Nicholas L Brown
A brief biography of my late grandfather, Nicholas L Brown, a book publisher
LOV FOR COV [3]: The Coventry Village Neighborhood
Coventry Village is a beloved neighborhood in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Back in the 1970's, some people thought of Coventry as...
Circus Bob
Back in 1969-70, I was a student at the then "hippie haven" Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. In those days, the college closed...
ACCIDENTAL ART
An urban photo essay on capturing "accidental art" in Cleveland.
Learning from Trick or Treating
[CAPTION: Trick or Treating at neighborhood green space in Cleveland Heights] In our Cleveland Heights neighborhoods, most of us live...
CLEVELAND: GRITTY & PRETTY
A city is very much like a living organism. Cities are born, cities grow, cities age, cities become ill, cities heal, and cities...
REBEL WITH A PLAN: Norm Krumholz & Equity Planning in Cleveland
Cleveland stood the city planning profession on its head forty years ago with publication of the Policy Planning Report by City Planning...
ZONING FOR MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
Pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use development – with housing or offices above streetside retail stores – was the norm in most communities...
A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD
A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD! Every day I walk my dog along tree-lined sidewalks, past closely-spaced houses with welcoming front porches that...
Architecture and Memory
Architecture and Memory For nearly thirty years my home-away-from-home was Cleveland City Hall. During my time with the City Planning...