“25 Years of Cleveland Mayors” 1992 Roldo Bartimole

Roldo Bartimole tells his version of Cleveland civic history during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in a piece called “”25 Years of Cleveland Mayors” written in 1992

1	“30 Vintage Photos of Playhouse Square’s Heyday and (Temporary) Demise” Cleveland Scene March 2016
2	Ray Shepardson: The Man Who Relit Playhouse Square by John Vacha
3	“Staging Success: The PlayhouseSquare Story” Documentary by WVIZ
4	Remembering Ray Shepardson: Playhouse Square savior hailed as a visionary (Plain Dealer 6/24/14)
5	More Than Just a Show – a Playhouse Square story
6	Playhouse Square from Cleveland Memory
7	Playhouse Square Documentary
8	40 years ago, a spark helps Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare find its way back to the lights (Plain Dealer 2/5/2010)
9	The man who saved Cleveland’s theaters: Oliver “Pudge” Henkel

10 A Photo History of Cleveland’s Playhouse Square; Rise, Decline and Rebirth 5.27.16 Cleveland.com

11 Playhouse Square from Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

Louis Stokes aggregation

1	The Passing of a Giant: Lou Stokes by Mansfield Frazier in Cool Cleveland July 2015
2	“Lou Stokes – the Congressman, Leading Lawyer and Towering Political Presence Has Died” Plain Dealer 8/19/2015
3	Louis Stokes from the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
4	Interview With Louis Stokes Former U. S. Congressman from 1969 – 1999 (Video)
5	Louis Stokes Biography from the U.S. House of Representatives Website
6	Interview With Louis Stokes WVIZ/PBS 2/8/2007
7	Louis Stokes Featured on “The American Dreams” show
8	Louis Stokes From Wikipedia
9	Louis Stokes Interview
10	“The Congressman” from Cleveland Magazine

11. Louis Stokes Oral History from CSPAN

12. Stokes Era Comes to an End Plain Dealer 1/18/1998

13 “Louis Stokes Autobiography “The Gentleman from Ohio” Parts 1 and 2 Cleveland.com August, 2016

George Forbes aggregation

1 Interview With George L. Forbes, Former Cleveland City Council President (1973 – 1989) – Video

2 George Forbes from Wikipedia

3 In Northeast Ohio, 3 Gray Eminences Wield Black Political Influence: Brent Larkin, Plain Dealer

4 Interview with George Forbes by Mike Roberts Inside Business July 2007 Issue

5 Interview With George Forbes 2011 – Benjamin Rose Foundation

6 George Forbes — An Obsession with Power from Cleveland Magazine

7 “Forbes: He Was So Good at Being Bad” by Roldo Bartimole From Cleveland Leader July 21, 2014

8. Voinovich and Forbes: The Era of Good Feelings Cleveland Magazine

Martin Luther King in Cleveland aggregation

Cuyahoga County website devoted to #MLK in CLE/NE Ohio

Video Vault: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Cleveland from WEWS

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech Here in 1967 Remembered by Those Who Were There – Plain Dealer

Martin Luther King Jr. in Cleveland: Hear His Voice Ring Out Again – Plain Dealer

Photos of Martin Luther King Jr. in Cleveland – Plain Dealer

Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at Glenville High School preserved on little-known recording (audio) – Plain Dealer

Martin Luther King Jr. in Cleveland: How The Plain Dealer Covered Him

King’s Speech – Cleveland Magazine

When Martin Luther King Jr. Brought His Fight to Cleveland- Ideastream 1/16/2017

“Viktor Schreckengost-The Exchange of Art with the Everyday” – winner of 2016 Teaching Cleveland – History Day website award 3.5.16

“Viktor Schreckengost-The Exchange of Art with the Everyday” – winner of the 2016 Teaching Cleveland website award at History Day 3.5.16

Grace Lougheed, Individual Website – Shaker Heights High School

The link is here

HEART-OF-STEEL Cleveland’s Steel Industry Cleveland.com October 2016

HEART-OF-STEEL

Heart of Steel: 6 lessons learned about Cleveland’s industrial endurance

Heart of Steel: 6 lessons learned from ArcelorMittal Cleveland’s ability to innovate and keep manufacturing alive. Full story »
- By Plain Dealer business staff

Why ArcelorMittal succeeds where LTV failed: Heart of Steel (photos, video)

ArcelorMittal Cleveland is the most productive steel mill in the world. This is proof that manufacturing has a future in the U.S. ArcelorMittal occupies the site of LTV Steel which went bankrupt and closed about 15 years ago. Full story »
- By Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer

Shipping, hauling play support roles in steel industry: Heart of Steel (photos, video)

Steel manufacturing doesn’t just keep paychecks coming for 1,900 workers at ArcelorMittal. For more than 100 years, it has kept the lights on at places such as Interlake Steamship Co. and W.H. Fay Co. Full story »
- By Marcia Pledger, The Plain Dealer

ArcelorMittal Cleveland makes steel, here’s how they do it

They’ve been making steel in Cleveland’s industrial Flats for more than a century. A look at how steel is made today at ArcelorMittal.Full story »
- By Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer

China’s steel trade policies contribute to U.S. job loss: Heart of Steel

When China, and other nations, have surplus steel they need to unload — often at prices for less than it costs them to produce — the U.S. has served as a reliable dumping ground. This has contributed to U.S. job loss and factory closings. Full story »
- By Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer

Coming Sunday: Heart of Steel, Cleveland neighborhoods that sprouted around the mills (vintage photos)

The steel story in Cleveland, told through the lens of ArcelorMittal Cleveland, the world’s largest steel maker and mining company formerly known as LTV, has been and continues to be a real-life example of many of the political issues surfacing during this year’s presidential election campaign – trade, trade agreements, jobs, skills and wages. Full story »
- By Plain Dealer business staff

Coming Sunday: Heart of Steel, Cleveland’s industrial survival story (vintage photos)

The steel story in Cleveland, told through the lens of ArcelorMittal Cleveland, the world’s largest steel and mining company, has been and continues to be a real-life example of many of the political issues surfacing during this year’s presidential election campaign – trade, trade agreements, jobs, skills and wages. Full story »
- By Plain Dealer business staff

Read The Plain Dealer’s “Heart of Steel: A Cleveland Survival Story” this Sunday: 60-Second Know-It-All (video)

Cleveland’s survival as a steel city required inventing and embracing not just new ways of manufacturing steel, but new ways of conducting labor-management relationships. Full story »
- By William Neff, The Plain Dealer

The Cleveland Nazis: 1933 – 1945 by Michael Cikraji

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Cuyahoga River Fire aggregation

1	How a Burning River Helped Create the Clean Water Act 4.17.15 (Allegheny Front)
2	The fable of the burning river, 45 years later Washington Post 6.22.2014
3	After the flames: The story behind the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire and its recovery (Plain Dealer 1/4/2009)
4	Cuyahoga River Fire From Cleveland Historical
5	“Burn On, Big River…” Cuyahoga River Fires The Pop History Dig
6	Cuyahoga River from Wikipedia
7	History Day Website on The Cuyahoga River Fire
8	Growth of The Cuyahoga River: The Ebb and Flow of the River
9	Don’t Fall in the River

10 Cuyahoga River Documentaries

11 Cuyahoga River Online Exhibit from the Great Lakes Industrial History Center.

12 Cuyahoga River Restoration

13 Along the Cuyahoga Audio Program from WCPN

Remaking the “Q” Cleveland.com 12/13/16

Remaking the Q

Here is what Quicken Loans Arena could look like, from Huron Road, after a $140 million renovation paid for by taxpayers and the Cavs.The Cleveland Cavaliers

Quicken Loans Arena, home of LeBron and the Cavs, to get $140 million makeover

Karen Farkas, cleveland.com

The Cavs will split the cost with Cuyahoga County, the city of Cleveland and Destination Cleveland. Continue reading.

NBA All-Star game coming to Cleveland, perhaps by 2020, Cavaliers say

Karen Farkas, cleveland.com

The Cavs have been promised the big event — which draws celebrities and millions of dollars in tourist spending — once the arena is renovated Continue reading.