Cleveland's Playhouse Square (OH) (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (913 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738540137 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Cleveland is culture! During the past four decades major media outlets have made efforts to disparage the city of Cleveland at every opportunity, notably its professional sports teams' lack of success. Consequently, they have created terrible misnomers for Cleveland such as "The Mistake on the Lake" and "The Armpit of America". Constant reiteration of these slanderous depictions of Cleveland are especially o. Cleveland's Playhouse Square Charlotte A. Bender Since the Playhouse Square in Cleveland has been renovated, we like to see how it was in the past, in comparison.
Mote has lived in the Cleveland area since 1975 and is an avid theatergoer. Author Patricia M. . She compiled this book with the generous assistance of the Playhouse Square Foundation. Mote is also the author of Berea and Columbus for Arcadia Publishing and the author of Upon the Rock and Dorothy Fuldheim, the FIRST First Lady of Television News
In the early 1920s, five opulent theatersthe Allen, the Ohio, the State, the Palace, and the Hannaopened on a stretch of Euclid Avenue in Cleveland. They offered legitimate theater, vaudeville, name bands and entertainers, and films for the affluent and hardworking citizens of this booming industrial city. A 25-year restoration endeavor emerged that raised $53 million, culminating in the largest theater restoration project in the world. In 1970, a bold group of planners led by Raymond K. Today Playhouse Square Center ranks second only to New York’s Lincoln Center as North America’s largest performing arts complex.. Unfortunately, the introduction of television and the flight to the suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s turned the theaters into ghost palaces destined for the wrecking ball. Shepardson formed the Playhouse Square Association, a nonprofit group dedicated to saving the theaters
She compiled this book with the generous assistance of the Playhouse Square Foundation. Mote has lived in the Cleveland area since 1975 and is an avid theatergoer. About the Author Author Patricia M. Mote is also the author of Berea and Columbus for Arcadia Publishing and the author of Upon the Rock and Dorothy Fuldheim, the FIRST First Lady of Television News.