On the steps of the Cuyahoga County Courthouse in downtown Cleveland sit two statues – one of Thomas Jefferson and the other of Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson of course was the third President and author of the Declaration of Independence. Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury under Washington. The two had very different […]
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, […]
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 […]
Henry Hering (1874 – 1949) has public art throughout Cleveland, including the Guardians of Traffic on the Hope Memorial Bridge, work at Severance Hall and the Cleveland Federal Reserve. Today we look at the two statues the grace the main entrance to the Federal Reserve – Security and Integrity. Security wears a crown of oak […]
Outside the Old U.S. Post Office, Customs House and Federal Courthouse building on Superior Ave at Public Square sit two statues by Daniel French. Daniel French (1850 – 1931) created over 250 sculptures and adornments for federal, municipal and private commissions in his lifetime. Probably his most famous work is the statue of Abraham Lincoln […]
October is LGBT History Month – Most Clevelanders know Francis Millet (1846 – 1912) for his work in the old Cleveland Trust Bank Building (today Heinen’s Grocery Store) in downtown. He painted the 13 murals that are below the glass dome and depict the founding of the New World and more specifically that of Cleveland. […]
Today we take a look at another great downtown mural that is part of the FRONT art exhibit. This one is by Nigerian American artist Odili Donald Odita. It is around the corner from the the Julian Stanczak mural. Odita’s downtown mural is on the side of what is the Halle’s Parking Garage between Huron […]
This is a follow up to a story we did back in March of this year regarding the two large pink granite eagle statues that were looking for a home. The eagle statues once stood on Public Square outside the old Chamber of Commerce building. They first appeared in 1898 but were removed in 1955 […]
Today we begin a five part series on some of the historic churches here in Cleveland. Back on May 21, we talked about the Old Stone Church in our series on Public Square. Today we will venture across the river to Ohio City and St. John’s Episcopal Church. St. John’s Episcopal is the oldest consecrated […]
Today we take a look at another FRONT art exhibit, this one outside. It is the Julian Stanczak mural on the side of Winton Manor, located at 1012 Prospect St. near the corner of E. 9th and Prospect, in downtown Cleveland. The several stories high mural is a recreation of the mural that graced the […]
