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Subject | • | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | [X] | | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. |
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| | • | Hough Area Development Corporation. |
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| | • | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Associations, institutions, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Carothers, Neil J. |
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| | • | Case Western Reserve University. |
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| | • | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. |
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| | • | Cleveland Public Schools |
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| | • | Community Action for Youth (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Community Circle, Incorporated -- Archives. |
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| | • | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Cultural parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Davidson, Murray M. |
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| | • | Edwards, Anna, d. 1923. |
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| | • | Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute -- Archives. |
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| | • | Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Fairfax Foundation. |
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| | • | Glenco Enterprises, Inc. |
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| | • | Health planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Hough Area Council (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Hough Area Partners in Progress. |
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| | • | Housing Our People Economically, Inc. -- Archives. |
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| | • | Institute of Man and Science. |
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| | • | Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Land use, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | League Park Center (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- |
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| | • | Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation. |
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| | • | Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | North Coast Village Steering Committee. |
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| | • | Planned unit developments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Police, Private -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Poor -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Porter, Roderick Boyd. |
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| | • | Poverty -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Social work with African Americans. |
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| | • | United States. CSA/Office of Community Services. |
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| | • | United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. |
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| | • | University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | University Circle Development Foundation -- Archives. |
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| | • | University Circle, Incorporated -- Archives. |
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| | • | University Circle, Incorporated. |
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| | • | University Hospitals of Cleveland (Ohio) |
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| | • | Western Reserve University. |
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| | • | William Bingham Foundation. |
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| | • | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute Records
| | | | Creator: | Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute | | | | Dates: | 1923-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute is one of the oldest settlement houses in Cleveland, Ohio, first organized by Anna Edwards as a reading and lunch room for boys and workmen in Cleveland's East 55th Street and Superior Avenue area. The institute was named for Eleanor Rainey, whose financial support helped found the settlement in 1904. Following the death of Anna Edwards in 1923, her sister Flora served as director until 1949. The institute joined the Neighborhood Settlement Association in 1959. Since 1967, the institute has attempted to achieve its goals through music, doing so in cooperation with the Cleveland Music School Settlement. The collection consists of materials outlining the history and the 60th anniversary celebration in 1964; trustee, director, and board correspondence, 1938-1966; records detailing the institute's involvement in the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association; building upkeep and renovation records; financial statements; general activities material; and a eulogy for Anna Edwards. | | | | Call #: | MS 3907 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Edwards, Anna, d. 1923. | Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute -- Archives. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Clara P. Smith Papers
| | | | Creator: | Smith, Clara P. | | | | Dates: | 1959-1996 | | | | Abstract: | Clara Pearl Smith (1917-2009) was a civil rights activist and social worker in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s. She was president of the East 88th Street Club and the Wade Superior Neighborhood Association and co-founded the the Hough Area Council and the Bell Neighborhood Branch of Gannett Goodrich House. The collection consists of a biography, case studies, certificates, correspondence, a genealogy, invitations, newspaper clippings, photographs, poetry, programs, reports, and song lyrics. | | | | Call #: | MS 5264 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hough Area Council (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Public Schools | African Americans -- Civil rights.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Hough Area Development Corporation Records
| | | | Creator: | Hough Area Development Corporation | | | | Dates: | 1967-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The Hough Area Development Corporation (f. 1967) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, by DeForest Brown in conjunction with African American professionals and neighborhood leaders in the wake of the Hough riots by DeForest Brown to aid in bringing economic prosperity to Cleveland's Hough neighborhood. Dedicated to African American self-determination, the group initially met in secret in order to prevent competition for dollars and outside attempts to control it. The group promoted African American business entrepreneurship and better housing. The collection consists of board minutes, correspondence, clippings, legal papers, financial records, reports, and the working papers of the corporation's offices. | | | | Call #: | MS 4222 | | | | Extent: | 27.30 linear feet (28 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Hough Area Development Corporation. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Housing Our People Economically, Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | Housing Our People Economically, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1965-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Housing Our People Economically, Inc., was a non-profit organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965 to rehabilitate existing houses and build new ones for residents of Cleveland's Hough neighborhood. It depended on government and foundation grants for much of its support, and, by the mid-1970s, owned and managed over 250 units of housing. The group floundered in 1984 after reports of corruption and poor management made it difficult to obtain adequate funding. The group was known as HOPE. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, press releases, proposals, reports, information about property holdings, a subject file, blueprints, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 4381 | | | | Extent: | 2.81 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Housing Our People Economically, Inc. -- Archives. | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poor -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Community Action for Youth Records
| | | | Creator: | Community Action for Youth | | | | Dates: | 1958-1967 | | | | Abstract: | Community Action for Youth was a social services agency in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, created through a federal matching grant from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime in 1963. Its goals included the reduction of juvenile delinquency and poverty through increased social services, educational opportunities, and job training. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, financial documents, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, proposals, reports, speeches, and statements. | | | | Call #: | MS 5227 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Community Action for Youth (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poverty -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | League Park Center Records
| | | | Creator: | League Park Center | | | | Dates: | 1952-1970 | | | | Abstract: | League Park Center, Inc. (f. 1949), located in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, was started by the Welfare Federation of Cleveland with two social workers in the old business office of League Park (6601 Lexington Ave.), with additional facilities at nearby Dunham Church of Christ. The Center has always had close ties with the Neighborhood Settlement Association, the Center focusing on the "development of Cleveland's inner city youth," with such programs as Headstart and athletic activities. The Center's other interests included improvement of the neighborhood and encouragement of street clubs, which worked for block and street preservation and sometimes promoted youth activities. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, a code of regulations, minutes, annual reports, correspondence, legal and financial papers, project reports, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets and posters published by the corporation. | | | | Call #: | MS 4238 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | League Park Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with African Americans. | Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 8 | Title: | Fannie M. Lewis Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lewis, Fannie M. | | | | Dates: | 1965-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Fannie M. Lewis (1926-2008) was an African American activist and Cleveland, Ohio, councilwoman. She was involved in a number of Hough neighborhood improvement programs, including Community Action for Youth, Neighborhood Youth Corps, Model Cities Association, and the Citizen's Participation Organization. She became a city councilwoman from Cleveland's Ward 7 in 1982. The collection consists of personal papers and the records and subject files relating to Lewis' work with the Model Cities Association, Neighborhood Youth Corps, and other community organizations. Included are articles of incorporation, bylaws, trustee minutes, monthly reports, financial records, proposals, correspondence, memoranda, residency lists, posters, and newspaper clippings. The collection is useful to the study of Cleveland community development programs and Fanny Lewis' efforts with these programs. Some materials relate to racism, politics, and local government in Cleveland during the 1960s and 1970s. | | | | Call #: | MS 4341 | | | | Extent: | 14.00 linear feet (16 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Health planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 9 | Title: | Roderick Boyd Porter Papers
| | | | Creator: | Porter, Roderick Boyd | | | | Dates: | 1980-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Roderick Boyd Porter served as the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Archivist (1973-1985) and was active in neighborhood redevelopment and historic preservation in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. Porter also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Reserve Historical Society, as a trustee of the Cleveland Area Arts Council, and a member of the Rowfant Club. He was a member of the North Coast Village Steering Committee in the 1980s, which played a key role in the Lexington Village project and revitalization efforts in the Hough area community of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of planning and development documents, project reports, proposals, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and personal notes. The collection pertains to the revitalization of the Hough area, an inner city neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It illustrates the involvement of urban renewal and re-development organizations such as the William Bingham Foundation, North Coast Village Steering Committee, the Institute of Man and Science, Glenco, and the Hough Area Partners in Progress. | | | | Call #: | MS 4646 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Porter, Roderick Boyd. | William Bingham Foundation. | North Coast Village Steering Committee. | Glenco Enterprises, Inc. | Institute of Man and Science. | Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation. | Hough Area Partners in Progress. | Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | University Circle, Incorporated, Records
| | | | Creator: | University Circle, Incorporated | | | | Dates: | 1952-1979 | | | | Abstract: | University Circle, Incorporated was created in 1957 as the University Circle Development Foundation to oversee and coordinate development of the University Circle area of Cleveland, Ohio. Becoming University Circle, Incorporated in 1970, it operated under a 20-year master development plan to preserve the physical environment and reinforce the commitment of members to the area. UCI, Inc. serves as a "land bank" for its members, purchasing, leasing and maintaining properties, and reselling land to members to further their development and promote common purposes. UCI, Inc. also acts as a land use and development consultant, initiating and overseeing construction and assisting environmental and historic preservation projects. It maintains parking facilities, a bus service, and a private security service for the area. It has also entered into urban revitalization projects and cultural, educational, and medical programs in order to strengthen and stimulate relationships with the surrounding communities, particularly the Hough and Fairfax areas. Neil J. Carothers served as UCI's first president, followed by Joseph Pigott, Oliver Brooks, Murray Davidson, and others. The collection consists of articles of incorporation; records of the board of trustees and the executive committee (consisting of members' files, correspondence, minutes, operating policies and plans); officers' records (consisting of presidents', vice-presidents', and executive vice-presidents' files, files of the Circle development director, and correspondence); organizational records (consisting of affiliated and member institution files, correspondence, reports and proposals, property files, UCI police dept. files, and miscellany); special project records (consisting of Community Circle Inc. records, Cleveland New-Town-in-Town project records, housing files, general files, including correspondence, reports, blueprints, speeches and purchase orders, University Circle files, architectural and design review consultants' files, and Euclid-Mayfield Triangle Development Project files); and miscellany. Various document types are present, including news bulletins and brochures, newspaper clippings, and photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 3900 | | | | Extent: | 50.00 linear feet (50 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Carothers, Neil J. | Davidson, Murray M. | University Circle, Incorporated. | University Circle, Incorporated -- Archives. | University Circle Development Foundation -- Archives. | Community Circle, Incorporated -- Archives. | Case Western Reserve University. | Western Reserve University. | University Hospitals of Cleveland (Ohio) | Fairfax Foundation. | Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land use, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Associations, institutions, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Planned unit developments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Police, Private -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cultural parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) | Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio)
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