Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = City of Cleveland
settlement_type = City
nickname = The Forest City
motto = Progress & Prosperity
website = [http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us www.city.cleveland.oh.us]



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leader_name = Frank G. Jackson (D)
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Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles (100 km) west of the Pennsylvania border. It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location at the head of numerous canals and railroad lines. With the decline of heavy manufacturing, Cleveland's businesses have diversified into the service economy, including the financial services, insurance, and healthcare sectors, though the city's population has continued to decline. Cleveland is also noted for its association with rock music; the city is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [ cite web |url= http://www.rockhall.com/visit |publisher= Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | title= Visitor Information| accessdate= 2007-05-14]

As of the 2000 Census, the city proper had a total population of 478,403, and was then the 33rd largest city in the nation, (now estimated as the 40th largest due to declines in population) [cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t5/tab02.txt |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-5. Ranking Tables for Incorporated Places of 100,000 or More: 1990 and 2000 |date=2001-04-02 |accessdate=2007-08-07 |author=United States Census Bureau |work=United States Census, 2000] and the second largest city in Ohio. It is the center of Greater Cleveland, the largest metropolitan area in Ohio, which spans several counties and is defined in several different ways by the Census Bureau. The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor Metropolitan Statistical Area which in 2000 ranked as the 23rd largest in the United States with 2,250,871 people. Cleveland is also part of the larger Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area, which in 2000 had a population of 2,945,831, and ranked as the country's 14th largest. [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_US25&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=&-format=US-10%7CUS-10S&-_lang=en United States and Puerto Rico -- Metropolitan Area] GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000, United States Census Bureau, Census 2000. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.]

In studies conducted by "The Economist" in 2005, Cleveland and Pittsburgh were ranked as the most livable cities in the United States, [cite press release |url= http://web.archive.org/web/20060428080311/http://store.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=pr_story&press_id=660001866&ref=pr_list| title= Vancouver tops liveability ranking according to a new survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit| publisher = Economist | accessdate=2005-10-11] and the city was ranked as the best city for business meetings in the continental U.S. [Copestake, Jon. [http://www.economist.com/theworldin/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5149435 "Where business is a pleasure."] The Economist. (2005-12-23)] The city faces continuing challenges, in particular from concentrated poverty in some neighborhoods and difficulties in the funding and delivery of high-quality public education. [cite web | url = http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/business_center/RFP/PDF/CityofClevelandMWN.pdf |format = PDF | title = Request For Proposals: Finance, Design, Build, Manage, Operate, Maintain, Repair and Upgrade A Citywide Municipal Wireless Broadband Network Infrastructure | publisher = City of Cleveland Municipal Wireless Network RFP | pages = Page 17 | date = April 20, 2007 | accessdate = 2007-08-01]

Residents of Cleveland are usually referred to as "Clevelanders". Nicknames used for the city include "The Forest City," "The Cleve," "The Land," "Metropolis of the Western Reserve," [ [http://www.architectmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=1006&articleID=418989 Cleveland] . Architect Magazine. January 1, 2007. Accessed October 11, 2007.] "The New American City", [ [http://www.lerner.ccf.org/education/living.php Living in Cleveland] . The Lerner Research Institute. 2007. Accessed October 11, 2007.] "America's North Coast", [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/news/story?id=2807531 Roll to a Final Four in Rockin' Cleveland] . Wood, Terry. ESPN.com. March 29, 2007. Accessed October 11, 2007.] "Sixth City", [ [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B06E7DE1738E13ABC4B53DFBE668382609EDE&oref=slogin Cleveland Court Winner] . The New York Times. August 3, 1919. Accessed October 11, 2007] "Rock 'n' Roll Capital of the World" (because of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), [ [http://upress.kent.edu/books/Adams.htm Rock ’n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection : Deanna R. Adams ] ] and "C-Town". [ [http://www.mountainx.com/ae/2007/0124orchestra.php Of Cleveland, by Cleveland, for Cleveland (and the world)] , Mountain Xpress. January 24, 2007. Accessed October 11, 2007.]

History

Cleveland obtained its name on July 22, 1796 when surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company laid out Connecticut's Western Reserve into townships and a capital city they named "Cleaveland" after their leader, General Moses Cleaveland. Cleaveland oversaw the plan for the modern downtown area, centered on the Public Square, before returning home, never again to visit Ohio. The first settler in Cleaveland was Lorenzo Carter, who built a cabin on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. The Village of Cleaveland was incorporated on December 23, 1814. The spelling of the city's name was later changed to "Cleveland" when, in 1831, an "a" was dropped so the name could fit a newspaper's masthead.cite web | url = http://ech.case.edu/timeline.html | title = Cleveland: A Bicentennial Timeline | publisher = The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University | accessdate = 2007-08-10]

In spite of the nearby swampy lowlands and harsh winters, its waterfront location proved providential. The area began rapid growth after the 1832 completion of the Ohio and Erie Canal. This key link between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes connected the city to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River. Growth continued with added railroad links. [cite web | url = http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=OAEC | title = Ohio and Erie Canal | publisher = The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University | accessdate = 2007-08-10] Cleveland incorporated as a city in 1836.In 1836, the city, then located only on the eastern banks of the Cuyahoga River, nearly erupted into open warfare with neighboring Ohio City over a bridge connecting the two. [cite web | url = http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CSB | title = Columbus Street Bridge | publisher = The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University | accessdate = 2007-08-10] Ohio City remained an independent municipality until it was annexed by Cleveland in 1854. The site flourished as a halfway point for iron ore from Minnesota shipped across the Great Lakes and other raw materials (coal) carried by rail from the south. Cleveland emerged as a major American manufacturing center, home to numerous major steel producers, as well as a number of carmakers, including gasoline cars Peerless, People's, [Clymer, Floyd. "Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925" (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.178.] Jordan, Winton (first car driven across the U.S.), [Clymer, p.156.] steam car builders White and Gaeth, and electric car company Baker. By 1920, Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller had made his fortune and Cleveland had become the fifth largest city in the country. The city was a center for the national progressive movement, headed locally by Mayor Tom L. Johnson. Many Clevelanders of this era are buried in the historic Lake View Cemetery, along with James A. Garfield, the twentieth U.S. President. [Find A Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=41762 Lake View Cemetery.] Findagrave.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.]

In commemoration of the centennial of Cleveland's incorporation as a city, the Great Lakes Exposition debuted in June 1936 along the Lake Erie shore north of downtown. Conceived as a way to energize a city hit hard by the Great Depression, it drew 4 million visitors in its first season, and 7 million by the end of its second and final season in September 1937. [cite web | url = http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=GLE | title = Great Lakes Exposition | publisher = The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University | accessdate = 2007-08-10] The exposition was housed on grounds that are now used by the Great Lakes Science Center, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Burke Lakefront Airport, among others. [cite book | author = Porter, Philip |url = http://www.clevelandmemory.org/SpecColl/porter/Chapt06.html |title = Cleveland: Confused City on a Seesaw | chapter = Chapter 6 | pages = pp. 106–107 | date = 1976 | location = Columbus, Ohio | publisher = Ohio State University Press | isbn= 0814202640 ]

Immediately after World War II, the city experienced a brief boom. In sports, the Indians won the 1948 World Series and the Browns dominated professional football in the 1950s. Businesses proclaimed that Cleveland was the "best location in the nation". [ [http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CEIC Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.] Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 1997-06-14. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.] The city's population reached its peak of 914,808, and in 1949 Cleveland was named an All-America City for the first time. [cite web |url=http://www.ncl.org/aac/past_winners/past_winners_1950s.html |title=Past Winners of the All-America City Award |publisher=National Civic League |accessdate=2007-08-02] By the 1960s, however, heavy industries began to slump, and residents sought new housing in the suburbs, reflecting the national trends of white flight and urban sprawl. Like other major American cities, Cleveland also began witnessing racial unrest, culminating in the Hough Riots from July 18, 1966 – July 23, 1966 and the Glenville Shootout on July 23, 1968 – July 25, 1968. The city's nadir is often considered to be its default on its loans on December 15, 1978, when under Mayor Dennis Kucinich it became the first major American city to enter default since the Great Depression. National media began referring to Cleveland as "the mistake on the lake" around this time, in reference to the city's financial difficulties, a notorious 1969 fire on the Cuyahoga River (where industrial waste on the river's surface caught on fire), and its struggling professional sports teams. [cite web | url = http://www.travelworldmagazine.com/contributors/detail.php?ArticleID=33 | title = Cleveland - Mistake on the Lake no more | publisher = Travel World Magazine | author = Schlossberg, Dan | accessdate = 2007-08-10] The city has worked to shed this nickname ever since, though in recent times the national media have been much kinder to the city, using it as an exemplar for public-private partnerships, downtown revitalization, and urban renaissance. [Walljasper, Jay. " [http://www.pps.org/info/newsletter/november2004/november2004_town_square Town Square.] " Project for Public Spaces. November 2004. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.]

The metropolitan area began recovery thereafter under Mayors George Voinovich and Michael R. White. Redevelopment within the city limits has been strongest in the downtown area near the Gateway complex—consisting of Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena, and near North Coast Harbor—including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Browns Stadium, and the Great Lakes Science Center. Although Cleveland was hailed by the media as the "Comeback City," [cite news | url = http://www.cleveland.com/quietcrisis/index.ssf?/quietcrisis/more/1003059000242700.html | accessdate = 2007-08-10 | author = Paynter, Bob; Pledger, Marcia |publisher = The Plain Dealer | title = Comeback City' fights old-shoe image | date =October 14, 2001] many of the inner-city residential neighborhoods remain troubled, and the public school system continues to experience serious problems. Economic development, retention of young professionals, and capitalizing upon its waterfront are current municipal priorities. [Jackson, Frank, [http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/mayor/stateofthecity/stateofcity2007final.pdf State of the City of Cleveland] (PDF). City of Cleveland, Ohio. 2007-03-01. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.] In 1999, Cleveland was identified as an emerging global city. [ [http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb5.html GaWC Research Bulletin 5] , GaWC, Loughborough University, July 28, 1999]

Crime

Based on the Morgan Quitno Press 2006 national crime rankings, Cleveland ranked as the 4th most dangerous city in the nation among the 213 US cities with a population of 100,000-500,000 and the 7th most dangerous overall. [ [http://www.morganquitno.com/cit07pop.htm#CITIES Morgan Quitno rankings for the safest and most dangerous cities] ] Data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual publication, "Crime in the United States 2006" supports those findings.

Violent crime from 2005 to 2006 was mostly unchanged nationwide, but increased more than 10% in Cleveland. The murder rate dropped 30% in Cleveland, but was still far above the national average. Property crime from 2005 to 2006 was virtually unchanged across the country and in Cleveland, with larceny-theft down by 7% but burglaries were up almost 14%. [ [http://www.crimestats.ohio.gov/Crime in US 2006.doc Ohio Department of Public Safety: Office of Criminal Justice Services-Crime in the U.S. 2006] ]

History

A study in 1971–72 found that although Cleveland's crime rate was significantly lower than other large urban areas, most Cleveland residents feared crime. [US Dept of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, 'Reporting Criminal Victimization in Cleveland (OH), 1971-1972 - A Report', National Institute of Justice] In the 1980's, gang activity was on the rise, associated with crack cocaine. A taskforce was formed and was partially successful at reducing gang activity by a combination of removing gang-related graffiti and educating news sources to not name gangs in news reporting. [ [http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=165310] M. L. Walker; L. M. Schmidt; C. Ronald Huff, ed., "Community Response to Gangs", 'Gangs in America', 2nd ed, pp. 263-269, (1996)]

Distribution

The distribution of crime in Cleveland is highly heterogeneous. Relatively few crimes take place in downtown Cleveland's business district, but the perception of crime in the downtown has been pointed to by the Greater Cleveland Growth Association (now the [http://www.gcpartnership.com/ Greater Cleveland Partnership] ) as damaging to the city's economy. [ [http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=57399] R.J. Zion, "Reducing Crime and Fear of Crime in Downtown Cleveland", "Victimology", Vol. 3, No. 3/4, Special Issue pp. 341-344, (1978)] Neighborhoods of higher socioeconomic status in Cleveland and its suburbs have lower rates of violent crime than areas of lower status, and even controlling for this factor, areas with higher populations of African Americans have higher violent crime rates. [ [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119058880/abstract] "Racial Differences in Exposure to Crime: The City and Suburbs of Cleveland in 1990", "Criminology", Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 251-276, (Mar. 2006)] A study of the relationship between employment access and crime in Cleveland found a strong inverse relationship, with the highest crime rates in areas of the city that had the lowest access to jobs. Furthermore, this relationship was found to be strongest with respect to economic crimes. [ [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118904458/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0] Fahui Wang; W. William Minor, "Where the Jobs Are: Employment Access and Crime Patterns in Cleveland", "Annals of the Association of American Geographers", Vol. 92, No. 3, pp. 435-450, (Nov 2004)] A study of public housing in Cleveland found that criminals tend to live in areas of higher affluence and move into areas of lower affluence to commit crimes. [ [http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=79555] Tetsuro Motoyama et al, "Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Crime in Cleveland, Ohio and Spatial Dynamics of Crime (A Methodogical Review)", "Link Between Crime and the Built Environment", Vol. 2, pp. C159-C175 (1980)]

Geography

Topography

Cleveland is located at coor dms|41|28|56|N|81|40|11|W|.GR|1 According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 82.4 square miles (213.5 km²), of which, 77.6 square miles (201.0 km²) is land and 4.8 square miles (12.5 km²) is water. The total area is 5.87% water.

The shore of Lake Erie is 569 feet (173 m) above sea level; however, the city lies on a series of irregular bluffs lying roughly parallel to the lake. In Cleveland these bluffs are cut principally by the Cuyahoga River, Big Creek, and Euclid Creek. The land rises quickly from the lakeshore. Public Square, less than a mile (2 km) inland, sits at an elevation of 650 feet (198 m), and Hopkins Airport, only five miles (8 km) inland from the lake, is at an elevation of 791 feet (241 m). [cite web|url=http://www.airnav.com/airport/KCLE|publisher=AirNav |title= Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport|accessdate=2007-05-09]

Climate

Cleveland possesses a humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification "Dfa"), typical of much of the central United States, with very warm, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. The Lake Erie shoreline is very close to due east-west from the mouth of the Cuyahoga west to Sandusky, but at the mouth of the Cuyahoga it turns sharply northeast. This feature is the principal contributor to the lake effect snow that is typical in Cleveland (especially east side) weather from mid-November until the surface of Lake Erie freezes, usually in late January or early February. The lake effect causes snowfall totals to range greatly across the city: while Hopkins Airport has only reached 100 inches (254 cm) of snowfall in a given season three times since 1968, [ [http://www.erh.noaa.gov/cle/climate/cle/records/cletop10snow.html Cleveland Snowfalle (sic) Statistics.] National Weather Service. Retrieved on 2005-10-13.] seasonal totals approaching or exceeding convert|100|in|mm are not uncommon in an area known as the "Snow Belt", extending from the east side of Cleveland proper through the eastern suburbs and up the Lake Erie shore as far as Buffalo, New York. Despite its reputation as a cold, snowy place in winter, mild spells often break winter's grip with temperatures sometimes soaring above 70 °F (21 °C).

The all-time record high in Cleveland of 104 °F (40 °C) was established on June 25, 1988, and the all-time record low of −20 °F (−29 °C) was set on January 19, 1994. [http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/USOH0195 Monthly Averages for Cleveland, OH.] The Weather Channel. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.] On average, July is the warmest month with a mean temperature of 71.9 °F (22.2 °C), and January, with a mean temperature of 25.7 °F (−3.5 °C), is the coldest. Normal yearly precipitation based on the 30-year average from 1971 to 2000 is 38.7 inches (930 mm). [ [http://www.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=cle NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data.] National Weather Service. Retrieved on 2006-04-05.] Infobox Weather
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Cityscape

Architecture

Cleveland's downtown architecture is diverse. Many of the city's government and civic buildings, including City Hall, the Cuyahoga County Courthouse, the Cleveland Public Library, and Public Auditorium, are clustered around an open mall and share a common neoclassical architecture. Built in the early 20th century, they are the result of the 1903 Group Plan, and constitute one of the most complete examples of City Beautiful design in the United States. [cite book |last=Lawrence |first=Michael |title=Make No Little Plans |year=1980 |pages=20–25 |publisher=Western Reserve Historical Society |location=Cleveland, Ohio |isbn=0-911704-24-8] The Terminal Tower, dedicated in 1930, was the tallest building in the United States between New York City and Chicago until 1967 and the tallest in the city until 1991. [cite book |author=Toman, James and Cook, Daniel |title=Cleveland's Towering Treasure |year=2005 |chapter=The Tower |pages=76 |publisher=Cleveland Landmarks Press |location=Cleveleand, Ohio |isbn=0-936760-20-6] It is a prototypical Beaux-Arts skyscraper. The two newer skyscrapers on Public Square, Key Tower (currently the tallest building in Ohio) and the BP Building, combine elements of Art Deco architecture with postmodern designs. Another of Cleveland's architectural treasures is The Arcade (sometimes called the Old Arcade), a five-story arcade built in 1890 and renovated in 2001 as a Hyatt Regency Hotel. [cite web |last= |first= |title=The Arcade: A Clevaland Classic |url=http://www.thearcade-cleveland.com/ |publisher= |month= |year= |accessdate=2007-09-17] Cleveland's landmark ecclesiastical architecture includes the historic Old Stone Church in downtown Cleveland and the onion domed St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Tremont. [cite web |url=http://urban.csuohio.edu/sacredlandmarks/csl/ |title=Cleveland Sacred Landmarks |publisher=Cleveland State University |accessdate=2008-01-05]

Running east from Public Square through University Circle is Euclid Avenue, which was known for its prestige and elegance. In the late 1880s, writer Bayard Taylor described it as "the most beautiful street in the world." [cite book |last=Upton |first=Harriet Taylor |title=History of the Western Reserve |publisher= The Lewis Publishing Company |date=1910 |pages=507] Known as "Millionaire's Row", Euclid Avenue was world-renowned as the home of such internationally-known names as Rockefeller, Hanna, and Hay. [cite book |last=Cigliano |first=Jan |title=Showplace of America |publisher=Kent State University Press |year=1991 |isbn=0-87338-445-8]

Cleveland is home to four parks in the countywide Cleveland Metroparks system, the "Emerald Necklace" of Olmsted-inspired parks that encircles the region. In the Big Creek valley sits the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, which contains the largest collection of primates of any zoo in the United States. The other three parks are Brookside Park and parts of the Rocky River and Washington Reservations. Apart from the Metroparks is Cleveland Lakefront State Park, which provides public access to Lake Erie. Among its six parks are Edgewater Park, located between the Shoreway and Lake Erie just west of downtown, and Euclid Beach Park and Gordon Park on the east side. The City of Cleveland's Rockefeller Park, with its many Cultural Gardens [cite web|url=http://www.culturalgardens.org/|title=Welcome to the History of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens | publisher = Cleveland Cultural Gardens|accessdate=2007-04-19] honoring the city's ethnic groups, follows Doan Brook across the city's east side.

Neighborhoods

Downtown Cleveland is centered around Public Square and includes a wide range of diversified districts. Downtown Cleveland is home to more the traditional Financial District and Civic Center, as well as the distinct Theatre District, which houses Playhouse Square Center, and mixed-use neighborhoods such as the Flats and the Warehouse District, which are occupied by industrial and office buildings and also by restaurants and bars. The number of downtown housing units in the form of condominiums, lofts, and apartments has increased over the past ten years. This trend looks to continue with the recent revival of the Flats, the Euclid Corridor Project, and the success of East 4th Street.

Cleveland residents often define themselves in terms of whether they live on the east side or the west side of the Cuyahoga River. [cite web|url=http://www.nhlink.net/neighborhoodtour/nt.php|title=Neighborhood Link|publisher = Cleveland State University | accessdate=2005-10-14] The east side comprises the following neighborhoods: Buckeye-Shaker Square, Central, Collinwood, Corlett, Euclid-Green, Fairfax, Forest Hills, Glenville, Payne/Goodrich-Kirtland Park, Hough, Kinsman, Lee Harvard/Seville-Miles, Mount Pleasant, Nottingham, St. Clair-Superior, Union-Miles Park, University Circle, Little Italy, and Woodland Hills. The west side of the city includes the following neighborhoods: Brooklyn Centre, Clark-Fulton, Detroit-Shoreway, Cudell, Edgewater, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyards, West Boulevard, and the four neighborhoods colloquially known as West Park: Kamm's Corners, Jefferson, Puritas-Longmead, and Riverside. Three neighborhoods in the Cuyahoga Valley are sometimes referred to as the south side: Industrial Valley/Duck Island, Slavic Village (North and South Broadway), and Tremont.

Several inner-city neighborhoods have begun to gentrify in recent years. Areas on both the west side (Ohio City, Tremont, Detroit-Shoreway, and Edgewater) and the east side (Collinwood, Hough, Fairfax, and Little Italy) have been successful in attracting increasing numbers of creative class members, which in turn is spurring new residential development. [Kennedy, Maureen and Leonard, Paul. [http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/gentrification/gentrificationexsum.htm Dealing with Neighborhood Change: A Primer on Gentrification and Policy Choices] . Brookings Institution (April 2001). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.] Furthermore, a live-work zoning overlay for the city's near east side has facilitated the transformation of old industrial buildings into loft spaces for artists. [Gill, Michael. [http://web.archive.org/web/20040918065510/http://www.freetimes.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=471 "Can the Creative Class Save Cleveland?"] . Free Times (2003-10-29) Retrieved on 2007-08-01]

uburbs

Cleveland's older inner-ring or "first" suburbs include Bedford, Bedford Heights, Brook Park, Brooklyn, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, East Cleveland, Euclid, Fairview Park, Garfield Heights, Lakewood, Maple Heights, Parma, Shaker Heights, South Euclid, University Heights, and Warrensville Heights. All are members of the Northeast Ohio First Suburbs Consortium. [cite web|url=http://www.firstsuburbs.org/neohio/index.htm|publisher=Northeast Ohio First Suburbs Consortium|title = Northeast Region | accessdate=2007-05-09]

Culture

Fine Arts

Cleveland is home to Playhouse Square Center, the second largest performing arts center in the United States behind New York's Lincoln Center. [cite web|url=http://www.playhousesquare.org/Volunteer/Volunteer.aspx|title = PSC Volunteer | publisher=Playhouse Square Center|accessdate=2006-08-14] Playhouse Square includes the State, Palace, Allen, Hanna, and Ohio theaters within what is known as the Theater District of Downtown Cleveland. [ [http://www.playhousesquare.com/About/About.aspx?ID=13 Playhouse Square: The Theater District.] Playhouse Square Center. Retrieved on May 14, 2007.] Playhouse Square's resident performing arts companies include the Cleveland Opera, the Ohio Ballet, and the Great Lakes Theater Festival. [cite web|url=http://www.playhousesquare.com/About/About.aspx?ID=12|title=Playhouse Square: About Us|publisher = Playhouse Square Center | accessdate = 2007-05-24] The center also hosts various Broadway musicals, special concerts, speaking engagements, and other events throughout the year. One Playhouse Square, now the headquarters for Cleveland's public broadcasters, was originally used as the broadcast studios of WJW Radio, where disc jockey Alan Freed first popularized the term "rock and roll". [ [http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/alan-freed Alan Freed.] Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.] Located between Playhouse Square and University Circle are the Cleveland Play House and Karamu House, a well-known African American performing and fine arts center, both founded in the 1920s. [Mansfield, Herbert. [http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=T4 Theater] . Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 1998-03-04. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.]

Cleveland is also home to the Cleveland Orchestra, widely considered one of the finest orchestras in the world, and often referred to as the finest in the United States. [Walsh, Michael. [http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,979946,00.html "The Finest Orchestra? (Surprise!) Cleveland".] "Time". (1994-01-10) Retrieved on 2007-08-01.] It is one of the "Big Five" major orchestras in the United States. The Orchestra plays in Severance Hall during the winter and at Blossom Music Center during the summer. [ [http://www.clevelandorch.com/html/about/OrchestraHistory.asp A Brief History of the Cleveland Orchestra.] Cleveland Orchestra. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.]

There are two main art museums in Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art is a major American art museum, [ [http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CMOA Cleveland Museum of Art.] Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 1997-06-14. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.] with a collection that includes more than 40,000 works of art ranging over 6,000 years, from ancient masterpieces to contemporary pieces. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland showcases established and emerging artists, particularly from the Cleveland area, through hosting and producing temporary exhibitions. [ [http://cleveland.about.com/od/museums/p/moca.htm Who We Are] . Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.]

Film and Television

Cleveland has served as the setting for several major films, including "The Fortune Cookie" (1967) with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, "Major League" (1989), "Antwone Fisher" (2002) and "Welcome To Collinwood" (2002). Cleveland is also the setting for the film "American Splendor", the lifelong home of writer Harvey Pekar and also the setting for most of his autobiographical comic books, upon which the film was based. The city was also the setting for the popular television sitcom, "The Drew Carey Show" which starred Cleveland native Drew Carey.

Because of its architecture, its proximity and its ease of access, locations in Cleveland are often used by filmmakers as a stand-in for other places. For example, a complex battle scene that was set in New York City in "Spider-Man 3" was filmed in Cleveland in April 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/spiderman/|publisher=Cleveland.com | title = 'Spider Man 3' in Cleveland|accessdate=2006-05-20] Also, many of the external shots for the widely beloved holiday film "A Christmas Story" (1983), which was set in a small town in Indiana, were filmed in Cleveland. [cite web |url= http://us.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Cleveland,%20Ohio,%20USA&&heading=18;with+locations+including;Cleveland,%20Ohio,%20USA|publisher=IMDb | title = Movies made in Cleveland |accessdate=2006-01-24]

Literature

Cleveland was the home of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, who created the comic book character Superman in 1932. Both attended Glenville High School, and their early collaborations resulted in the creation of "The Man of Steel". [ [http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=S26 Superman.] Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 1997-07-22. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.] D. A. Levy wrote : "Cleveland: The Rectal Eye Visions)".

Popular Music

Cleveland has also produced a diverse range of popular musical artists, such as:
*heavy metal bands Chimaira and Mushroomhead
*alternative rock groups Nine Inch Nails and Filter
*hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
*rock band Eric Carmen and The Raspberries [cite web|url=http://www.ericcarmen.com/eric/biography.htm|title=Eric Carmen Biography|publisher = ericcarmen.com | accessdate=2007-07-03]
*R&B groups Dazz Band and The Rude Boys
*protopunk bands Pere Ubu, Rocket From The Tombs and Electric Eels [cite web|url=http://www.clepunk.com/bands.htm|publisher=ClePunk | title= The Bands|accessdate=2007-05-09]
*hip-hop artist Ray Cash
*R&B artists Gerald Levert, Bobby Womack and Avant
*singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman
*Benjamin Orr, bassist/singer/songwriter for rock band The Cars

Cuisine

Cleveland's many immigrant groups have long played an important role in defining the regional cuisine. Polish and Eastern European foods, such as beer, pierogi, and kielbasa are popular in and around the city, as are foods associated with Cleveland's Irish and Italian immigrants. Residents like Hector Boiardi (Chef Boyardee) and Michael Ruhlman have been noted for their contributions in the culinary world. The West Side Market is home to vendors selling many kinds of ethnic food, as well as fresh produce, and ethnic restaurants can be found in the Little Italy, Slavic Village, and Tremont neighborhoods, among others.

Culinary scene

Beginning in 2007, Cleveland's culinary scene began to receive international attention. In early 2008, the Chicago Tribune called Cleveland America's "hot new dining city". [http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0116clevelandfoodjan16,0,2182571.story Cleveland?!? - chicagotribune.com ] ] The national food press—Gourmet, Food & Wine, Esquire and Playboy.com—heaped praise on several Cleveland spots this year for best new restaurant, best steakhouse, best farm-to-table programs and great new neighborhood eateries.

On November 11, 2007, Cleveland chef Michael Symon helped brighten the spotlight on Cleveland's culinary scene when he was named "The Next Iron Chef" on the Food Network reality TV show by the same name. Anthony Bourdain highlighted the city's food scene on a 2007 episode of his Travel Channel show "".

Cleveland's Baricelli Inn has long been an internationally recognized restaurant under the direction of world-renowned Cleveland Chef Paul Minnillo.Fact|date=February 2008

Tourism

Five miles (8 km) east of downtown Cleveland is University Circle, a convert|550|acre|km2|sing=on concentration of cultural, educational, and medical institutions, including the Cleveland Botanical Garden, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Severance Hall, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and the Western Reserve Historical Society. Cleveland is also home to the I. M. Pei-designed Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, located on the Lake Erie waterfront at North Coast Harbor downtown. Neighboring attractions include Cleveland Browns Stadium, the Great Lakes Science Center, the Steamship Mather Museum, and the USS "Cod", a World War II submarine. [cite web|url=http://www.travelcleveland.com/visiting/things_to_do/attractions/|title=Travel Cleveland: Cleveland Attractions|publisher = Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland |accessdate=2007-05-22]

Cleveland is home to many festivals throughout the year. Cultural festivals such as the annual Feast of the Assumption in the Little Italy neighborhood, the Greek Orthodox Festival in the Tremont neighborhood, and the Harvest Festival in the Slavic Village neighborhood are popular events. Vendors at the West Side Market in Ohio City offer many different ethnic foods for sale. Cleveland hosts an annual parade on Saint Patrick's Day that brings hundreds of thousands to the streets of downtown. [cite web|url=http://www.clevelandsirishparade.org/|title=Cleveland's Irish Parade|publisher = clevelandirishparade.org | accessdate=2007-05-09]

Fashion Week Cleveland, the city's annual fashion event, is one of the few internationally-recognized fashion industry happenings in North America. [ [http://www.cosmoworlds.com/fashion_weeks.htm COSMOWORLDS | FASHION WEEKS BY COUNTRY - Directory Fashion Weeks Europe, Russia, North America, Canada, Latin-/South America, Australia, Africa, Asia, Middle East ] ] The show is considered by many to be the best in the Midwest—perhaps second only to New York for fashion weeks in the US.

In addition to the cultural festivals, Cleveland hosted the CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest, which featured national and local acts, including both established artists and up-and-coming acts, but the festival was discontinued in 2007 due to financial and manpower costs to the Rock Hall. [Soeder, John. " [http://blog.cleveland.com/entertainment/2007/04/cmjrock_hall_music_fest_cancel.html CMJ/Rock Hall Music Fest cancelled after two-year run.] " "The Plain Dealer", 2007-04-06.] The annual Ingenuity Festival and Notacon conference focus on the combination of art and technology. The Cleveland International Film Festival has been held annually since 1977, and its eleven day run drew a record 52,753 people in 2007. [O'Connor, Cliff. " [http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2007/03/another_recordsetting_year_for.html Another record-setting year for Cleveland film fest] ." "The Plain Dealer", 2007-03-26.] Cleveland also hosts an annual holiday display lighting and celebration, dubbed Winterfest, which is held downtown at the city's historic hub, Public Square. [cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/winterfest/|title=Winterfest|publisher = Cleveland.com | accessmonthday=May 14|accessyear=2007]

ports

The Cleveland Browns dominated the NFL from 1950 to 1955. The city's franchise is one of the most storied in football, though it last won an NFL championship in 1964 and has never appeared in the Super Bowl.

Cleveland's professional sports teams include the Cleveland Indians (Major League Baseball), Cleveland Browns (National Football League), Cleveland Cavaliers (National Basketball Association), Cleveland City Stars (United Soccer Leagues), Lake Erie Monsters (American Hockey League), and the Cleveland Gladiators (Arena Football League). Annual sporting events held in Cleveland include the Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland, the Cleveland Marathon, the Mid-American Conference college basketball tournament and the Ohio Classic college football game. [cite web|url=http://www.travelcleveland.com/visiting/sports_recreation/|title=Travel Cleveland: Sports + Recreation|publisher = Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland | accessdate=2007-05-22] The city hosted the Gravity Games, an extreme sports series, from 2002 to 2004, and the Dew Action Sports Tour Right Guard Open in 2007. Local sporting facilities include Progressive Field, Cleveland Browns Stadium, Quicken Loans Arena, and the CSU Wolstein Center.

The Cleveland Indians last reached the World Series in 1997, losing to the Florida Marlins, and have not won the series since 1948. Between 1995 and 2001, Jacobs Field sold out 455 consecutive games and held a Major League Baseball record until it was broken in 2008. [cite news|url=http://www.eagletribune.com/pusports/local_story_253023720.html?keyword=topstory|title=Sellouts! Record 456 and counting for Sox|author=Burt, Bill | work = Eagle Tribune|date=2008-09-09|accessdate=2008-09-10] The Cleveland Cavaliers are experiencing a renaissance with Cleveland fans due to LeBron James, a native of nearby Akron and the number one overall draft pick of 2003. The Cavaliers won the Eastern Conference in 2007, but were defeated in the NBA Finals by the San Antonio Spurs. The city's recent lack of success in sports has earned it a reputation of being a cursed sports city, which ESPN validated by proclaiming Cleveland as its "most tortured sports city" in 2004. [Darcy, Kieran. [http://web.archive.org/web/20041013110332/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=tortured/cleveland Mistakes by the Lake.] ESPN.com: Page 2. (2004-07-13). Retrieved on 2005-10-11.]

The tradition of professional hockey in Cleveland started with the original Cleveland Barons in 1937. [cite web|url=http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/cleveland/barons.html|publisher=Sports E-cyclopedia | title = Cleveland Barons (1976-1978)|access date=2007-08-01] Cleveland fielded an NHL team, also called the Cleveland Barons, from 1976 to 1978, which was later merged into the Minnesota North Stars. Cleveland's current hockey team is the minor-league Lake Erie Monsters, which began play in 2007. [Malik, George James. [http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2007/10/griffins_take_down_lake_erie_i.html "Griffins take down Lake Erie in opener"] , "Grand Rapids Press". 2007-10-07.] The city has had other major and minor-league hockey teams in the past including the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League and the Cleveland Crusaders of the WHA. Cleveland was also home to the Cleveland Rockers, one of the original eight teams [cite news | url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/wnba/2004-01-06-dispersal-draft_x.htm | publisher = USA Today | accessdate = 2007-08-10 | title = Rockers divvied up in dispersal draft | date = January 6, 2004] in the WNBA in 1997. However, in 2003, the team folded after owner Gordon Gund dropped the team from operation.

In 2005, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced that Cleveland was one of several top areas in contention for an expansion team in 2007. [cite web | url = http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20051011&content_id=45504&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp | date = October 11, 2005 | title = Commissioner sets Toronto deadline | author = Nierman, Jonathan | publisher = Major League Soccer | accessdate = 2007-08-10] Delays in securing a soccer-only stadium have now prevented any such team from beginning play until the 2009 season, but the Cleveland area is still a contender for expansion. The city's current soccer team, the Cleveland City Stars, play in the USL Second Division.

Cleveland also fielded two indoor soccer teams, the original Cleveland Force of the NPSL . This team folded in 1988. They were replaced by the Cleveland Crunch of the MISL, but the team ceased operations in 2005 after having won three league championships in the 90s.

Media

Cleveland is served in print by "The Plain Dealer", the city's sole remaining daily newspaper. The competing "Cleveland Press" ceased publication on June 17, 1982, and the "Cleveland News" ended its run in 1960. Cleveland also supports several alternative weekly publications, including the "Free Times" and "Cleveland Scene". These two publications have recently become one joint paper.

Cleveland, combined with nearby Akron, was ranked in 2006–2007 as the 17th largest television market by Nielsen Media Research. [cite web|url=http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=bc0e47f8b5264010VgnVCM100000880a260aRCRD|publisher=Nielsen Media Research | title = Sampling the Population | date=2006-09-23 | accessdate=2007-08-02] The market is served by stations affiliated with major American networks including: WKYC-TV (channel 3, NBC), WEWS (channel 5, ABC), WJW-TV (channel 8, Fox), WOIO (channel 19, CBS), WUAB (channel 43, MNTV), and WBNX (channel 55, The CW). Cleveland is also served by WVPX (channel 23, ION) and Spanish-language channel WQHS-TV (channel 61, Univision). WVIZ (channel 25) and WEAO (channel 49) are members of PBS. A Cleveland first in television was "The Morning Exchange" program on WEWS, which defined the morning show format, and served as the inspiration for "Good Morning America". [cite web| url=http://www.newsnet5.com/newschannel5/913419/detail.html| title=NewsChannel5's First 50 Years| year=2005| |publisher=WEWS-TV| accessdate=2007-08-02]

Cleveland is also served by over 43 AM and FM radio stations directly, and dozens of other stations are heard from elsewhere in Northeast Ohio. [ [http://radiostationworld.com/locations/United_States_of_America/Ohio/radio.asp?m=cle Cleveland OH] , RadioStationWorld. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.]

Economy

Cleveland's location on the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie has been key to its growth. The Ohio and Erie Canal coupled with rail links helped establish the city as a major American manufacturing center. Steel and many other manufactured goods emerged as its industries. [Stapleton, Darwin H. [http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=I4 Industry.] The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 1997-07-17. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.]

The city has sought to diversify its economy to become less dependent on its struggling manufacturing sector. Cleveland is the corporate headquarters of many large companies such as Eaton Corporation, National City Corporation, American Greetings, Forest City Enterprises, Sherwin-Williams Company, KeyCorp, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Progressive Auto Insurance, TravelCenters of America, and Aleris International. NASA maintains a facility in Cleveland, the Glenn Research Center. Jones Day, one of the largest law firms in the world, traces its origins to Cleveland, and its Cleveland office remains the firm's largest. [Cho, Janet H. "A global venue; Cleveland's Jones Day law firm makes motions all over the world, but its culture is rooted in the town where it began", "The Plain Dealer". 2006-06-19.]

However, in recent years, the Cleveland area has lost nearly a dozen corporate headquarters, including TRW, Office Max, BP, and Oglebay Norton, most through acquisitions or mergers. [ [http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/cwp/sus_trend.php Sustainability (Draft): Trends] , Cleveland Planning Commission. Accessed November 12, 2007.] In 2005, Duke Realty Corp., one of the area's largest landlords, announced it was selling all of its property in the Cleveland area because of the stagnation of the market; however, the company continues to maintain a large office building portfolio in the southern suburbs. [ [http://www.realestatejournal.com/columnists_com/blueprint/20060112-blueprint.html Stagnant Commercial Market Rocks Cleveland Real Estate] , January 12, 2006. Accessed November 9, 2007.] The commercial real estate market rebounded in 2007 as office properties were purchased at a record pace. [cite web |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119378048017676727.html |title=Health-Care Industry Helps Revive Office Market in Cleveland |last=Webber Sadovi |first=Maura |publisher="The Wall Street Journal" |date=2007-10-31 |accessdate=2008-01-05] From the beginning of July to the end of September, 2007, there was one residential foreclosure for every fifty-seven homes in the metropolitan area, [ [http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2007/11/14/Third_quarter_foreclosures.ART_ART_11-14-07_C10_6L8FHGQ.html?sid=101 Ohio is a leader in housing downturn] , The Columbus Dispatch. November 14, 2007. Accessed November 14, 2007.] and ten percent of the city's homes are now vacant, due in part to the rise in foreclosure filings. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7070935.stm Foreclosure Wave Sweeps America] , BBC, November 5, 2007. Accessed November 14, 2007.]

Cleveland's largest employer, the Cleveland Clinic, [cite web | url = http://www.acinet.org/acinet/oview6.asp?soccode=&stfips=39&from=State&id=&nodeid=12 | title = State Profile: Largest Employers, Ohio | date = 2007 | publisher = America's Career InfoNet | accessdate = 2007-08-10] ranks among America's best hospitals as tabulated by "U.S. News & World Report". [ [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/directory/glance_6410670.htm Best Hospitals 2006: Cleveland Clinic] . "U.S. News & World Report" (2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-17.] Cleveland's healthcare industry includes University Hospitals of Cleveland, a noted competitor which ranked twenty-fifth in cancer care, [ [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/rankings/specihqcanc.htm Best Hospitals 2006: Cancer] . "U.S. News & World Report". (2006-07-13) Retrieved on 2007-08-01.] and MetroHealth medical center.

Cleveland is an emerging area for biotechnology and fuel cell research, led by Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic, and University Hospitals of Cleveland. Cleveland is among the top recipients of investment for biotech start-ups and research. [cite press release |url= http://www.bioenterprise.com/reports/2007/q12007vcactivityrelease.pdf|format = PDF | title= Midwest Health Care Startups Raise $324 Million in Q1 2007 | publisher = BioEnterprise|date = April 24, 2007 | accessdate = 2007-08-01] Case Western Reserve, the Clinic, and University Hospitals have recently announced plans to build a large biotechnology research center and incubator on the site of the former Mt. Sinai Medical Center, creating a research campus to stimulate biotech startup companies that can be spun off from research conducted in the city. [cite web|url=http://westquad.case.edu/faqs/|title=Case Western Reserve University: West Quad|publisher = Case Western Reserve University: School of Medicine | accessdate = 2007-08-01] City leaders stepped up efforts to cultivate a technology sector in its economy in the early 2000s. Former Mayor Jane L. Campbell appointed a "tech czar" whose job is to actively recruit tech companies to the downtown office market, offering connections to the high-speed fiber networks that run underneath downtown streets in several "high-tech offices" focused on the Euclid Avenue area. Cleveland State University hired a Technology Transfer Officer to work full time on cultivating technology transfers from CSU research to marketable ideas and companies in the Cleveland area, and appointed a Vice President for Economic Development to leverage the university's assets in expanding the city's economy. Case Western Reserve University participates in technology initiatives such as the OneCommunity project [ [http://www.onecommunity.org Fiber Optic Network Connecting Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.] OneCommunity project. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.] a high-speed fiber optic network linking the area's major research centers intended to stimulate growth. OneCommunity's work attracted the attention of Intel and in mid-2005, Cleveland was named an Intel "Worldwide Digital Community" along with Corpus Christi, Texas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Taipei, Taiwan. This distinction added about $12 million for marketing to expand regional technology partnerships, create a city-wide WiFi network, and develop a tech economy. In addition to this Intel initiative, in January 2006 a New York-based think tank, the Intelligent Community Forum, selected Cleveland as the sole American city among its seven finalists for the "Intelligent Community of the Year" award. The group announced that it nominated the city for its OneCommunity network with potential broadband applications. [Gomez, Henry J. "Top U.S. Broadband town: Cleveland". "The Plain Dealer". (2006-01-20).] The OneCommunity Network is collaborating with Cisco Systems to deploy a cutting-edge wireless network that could provide widespread access to the region. Cisco is testing new technologies in wireless "mesh" networking. OneCommunity and Cisco officially launched the first phase in September 2006, blanketing several square miles of University Circle with wireless connectivity. Additionally, Cisco Systems acquired the former Aironet Wireless Networks, which was based in the Greater Cleveland area, to form its wireless networking product lineup and maintain a facility in the region. [Vanac, Mary. "Ohio hot to invest in Wi-Fi technology", "The Plain Dealer". 2006-10-05.]

Demographics

USCensusPop
1820=606
1830=1075
1840=6071
1850=17034
1860=43417
1870=92829
1880=160146
1890=261353
1900=381768
1910=560663
1920=796841
1930=900429
1940=878336
1950=914808
1960=876050
1970=750903
1980=573822
1990=505616
2000=478403
estyear=2007
estimate=438042
footnote= [cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027.html|title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990|last=Gibson|first=Campbell|publisher = US Census Bureau | accessdate=2005-10-11]
As of the 2000 Census,GR|2 there were 478,403 people, 190,638 households, and 111,904 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,166.5 people per square mile (2,380.9/km²). There were 215,856 housing units at an average density of 2,782.4 per square mile (1,074.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 50.99% Black or African American, 41.49% White, 1.35% Asian, 0.30% Native American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.59% from other races, and 2.24% from two or more races. 7.26% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. Ethnic groups include Germans (9.2%), Irish (8.2% ), Poles (4.8%), Italians (4.6%), and English (2.8%). There are also substantial communities of Hungarians, Arabs, Romanians, Czechs, Slovaks, Greeks, Ukrainians, Albanians, Macedonians, Croats, Serbs, Lithuanians, Slovenes, Koreans, and Han Chinese. The presence of Hungarians within Cleveland proper was so great that the city once boasted the highest concentration of Hungarians in the world outside of Budapest. [Baranick, Alana. [http://www.cleveland.com/heritage/index.ssf?/heritage/more/hungary/hungary1.html "Cleveland's Hungarian story expands beyond Buckeye Rd. where immigrants paved the way for new arrivals] ", "The Plain Dealer". Retrieved 2007-07-08.]

There were 190,638 households out of which 29.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 28.5% were married couples living together, 24.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.3% were nonfamilies. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.19. The population was spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,928, and the median income for a family was $30,286. Males had a median income of $30,610 versus $24,214 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,291. 26.3% of the population and 22.9% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 37.6% of those under the age of 18 and 16.8% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Cleveland was hit hard in the 1960s and early 1970s by white flight and suburbanization. While the city's total population declined, Cleveland Public Schools' enrollment had increased: 99,686 in 1950, and 134,765 in 1960, and 148,793 in 1963.Cite web
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] claiming that the public schools were at least partly at fault for Cleveland's housing segregation into ethnic neighborhoods. Between August 31, 1976 and 1984, Chief United States District Judge Frank J. Battisti issued over 4,000 court orders including implementation of forced-busing of Cleveland Public Schools, the case was appealed to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, which by 23 Aug. 1979 upheld Battisti's earlier orders, and was later upheld on appeal by the Supreme Court of the United States. From 1970 to 1980, Cleveland experienced a 24% decline in population (from 751 thousand to 574 thousand),Cite web
title=The 1970s: Decade of School Enrollment Exodus from the Cities - What If There Had Been No Forced Busing?
publisher=Demographia
url=http://www.demographia.com/db-forcedbusing.htm
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] , which was part of a longer-term on-going trend from 1950 to 2000. Demographia estimates that Cleveland's 1980 population would have been 5% higher (606 thousand) without mandatory busing. Mandatory busing was one of several factors which sped up the migration from out of Cleveland by those who could afford to. The administrative and operational expense of complying with mandatory busing and other federal court orders caused a dramatic increase in overhead expenditures per student, while declining tax revenues resulted in lower expenditures on actually educating public school students. In 1996, Martin Hoke, Cleveland's 10th. District United States House Representative was quoted: "Children are now bused from a predominantly black school on the east side of town to a predominantly black school on the west side of town. More than half a billion dollarsCite web
title=Testimony of Joyce Haws, Communications Director, National Association of Neighborhood Schools/Cleveland
date=September 18, 1996
publisher=Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, U.S House of Representatives
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] Cref|A has been spent on desegregation activities since 1978-money that could have been used to buy textbooks, upgrade science laboratories or purchase new computers. When kids attend schools miles away from their homes, what working parent is able to attend sporting events, parent-teacher conferences, and home-room parties? Busing has contributed significantly to the decline of our urban centers." [Cite web
title=Busing Updates
date=Fall/Winter 196
publisher=Issues and Views Magazine
url=http://www.issues-views.com/index.php/sect/1003/article/1049
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] The combination of many factors resulted in declining enrollments. Before mandatory busing, in 1976, minority enrollment in Cleveland Public Schools was 58%, by 1994 it was 71%. By 1996, Cleveland Public Schools total enrollment was half of what it was pre-mandatory busing. In 1991, Ohio had a new proficiency test for 9th. grade students which the majority of Cleveland Public Schools students did not pass. By 1994, almost 50% of the system's students were failing to graduate from high school, and many "graduates" who did not qualify for "entry-level" jobs, with many employers increasingly requiring secondary or post-secondary degrees due to more information technology-related jobs and other changes in the overall economy. In March 1994, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Cleveland Chapter, Reed vs. Rhodes plaintiff, challenged the fairness of the Ohio 9th. grade proficiency test as an Ohio secondary school graduation requirement for African-American students; Cite web
title=Proficiency Testing in Ohio -- A Summary, and Challenges to Ninth Grade Proficiency Tests in Ohio
publisher=Ohio Department of Education, on-line reprint(s)
url=http://www.chuh.net/school/FAQs/OPTs.background.html
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] the subsequent federal court settlement agreement(s) left the 9th. grade secondary school graduation requirement intact and unchanged in 1994 and subsequently. Prior to mandatory busing, Cleveland Public Schools graduation rate was 75 percent, by 1996 it had dropped to 26.6 percent Although mandatory busing ended in the 1990s, Cleveland continued to slide into poverty, reaching a nadir in 2004 when it was named the poorest major city in the United States. [The Associated Press. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6080044/ "Cleveland rated poorest big city in U.S."] September 23, 2004. Retrieved from MSNBC on 2007-08-01.] Cleveland was again rated the poorest major city in the U.S. in 2006, with a poverty rate of 32.4%. [Diane Suchetka and Barb Galbincea. "Cleveland Rated Poorest City for Second Time". The Plain Dealer. (2006-08-30) Available at [http://www.aproundtable.org/news.cfm?news_ID=1451&issuecode=gen The American Policy Roundtable.] Retrieved on 2007-08-01.]

Changing Demographics

Government and politics

Cleveland's position as a center of manufacturing established it as a hotbed of union activity early in its history. This contributed to a political progressivism that has influenced Cleveland politics to the present. While other parts of Ohio, particularly Cincinnati and the southern portion of the state, have historically supported the Republican Party, Cleveland commonly breeds the strongest support in the state for the Democrats; [cite web |url=http://www3.uakron.edu/src/DataServ/Elections/ |title=Ohio Voter and Election Maps |last=Huskins |first=David |publisher=University of Akron Center for Policy Studies |accessdate=2007-08-10] Cleveland's representative in the House of Representatives is a Democrat: Dennis Kucinich, who represents the 10th District of Ohio, which includes most of western Cleveland. Democrat Stephanie Tubbs Jones represented the 11th District of Ohio, which encompasses most of downtown and eastern Cleveland, until her death in 2008 (The seat is currently vacant). During the 2004 Presidential election, although George W. Bush carried Ohio, John Kerry carried Cuyahoga County, [Leip, David. [http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2004&fips=39035&f=1&off=0&elect=0 2004 Presidential General Election Results.] Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.] which gave him the strongest support in the state.

The city of Cleveland operates on the mayor-council (strong mayor) form of government. [Richardson, James F. [http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=P12 Politics.] The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 1998-05-13. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.] The mayor is the chief executive of the city, and the office is held in 2008 by Frank G. Jackson. Previous mayors of Cleveland include progressive Democrat Tom L. Johnson, United States Supreme Court Justice Harold Hitz Burton, Republican Senator George V. Voinovich, two-time Democratic Ohio Governor and Senator Frank J. Lausche, and Carl B. Stokes, the first African American mayor of a major American city. ["Carl B. Stokes, 68, first Black Mayor of a major U.S. city, dies - Obituary". "Jet", April 22, 1996. Available at [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n23_v89/ai_18201294 findarticles.com.] Retrieved on 2007-08-10.]

Education

Public Schools

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is the largest K-12 district in the state, with 127 schools and an enrollment of 55,567 students during the 2006–2007 academic year. [ [http://www.cmsdnet.net/administration/masterPlanUpdateFinal.doc Master Plan Update 2] (MS Word doc). Cleveland Metropolitan School District Bond Accountability Commission. 2007-05-21. Retrieved on 2007-07-25.] It is the only district in Ohio that is under direct control of the mayor, who appoints a school board. [cite web|url=http://www.catalyst-cleveland.org/guides/index.php?id=13|publisher=Catalyst Cleveland| title = Reform History|accessdate=2007-05-09]

*Collinwood High School
*East High School
*East Technical High School
*Glenville High School
*James Ford Rhodes High School
*John Adams High School

Private Schools

*Benedictine High School(all-boys')
*Cleveland Central Catholic High School
*Eleanor Gerson School
*St. Ignatius High School (all-boys')
*St. Joseph Academy (all-girls')
*Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School

Colleges and Universities

Cleveland is home to a number of colleges and universities. Most prominent among these is Case Western Reserve University, a world-renowned research and teaching institution located in University Circle. A private university with several prominent graduate programs, Case was ranked 38th in the nation in 2007 by "U.S. News & World Report". [ [http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php "America's Best Colleges 2007".] "U.S. News & World Report". Retrieved on 2007-07-22.] University Circle also contains Cleveland Institute of Art, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine. Cleveland State University (CSU), based in downtown Cleveland, is the city's public four-year university. In addition to CSU, downtown hosts the metropolitan campus of Cuyahoga Community College, the county's two-year higher education institution, as well as Myers University, a private four-year school that focuses on business education. [Wertheim, Sally H. [http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=HE Higher Education.] The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 1998-05-12. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.]

Ohio Technical College is based in Cleveland [http://www.ohiotechnicalcollege.com/] .

Transportation

Airports

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is the city's major airport and an international airport that serves as one of three main hubs for Continental Airlines. It holds the distinction of having the first airport-to-downtown rapid transit connection in North America, established in 1968. In 1930, the airport was the site of the first airfield lighting system and the first air traffic control tower. Cleveland Hopkins is a significant regional air freight hub hosting Federal Express, United Parcel Service, United States Postal Service, and major commercial freight carriers.

In addition to Hopkins, Cleveland is served by Burke Lakefront Airport, on the north shore of downtown between Lake Erie and the Shoreway. Burke is primarily a commuter and business airport. [Tinsley, Jesse. "Burke to host air service again; Startup offers no-hassle hop to Detroit, more", "The Plain Dealer". 2006-07-18.]

Port

The Port of Cleveland, located at the Cuyahoga River's mouth, is a major bulk freight terminal on Lake Erie receiving much of the raw materials used by the region's manufacturing industries. [cite web
title = Port of Cleveland
publisher = Port of Cleveland
url = http://WWW.PortOfCleveland.Com/
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]

Railroads

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Cleveland, via the Capitol Limited and Lake Shore Limited routes, which stop at Cleveland Lakefront Station. Cleveland has also been identified as a hub for the proposed Ohio Hub project, which would bring high-speed rail to Ohio. [ [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ohiorail/Ohio%20Hub/Website/ordc/index.html The Ohio Hub] . Ohio Rail Development Commission. Retrieved on 2006-11-04.]

Cleveland hosts at least a couple inter-modal freight railroad terminals. [cite web
title = CSX Intermodal Terminal Information
publisher = CSX
url = http://www.csxi.com/share/csxiservices/main/docs/CSXI_Terminal_Information-REF10300.pdf
format = PDF
] [cite web
title = Norfolk Southern
publisher = Norfolk Southern
url = http://www.nscorp.com/nscintermodal/Intermodal/System_Info/Terminals/cleveland.html
format = HTML
]

Mass transit

In 2007, the American Public Transportation Association named Cleveland's mass transit system the best in North America. [cite web|url=http://www.gcrta.org/nu_newsroom_releases.asp?listingid=1096 | title=Greater Cleveland: Best Location for Public Transportation in the Nation |accessdate=2008-06-30] Cleveland currently has a bus and rail mass transit system operated by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA). The rail portion is officially called the RTA Rapid Transit, but is referred to by local residents as "The Rapid". It consists of two light rail lines, known as the Green and Blue Lines, and a heavy rail line, the Red Line. RTA is currently installing a bus rapid transit line, for which naming rights were purchased by the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, called the "Health" or Silver Line, which will run along Euclid Avenue from downtown to University Circle. [cite web|url=http://euclidtransit.org/|title=The Euclid Corridor Transportation Project|publisher = Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | accessdate=2005-10-11]

Inter-city bus lines

National inter-city scheduled bus service is provided at a Greyhound station, located just behind Playhouse Square theater district. Lakefront Trailways provides regional inter-city bus service to popular destinations from their terminal south of Cleveland in Brookpark, Ohio. [cite web
title = Lakefront Lines
publisher = Trailways Transportation System
url = http://WWW.LakeFrontLines.Com/
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]

Akron Metro, Brunswick Transit Alternative, Laketran, Lorain County Transit, and Medina County Transit provide connecting bus service to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Geauga County Transit and Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority (PARTA) also offer connecting bus service in their neighboring areas. [cite web
title = Out-of-County Connections
publisher = Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
url = http://www.gcrta.org/ro_outofcounty.asp
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]

Major highways

Three two-digit Interstate highways serve Cleveland directly.
* .
* .
* .Cleveland is also served by two three-digit interstates,
* , which enters Cleveland briefly at a few points and
* .]

Two other limited-access highways serve Cleveland.
* The Cleveland Memorial Shoreway carries I-90.
* The Jennings Freeway .
* A third highway, the Berea Freeway .]

ister cities

Cleveland has twenty sister cities:Sister Cities information obtained from [http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/usa/OH Online Directory: Ohio, USA.] Sister Cities International, Inc. Retrieved on July 11, 2007.]

ee also

*Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion
*Cleveland Torso Murderer (Kingsbury Run murders)
*Wikitravel|Cleveland

References

General References

* [http://ech.cwru.edu/ The Encyclopedia Of Cleveland History (2002)] . "Case Western Reserve University".
* [http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/maps/Clevmaps.html Cleveland Cartography]
* [http://www.clevelandmemory.org Cleveland Memory Project]

External links

* [http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/ City Of Cleveland Home Page]
* [http://www.positivelycleveland.com/ Positively Cleveland] (Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland)
*Dmoz|Regional/North_America/United_States/Ohio/Localities/C/Cleveland|Cleveland
*Flickr-inline|Cleveland
* [http://urbanohio.com/Cleveland.htm Pictures of Cleveland at UrbanOhio.com]
* [http://www.railsandtrails.com/Cleveland/index.html Historic Cleveland Maps] (1835–1971)


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