland’s Brookmere Cemetery. by Lynette Filips (Plain Press October 2025) Another month has passed and once again there are new developments in the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation’s (OBCDC’s) Memphis Pearl project. Interestingly, I was recently…
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