Thu 3/25 @ 6-7PM
How did Cleveland’s neighborhoods get their names? Some are pretty obvious: Edgewater is along the lake, Little Italy was settled by Italian immigrants in the late 1800s. Lee Harvard sits around the junction of those two streets. Hingetown was just dubbed that in the last decade or so, naming a sub-neighborhood that sits on the cusp of Ohio City and Detroit Shoreway.
But some are less obvious. Why is Kamm’s Corners called that? Who gave Collinwood and Mount Pleasant their names?
Local historian Dr. John Grabowski of the Western Reserve Historical Society’s research & publications department will share some of the background on the names that gave these areas their identity in a virtual program hosted by WRHS. He’ll explore questions such as who gets to name a neighborhood, how name changes have changed neighborhood identities, how the name changes have been driven by shifting populations, politicians, developers and even urban planners, and how organic borders became straight lines.
It’s $15 general admission, $10 for WRHS members. Go here to register.
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