James A. Garfield was the 20th President of the Untied States. He was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1831. He represented Ohio in the House for nine terms. In 1880, he became the Republican nominee for President and won that November. His term as President was only four months long, when on July 2, […]
Cleveland has been home to many sports franchises and teams in Baseball’s Negro Leagues were no exception. Many of the teams only lasted about year and included the Cleveland Tate Stars, the Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Elites and the Cleveland Hornets to name a few. The most successful team was the Cleveland Buckeyes. The Cleveland […]
This month the Cleveland Public Library turns 150 years old! It began with one location in 1869 and today includes the main campus downtown along with 27 branches throughout Cleveland. The Main Building downtown was designed by Walker and Weeks and opened in 1925. The Louis Stokes Wing was added in 1997. Not just books, […]
Cleveland is home to Playhouse Square, the second largest theater district in the US. Last night I saw “Miss Saigon” at the Key Bank State Theater, one of the eleven theaters that make up the district. “Miss Saigon” was an amazing performance and very moving show! The cast was incredible. It will continue through February […]
Carl Stokes was mayor of Cleveland from 1967 – 1971. He was the first African-American elected to mayor in a large US city. In 1967 he ran against Seth Chase Taft, the grandson of former President Taft and won. Carl Stokes was born in 1927 in Cleveland. His family lived in the first public housing […]
February is Black History Month, therefore we will be taking a look throughout the month at famous African- American Clevelanders. We start with Jesse Owens. Born James Cleveland Owens, he moved from Alabama to Cleveland in his youth with his family as part of the Great Migration north for many African-Americans. Jesse Owens was a […]
One of Cleveland’s most iconic pieces of public art is the Free Stamp by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggenthat. The Free Stamp was originally commissioned to sit in front of the Sohio building being constructed in the mid 1980’s on Public Square. By the time the building was completed, BP had taken over and […]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, came to Cleveland often. His first visit was on August 7, 1956 to deliver a report on the progress of the Montgomery bus boycott speaking at the Hollenden House. Throughout the sixties he continued to visit the city, speaking at Antioch Baptist Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Cory United […]
As we say goodbye to Carol Channing, most famous for her role as Dolly Levi in “Hello Dolly”, we also remember her performance in “Legends” right here in Cleveland at the State Theater in Playhouse Square. In October of 1986, she appeared along with Mary Martin in the comedy written by James Kirkwood as part […]
The Calfee Building located on E. 6th St in downtown is next door to the Federal Reserve and across the street from the former Board of Education Building. The building was constructed in 1916 and originally the home of the East Ohio Gas Company. The gas company was part of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil […]
