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Bird's-eye view map of Cleveland in 1877. The city of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company on July 22, 1796. Its central location on the southern shore of Lake Erie and the mouth of the Cuyahoga River allowed it to become a major center for Great Lakes trade in northern Ohio in the early 19th century.
But from 1945 to 1970, the Cleveland area shed most of is heavy industry, and the loss of industrial jobs hit the North Broadway neighborhood particularly hard. [94] Cleveland also suffered significantly from a strong trend toward suburbanization, [94] and by 1970 the Broadway district had lost 36 percent of its population. [93]
Broadway–Slavic Village is a neighborhood on the Southeast side of Cleveland, Ohio. One of the city's oldest neighborhoods, it originated as the township of Newburgh, first settled in 1799. [4] [5] Much of the area has historically served as home to Cleveland's original Czech and Polish immigrants.
Interior of the Cleveland Arcade. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleveland, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register ...
Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the second-most populous city in Ohio, and the 54th-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. [11] The city anchors the Cleveland metropolitan area , the 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland– Akron – Canton combined ...
Several dozen place names in the United States have names of Czech origin, most a legacy of Czech immigration to the United States. Others were named after Americans of Czech ancestry, such as the Bohemian explorer Augustine Herman and Chicago's mayor Anton Cermak.
Cleveland named an All-America City for fourth time. Cleveland selected as site for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1987 – Cleveland emerges from default. 1988 – Cleveland Neighborhood Progress and Case Western Reserve University's Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change established. 1989 – Michael R. White elected mayor. 1991 – Key Tower ...
Public Square is the central plaza of Downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Based on an 18th-century New England model, it was part of the original 1796 town plat overseen by city founder General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company. The historical center of the city's downtown, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.