Moses Cleaveland - As one of thirty-six founders of the Connecticut Land Company, General Moses Cleaveland was selected as one of its seven directors and was subsequently sent out as the company's agent to map and survey the company's holdings. On July 22, 1796, Cleaveland and his surveyors arrived at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. Cleaveland quickly saw the land, which had previously belonged toNative Americans, as an ideal location for the "capital city" of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Cleaveland and his surveyors quickly began making plans for the new city. He paced out a nine-and-a-half-acre Public Square, similar to those in New England. His surveyors decided upon the name, Cleaveland, after their leader. In October, Cleaveland and his staff returned to Connecticut where he pursued his ambition in political, military, and law affairs, never once returning to the settlement he established. The village of Cleaveland was incorporated on December 23, 1814 and its first citizen of European extract was Lorenzo Carter, who made Cleveland a solid source for trade. He also built a large log cabin for newcomers to settle in. The spelling of the city's name was changed in 1831 byThe Cleveland Advertiser, an early city newspaper. In order for the name to fit on newspaper'smasthead, the first "a" was dropped, reducing the city's name to Cleveland. Another account is that the spelling changes came from an error on a surveyor's map.The new spelling stuck, and long outlasted the Advertiser itself.
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NEW Projects in Cleveland: New Restaurants opened in the Flats of Cleveland 2013:
* Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill -- The country music icon’s restaurant will feature live music by current and emerging country stars, quality BBQ, and of course, a plethora of Toby Keith memorabilia. The signature guitar]shaped bar and restaurant has experienced overwhelming success in other markets. The Cleveland location will be a regional entertainment draw in what is considered one of the most underserved country music markets in the country.
* Ken Stewart’s -- Ken Stewart has developed a reputation in northeast Ohio for his popular restaurants in Akron and Bath— Ken Stewart’s Grille, Ken Stewart’s Lodge and most recently, Tre Belle. The local restaurateur is excited to expand his reach to Cleveland. The Flats East Bank location will offer cuisine similar to the original Ken Stewart’s Grille in Akron, including quality steaks, seafood and more than 600 wine selections. Ken describes the ambiance as “comfortable, upscale dining” and envisions the location to be a favorite spot for nearby professionals.
* Lago -- Well known for his thriving restaurants in Little Italy, Shaker Heights, Battery Park and Tremont, popular chef and restauranteur Fabio Salerno has carved out a niche for himself in historic neighborhoods all over Cleveland and now has committed to the Flats East Bank neighborhood. Famous for its authentic Italian cuisine, Lago will expand on its current concept to cater to a broader palate. The new location will anchor the Aloft Hotel and offer amenities to help keep up with the demand for Lago’s rapidly growing catering business.Michael Schwartz, along with Shawn and Tiffany Monday, will open two new chef]driven restaurants in Flats East Bank including:
* Flip Side - A booming success in Hudson’s First & Main development and at Easton in Columbus, Michael Schwartz along with Shawn and Tiffany Monday will open a new venue in Flats East Bank. Flip Side is a top]of]the]market burger concept offering the freshest, highest quality ingredients and a large selection of regional craft beers.
* Dos Tequilas -- The high]end eclectic Mexican restaurant will be an original venture featuring gourmet tacos of the freshest fixings. Offering an ambiance crafted of natural materials such as concrete and wood, the hip, urban taqueria will offer a lengthy menu of approximately fifty tequilas, many of which this market has never seen.
* Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill -- The country music icon’s restaurant will feature live music by current and emerging country stars, quality BBQ, and of course, a plethora of Toby Keith memorabilia. The signature guitar]shaped bar and restaurant has experienced overwhelming success in other markets. The Cleveland location will be a regional entertainment draw in what is considered one of the most underserved country music markets in the country.
* Ken Stewart’s -- Ken Stewart has developed a reputation in northeast Ohio for his popular restaurants in Akron and Bath— Ken Stewart’s Grille, Ken Stewart’s Lodge and most recently, Tre Belle. The local restaurateur is excited to expand his reach to Cleveland. The Flats East Bank location will offer cuisine similar to the original Ken Stewart’s Grille in Akron, including quality steaks, seafood and more than 600 wine selections. Ken describes the ambiance as “comfortable, upscale dining” and envisions the location to be a favorite spot for nearby professionals.
* Lago -- Well known for his thriving restaurants in Little Italy, Shaker Heights, Battery Park and Tremont, popular chef and restauranteur Fabio Salerno has carved out a niche for himself in historic neighborhoods all over Cleveland and now has committed to the Flats East Bank neighborhood. Famous for its authentic Italian cuisine, Lago will expand on its current concept to cater to a broader palate. The new location will anchor the Aloft Hotel and offer amenities to help keep up with the demand for Lago’s rapidly growing catering business.Michael Schwartz, along with Shawn and Tiffany Monday, will open two new chef]driven restaurants in Flats East Bank including:
* Flip Side - A booming success in Hudson’s First & Main development and at Easton in Columbus, Michael Schwartz along with Shawn and Tiffany Monday will open a new venue in Flats East Bank. Flip Side is a top]of]the]market burger concept offering the freshest, highest quality ingredients and a large selection of regional craft beers.
* Dos Tequilas -- The high]end eclectic Mexican restaurant will be an original venture featuring gourmet tacos of the freshest fixings. Offering an ambiance crafted of natural materials such as concrete and wood, the hip, urban taqueria will offer a lengthy menu of approximately fifty tequilas, many of which this market has never seen.
The Cleveland Aquarium
2000 Sycamore St., Cleveland 44113, www.greaterclevelandaquarium.com
Completion Date: Opened - January 21, 2012- Greater Cleveland Aquarium - 2000 Sycamore Street Cleveland, OH 44113 phone: 216-862-8803 - toll free: 855-602-3040, Hours: 10am - 6pm Daily,Admission: Adults $21.95, Child (2-12) $15.95, No Strollers Allowed, Annual Pass: Adult $50, Couple $90, Family (2 Adults, 2 Children) $130, Added Child $25, Directions and Hours:http://greaterclevelandaquarium.com/plan-your-visit/directions-hours/
The Greater Cleveland Aquarium is located in the FirstEnergy Powerhouse at 2000 Sycamore Street. It is open Monday-Sunday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. (last admission at 5 p.m.). It will take an estimated 90 minutes to make your way through the entire attraction.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The new aquarium is open in Cleveland and is ready for its more fearsome residents. A tank 150 feet long tank that will house sharks, among other creatures, was filled with 500,000 gallons of water. Visitors will get good views of the tank by passing through it using a windowed walkway resembling a tube. The aquarium in the city's Flats entertainment district will feature more than 5,000 freshwater and saltwater fish. Ceremonial Groundbreaking 2/14/11 - Science - Education - Conservation - Wonder
Jacobs Entertainment announced in December 2010 that it had secured the $33 million needed forPhase I of a new project, an aquarium in the Powerhouse on the West Bank of The Flats. Construction is expected to start in January 2011. It occupies more than 70,000 square feet in the historic Powerhouse at Jacobs' Nautica Entertainment Complex, 42 exhibit tanks, special events, 10 exhibition areas, including a rainforest exhibit, SeaTube Exhibit (145' in length). coast exhibit, mangrove exhibit.The project included a SeaTube, a pedestrian tube that allows visitors to walk through the middle of the aquarium.Phase II is being designed at an estimated $40 million.In a statement, Mayor Frank Jackson said "The Greater Cleveland Aquarium is one of the many new projects that will help reinforce downtownCleveland as a destination for residents, visitors and businesses."Patrick J. McKinley, executive vice president of Jacobs Entertainment, said, "We expect this to serve as a catalyst for additional development for years to come."The aquarium is a U.S. first for the New Zealand-based Marinescape NZ Ltd..It occupies more than 70,000 square feet in the historic Powerhouse at Jacobs' Nautica Entertainment Complex.The entire project is expected to bring in 400,000 visitors a year and boost the local economy by $10 million. To make room inside the Powerhouse, The Improv comedy club has moved next door to Shooters. The price of the admission tickets were expected to be under $14, with 20 - 40 full time employees. The construction project began with Phase 1, Jacobs Entertainment secured 12/30/10 $33 million (First Energy, AMPCO financiers). Phase II would require another $40 million.
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2000 Sycamore St., Cleveland 44113, www.greaterclevelandaquarium.com
Completion Date: Opened - January 21, 2012- Greater Cleveland Aquarium - 2000 Sycamore Street Cleveland, OH 44113 phone: 216-862-8803 - toll free: 855-602-3040, Hours: 10am - 6pm Daily,Admission: Adults $21.95, Child (2-12) $15.95, No Strollers Allowed, Annual Pass: Adult $50, Couple $90, Family (2 Adults, 2 Children) $130, Added Child $25, Directions and Hours:http://greaterclevelandaquarium.com/plan-your-visit/directions-hours/
The Greater Cleveland Aquarium is located in the FirstEnergy Powerhouse at 2000 Sycamore Street. It is open Monday-Sunday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. (last admission at 5 p.m.). It will take an estimated 90 minutes to make your way through the entire attraction.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The new aquarium is open in Cleveland and is ready for its more fearsome residents. A tank 150 feet long tank that will house sharks, among other creatures, was filled with 500,000 gallons of water. Visitors will get good views of the tank by passing through it using a windowed walkway resembling a tube. The aquarium in the city's Flats entertainment district will feature more than 5,000 freshwater and saltwater fish. Ceremonial Groundbreaking 2/14/11 - Science - Education - Conservation - Wonder
Jacobs Entertainment announced in December 2010 that it had secured the $33 million needed forPhase I of a new project, an aquarium in the Powerhouse on the West Bank of The Flats. Construction is expected to start in January 2011. It occupies more than 70,000 square feet in the historic Powerhouse at Jacobs' Nautica Entertainment Complex, 42 exhibit tanks, special events, 10 exhibition areas, including a rainforest exhibit, SeaTube Exhibit (145' in length). coast exhibit, mangrove exhibit.The project included a SeaTube, a pedestrian tube that allows visitors to walk through the middle of the aquarium.Phase II is being designed at an estimated $40 million.In a statement, Mayor Frank Jackson said "The Greater Cleveland Aquarium is one of the many new projects that will help reinforce downtownCleveland as a destination for residents, visitors and businesses."Patrick J. McKinley, executive vice president of Jacobs Entertainment, said, "We expect this to serve as a catalyst for additional development for years to come."The aquarium is a U.S. first for the New Zealand-based Marinescape NZ Ltd..It occupies more than 70,000 square feet in the historic Powerhouse at Jacobs' Nautica Entertainment Complex.The entire project is expected to bring in 400,000 visitors a year and boost the local economy by $10 million. To make room inside the Powerhouse, The Improv comedy club has moved next door to Shooters. The price of the admission tickets were expected to be under $14, with 20 - 40 full time employees. The construction project began with Phase 1, Jacobs Entertainment secured 12/30/10 $33 million (First Energy, AMPCO financiers). Phase II would require another $40 million.
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Gordon Square Arts
• Three grants worth $970, 000 to the lead partners of MyCom, a countywide youth development program. More than half the money — $550,000 will be spent on activities for children when school is not in session. • A $400,000 grant to Shorebank Enterprise Group to support Green City Growers, a sprawling greenhouse at East 55th Street and Kinsman Road that will grow lettuce and herbs without using soil. The greens will be sold to local hospitals and food distributors. • A $250,000 grant to the Gordon Square Arts 
Cleveland Public Library http://cpl.org/
The Cleveland Public Library has launched its Downtown Destination Campaign, which will reposition the Main Library as a center of activity and learning in the 21st century. The first phase will be consolidating public access computers into Tech Central, which costs nearly $1.2 million of the total $12 million redevelopment. The aim is to connect it to surrounding downtown development projects, and attract residents, downtown workers, tourists, and visitors to its newly reorganized interior and more welcoming exterior for the Cleveland Public Library. "The main objective in repurposing the Main Library is to better accommodate library users, while maintaining the critical collections on which northeast Ohioans depend. Currently the public access computers are disbursed throughout the library. The idea of being able to concentrate the public access computers into Tech Central will better serve the needs of the patrons," said Thomas Corrigan, President of the Board of Trustees for CPL. CPL's revitalization includes several phases of development, including:
© 2011 WKYC-TV CPL’s Downtown Destination Campaign will give downtown visitors a place to explore, relax, read, connect to the world, see a new exhibit, attend a special event, and so much more. It will connect an admired historic building to the exciting work of the Group Plan Commission, which is actively engaged in uniting $1.5 billion of downtown development into a seamless, interconnected array of attractions. 
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Crowne Plaza Hotel - undergoing $64 Million in renovations - Open
A joint venture of Sage Hospitality of Denver and Optima Management Co. of Miami said it plans a $64 million renovation of the Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre hotel to convert it to a Westin hotel.Sage, which will manage the hotel at 777 E. St. Clair Ave., closed the property in mid-November for the massive renovation and reopen it under the luxury Westin flag in July 2013. That timetable means the hotel should reopen shortly before the scheduled completion of the Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center across East Sixth Street from the hotel.http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20111006/FREE/111009906 
Euclid Avenue
http://www.rtahealthline.com/healthline-what-is.asp The renovated Baker Building at East 71st Street has filled up with companies graduating from incubators.A suburban-style technology park is going up a few blocks away, because the developer sees a market for offices and labs close to the universities and hospitals along the Euclid Corridor. 
Historic Cleveland Tours
- Approximately April to September, yearly * Thursdays at 6 p.m.: Historic Gateway Neighborhood Tour Meet at The Arcade (401 Euclid Avenue.) * Saturdays at 10 a.m.: Historic Warehouse District Tour Meet at Constantino's Market (1278 West 9th Street). * Sundays at 10 a.m.: Canal Basin Park Tour Meet at Settlers Landing RTA Station (1025 West Superior Avenue, bottom of the hill). * Tuesdays at 6 p.m.: PlayhouseSquare Tour Meet at the State Theatre Lobby (1519 Euclid Avenue). Each tour lasts approximately 1 and 1/2 hours in length. Characters you might encounter include John D. Rockefeller, Mrs. Alfred Kelley, Frances Payne Bolton, Garrett Morgan, Alan Freed, Mayor Tom Johnson or Daniel Burnham. Tours are free. Donations are encouraged to help fund future tours.Established in 1992 as an expansion of two prior groups: the East 4th Street Local Development Corporation and the Prospect Avenue Merchant Group, the Historic Gateway Neighborhood is defined by the area between Public Square and Playhouse Square, Superior and the Innerbelt. Over 2,600 attendees enjoyed a Take a Hike tour in 2009. These popular guided walking tours come complete with actors portraying historic Clevelanders 
University Circle
http://www.universitycircle.org/uci.aspx?page=98 Where the $300 million mixed-use Uptown project is rising from the ground along both sides of Euclid Avenue. It will help create a real neighborhood for people who are studying, doing research, treating patients, creating art or starting companies there -- and tie together other investments in and around the Circle and Little Italy. A generation ago, University Circle's institutions saw themselves as islands. Now they see themselves as magnets to attract and retain young talent. That's a huge -- and hugely important -- change. Another dynamic cluster is blossoming around Cleveland State University. With its new buildings, including student housing along Euclid that opened this fall, CSU at last looks like a real college campus. |
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Tyler Village
Across Superior, in a warren of brick buildings once devoted to elevator manufacturing, the aptly namedPulley's Coffeehouse is serving beverages and food from Artefino Café to the growing number of people working there. Now known as Tyler Village, the 1.2-million-square-foot, 25-building, 10-acre complex is one of the largest downtown redevelopment projects in the city's history, according to developer Graystone Properties. It currently houses a charter school, Digiknow, APG Office Furnishings, Analiza Medical Lab, Solutions at Work and an office of the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities, whose clients staff Pulley's. "Tyler is definitely the biggest development [in the neighborhood], and it's driving a lot of the investment," says Jamar Doyle, project manager for the St. Clair Superior Development Corporation. But he adds that there's a history of entrepreneurship in the local Asian-American community, and points to the almost 40 Asian restaurants now serving the area. St. Clair Superior Development also plans streetscape improvements next year, with grant money from the Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency. |
