Cleveland in HDR – The 6th City Collection

Today’s Cleveland photo is of the Dante Alighieri statue that was dedicated in the Italian Garden of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens on June 29, 2012. Here is some more information about Dante from Wikipedia: “Durante degli Alighieri, simply referred to as Dante, was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Commedia and later called Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature”.

For more info:

http://culturalgardens.org/gardenDetail.aspx?gardenID=10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri

Today’s Quote: “Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.” ― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

Today’s photo of the Cleveland Skyline! Did you know that there are a whole bunch of famous Clevelanders? Here is a list of some of them from the Positively Cleveland Website:

Halle Berry – Actress/producer – the first African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress

Drew Carey – Creator/producer and star of ABC-TV’s “The Drew Carey Show” and host of “The Price is Right”

Traci Chapman – Singer/songwriter

Tim Conway – Comedian/actor

Ben Curtis – Graduate of Kent State University and the 2003 PGA British Open Champion

Dorothy Dandridge – Actress – First African American woman to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress

Phil Donahue – Talk show host and winner of 19 Daytime Emmys

Alan Freed – D.J. who coined the phrase “Rock n’ Roll”

James A Garfield – 20th US President

Arsenio Hall – Comedian/Actor – The first African American host of a nationally televised late night talk show

Patricia Heaton – Actress

Anne Heche – Actress

Langston Hughes – Poet

Bob Hope – Actor/Comedian – Winner of 5 Special and Honorary Oscars

Sammy Kaye – Band leader – Kaye had more than 100 hit records from 1937-1953

Don King – Boxing promoter

Henry Mancini – Composer of “Moon River,” “The Pink Panther” and many more memorable melodies. Winner of 20 Grammys and four Oscars

Toni Morrison – Winner of 1993 Nobel Prize for literature

Paul Newman – Actor, director, race car driver and Oscar Winner for Best Actor

The O’Jays (Eddie Levert & Walter Williams) – Popular R&B group

Jesse Owens – Olympic track star

John D. Rockefeller – Standard Oil founder

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – Creators of Superman

Molly Shannon – Actress and cast alumni of Saturday Night Live

Henry Sherwin – Founder, Sherwin Williams

Don Shula – Football coach

Tris Speaker – Baseball player

George Steinbrenner III – Former owner, NY Yankees

Vernon Stouffer – Founder, Stouffer Foods

Joe Walsh – Singer, songwriter, guitarist and member of the “James Gang” and the “Eagles”

Archibald Willard – Artist, painted “Spirit of ’76”

Tom Wilson – Cartoonist, Ziggy

Debra Winger – Actress

Cy Young – Baseball player

For more info on visiting Cleveland:

http://www.positivelycleveland.com/

“Nautica Entertainment Complex in Cleveland, Oh invites you to experience exceptional dining and exhilarating entertainment in a dramatic setting where you can see giant lake freighters maneuver the Cuyahoga River. Since its opening in 1987, the Nautica Entertainment Complex has attracted millions of people annually. Anchored by two dramatic jackknife bridges, the distinctive character of the Flats is accentuated by Cleveland’s finest entertainment venues.

Nautica Entertainment Complex includes the FirstEnergy Powerhouse (home to the Greater Cleveland Aquarium, Windows on the River banquet facilities and Trolley Tours); the Sugar Warehouse with Shooters on the Water, the IMPROV Comedy Club and Restaurant and Great Lakes Watersports; Jacobs Pavilion (a 5,000 seat outdoor amphitheater); the Nautica Queen dining/cruise ship, and the Apartments at Nautica building with McCarthy’s Downtown and the Nautica Charity Poker Festival At the Cuyahoga River’s edge is the half-mile long Nautica Boardwalk offering special views of boats on the river and Cleveland’s resurgent skyline.”

For more info- http://www.nauticaflats.com/venues/a/jacobs-pavilion-cleveland-concert-event-venue

Todat’s quote: Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. – Voltaire

Today’s Photo: Wade Park in Cleveland, Oh

From Wikipedia: “Wade Park is a park in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. An idyllic swath of land in one of Cleveland’s busiest neighborhoods, the park was built on land donated by Jeptha Wade with the intention of using part of the property building for an art museum. Its most prominent feature is the Cleveland Museum of Art and the adjacent Wade Park Lagoon. While not technically a historical landmark on its own, the park falls within the eponymous Wade Park historical district and essentially serves the landscape for most of the buildings included in the registry entry.

Established on the land donated to the city by Jeptha Wade in 1882, Wade Park today largely serves as a museum campus for the Cleveland Museum of Art, as well as several other Cleveland cultural institutions. One of the most prominent features of the park — and of University Circle — is the Wade Lagoon. The lagoon is situated on the south end of Wade Park, in front of the museum. Bounded by East Boulevard on the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on the east and Euclid Avenue on the south, the lagoon provides a tranquil retreat as well as a home for fish, which are mainly ornamental koi.”

For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Park_(Cleveland_park)

Today’s Quote: “Light makes photography. Embrace it. Admire it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know photography.” – George Eastman

Today’s Cleveland photo was taken in Cleveland’s Little Italy:

From About.com: “Clevelands Little Italy neighborhood, located on Mayfield Road, just south of Euclid Ave., grew up in the late 19th century, fueled by scores of immigrants that came to the area to work as stone-cutters for nearby Lake View Cemetery and to work in clothing factories.

Early residents included Joseph Carabelli, who donated the land for Holy Rosary Church and helped to found Alta House, a charitable organization that still thrives.

Today, Clevelanders of Italian descent are located all over the city, but Little Italy retains that “Old World” flavor with restaurants, art galleries, and the popular “Feast of the Assumption” festival each August”.

For more info on Cleveland’s Little Italy visit:

http://cleveland.about.com/od/neighborhoods/ss/littleitalywalk.htm

http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=LI1

“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

Atrium at the Cleveland Museum of art

From Cleveland.com: “In a way that’s palpable but hard to measure, Cleveland just became a better place to live, thanks to the completion of the new central atrium at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

This grand interior space — nearly as big as a football field — was intended by New York architect Rafael Viñoly to be the centerpiece of the $350 million expansion and renovation he designed for the museum a decade ago.

Now it has the chance to do that job, and much more.

The atrium opened at 10 a.m. Tuesday without fanfare, seven years after construction began at the museum and four years after the new and renovated galleries started opening. Director David Franklin and several staff members waited quietly in the low and shadowy North Lobby as the first visitors trickled past them to enter the atrium.

They gazed up, open-mouthed, at the skylight high overhead and slowed down to take in the surrounding architecture, which includes the restored north facade of the museum’s white marble 1916 building, plus Viñoly’s glass, wood and metal gallery and office areas, which will wrap the other three sides of the space when they’re complete.”

For more on this article and Structure:

http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2012/09/cleveland_museum_of_art_atrium.html

http://www.clevelandart.org/

Today’s Quote: ”All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space”. – Philip Johnson

“Fountain of Waters” by Chester Beach in the Cleveland Museum of Art Fine Arts Garden

From the Cleveland museum of Art website : ” I know of no other example of landscape art as beautiful as this where such a large part of the population pass daily and enjoy it.” Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., of the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm, is of course referring to the Fine Arts Garden. The garden fills the approach to the Cleveland Museum of Art from Euclid Avenue, and is bordered on the east and west by East Boulevard and Martin Luther King Boulevard, respectively. The Fine Arts Garden was formally presented to the city of Cleveland by the Garden Club at a dedication ceremony on July 23, 1928.

The Cleveland Museum of Art was built on land donated by industrialist Jeptha Homer Wade II. This land is located in Wade Park, which was donated to the city in the nineteenth century by Wade’s grandfather, Jeptha Homer Wade I. Prior to the construction of the museum, Wade Park was a popular recreation area that included a lake for boating and skating, walking paths, and picnic areas.

Construction of the museum decimated the landscape surrounding the building. For several years after the museum opened in 1916 the park was minimally maintained by the city. The unsightly bit of land between the museum and Euclid Avenue was the subject of much criticism during this time. In 1923 the Garden Club of Cleveland, whose library was housed at the art museum, appointed a committee to study the problem of beautifying the area.

Through various fund raisers garden club members were able to hire the firm of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park in New York City, to design the Fine Arts Garden. These images represent the firm’s vision for the Fine Arts Garden.

In addition, members of the club, the art museum, and community at large donated funds to commission artist Chester Beach to sculpt the “Fountain of Waters” and signs of the zodiac statues. Funds also were donated for the purchase of marble benches, terraces, and other pieces of statuary for the garden. All of the funds to establish the garden, over $400,000, came from private donations. Maintenance of the garden is funded through an endowment established by Mrs. John Sherwin, president of the Garden Club at the time the garden was planned.

The Museum Archives houses records related to the planning and construction of the Fine Arts Garden including records of the Fine Arts Garden Commission, records from the Olmsted Brothers firm, planting plans and blueprints, and photographs. For more information, see the Records of Fine Arts Garden finding aid.”

For more info: www.clevelandart.org/collection-focus-article/fine-arts-garden

Today’s Quote: The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln

Today’s Cleveland photo is of the Alta House. Here is some of the history of the Alta House from their website:

The Alta House Social Settlement, founded in 1895 by John D. Rockefeller, began as a support organization for Italian immigrants to the Mayfield-Murray Hill area, known today as Little Italy, of Cleveland, OH. The Alta House initially provided a nursery and kindergarten for the community, adding a library, youth campus and playground in the early 1920s. The goal was to provide services to families in the area, giving the youth of the community a place to learn and socialize while their parents worked.

By 1970, many renovations had taken place including addition of a banquet room, kitchen facilities, lounge area, lobby and preschool. In the 1980s, as the Little Italy population grew older, the Alta House expanded its Elderly Services Program that included: Meals-On-Wheels, homemaking support, transportation, shopping and field trips. In the 1990s, the Alta House focused on diversifying funding, community outreach and program expansion beyond Little Italy into the greater Cleveland area. These expansions included comprehensive senior services, youth services, community services and recreational programs.

In 2000, the Alta House created a five-year, organizational plan. The Alta House dedicated itself to be an established leader, partner and advocate among community organizations, and provide high quality programs to all community members.

Today, the Alta House continues its commitment toward social, educational, recreational and supportive services and development, for all ages, in the greater Cleveland area.

For more info please visit: http://www.altahouse.org/index.html

Today’s Quote: “If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it”. – John D. Rockefeller

Today’s Cleveland photo is of the Cleveland Skyline from the Superior Viaduct. I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.

Today’s Quote:

“To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world.” ~Calvin Coolidge

The History of UH Cancer Program from its website: University Hospitals has had a renowned cancer program throughout its history. Since the 1940s when it was part of Cleveland Cancer Consortium, UH has contributed major clinical and scientific cancer treatment advancements. In 1981, the UH cancer program received substantial support from the State of Ohio through Robert Livingston Ireland Jr.’s (Feb. 1, 1895-April 21, 1981) efforts, a prominent Cleveland business executive who had a long and distinguished career with the M.A. Hanna Company and the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. He was a member of University Hospitals Board of Directors for more than 40 years and Chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Ireland, who was ill with bone cancer, wrote a letter to his good friend Governor James Rhodes to support funding for a cancer center at UH. In response, Governor Rhodes requested the Ohio Legislature approve $14 million for the cancer center. This government earmark partially funded construction of outpatient cancer facilities in University Hospitals Bolwell Health Center and new state-of-the art cancer technology. In 1982, hospital leadership recognized Mr. Ireland’s efforts by naming the cancer program University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center. That same year, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University merged their respective clinical and laboratory research resources to form a broader-based cancer center. National Recognition In 1987, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) named UH Ireland Cancer Center the first clinical cancer center in Northern Ohio. The center’s partnership with Case Western Reserve University attracted recognition and funding for innovative research. From its beginning, UH Ireland Cancer Center has strived to provide the highest standards of care for cancer patients, to make new discoveries about treating the disease through clinical research and to reach out to the community through educational efforts and information on the effectiveness of early screening. As a result of the outstanding work of its faculty and staff, UH Ireland Cancer Center attained the National Cancer Institute’s highest designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Care Center in 1998 – it retains that distinction today. Through the years, UH cancer services grew to seven sites on UH Case Medical Center campus. New Era The cancer program embarked on a new era of patient care with the opening of UH Seidman Cancer Center in 2011. This 120-bed hospital consolidated all UH Ireland Cancer Center’s services under one roof. The center is named in honor of Jane and Lee Seidman who generously donated $42 million in support of Vision 2010: The UH Difference strategic initiative. UH has always thrived because of the community’s generosity. Through philanthropic leadership and continued support, we move forward strengthening our fight against cancer and honoring the individuals who have helped us build that foundation. For more information: http://www.uhhospitals.org/seidman

Today’s Quote: Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. – Henry David Thoreau