Category: Policies

Sewer District recommends removing Lower Lake Dam in Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights by Steven Litt 7/24/25

 

 

 

Sewer District recommends removing Lower Lake Dam in Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights
by Steven Litt 7/23/25, Ideastream

Lower Shaker Lake (Google Maps)

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District will soon recommend removal of the Lower Lake Dam in Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights, resulting in the draining of Lower Lake, replacing the lake bed with 17 acres of park land.

The link is here

Cleveland’s role in Earth Day? Bigger than you’d think – Signal, April 18, 2025

Cleveland State University students march to the Cuyahoga River on the nation’s first Earth Day in 1970. Credit: Photo courtesy of Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special Collections

Cleveland’s role in Earth Day? Bigger than you’d think
by Celia Hack, Signal, April 18, 2025

Cleveland students marched in support of the nation’s first Earth Day in 1970, and journalists and politicians advocated for funding and policy change.

Finding Sustainability: Cleveland (part 1)—from a Forest to a Fire to a Flight – by Richey Piiparinen (2012)

Finding Sustainability: Cleveland (part 1)—from a Forest to a Fire to a Flight
By Richey Piiparinen for Teaching Cleveland (2012)
A pdf version is here

Richey Piiparinen passed away in early 2025. This bio is from his obit:
Richey was an accomplished Author, writer and urban affairs researcher. He worked at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University as the Director of Center of Population Dynamics., part of the Levine College of Urban Affairs. Richey recently published a book titles “Octopus Hunting” a book of essays linking the author’s fight for life and a city’s fight for life.

Richey appeared in “The Daily Beast, The Plain Dealer and Huffington Post. His research has been highlighted by the Wall Street Journal, CBS Evening News, NPR’s Morning Edition to name a few.

Sustainability in Northeast Ohio (part 2) – by Richey Piiparinen (2016)

 


Sustainability in Northeast Ohio (part 2)
Better  than  it  was, not  where  it  needs  to be
by Richey Piiparinen (2016)
for Teaching Cleveland
The link is here

Richey Piiparinen passed away in early 2025. This bio is from his obit:
Richey was an accomplished Author, writer and urban affairs researcher. He worked at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University as the Director of Center of Population Dynamics., part of the Levine College of Urban Affairs. Richey recently published a book titles “Octopus Hunting” a book of essays linking the author’s fight for life and a city’s fight for life.

Richey appeared in “The Daily Beast, The Plain Dealer and Huffington Post. His research has been highlighted by the Wall Street Journal, CBS Evening News, NPR’s Morning Edition to name a few.

The Cuyahoga River was so polluted, it used to catch fire. Now it’s making a comeback, NPR Oct 12, 2024

Firefighters stand on a bridge over the Cuyahoga River to spray water on the tug Arizona as a fire, started in an oil slick on the river, engulfs docks in Cleveland on Nov. 1, 1952.
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The Cuyahoga River was so polluted, it used to catch fire. Now it’s making a comeback

by Scott Neuman, NPR October 12, 2024
https://www.ideastream.org/2024-10-12/the-cuyahoga-river-was-so-polluted-it-used-to-catch-fire-now-its-making-a-comeback

Nick Mileti, the most energetic and imaginative promoter in Cleveland sports history, dies at age 93 by Bob Dolgan 8/22/24

Nick Mileti, center, is shown during a press conference in 1972 where the then-owner of the Indians announced that manager Ken Aspromonte, right, had been rehired to a multiyear contract. Former Indian Rocky Colavito, who was named to the coaching staff, is at left. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nick Mileti, the most energetic and imaginative promoter in Cleveland sports history, dies at age 93
by Bob Dolgan 9/22/24

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Reflecting on the state of the Cuyahoga, its future, 55 years after infamous fire – Ideastream June 21, 2024

A 1952 fire on the Cuyahoga River. There is no known photo of the 1969 blaze which launched a national movement towards protections for the nation’s waterways.

Reflecting on the state of the Cuyahoga, its future, 55 years after infamous fire
by Zaria Johnson, Ideastream, June 24, 2024

The link is here
https://www.ideastream.org/environment-energy/2024-06-21/reflecting-on-the-state-of-the-cuyahoga-its-future-55-years-after-infamous-fire

Irishtown Bend Park design features unveiled Park concepts to pay homage to early settlers by Ken Prendergast – March 20, 2024


Design features of the Irishtown Bend Park include the Coal Docks site featuring foundation remnants of the Erie Railroad Coal Derrick and the Iron Power Building, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps show. Such workplaces employed Irish and other immigrants 100-150 years ago. This is at the north end of the planned park, next to the Cuyahoga River and the Detroit-Superior Bridge (Plural)

Irishtown Bend Park design features unveiled
Park concepts to pay homage to early settlers
by Ken Prendergast

The link is here

https://neo-trans.blog/2024/03/20/irishtown-bend-park-design-features-unveiled

Just where did the Cuyahoga River reach Lake Erie when people like Moses Cleaveland arrived?

 

Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio
The mouth of the Cuyahoga River was once located at the end of this ‘Old River’ segment between Edgewater Park and Whiskey Island

Just where did the Cuyahoga River reach Lake Erie when people like Moses Cleaveland arrived?
by Peter Krouse, Cleveland.com, December 27, 2023

The link is here

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