100 Years in Pictures

Slavic VillageTo date, 100 percent of the student body at the School of Science and Medicine goes on to college.New Gallery co-founders Marjorie Talalay (left) and Nina Castelli SundellAndrew Carnegie, the “king of steel,” created a private foundation to carry out his philanthropic activities. Goff invented a simpler, more affordable mechanism to serve the charitable impulses of caring individuals of all means.Sold out! Heritage Lane townhomes, built within walking distance of the CircleProgressive Field at GatewayCleveland’s busy riverfront, south of the Superior Viaduct1973: Severance Hall1968: Holden ArboretumCleveland Institute of ArtClean water advocates, 1968An assembly line at the Ford Motor Company plant in Brook Park, 1973: manufacturing jobs on the declineBarbara Haas RawsonVice President Hubert H. Humphrey showed his support for Stokes’s Cleveland: NOW! initiative on a visit to the city in 1968.Nancy Dwyer’s Who’s on First? benchThe March on Washington, August 28, 1963, at which Martin Luther King Jr. called upon the nation to make good on democracy’s promise of social and economic freedom for all citizens Entrepreneurship: Wood Trac, an affordable, drop-ceiling system developed and marketed by Sauder Woodworking, a family-owned business in Ashland, OhioTom L. Johnson, a reformer who served as Cleveland’s mayor from 1901 to 1909, helped to shape the city’s progressive climate. Malcolm L. McBrideCleveland OrchestraCharles P. Bolton1994: Great Lakes Science MuseumR. M. Fischer’s Sports StacksLake-Geauga FundCarlton K. Matson1968: Karamu HouseContaminants flowing into Lake Erie, 1965Glenville High School students, 1914Fred S. McConnellThe Board of Education building in downtown Cleveland, longtime headquarters of the system’s central administrationDr. King speaking in Rockefeller Park on a visit to Cleveland in 1967. The previous year he had dramatized the issue of housing discrimination by moving his family into a grimy apartment on the segregated west side of Chicago and joining in protest marches into that city’s all-white neighborhoods.Cleveland OrchestraLeadership of a 1933 initiative to replace squalid tenements with subsidized garden apartmentsKucinich proclaiming victory on the eve of his election as mayor in 1977Global Cleveland’s welcome centerThe original Free Clinic, a drug treatment center on Cornell RoadKent H. SmithUptown, the Circle’s exciting, new high-density neighborhood, has all the amenities associated with urban living.Cleveland’s well-financed and -run network of community development organizations targeted this crumbling but historic eight-unit rowhouse in the Central neighborhood for rehabilitation.A “City Canvases” mural by graphic designer John MorellWade Lagoon, the tranquil heart of Cleveland’s cultural hub Robert E. Eckardt, Ph.D.Stokes and his wife, Shirley, on election day, 1968 1999: Western Reserve Historical SocietyDonald and Ruth GoodmanCarl B. Stokes at a town hall meeting, 1969: an historic but troubled mayoral administration John SherwinGoff in a rare moment of leisureRaymond C. MoleyHough’s frustrations with its seemingly intractable problems erupted into violence during the summer of 1966.The grand opening of The Avenue at Tower City, 1990James D. WilliamsonVietnamese lutist Pham Thi Hue was Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio’s artist in residence in 2013.MAGNET’s Prism program helped Cleveland-based Vitamix keep up with demand for its high-end blenders.Sophisticated life support equipment in an air ambulance made by Nextant Aerospace, Ohio’s only aircraft manufacturer and a MAGNET clientMAGNET incubator tenant Tom Lix, the founder and CEO of Cleveland Whiskey, which has developed a proprietary process for accelerating the aging of distilled liquorsLeyton E. CarterAn examination room at the Glenville Health ClinicHalprin worksheetMalvin E. BankCleveland Film SocietyA new generation of Circle fansEllwood H. Fisher2000: Cleveland Zoological SocietyPlanning model of Cleveland, c. 1960Neighbors who have come together to work on improvement of their neighborhoodThe NAACP-Cleveland’s fight for desegregation ultimately leads in 1973 to a federal lawsuit against the Cleveland public schools: the likelihood of court-ordering busing The State TheatreThe foundation helped to draft and win passage of a clean energy law for Ohio.Advocating greater reliance on clean energy: a wind farm in northwestern OhioOn his way to building Cleveland Trust into America’s sixth largest bank, Goff occasionally took time out to indulge his passion for fishing.Aretha Franklin at the Tri-C JazzFestEvergreen Energy Solution’s photovoltaic panelsThe Allen Theatre, originally an opulent silent movie house, c. 1938NewBridge prepares adults for careers as health care technicians.MAGNET consultants helped Nextant Aerospace of Richmond Heights, Ohio, apply lean principles to its specialty business of remanufacturing corporate jets for an under-$5 million market. 1986: Cain ParkBelle SherwinThe West 25th Street retail district in Ohio City exemplifies the objective recently adopted by Neighborhood Progress, Inc. of restoring market forces in target neighborhoods.An east-side Cleveland elementary school, 1963: growing frustration with what appears to be systematic segregationJames R. GarfieldAddressing the changing socioeconomic needs of the African-American community: 20th anniversary convening of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, hosted by Cleveland in 1929John L. McChordApollo’s FirePresbyterian minister Bruce W. Klunder died while protesting the construction of three public elementary schools that Cleveland’s civil rights community believed would perpetuate a system of segregated and inferior education for African-American students.SPACES1982: The TempleThe gallery's second home on Bellflower Road in University CircleRichard W. PogueTri-C groundbreaking, 1966F. James and Rita Rechin FundHunter MorrisonThe RetreatHolsey Gates HandysideGoff did not believe that philanthropy should be the exclusive province of wealthy individuals such as Standard Oil Company founder John D. Rockefeller, a client of Goff’s former law firm.Members of the African-American Philanthropy Committee: Reverend Elmo A. Bean, Doris A. Evans, M.D., David G. Hill, Lillian W. Burke1998: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic RailroadUnder the leadership of former CEO Baiju Shah, BioEnterprise created, recruited or helped to grow more than 170 local biotechnology companies.Michael D. White won voter support for “mayoral control” of the Cleveland public schools.Ivan Lecaros (right), a master printmaker from Chile, puts the final touches on a drawing for a silkscreen print during his 2012 residency at Zygote Press.The foundation’s vision of creating a wind farm in Lake Erie is moving closer to reality.Euclid Avenue, looking east, c. 1910Cleveland schools CEO Eric Gordon and Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson stumping in 2012 for the passage of the first operating levy to be placed on the ballet in 16 yearsAn owner-employee of the Evergreen Laundry2013: Friends of the Cleveland School of the ArtsBy 1929, when Cleveland laid claim to having the tallest skyscraper in the country—the Terminal Tower, evocatively captured here by famed photographer Margaret Bourke-White—the community foundation movement had spread across America.George and Janet Voinovich2009: Cleveland Institute of ArtInnovation: CleveMed’s wireless sleep monitorOn December 15, 1978, Cleveland City Council considered and rejected Mayor Kucinich’s 11th-hour plan to avoid default.The Palace, the flagship of the Keith chain of vaudeville theaters, reinvented itself as a wide-screen movie house in the 1950s.1997: Cleveland Clinic FoundationThe Dolan Center for Science and Technology at John Carroll University incorporated green building materials and smart energy and water systems.Mayor Dennis Kucinich’s ceremonial presentation of a post-default debt paymentCleveland Ballet co-founder Dennis Nahat as the tsar and Nanette Glushak as the tsarina in the company’s signature holiday performance of The NutcrackerKenneth W. Clement M.D.A new company that makes and installs solar-panel arrays has been created with foundation support.1959: Cleveland Institute of MusicCarl W. Brand1996: Dunham Tavern MuseumFrederick Harris Goff, humanitarian, 1858‒1923Karamu HouseHarry Coulby FundsMaster planner I. M. Pei (right), Cleveland’s urban renewal director James Lister (center) and chief architect Jack Hayes at the Erieview Tower construction site, 1954 Cleveland Housing Network financing programs have helped low- to moderate-income families become homeowners.GroundWorks Dance TheaterAlbert Sabin (left) developed the oral vaccine given to Cleveland children.The passenger terminal at Cleveland-Hopkins Airport, c. 19562006: Cleveland Clinic FoundationBusiness growth: The Greater Cleveland Partnership’s business development teamL. Dale Dorney FundJohn Sherwin Jr.Gordon Park in its heyday1984: Cleveland Department of Parks, Recreation and Properties1972: Huron Road MallThe Cleveland Housing Network assisted the Mt. Pleasant Now nonprofit development corporation with the construction of the Union Court senior apartments.1976: Cleveland Play House1957: Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryThe Ohio Department of Natural Resources invested more than $40 million in capital improvements to the band of green spaces renamed the Cleveland Lakefront State Park. James A. RatnerAnisfield-Wolf Book Awards2004: The Gathering PlaceChurch Square Commons, offering affordable apartments for adults 55 and older, is one of the Famicos Foundation’s most recent projects in Hough.Ohio governor John Kasich at the signing of House Bill 525, legislation enabling education reform, in June 2012Cool Cleveland editor and publisher Tom MulreadyTremontPlayhouse Square, c. 1969MOCA Cleveland’s faceted, mirrored, four-story art gallery anchors the Uptown development.Foundation leaders confer about how to distribute 1947 income of $614,479 to a standing list of charitable institutions and agencies. Foundation director Leyton E. Carter (third from right) is seated next to the board’s sole female member, Constance Mather Bishop. St. Joseph's Orphanage for Girls on Woodland AvenueRaymond Q. ArmingtonThe Goff home on Lake Shore Boulevard in BratenahlCommunityFoundationAtlas.org website1956: Cleveland Institute of ArtCleveland City Hospital’s “iron lung” respirator, used for treating polio patients whose paralyzed muscles cause breathing difficulties, 19332007: Great Lakes Theater FestivalCaptain Frank’s seafood restaurant at the end of the Ninth Street Pier once commanded downtown’s best view of Lake Erie.The foundation’s 1915 public education survey resulted in sweeping reform. For decades thereafter, Cleveland’s school system was regarded as a model of excellence.Ralph J. Perk lends a hand to the theater restoration project, which began during his tenure as Cleveland mayor. 1981: Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater ClevelandGreen City Growers Cooperative’s 3.25-acre hydroponic greenhouse in the Central neighborhood opened in 2013. Cleveland Housing Network was the lead developer of Greenbridge Commons, permanent housing for chronically homeless individuals, in the Fairfax neighborhood.27 Coltman, a luxury townhome development on the eastern boundary of University CircleSherwick FundGreen City Growers supplies Bibb lettuce, green leaf lettuce, gourmet lettuces and basil to institutional and commercial customers.Stanley C. PaceThe 2011 renovation of the Allen Theatre's main auditoriumWelcome committees were organized to greet bused students on their first day at their new crosstown schools. Dancer/choreographer Kapila Palihawadana of Sri Lanka, 2012 artist in residence with the Inlet Dance Theatre, conducts a master dance class at the Beck Center for the Performing Arts.Although the foundation’s trailblazing was a faded tradition by 1955, when this picture of the trustee bank presidents holding a replica of the foundation’s logo was snapped, its stature as the world’s first community trust remained a source of pride.John J. Dwyer1961: Benjamin Rose InstituteCleveland, Ohio, the birthplace of an entirely new concept of philanthropyA. E. Convers FundDetroit ShorewayManchester Bidwell, the Pittsburgh model on which NewBridge is based, has instilled a love of learning in teens who previously did not fare well in school.Protest demonstration at Cleveland State University, 1969: poverty rates in the central city on the rise2001: Cleveland Botanical GardenThe Cleveland Foodbank’s LEED-certified distribution centerCleveland Museum of ArtCircle institutions have invested or are planning to invest billions in capital improvements, such as University Hospitals of Cleveland’s new Seidman Cancer Center.Architectural drawing of the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority's Lakeview Tower, a senior high-rise proposed for the near west side in 19711986: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and MuseumHarry Goldblatt, M.D.David GoldbergThe formal entrance to the Judson Park retirement community, an independent living facility erected in 1974 next to the traditional nursing home established by the Baptist Home of Ohio in the former Bicknell mansion on Cleveland’s east side2010: Hawken SchoolInstitute of Pathology at Western Reserve University, as it appeared at its opening in 1929A satellite photograph of Lake Erie, downtown Cleveland and the Cuyahoga River valley: The foundation has learned to take the long view in helping the community craft fresh responses to persistent urban problems.Katharine Holden Thayer by Cindy NaegeleJacqueline F. WoodsH. Stuart HarrisonThe East Central Townhomes, after a $1.2 million renovation by Burten, Bell and Carr Development CorporationCleveland voters expressed their hopes for the success of the reform plan by approving the Issue 107 operating levy.James A. NortonJ. Kimball Johnson1996: Old Stone ChurchAlfred M. Rankin Jr.Tri-C JazzFest, 1993Frances Southworth, Goff’s bride and intellectual partnerMAGNET incubator graduate, DXY Solutions, makes components and software for mobile devices.The Frederick C. Crawford Auto Aviation Collection at the Western Reserve Historical SocietyThe reversal of downtown Cleveland’s stagnation, symbolized by the redevelopment of the Terminal Tower, is a 60-year-old work in progress in which the foundation has been steadily engaged.Wade Oval Wednesdays, summertime’s popular outdoor music seriesCleveland Public ArtFirst grants to advance serious medical research in an era still plagued with quackery: The Cunningham Sanitarium, located at East 185th Street and Lake Shore Boulevard, c. 1928. The sanitarium offered patients access to the world’s largest hyperbaric chamber, but its claims for the benefits of oxygen therapy proved specious.In 1967, this Cleveland Heights home, owned by an African American, was bombed in a senseless and vain attempt to halt the suburb’s integration.The cast of Nicholas Nickleby2002: Shaker Lakes Regional Nature CenterGoff wisely decided that an independent citizen’s committee should determine how a community foundation’s income should be distributed, rather than the directors of the foundation’s trustee bank. Frances Southworth Goff2010: Case Western Reserve UniversityCatharine Monroe Lewis2005: ideastreamLAND Studio’s proposed redesign of Public SquareA burning desire to be an attorney animated Goff as a young man. Lakeview TerraceGrand opening of the Outhwaite Homes, 1937Homer C. WadsworthDancing Wheels1976: Sokol HallFamed urban planner Lawrence Halprin (right) presented his ideas for downtown Cleveland’s redevelopment at a public forum in 1975 attended by Cleveland mayor Ralph J. Perk (center) and May Company department store president Francis Coy (left).Chester Avenue demarks the northern border of the MidTown Corridor.Graduation day at Cleveland Early College High School, 2012Cleveland Play HouseThe issues facing 21st-century Clevelanders—educational and economic opportunity, neighborhood and cultural vitality, and strong health and human services—are much the same as those with which earlier generations wrestled.Tri-C’s early use of computers as a teaching aid, c. 1980Barack Obama campaigns at Tri-C, 2007Singing AngelsInauguration ceremony of the 1975 World Conference of the International Women’s Year, Mexico CityAfter their father's untimely death, future political icons Carl (left) and Louis Stokes lived with their mother at Outhwaite Homes.1967: Blossom Music CenterArtist’s conception of the new Regional Transit Authority station planned for Mayfield Road in Little ItalyRock and Roll Hall of Fame and MuseumSustaining the excellence of the region’s cultural assets: a summer solstice party at the Cleveland Museum of ArtCharles A. RatnerProposed townhomes for East 118th StreetBarbecue restaurant owner Al (Bubba) Baker received a microloan that enabled the former Browns football player to begin local distribution of his proprietary de-boned baby-back ribs.Cleveland BalletTitle VIII (the “Federal Fair Housing Act”) of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, signed by President Johnson a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., advanced the struggle for integration taking place in Cleveland’s eastern suburbs and elsewhere across the nation.Commencement at Tri-C, 19751982: Cleveland Institute of ArtThe Peter B. Lewis Building, designed by Frank Gehry, is the home of Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management.CommunityFoundationAtlas.org websiteParticipants in Parade the Circle, an annual celebration of creativity Mort Epstein’s Pop Art-inspired electrical outlet, a CAAC-commissioned mural, graced the Union building on Euclid Avenue.Great Lakes Science CenterStokes with his brother Louis (left)2004: Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland Institute of MusicUpper Chester, which abuts the Cleveland Clinic, is the next Circle neighborhood slated for redevelopment.1975: Kenneth C. Beck Center for the Cultural ArtsA landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision righted the injustice experienced by Clarence Earl Gideon, a drifter who was convicted of felony theft because he could not afford an attorney and had defended himself at trial.Fostering economic opportunity via college scholarships: Garment workers at Joseph & Feiss Company, makers of the $15 blue serge suitFlotsam despoiling the beach at Gordon Park2003: Hanna Perkins Center for Child DevelopmentFrank H. and Nancy L. Porter FundUniversity Circle’s cultural institutions have long been renowned for their enriching educational activities.Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, Oberlin CollegeSteven A. MinterPrivately developed Beacon Place Townhomes on East 82nd Street—evidence of the return of middle-class Clevelanders to the central cityFirst Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (third from left) at the 1937 dedication of Lakeview Terrace, the nation’s first public housing1991: Hathaway Brown SchoolA greasy-spoon diner and flophouse at Payne and Walnut Avenues downtown, c. 1968—emblems of the City of Cleveland’s intensifying financial distress The bulldozer operator accidentally backed over Rev. Klunder in order to avoid hurting the protestors lying in front of him.MOCA Cleveland2000: Therapeutic Riding CenterThe Cleveland Foundation emerged from the crucible of the 1960s a stronger leader and more strategic grantmaker.Reinhold W. Erickson, D.D.S.Ronald B. RichardTreu-Mart FundOhio City1964: Garden Center of Greater ClevelandThe Cleveland Trust Company’s neoclassical banking hall, which opened in 1908, was topped by an immense stained-glass dome.The multitude of organizational nameplates on the door to the Cleveland Foundation’s offices in the 1970s testified to its rebirth as a nexus of progressive philanthropy and an incubator of social-action programs. FairfaxEdgewater Park under state stewardshipCleveland mayor Ralph S. LocherHalprin’s impressionist sketch of Cleveland’s “Flats,” which he praised as a “tremendous resource.” Dispersed by police, the protesters did not succeed in halting construction, but Klunder’s martyrdom inspired the civil rights community to continue what was ultimately a victorious fight against segregation of the Cleveland public schools.Palace Theatre lobby2002: Cleveland Institute of MusicThe Great Lakes Science Center’s wind turbineGreat Lakes Theater FestivalLinking city kids to life-enriching programs: Duffy Liturgical Dance teaches children to perform and thus preserve songs and dances created by African slaves in America.Projects receiving recent Neighborhood Connection grants have ranged from hands-on crafts classes to the reintroduction of beekeeping. Lexington Village2006: MOCA Cleveland1985: Cleveland State UniversitySupport for humanitarian aid to the unemployed: Stone carvers responsible for the iconic pylons of the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, a rare Depression-era construction project completed in 1932 with bond funds approved before the stock market crashThe restored Hungarian Cultural GardenHarold T. ClarkBusiness attraction: The Global Center for Health Innovation