Cleveland has the second largest theater district in the county! Cleveland has the largest number of season tickets holders for its Broadway show series in the country! 46,000 season ticket holders – again, largest in the country! We were treated to another great show last night – School of Rock. School of Rock is 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 […]
Max Kalish’s statue of Abraham Lincoln stands proudly in downtown Cleveland. Abraham Lincoln would serve as our sixteenth President from 1861 until he was assassinated in 1865. Lincoln is known for his two visits to Cleveland, one in life and the other in death. On his way to his inauguration, he stopped in Cleveland, gave […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Schofield Building is on the corner of E. 9th St and Euclid Ave at the heart of downtown Cleveland. The building was designed by architect Levi Schofield on land owned by his family. Originally built as an 14 story office building, today it is home to the Kimpton hotel as well as apartments. Next […]
Each year at the Allen theater Cleveland Playhouse hosts the Festival of Trees. The lobby of the theater is decorated with a over 25 Christmas trees sponsored by various organizations and individuals, each uniquely decorated. There are even visits with Santa, music and a lot of photo ops. Check out Cleveland Playhouse’s website for a […]
