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 […]
We are able to enter a major cold spell here in Cleveland, although it will not break the record for cold ( that was 20 degrees below zero F on January 19, 1994). The good news is the weekend will be about 40 degrees warmer! Break out the shorts, time for some weekend fun! Looking […]
Today we were very fortunate to participate in CSU Wellfest – Get Well Now Wellness Fair on the Cleveland State University campus. We had a table talking about our walking tours of downtown Cleveland. We had several giveaways and are happy to announce Tanner B. won our Instagram contest and Jordan B. won our Cleveland […]
The Marble Room Steak House and Raw Bar is a restaurant that occupies the lobby of the old National City Bank Building on Euclid Ave in downtown Cleveland. This is not a review on the food but the space itself. National City Bank moved into the building in 1921 after Cleveland architects, Walker and Weeks […]
Did you know that the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) is home to the largest chess publication library in the world? The Claude F. Bloodgood chess collection includes any type of chess-related document, manuscript, photograph, object, or archive related to chess. The collection, on the third floor of the Main Building in the Special Collections department […]
Tours of Cleveland, LLC would like to thank everyone who joined us on a walking tour of beautiful & historic downtown Cleveland in 2018. We had an exciting time and hope that everyone enjoyed themselves and learned some interesting facts about the great city of Cleveland. As we go into 2019 we hope to see […]
Public Square is one of the most festive spots in all of Cleveland at Christmas! It serves the starting point for the Holiday Edition of our Downtown Highlight walking tour. All the trees in Public Square are covered in colored lights. There is a big, fully decorated and lit Christmas tree, light tunnels, a nativity […]
We will be taking a look around downtown Cleveland as it is all decorated for the Christmas season over the next several weeks. Don’t forget the Holiday Edition of our Downtown Highlights walking tour where you can see the sights up close and personal and learn about the history of our great city. Click here […]
Tours of Cleveland, LLC is offering the Holiday edition of our Downtown Highlights Walking Tour, an exciting and educational walking tour of beautiful and historic downtown Cleveland with an addition of Cleveland Christmas history and fun thrown into the mix. This walking tour hits all the highlights of downtown in one great, two hour tour. […]
