The Garfield Memorial is an impressive towered mausoleum designed in gothic and classical architectural styles.
Severance Hall is regarded by many music-lovers as one of the world's most beautiful concert halls.
A statue of U.S. President James Garfield who served only about 200 days as president.
floors with continuous music echoing within the “Rock Hall’s” atrium. The term rock and roll, in fact, was first mentioned in Cleveland in 1951 by local disc jockey Alan Freed to describe the rhythm and blues records he played. Downtown is an architectural potpourri, from the stately neoclassical architecture of the Cleveland Public Library and the Public Auditorium, to the Tower City retail and hotel complex’s Beaux-Arts Terminal Tower, the country’s tallest building outside New York City until the mid 1960s. Public Square is home to the Romanesque 1855 Old Stone Church with its elongated steeple, and the four-sided Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument showcasing sculptures depicting Civil War battles. The 57-story modern Key Tower is Ohio’s tallest skyscraper. A short walk leads to pedestrian-packed East 4th street, where on many nights you’ll find crowds swelled within its trendy bistros and cafes. Downtown’s streets stretch into Cleveland’s diverse neighborhoods, with some communities defined along historic ethnic lines—Slavic Village and Little Italy, for example. The craft beer sought-after Ohio City neighborhood—once a separate municipality—is awash in colorful street art murals and is anchored by the city’s popular West Side Market with its 137-foot clock tower, a Cleveland landmark. Inside,
sprawling deli counters also reflect the city’s ethnicity roots with foods like Slovenian sausage, Hungarian kielbasa, Italian pirogues, and Dutch Edam cheeses. With a strong manufacturing base, Cleveland became the nation’s seventh largest city during the turn of the 19th to 20th century due in part to John D. Rockefeller founding Standard Oil. “Cleveland having been a port city with the connection to the St. Lawrence Seaway and to the Atlantic Ocean, is what led to significant expansion during the industrial age,” explains Emily Lauer, director of Public Relations and Communications with Destination Cleveland. Lagging railroad and steel industries led to economic collapse in the 1970s and ‘80s, but in recent years Cleveland has earned the reputation as a “Comeback City” with renewed energy, revitalization, and growth. Today, it’s home to nationally-known Progressive Insurance, Sherwin-Williams, and the Cleveland Clinic. The city’s thriving arts and culture scene sits within University Circle, with world-class museums, educational institutions and performing arts venues packed within a square mile. They include the Cleveland Orchestra’s domed neoclassical and art deco Severance Hall, the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland History Center and
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