Cleveland has many sister city’s around the world, 22 to be exact and Ljubljana, Slovenia is one. Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia as well as Slovenia’s scientific, cultural, and economic center. Cleveland is home to around 80,000 people of Slovenian descent; the largest group outside Slovenia. Inside Cleveland’s City Hall, sits […]
And today she is one of the most beautiful illustrations of the success of scientific medicine, along with aspirin and antibiotics. Getting Paper Copies If you choose to receive legal notices and statements electronically and then want a paper notice, call us at the number on the back of your card here and we will […]
Today we are starting a series on Cleveland City Hall and we begin with the building itself. City Hall opened in 1916 in downtown. The building designed by Cleveland architect J. Milton Dyer and was part of the 1903 Group Plan. The building features Neoclassical elements and a large, beautiful rotunda. The building cost $3 […]
It’s that time again – The Terminal Tower Observation Deck will reopen beginning Saturday, April 6, 2019. A couple things we need to say about the observation deck… Tours of the Terminal Tower observation deck are not affiliated with Tours of Cleveland, LLC. Tickets for the observation deck must be purchased in advance and are […]
Flora Stone Mather (1852 – 1909) is one of Cleveland’s greatest philanthropists. She was the daughter of Amasa Stone, who made his fortune in the railroad industry. In 1881 Flora married Samuel Mather, a titan in the shipping industry. Flora Stone Mather shared her wealth generously. She was a supporter of the Legal Aid Society, […]
We are not talking about the Linda Eastman who married Paul McCartney and was in Wings. This Linda Eastman lived in Cleveland. She began working for the Cleveland Public Library in 1892. She worked her way up in the library and was promoted to vice-librarian under William Brett. She and William rolled out the “open […]
A wonderful hidden gem in the Cleveland area (Lakewood) is the Museum of Divine Statues. I had the pleasure of visiting this past weekend. The museum is a collection of artwork from area Catholic churches that have since closed. The collection includes statues, stained glass, mosaics, relics and wood carvings. Some pieces date as far […]
March is Women’s History Month, so throughout the month we will look at women from the Cleveland area. We begin with the “First Lady of TV News”, Dorothy Fuldheim. Dorothy moved to Cleveland in the 1920s working as a lecturer, moving into radio and eventually into television where she joined WEWS, Cleveland’s first TV station, […]
Original March 2019/Updated March 2021 – This past weekend (2019) the Cleveland Museum of Natural History celebrated Balto’s 100 year birthday. Not familiar with Balto? Well… In January, 1925 there was an outbreak of diphtheria that hit the children of Nome, Alaska. The only serum that could save their lives was in Anchorage and the […]
Be A Tourist In Your HometownMarch 20 – 24, 2019Take a Walking Tour with Tours of Cleveland and explore all that downtown Cleveland has to offer! Think you know all about Cleveland – well Cleveland is almost 223 years old, so that is a lot of history here and downtown is constantly changing. Come learn […]
