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Among them is the Cleveland
Museum of Art, with its superb
collection of ancient Egyptian
relics and pre-Columbian arti facts.
Its European painting collection
includes such masterpieces as
Renoir’s Mother and Child and
van Gogh’s Landscape with
Wheelbarrow. Facing this
museum, the city’s popular
Botanical Garden features
10 acres (4 ha) of outdoor
gardens, as well as a Japanese
garden and a peace garden.
The Cleveland skyline as seen from The Flats
E Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
a Cleveland The 1995 Rock and Roll Hall and Museum
of Fame and Museum on the 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd. Tel (216) 781-
* 478,000. ~ £ @ n 334 Euclid 7625. Open 10am–5:30pm daily
Ave, (800) 321-1001. ∑ this Lake Erie waterfront in down- (till 9pm Wed). Closed Thanksgiving,
iscleveland.com town, put Cleveland at center Dec 25. & (under 9s free). 7
stage of the nation’s entertain-
Cleveland is a hard-working, ment scene. The massive ∑ rockhall.com
vibrant, and ever-changing 150,000-sq-ft (13,935-sq-m) E Greater Cleveland Aquarium
place. Founded in 1796 by I.M. Pei-designed museum traces 2000 Sycamore St. Tel (216) 298-4918,
speculator Moses Cleaveland, the development of the musical (888) 262-4748. Open 10am–6pm
the city evolved from a genre, beginning with its roots daily. & 7 ∑ greatercleveland
frontier town into a bustling in the Mississippi Delta blues aquarium.com
commercial port in 1832, when (see pp360–61) and Appalachian E Cleveland Museum of Art
the Ohio and Erie Canal linked string bands. On display are 11150 East Blvd. Tel (216) 421-7340,
Cleveland to the Ohio River. memorabilia ranging from (888) 262-4748. Open 10am–5pm
Cleveland’s steel industry was Chuck Berry’s Gibson electric Tue–Sun (until 9pm Wed, Fri, Sat).
born after the Civil War, when guitar to a Cub Scout shirt worn Closed Mon, Jan 1, Jul 4,
railroads linked the city with by Jim Morrison. To its west, Thanksgiving, Dec 25. 7
Minnesota’s Iron Range and the Great Lakes Science Center ∑ clevelandart.org
the coalfields of western uses interactive exhibits to
Pennsylvania. The industry stimulate public interest in Environs
thrived in the early 1900s, the complex ecosystem of the Located 25 miles (40 km)
catering to the Detroit auto- Great Lakes region. west of Cleveland, Oberlin
mobile industry’s demand for The Greater Cleveland Aqua- is home to Oberlin College,
easily transported steel. After rium has a dynamic underwater one of the first to admit
World War II, however, the city’s walk-through experience. African-American and female
fortunes faded as industries Cleveland’s principal cultural students. The Allen Memorial
moved away, leaving behind attractions lie about 4 miles Art Museum on campus
vast polluted landscapes and (6 km) east of downtown, displays American, Asian,
scores of unemployed workers. around University Circle. and European art.
Cleveland’s “Rust Belt” image is Surrounding this expanse of The steel manufacturing
today a thing of the past. The city parkland near the Case Western center, Canton, 60 miles (96 km)
now encompasses 30 sq miles Reserve University campus are south of Cleveland, is famed
(77 sq km) of pristine parkland. a series of early 20th-century for the Pro Football Hall of
The East 4th Street District and buildings that now contain Fame, which has been visited
the historic Warehouse District several fine museums. by millions of fans.
are the entertainment hubs.
A signature feature since
1927, the 52-story Beaux Arts
Terminal Tower, was designed
as a “city within a city.” It made
maximum use of vertical
space, squeezing an office
building, railroad station, and
hotel into its confines. The
42nd-floor observation deck
offers grand views of the city
and, on a clear day, one can see
the Canadian shoreline. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Cleveland
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp422–4 and pp425–7

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