Downtown Cleveland

College. I moved to Olmsted Township to be closer to Central School of Practical Nursing. When I was growing up I moved around very frequently. We never lived in one place for more than a year. I grew up around the Akron area until I moved up to the Cleveland area my sophomore year in high school. I am honestly very glad my family moved away from the Akron area to Avon. Since I was moving around frequently I was not able to look into what my community had to offer. This project has made me…

The Cleveland Cavaliers had their backs against the wall in game 5 and clawed their way to a 112-96 victory. Klay Thompson led the Golden State Warriors with 37 points, but it wasn't enough to counteract the 82 points from Kyrie Irving and LeBron James. The Cavs forced a game 6 in Cleveland. If the Cavaliers want to keep the momentum going, they should focus on these three keys. Kyrie Irving has been on fire recently scoring 30 plus in three straight games. No other teammate of LeBron has…

The Cleveland Clinic has satellite facilities around Northeastern Ohio to help prevent you from having to always travel downtown to be seen by your chosen physician. University Hospitals is another large hospital system in the area that provides top-notch care. A final large hospital system in the Cleveland area includes the Metrohealth Hospital System. Akron General is available down in the Akron region…

In the book SeedFolks by Paul Fleischman Leona leaves in Cleveland ext to a vacant lot full of garbage. One day people start planting in the garbage, but she wants the Health Department of Cleveland to clean the garbage. One she calls the department but they don’t pick up the phone. The next day she calls they pick up this time but this time they told her to call a different part of the department. The next day though she took a bus downtown with a garbage…

The Revitalization of Eastlake, Ohio Eastlake started off as a small village and in 1951 it officially became a city in Northeast Ohio. Home to the Lake County Captains minor league baseball team, which brings in most of the city’s tourism. The population as of 2013 was 18,418, a 9.1% decrease since 2000 (Kamenov). In Eastlake, there are many buildings that have been abandoned by the owners and left to build up dust. Some examples of these buildings are the old Wal-Mart on Vine Street and the…

Well, this is what exactly happened one afternoon in Cleveland, Ohio on 1968. Martin McFadden who has been a “police detective for thirty nine years” observed two men who were “acting strangely out on the streets of downtown Cleveland” (Criminal Procedure et al). According to McFadden, the two men have been "walking back and forth separately along Euclid Avenue" (aclu). This would have been considered a normal situation in downtown Cleveland had the two strangers not continued to meet and…

The team began to play in the 1993 season as the Florida Marlins. They started playing home games from the beginning of their inaugural season to the 2011 season at Sun Life Stadium. Ever since the 2012 season, they have played at Marlins Park in downtown Miami, on the site of the former Orange Bowl in Little Havana, Florida. The new park is owned by Miami-Dade County. Also the new park, unlike Sun Life Stadium, was designed foremost as a baseball park, rather than a field to be shared with…

children into the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program in 1995. Starting out as a lottery that Cleveland parents entered in the hopes of securing funding to escape the Cleveland Municipal School district, it soon became the beginning of a national movement, School Choice. Children can’t control the income levels of their parents but School Choice gives them an opportunity to level the playing field, although all were not in favor. District Court Judge Solomon Oliver deemed the Cleveland…

Wayne is a great place to live for many reasons including below average cost of living when it comes to housing, groceries and transportation. The city is known for a large variety of entertainment and a booming downtown area. The city is home to multiple minor league sports teams, museums, art galleries, a zoo, an orchestra and 86 public parks. Events such as the Johnny Appleseed Festival along with events at Indiana University-Purdue University are annual draws…

Number 1 pick in the NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The irony of this? Lebron James was actually from Ohio. “James, 31, who was born in Akron and played for St. Vincent-St. Mary High School.” (Emily Bamforth) From the day Lebron was drafted, The challenge for Lebron was to bring a championship home to Cleveland. This was a hard task considering Cleveland had not won a championship in 50+ years! After 7 years with no championship, Lebron left Cleveland. “LeBron James crushed Cavaliers…