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This week’s Cleveland 230 honorees left a lasting legacy. 🌟
Visit cpl.org/cle230 to explore One Cleveland and learn more about each honoree.
#Cleveland230 #ONECLE
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From designers to stylists and the fashion-curious, there are thousands of photos to feast your eyes on and get inspired. 2/2
General Subject Collection: Costume.
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Did you know that our Photograph Collection is a hidden gem for fashion inspo? This #tbt we’re poring over some looks of yesteryear. 1/2
General Subject Collection: Costume.
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Happy Pride! Celebrate Pride at the library with events for everyone 🌈
Programming honoring LGBTQIA voices, stories, creativity, and history—through June and beyond.
Go to cpl.org/pride for more events.
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If there’s one thing about Clevelanders, it’s that we show up for each other. This week’s list recognizes those who empower others by uplifting and investing in the success of those around them.
#Cleveland230 #ONECLE
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We’re excited for Cleveland to start listening.🎧🎶
The People’s Playlist brings together local voices, stories, and music on a free platform for everyone to use. Check out this article to learn more and start listening at playlist.cpl.org 👇
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For decades, cities nationwide weaponized zoning, licensing, and policing to control and restrict queer culture. Despite these barriers, the LGBTQ community consistently found ways to claim space. 3/3
CHC017954: 620 Frankfort Ave (1991).
CHC011945: 3739 E. 93rd St (1979).
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While these photos give us a glimpse into local queer culture, they were taken as official Board of Zoning Appeals records. 2/3
CHC006454: 11217 Detroit Rd (1988).
CHC029465: 1946 St. Claire Ave (1985).
CHC031712: 1012 Sumner Ave (1975).
CHC010857: 2380 E. 83rd St (1978).
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Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈 This #TBT, we’re reflecting on the Stonewall uprising and looking at historic gay bars in Cleveland. 1/3
CHC029472: 2205 St. Clair Ave (1992).
CHC051602: 1632 Payne Ave (1960).
CHC017227: 11605 Euclid Ave (1967).
CHC021143: 9110 Kinsman Ave (1972).
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Pieces like this one from the The Columbus Dispatch highlight the impact of libraries in summer learning, connection, and community.
Grateful for our Summer Reading Program ☀️📚 and the staff who make it happen every year.
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The People’s Playlist is now live 🎶
A free platform from to discover local artists across genres like jazz, hip hop, folk, classical, and more.
No account needed. Just press play and listen to the sound of Cleveland.
Listen now 👉 playlist.cpl.org/
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Clevelanders say it best. ❤️
What makes you proud to be a Clevelander? Tell us in the comments 👇
#ONECLE
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This week’s honorees helped build a stronger Cleveland by creating pathways forward for others. 🧡
Identified by the community as leaders who expanded opportunity across our city.
#Cleveland230 #ONECLE
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Thresholds invite us to look through or step into another space, evoking memory, passage, or curiosity. (2/2)
CP00621: Buildings- Cleveland Public Library (1937)
WS0182: Theaters- Cleveland Playhouse (1992)
CSH_655_03: Streetcars (1951)
CP02537: Expositions-Great Lakes (1936)
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This #TBT, we’re exploring portals throughout the city, some familiar, some lost to time. (1/2)
CP00478: Buildings-Case Observatory (1930)
CP00773: Buildings-Colonial Arcade (1900)
CP05607: Stores- William Taylor Son & Co. (1934)
WS0025: Bridges- Detroit-Superior (1990)
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“‘One's own mind dancing with another’s’ is the way [Toni Morrison] describes reading and writing. But it's not necessarily communicating a single message . . . What you're looking for is a way to interpret the richness of the language that's coming to you.” -Namwali Serpell
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All Cleveland Public Library locations are closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day.
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Help us keep our Blessing Boxes full 💙
Located at every Cleveland Public Library branch, Blessing Boxes provide essentials like food, hygiene products, and baby supplies to anyone who needs them.
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This week’s Cleveland 230 honorees were identified as coalition builders who are driving change across Cleveland.🗳️✨
#Cleveland230 #ONECLE
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#TBT: There was an old woman who lived in a shoe in Cleveland. 👞
The Mother Goose Shoe was a giant slide at Luna Park from the1905 opening until closing in 1929. The site later became Woodhill Homes in 1940.
PC001948: Luna Park (undated). Publisher: A.C. Bosselman & Co.
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