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Memory Collector: A look back on the history ,architecture, and character of Cleveland, Ohio 🫶🏼

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Warmer days ahead ☀️

C. 2025

#henklesflour #fairchildsflour #grainelevator #civilwarera #detroitsuperiorbridge taken in Cleveland, Ohio by @clehistory

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Jose Ramirez of the Cleveland Indians runs the bases during the game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on September 1, 2013 The Indians defeated the Tigers 4-0.

📷:Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images

The real 🐐 King Jose!

#joseramirez #jram #cleveland #ohio #62 by @clehistory

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LeBron is headed to Philadelphia, but made sure to remind everyone that “Northeast Ohio will always be home.”

How are you feeling about his decision? 👇** taken in Cleveland, Ohio by @clehistory

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Vegetarian and vegan options have become a staple of restaurants.

But things were very different when Tom Fello opened his pioneering new restaurant in Coventry 54 years ago.

Since 1972, Tommy’s has been ground zero for the new dietary movement.

“People had no idea what vegetarianism was,” says Fello. “There was one other place in the city – Genesis 1:29 — you could call a vegetarian restaurant.”

Fello never imagined he would become a restaurant revolutionary.

He was a teenager working at a Coventry drugstore with a soda fountain selling pre-made burgers in cellophane when a light went off.

“The owner was Lebanese and his wife would stop by to bring him this great food for lunch,” says Fello. “I was like, ‘Why don’t we sell this stuff instead of these garbage burgers?’”

Boom!

The counter became a regular stop for hippies that were part of an ecological movement that called for the ethical treatment of animals.

To read more about Tommy’s and the rise of vegetarian and vegan dining in Cleveland, subscribe to 216 Scoop Newsletter in the bio. @tommyscoventry #cleveland #vege #vegetarian #veganfood by @clehistory

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League Park along Lexington Avenue This view faces east on Lexington Avenue, c. 1910

📷: Louis Baus/ Cleveland Public Library, Photograph Collection

#clehistory #leaguepark #e66 #lexingtonave #cleveland taken in League Park by @clehistory

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On July 22, 1796, General Moses Cleaveland landed at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River and declared this spot the capital of the Connecticut Western Reserve. He didn’t stick around long — just a few months — but he left his name and laid out what we now know as Public Square. Fast-forward 230 years, and the city he founded is a hub of culture, grit and comeback stories. Happy birthday, Cleveland! #cleveland #thisiscle by @clehistory

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Playhouse Square, looking West. C. 1950s postcard

#psq #playhousesquare #downtown #cleveland by @clehistory

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LeBron James of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School dunks the ball during a game against Western Reserve Academy at Price Gymnasium on the campus of Hiram College in January 01, 2001 .

📷:Tom Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images

#lebronjames #cleveland #lebron #2001 #homecoming by @clehistory

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Edison’s Pub says it’s back under its original ownership 🍻

The Tremont bar had previously been acquired by Hangry Brands, but a notice posted on the front door says it’s now back under its original ownership. The notice says the business is restoring relationships with suppliers and vendors during a brief transition before welcoming customers back. taken in Cleveland, Ohio by @clehistory

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Sixty years ago, Cleveland suffered its most harrowing nights – when buildings burned, and looting, violence and chaos consumed in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood.

The July 18-24 riots were part of a wave of urban and racial unrest in the U.S.

And yet, music still united when the Supremes came to Leo’s Casino, located on the edge of Hough.

Two of the three shows went off without incident. The third was canceled when the National Guard cleared the area.

Hough – spanning two square miles from Superior to Euclid, East 55th to 105th — became synonymous with Cleveland’s decline.

It also reflects hopes and challenges going forward.

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The Spark: Racist incidents at Seventy-Niner’s Café (a Jewish-owned bar popular with Black patrons) at East 79th and Hough. The neighborhood was severely overcrowded, and tensions had been simmering between the Black community and an overwhelmingly white police force.

Damage: Four deaths, 30 injuries, 240 fires, 300 arrests, $1-2 million in damages.

Impact: White and Black flight. Overcrowded with a 66,000 pre-riot population, it now has 11,000. The riots hastened disinvestment, depressed property values.

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Challenges: 43% poverty rates, with violent crime significantly above national averages.

Signs of revival: Historic League Park was restored and reopened in 2014. Long a food desert, Hough welcomed a Dave’s Supermarket in 2019.

Progress: Several multi-million projects are growing Hough with affordable housing, from 9410 Hough to Gateway66 to the conversion of the historic, 120-year-old Hough Bank.

To read more about Hough and the neighborhood going forward, subscribe to 216 Scoop newsletter in the bio.

#cleveland #1960s by @clehistory

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The Hollenden Hotel Opened in 1885 and was once the most glamorous of all of Cleveland’s hotels. In 1926, a $5 million annex was added to the east side of the hotel. After cycling through owners, the once storied meeting place met the wrecking ball in 1962.

📷: Western Reserve Historical Society
#hollendenhotel #cleveland #ohio #lostcleveland #wrhs by @clehistory

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Cleveland Railway Car 565 at Central Ave. and East 83rd Street, 1905.

📷:Cleveland Memory Project
#cleveland #streetcars #lostcleveland #centralave #clevelandrailway taken in Cleveland, Ohio by @clehistory

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