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Iconic places to see and visit while in CLE
You could carve an entire trip out of Cleveland’s rich culinary history. Or you could cram much of it into one simple stop at the historic West Side Market. The indoor, European-style market has been around for more than a century and still looks like it did when it catered to the immigrant community all those years ago: vendors hawking Old-World baked goods; family-owned stands displaying their colorful produce; fishmongers offering smoked fish and eels; classic butcher cases filled with sausages and animal guts — it’s not just steaks and salmon filets, here, kids. Today it’s surrounded by the city’s hottest restaurants and breweries, turning the area on and near the corner of West 25th Street and Lorain Ave. into arguably the most happening blocks in Cleveland. But at the center of it all, is the city’s most famous grocery store. WHAT YOU’LL SEE: This is simple: Upon entering the long, narrow, granite structure, you’ll see row after row after row of vendors. More than 100, in fact. Some are there to sell locals their weekly produce and proteins. Others specialize in sausages of all types, hot sauces, baked goods and Cleveland’s beloved pierogies. Architecturally, the market is steeped in its late-Industrial-Age roots. The main structure resembles an old train station, both inside and out, and its iconic 137-foot clock tower has served as a beacon to Cleveland’s west siders since it was erected all those years ago. WHAT ELSE TO DO? Before you even think about hitting up the many neighboring bars and restaurants, you need to try the ample ready-to-eat selections at the market itself. There are several prepared-foods booths where you can try local bratwurst sandwiches and hot dogs, or international delights like crepes, falafel and Cambodian sticky rice. When you’re done at the market, remember, you’re still in Ohio City. Go to the breweries and brewpubs. Within just a few blocks you can hit some of the landmarks: Market Garden, Nano Brew Cleveland and the godfather of Cleveland’s recent craft beer boom, Great Lakes Brewing Company.
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Mercado West Side
1979 W 25th St
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You could carve an entire trip out of Cleveland’s rich culinary history. Or you could cram much of it into one simple stop at the historic West Side Market. The indoor, European-style market has been around for more than a century and still looks like it did when it catered to the immigrant community all those years ago: vendors hawking Old-World baked goods; family-owned stands displaying their colorful produce; fishmongers offering smoked fish and eels; classic butcher cases filled with sausages and animal guts — it’s not just steaks and salmon filets, here, kids. Today it’s surrounded by the city’s hottest restaurants and breweries, turning the area on and near the corner of West 25th Street and Lorain Ave. into arguably the most happening blocks in Cleveland. But at the center of it all, is the city’s most famous grocery store. WHAT YOU’LL SEE: This is simple: Upon entering the long, narrow, granite structure, you’ll see row after row after row of vendors. More than 100, in fact. Some are there to sell locals their weekly produce and proteins. Others specialize in sausages of all types, hot sauces, baked goods and Cleveland’s beloved pierogies. Architecturally, the market is steeped in its late-Industrial-Age roots. The main structure resembles an old train station, both inside and out, and its iconic 137-foot clock tower has served as a beacon to Cleveland’s west siders since it was erected all those years ago. WHAT ELSE TO DO? Before you even think about hitting up the many neighboring bars and restaurants, you need to try the ample ready-to-eat selections at the market itself. There are several prepared-foods booths where you can try local bratwurst sandwiches and hot dogs, or international delights like crepes, falafel and Cambodian sticky rice. When you’re done at the market, remember, you’re still in Ohio City. Go to the breweries and brewpubs. Within just a few blocks you can hit some of the landmarks: Market Garden, Nano Brew Cleveland and the godfather of Cleveland’s recent craft beer boom, Great Lakes Brewing Company.
Terminal Tower is a 52-story, 235 m (771 ft), landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Built during the skyscraper boom of the 1920s and 1930s, it was the second-tallest building in the world when it was completed. Terminal Tower stood as the tallest building in North America outside of New York City from its completion in 1930 until 1964. It was the tallest building in the state of Ohio until the completion of Key Tower in 1991, and remains the second-tallest building in the state. The building is part of the Tower City Center mixed-use development, and its major tenants include Forest City Enterprises, former owner of the building, which maintained its corporate headquarters there until 2018, and Riverside Company. Observation deck On a clear day, visitors on the observation deck can see 30 miles (48 km) from downtown Cleveland. On August 26, 1976, gunman Ashby Leach stormed a Chessie System conference room on the 42nd floor. Leach, who was disgruntled with Chessie System's decision not to pay into a G.I. Bill fund that would have increased his wages and benefits during his apprenticeship with the company, held 13 hostages before his arrest. He was jailed for three months pending trial, then was acquitted of kidnapping and convicted of assault, extortion, and carrying an illegal weapon. Upon his release, he embarked on a speaking tour for the group Vietnam Veterans Against the War. After the hostage incident, direct access to the floor was removed. The observation deck reopened after Chessie left the building. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the observation deck was again closed to the public. In 2007, a proposal was brought to Forest City to reopen the deck. The proposal included a renovation of the deck and the addition of an express elevator to take visitors to it. This was to be done after the upper floors were renovated and the scaffolding removed. In 2010, Forest City Enterprises finished renovating the complex's elevators, upper floors, and spire. The observation deck reopened on July 10, 2010 for a limited period, with plans to expand public access. To reach the observation deck, visitors take the elevator to the 32nd floor and then transfer to another elevator to reach the 42nd floor. Before its original closure, the deck was open only on weekends to prevent disruption to the law firm that has offices on the 32nd floor. The Terminal Tower was lit when it opened in 1930. A strobe light on top of the tower rotated 360 degrees. It helped ships in Cleveland's port and airplane pilots landing at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
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Terminal tower observation deck
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Terminal Tower is a 52-story, 235 m (771 ft), landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Built during the skyscraper boom of the 1920s and 1930s, it was the second-tallest building in the world when it was completed. Terminal Tower stood as the tallest building in North America outside of New York City from its completion in 1930 until 1964. It was the tallest building in the state of Ohio until the completion of Key Tower in 1991, and remains the second-tallest building in the state. The building is part of the Tower City Center mixed-use development, and its major tenants include Forest City Enterprises, former owner of the building, which maintained its corporate headquarters there until 2018, and Riverside Company. Observation deck On a clear day, visitors on the observation deck can see 30 miles (48 km) from downtown Cleveland. On August 26, 1976, gunman Ashby Leach stormed a Chessie System conference room on the 42nd floor. Leach, who was disgruntled with Chessie System's decision not to pay into a G.I. Bill fund that would have increased his wages and benefits during his apprenticeship with the company, held 13 hostages before his arrest. He was jailed for three months pending trial, then was acquitted of kidnapping and convicted of assault, extortion, and carrying an illegal weapon. Upon his release, he embarked on a speaking tour for the group Vietnam Veterans Against the War. After the hostage incident, direct access to the floor was removed. The observation deck reopened after Chessie left the building. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the observation deck was again closed to the public. In 2007, a proposal was brought to Forest City to reopen the deck. The proposal included a renovation of the deck and the addition of an express elevator to take visitors to it. This was to be done after the upper floors were renovated and the scaffolding removed. In 2010, Forest City Enterprises finished renovating the complex's elevators, upper floors, and spire. The observation deck reopened on July 10, 2010 for a limited period, with plans to expand public access. To reach the observation deck, visitors take the elevator to the 32nd floor and then transfer to another elevator to reach the 42nd floor. Before its original closure, the deck was open only on weekends to prevent disruption to the law firm that has offices on the 32nd floor. The Terminal Tower was lit when it opened in 1930. A strobe light on top of the tower rotated 360 degrees. It helped ships in Cleveland's port and airplane pilots landing at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Franklin Castle, located at 4308 Franklin Boulevard in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood, is often referred to as “the most haunted house in Ohio,” and for good reason. This Victorian house, which was built in the late 1800s, purportedly has a colorful and violent history, beginning with its original owner, Hannes Tiedemann. According to local legend and supposed eyewitness accounts, Franklin Castle is inhabited by a number of ghostly spirits, including several members of the Tiedemann household and several other specters of potential historical significance. Visitors and former residents of the house have reported hearing the ghostly sounds of babies crying throughout the night, footsteps, and screams echoing throughout the home’s hallways. Ghostly figures have been seen traveling throughout the house, and witnesses from outside have reported seeing a woman wearing black staring out through the front tower window. Could there be any truth to these alleged hauntings? While I am a Cleveland-area native, I have not had the privilege of being able to actually tour the inside of the house, as the current owners are not welcoming to visitors. Though Franklin Castle is currently not accessible to the public, local visitors can still see the house from the street and sidewalk. Perhaps if you're lucky, you may even catch a glimpse of one of the ghosts that allegedly haunt the halls of the home through the tower window.
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Franklin Castle
4308 Franklin Blvd
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Franklin Castle, located at 4308 Franklin Boulevard in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood, is often referred to as “the most haunted house in Ohio,” and for good reason. This Victorian house, which was built in the late 1800s, purportedly has a colorful and violent history, beginning with its original owner, Hannes Tiedemann. According to local legend and supposed eyewitness accounts, Franklin Castle is inhabited by a number of ghostly spirits, including several members of the Tiedemann household and several other specters of potential historical significance. Visitors and former residents of the house have reported hearing the ghostly sounds of babies crying throughout the night, footsteps, and screams echoing throughout the home’s hallways. Ghostly figures have been seen traveling throughout the house, and witnesses from outside have reported seeing a woman wearing black staring out through the front tower window. Could there be any truth to these alleged hauntings? While I am a Cleveland-area native, I have not had the privilege of being able to actually tour the inside of the house, as the current owners are not welcoming to visitors. Though Franklin Castle is currently not accessible to the public, local visitors can still see the house from the street and sidewalk. Perhaps if you're lucky, you may even catch a glimpse of one of the ghosts that allegedly haunt the halls of the home through the tower window.
EVELAND RETURNS TO ASIATO... SUBSCRIBE / RENEW The Guardians of Traffic The Art Deco figures carved in the sandstone pylons on the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge have stood guard over east-west traffic since 1932. Their name comes from Wilbur Watson, the bridge’s engineer, who wrote that the eight figures were meant to “typify the spirit of progress in transportation.” Each guardian holds a different vehicle in his hand, representing the history of ground transport — from a stagecoach, covered wagon and hay rack to a 1930s-era automobile and four types of trucks. “Great care was taken to obtain a pleasing architectural creation,” wrote Watson, “demanded by a public that is becoming more and more critical in this regard.” Voters approved the money to build the bridge in 1927, before the Depression forced a return to frugal simplicity in public construction. Still, the bridge came in under budget, at $6.5 million (or around $90 million in today’s dollars). The figures are carved from 43-foot-tall slabs of local Berea sandstone. Henry Hering of New York City was hired as the sculptor, but the Art Deco style of the bridge was not typical of his work. Watson credited Frank Walker of Walker & Weeks, Cleveland’s premier architectural firm of the time, with the guardians’ design. Watson explained what the guardians symbolized, but not what had inspired them. Here are the best clues to Walker’s influences. 1. The angular parallel lines that run behind and below the Guardians mark the statues as Art Deco, the sleek modern style of the late 1920s and 1930s. The Guardians of Traffic are Cleveland’s only large Art Deco monuments. 2. The wings on the helmets suggest who they may be modeled after: Hermes, the messenger of the gods and the god of commerce and land travel in Greek mythology. Also known as Mercury by the Romans, he was often depicted with a winged helmet to signify his speed. 3. Some observers see Egyptian influence in the statues. Egyptian Revival styles were popular in the 1920s, thanks to the 1922 discovery of King Tut’s tomb and the Art Deco movement’s embrace of stylized figures. 4. The wings of the guardians, which wrap around the pylons, have reminded one historian of the guardian statues at Assyrian kings’ palaces. The Assyrian guardians were part man, part winged bull, and their wings also stretched back along the square sides of the statutes. Like the bridge guardians, the winged bulls were placed in pairs and offered protection to those who passed between them. 5. Each guardian holds a different vehicle. An early sketch of from the Walker & Weeks firm shows a guardian holding a car and includes a list titled “Motifs of Locomotion,” which included: “The Horse and Wagon,” “The Ship,” “The Motor Car” and “The Aircraft.” The designers later chose to leave out the horse, ship and plane and give all the Guardians ground vehicles.
Hope Memorial Bridge
EVELAND RETURNS TO ASIATO... SUBSCRIBE / RENEW The Guardians of Traffic The Art Deco figures carved in the sandstone pylons on the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge have stood guard over east-west traffic since 1932. Their name comes from Wilbur Watson, the bridge’s engineer, who wrote that the eight figures were meant to “typify the spirit of progress in transportation.” Each guardian holds a different vehicle in his hand, representing the history of ground transport — from a stagecoach, covered wagon and hay rack to a 1930s-era automobile and four types of trucks. “Great care was taken to obtain a pleasing architectural creation,” wrote Watson, “demanded by a public that is becoming more and more critical in this regard.” Voters approved the money to build the bridge in 1927, before the Depression forced a return to frugal simplicity in public construction. Still, the bridge came in under budget, at $6.5 million (or around $90 million in today’s dollars). The figures are carved from 43-foot-tall slabs of local Berea sandstone. Henry Hering of New York City was hired as the sculptor, but the Art Deco style of the bridge was not typical of his work. Watson credited Frank Walker of Walker & Weeks, Cleveland’s premier architectural firm of the time, with the guardians’ design. Watson explained what the guardians symbolized, but not what had inspired them. Here are the best clues to Walker’s influences. 1. The angular parallel lines that run behind and below the Guardians mark the statues as Art Deco, the sleek modern style of the late 1920s and 1930s. The Guardians of Traffic are Cleveland’s only large Art Deco monuments. 2. The wings on the helmets suggest who they may be modeled after: Hermes, the messenger of the gods and the god of commerce and land travel in Greek mythology. Also known as Mercury by the Romans, he was often depicted with a winged helmet to signify his speed. 3. Some observers see Egyptian influence in the statues. Egyptian Revival styles were popular in the 1920s, thanks to the 1922 discovery of King Tut’s tomb and the Art Deco movement’s embrace of stylized figures. 4. The wings of the guardians, which wrap around the pylons, have reminded one historian of the guardian statues at Assyrian kings’ palaces. The Assyrian guardians were part man, part winged bull, and their wings also stretched back along the square sides of the statutes. Like the bridge guardians, the winged bulls were placed in pairs and offered protection to those who passed between them. 5. Each guardian holds a different vehicle. An early sketch of from the Walker & Weeks firm shows a guardian holding a car and includes a list titled “Motifs of Locomotion,” which included: “The Horse and Wagon,” “The Ship,” “The Motor Car” and “The Aircraft.” The designers later chose to leave out the horse, ship and plane and give all the Guardians ground vehicles.
The Arcade, located between Superior and Euclid Avenues in downtown Cleveland, is one of America's first indoor shopping malls and Cleveland's first skyscraper. Built in 1890, the magnificent building consists of two 9-story towers, connected by a glass and metal, 5-story atrium. Today, the building houses a Hyatt Hotel, retail shops, a number of restaurants and coffee shops and a food court. History The Arcade was designed by Cleveland architect, John Eisenmann, who also designed the first building at (what would become) Case Western Reserve University as well as Southwest General Hospital. The Arcade project, completed in 1890, cost $867,000 and was financed by the leading industrialists of the day: John D Rockefeller, Marcus Hanna, and Charles Brush. The structure, said to be modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan Italy, was the first Cleveland building to be added to the National Register of Historic Places (in 1975). The Arcade is considered to be one of the first indoor shopping malls in the United States. The Structure The Arcade runs the length of the block between Euclid Avenue and Superior Avenue. The building consists of two brick, 9-story towers—one at either end—and a 5-story glass and metal atrium with a 100 foot skylight ceiling connecting the two. The atrium is decorated with extensive metalwork and the atrium's top floor features a row of gargoyles that gaze down on shoppers.
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Viejo Arcade
401 Euclid Ave
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The Arcade, located between Superior and Euclid Avenues in downtown Cleveland, is one of America's first indoor shopping malls and Cleveland's first skyscraper. Built in 1890, the magnificent building consists of two 9-story towers, connected by a glass and metal, 5-story atrium. Today, the building houses a Hyatt Hotel, retail shops, a number of restaurants and coffee shops and a food court. History The Arcade was designed by Cleveland architect, John Eisenmann, who also designed the first building at (what would become) Case Western Reserve University as well as Southwest General Hospital. The Arcade project, completed in 1890, cost $867,000 and was financed by the leading industrialists of the day: John D Rockefeller, Marcus Hanna, and Charles Brush. The structure, said to be modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan Italy, was the first Cleveland building to be added to the National Register of Historic Places (in 1975). The Arcade is considered to be one of the first indoor shopping malls in the United States. The Structure The Arcade runs the length of the block between Euclid Avenue and Superior Avenue. The building consists of two brick, 9-story towers—one at either end—and a 5-story glass and metal atrium with a 100 foot skylight ceiling connecting the two. The atrium is decorated with extensive metalwork and the atrium's top floor features a row of gargoyles that gaze down on shoppers.
Whaling Wall If you’ve ever wondered how a 300-by-108-foot mural of a dozen whales swimming through the ocean wound up on the side of a power plant next to Lake Erie, that’s exactly what world-renowned marine artist Wyland wanted you to ponder. “You don’t expect to see whales in Cleveland,” he says. “But as soon as you do, it’s an eye-opener.” His Cleveland Whaling Wall, titled Song of the Whales, spans three sides of the Cleveland Public Power Plant and is No. 75 in a series of 100. Eight are located throughout the Great Lakes region. “It was always on my mind to do [one] in Cleveland and murals along the Great Lakes, connecting the idea that to protect the oceans, we need to protect the other water habitats: the lakes, the rivers, the streams, the ponds, the wetlands,” explains Wyland, who grew up in Michigan. The first of his 100 whale murals took 30 days to complete. The one here, dedicated by Mayor Michael White on Oct. 6, 1997, took just six days and drew more volunteers than any of Wyland’s previous projects. They did everything from stir paint to apply it to the building’s corrugated steel surface. Now that the 53-year-old artist’s mission to paint 100 whale murals in 30 years recently came to a close in Beijing, Weyland is constructing 100 monuments to other aquatic life throughout the globe during the next 25 years.
1300 Lakeside Ave E
1300 Lakeside Avenue East
Whaling Wall If you’ve ever wondered how a 300-by-108-foot mural of a dozen whales swimming through the ocean wound up on the side of a power plant next to Lake Erie, that’s exactly what world-renowned marine artist Wyland wanted you to ponder. “You don’t expect to see whales in Cleveland,” he says. “But as soon as you do, it’s an eye-opener.” His Cleveland Whaling Wall, titled Song of the Whales, spans three sides of the Cleveland Public Power Plant and is No. 75 in a series of 100. Eight are located throughout the Great Lakes region. “It was always on my mind to do [one] in Cleveland and murals along the Great Lakes, connecting the idea that to protect the oceans, we need to protect the other water habitats: the lakes, the rivers, the streams, the ponds, the wetlands,” explains Wyland, who grew up in Michigan. The first of his 100 whale murals took 30 days to complete. The one here, dedicated by Mayor Michael White on Oct. 6, 1997, took just six days and drew more volunteers than any of Wyland’s previous projects. They did everything from stir paint to apply it to the building’s corrugated steel surface. Now that the 53-year-old artist’s mission to paint 100 whale murals in 30 years recently came to a close in Beijing, Weyland is constructing 100 monuments to other aquatic life throughout the globe during the next 25 years.
The giant rubber stamper might be the most conspicuous piece of public art in the city. While its current location next to City Hall seems appropriate, the sideways stamp, created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen, was originally intended for Public Square with its base — and the word “FREE” — flush against the ground, its handle extended skyward. But Standard Oil Co. had commissioned the art in the mid-1980s, just prior to its merger with British Petroleum Co., and the company’s new executives weren’t crazy about the piece. They banished it to an Illinois warehouse before donating it to the city. When Willard Park was chosen as the Free Stamp’s home, the artists modified their design. The now-visible base of the stamp was purposely positioned toward the BP building. “It’s pointed on a diagonal to the 23rd floor, which were the corporate offices,” says Case Western Reserve University department of art history chair Edward Olszewski. “It leads the viewer back to the original site.”
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Free Stamp
East 9th Street
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The giant rubber stamper might be the most conspicuous piece of public art in the city. While its current location next to City Hall seems appropriate, the sideways stamp, created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen, was originally intended for Public Square with its base — and the word “FREE” — flush against the ground, its handle extended skyward. But Standard Oil Co. had commissioned the art in the mid-1980s, just prior to its merger with British Petroleum Co., and the company’s new executives weren’t crazy about the piece. They banished it to an Illinois warehouse before donating it to the city. When Willard Park was chosen as the Free Stamp’s home, the artists modified their design. The now-visible base of the stamp was purposely positioned toward the BP building. “It’s pointed on a diagonal to the 23rd floor, which were the corporate offices,” says Case Western Reserve University department of art history chair Edward Olszewski. “It leads the viewer back to the original site.”
Humanity rising above encircling war. Humanity rising above encircling war. It goes by various names:the Fountain of Eternal Life, the War Memorial Fountain. But when the monument on Memorial Plaza was being designed by Marshall Fredericks to honor World War II and Korean War veterans, some Clevelanders just called it inappropriate. The main figures in the sculptor’s plans were to be nude. While today’s fountain shows a nude male rising out of flames, Frederick also wanted to include a nude female. American Gold Star Mothers of Cuyahoga County were adamant that the figures be clothed, so Fredericks removed the female and added some strategically placed flames. “By incorporating the flames, Marshall was able to placate the concerns,” says Melissa Ford, archivist for the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. His original idea was used for his Star Dream Fountain, which was dedicated in Royal Oak, Mich., in 1997. To this day, some Royal Oak residents are opposed to the nudity of the statue’s two figures.
Fountain Of Eternal Life (Memorial Fountain)
120 Public Square
Humanity rising above encircling war. Humanity rising above encircling war. It goes by various names:the Fountain of Eternal Life, the War Memorial Fountain. But when the monument on Memorial Plaza was being designed by Marshall Fredericks to honor World War II and Korean War veterans, some Clevelanders just called it inappropriate. The main figures in the sculptor’s plans were to be nude. While today’s fountain shows a nude male rising out of flames, Frederick also wanted to include a nude female. American Gold Star Mothers of Cuyahoga County were adamant that the figures be clothed, so Fredericks removed the female and added some strategically placed flames. “By incorporating the flames, Marshall was able to placate the concerns,” says Melissa Ford, archivist for the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. His original idea was used for his Star Dream Fountain, which was dedicated in Royal Oak, Mich., in 1997. To this day, some Royal Oak residents are opposed to the nudity of the statue’s two figures.
It became a recurring scene for Levi Scofield. After being selected as the sculptor for the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, he would head to Public Square and begin construction, only to be arrested. This happened four times. The problem was some public officials didn’t agree with the monument’s location. They worried it would disrupt traffic and nearby businesses. So each time Scofield started to work, they sent police to shut him down. But thanks to massive public support, including a tax approved by city residents solely to raise the $280,000 needed to pay for the monument to the city’s Civil War veterans, Scofield prevailed, clearing the way for him to create one of the city’s most intricate and intriguing memorials. 1. The shirtless sailor preparing for a mortar bombardment in the battle for Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River is African-American. “The Navy was always a haven for runaway black slaves,” explains Neil Evans, president of the Cuyahoga County Soliders’ and Sailors’ Monument Commission. Scofield’s depiction is significant because his Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument is one of the earliest Civil War memorials to depict black and white men fighting alongside each other. 2. A statue of Lady Liberty stands high atop the monument, cloaked in Union garb. She wields a sword in her right hand and a shield with the word “liberty” across it in her left. Scofield modeled the figure after his wife, Elizabeth. 3. A little circular marker on the northwest corner of the memorial has nothing to do with the Civil War and everything to do with the monument’s location. It is the spot from which all mileage to Cleveland is measured. Identified by a tiny triangle surrounding a plus sign, the marker also indicates that the monument is located 668 feet above sea level. This is the only such marker in downtown. 4. The Civil War marked the first time in American history that female nurses tended to wounded soldiers. Scofield wanted to show how instrumental they were to the war effort by including a sculpture of the Sanitation Commission within the monument. “Women are given a position of prominence,” Evans says. “It’s the first thing you see when you walk in.” Depicted among the women shown in the sculpture is Lucy Webb Hayes, the wife of Ohio-born president Rutherford B. Hayes. 5. Though Scofield’s inclusion of a black solider was unique for the time, the depiction of African-Americans inside the monument was even more controversial, given the rampant racial intolerance and segregation present throughout the country in 1894. In a bronze relief depicting the emancipation of slaves, Abraham Lincoln is shown lifting the shackles from a black man kneeling before him. “Now here’s the part that’s really extreme,” Evans says. “He is giving him a Springfield musket rifle with a full cartridge box so he can defend and fight for himself.”
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Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
3 Public Square
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It became a recurring scene for Levi Scofield. After being selected as the sculptor for the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, he would head to Public Square and begin construction, only to be arrested. This happened four times. The problem was some public officials didn’t agree with the monument’s location. They worried it would disrupt traffic and nearby businesses. So each time Scofield started to work, they sent police to shut him down. But thanks to massive public support, including a tax approved by city residents solely to raise the $280,000 needed to pay for the monument to the city’s Civil War veterans, Scofield prevailed, clearing the way for him to create one of the city’s most intricate and intriguing memorials. 1. The shirtless sailor preparing for a mortar bombardment in the battle for Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River is African-American. “The Navy was always a haven for runaway black slaves,” explains Neil Evans, president of the Cuyahoga County Soliders’ and Sailors’ Monument Commission. Scofield’s depiction is significant because his Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument is one of the earliest Civil War memorials to depict black and white men fighting alongside each other. 2. A statue of Lady Liberty stands high atop the monument, cloaked in Union garb. She wields a sword in her right hand and a shield with the word “liberty” across it in her left. Scofield modeled the figure after his wife, Elizabeth. 3. A little circular marker on the northwest corner of the memorial has nothing to do with the Civil War and everything to do with the monument’s location. It is the spot from which all mileage to Cleveland is measured. Identified by a tiny triangle surrounding a plus sign, the marker also indicates that the monument is located 668 feet above sea level. This is the only such marker in downtown. 4. The Civil War marked the first time in American history that female nurses tended to wounded soldiers. Scofield wanted to show how instrumental they were to the war effort by including a sculpture of the Sanitation Commission within the monument. “Women are given a position of prominence,” Evans says. “It’s the first thing you see when you walk in.” Depicted among the women shown in the sculpture is Lucy Webb Hayes, the wife of Ohio-born president Rutherford B. Hayes. 5. Though Scofield’s inclusion of a black solider was unique for the time, the depiction of African-Americans inside the monument was even more controversial, given the rampant racial intolerance and segregation present throughout the country in 1894. In a bronze relief depicting the emancipation of slaves, Abraham Lincoln is shown lifting the shackles from a black man kneeling before him. “Now here’s the part that’s really extreme,” Evans says. “He is giving him a Springfield musket rifle with a full cartridge box so he can defend and fight for himself.”
The Greater Cleveland Aquarium, located in the Powerhouse on the west bank of the Flats, features more than one million gallons of water and marine life that ranges from local Lake Erie fishes to exotic fish from around the globe. The Exhibits: The Greater Cleveland Aquarium features 40 tanks of fish and aquatic animals and plants in 10 galleries. Central to the museum is an exhibit dedicated to the marine life of Ohio's rivers, lakes and streams. Other exhibits include "Weird and Wonderful," which is housed in the old coal tunnels of the Powerhouse; "Coastal Zone," which offers visitors a chance to touch a ray, starfish or even a shark; and "The Shark Tank," which houses a variety of fish and other sea creatures, mainly from the Florida coast.
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Acuario de Cleveland
2000 Sycamore St
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The Greater Cleveland Aquarium, located in the Powerhouse on the west bank of the Flats, features more than one million gallons of water and marine life that ranges from local Lake Erie fishes to exotic fish from around the globe. The Exhibits: The Greater Cleveland Aquarium features 40 tanks of fish and aquatic animals and plants in 10 galleries. Central to the museum is an exhibit dedicated to the marine life of Ohio's rivers, lakes and streams. Other exhibits include "Weird and Wonderful," which is housed in the old coal tunnels of the Powerhouse; "Coastal Zone," which offers visitors a chance to touch a ray, starfish or even a shark; and "The Shark Tank," which houses a variety of fish and other sea creatures, mainly from the Florida coast.