• Cleveland’s “Roaring Third” : Kirkland Public Library

    Kirkland Public Library 9267 Chillicothe Rd,, Willoughby, OH, United States

    This is the complicated story of one Cleveland neighborhood that, in many ways, reflects the history of the entire city. Cleveland’s Near East Side was a place of remarkable contradictions. Millionaires’ Row stood only blocks from crowded tenements, gambling houses, brothels, and speakeasies. During Prohibition, vice and corruption helped earn the neighborhood a nickname that […]

  • House Detective: Uncovering the Hidden History of Your Home

    St. Mary's Polish National Church 5375 Broadview Rd, Parma, OH, United States

    Who built your house? Who lived there before you? What stood on your lot before the house went up? Every property in Cuyahoga County has a history, and most of […]