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===21st Century===
===21st Century===
University Circle remains [[Cleveland]]'s center for cultural, educational, religious, and social-service institutions. The area is currently undergoing a large number of construction projects with many institutions expanding, and private development of residental and commericial dwellings.
University Circle remains [[Cleveland]]'s center for cultural, educational, religious, and social-service institutions. The area is currently undergoing a large number of construction projects with many institutions expanding, and private development of residential and commercial dwellings.


<gallery widths="140px" heights="140px" perrow="5">File:Adelbert Hall.jpg|Adelbert Hall at '''Case Western Reserve University'''
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===Residental===
===Residental===
There are four main residental construction projects as of Fall 2011:
There are four main residential construction projects as of Fall 2011:


*Uptown Phase I Apartments (102 units)
*Uptown Phase I Apartments (102 units)

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University Circle
Neighborhoods of Cleveland
Wade Lagoon stretches in front of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Wade Lagoon stretches in front of the Cleveland Museum of Art
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyCuyahoga County
CityCleveland
Population
 (2000)
 • Total9,469
 12.1% increase from 1990 Census
Demographics
 • White55.2%
 • Black30.3%
 • Hispanic1.9%
 • Asian3%
 • Other>1%
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
44106
Area code216
Median income$14,796
Source: 2000 U.S. Census, City Planning Commission of Cleveland [1]

University Circle, is a neighborhood located on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is best known for its world-class cultural, educational and medical institutions, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Museum of Art, Lakeview Cemetery, and University Hospitals/Case Medical Center. The area is also referred to as 'The Circle' by locals.[2] Encompassing approximately 550 acres (0.86 mi²), University Circle is bordered to the north by the Glenville neighborhood, to the south by the Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood, to the west and southwest by the neighborhoods of Hough and Fairfax (also known as Midtown) and to the east by the city of East Cleveland.

While the population of University Circle ranks on the lower end of Cleveland's 36 defined Statistical Planning Areas (SPAs), it ranks near the top in importance to the city's economic sector. Neighborhood businesses and institutions provide the city with more than 30,000 jobs in a variety of fields,and nearby attractions draw approximately 2.5 million visitors each year.[3] As the neighborhood's name implies, higher learning is a major part of the culture of University Circle, with over 13,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students attending the areas various institutions. University Circle Inc., a not-for-profit corporation established in 1957, serves as the neighborhood chamber of commerce, providing many administrative and quasi-governmental functions for the area, including security, transportation administration, and marketing.[2]

Little Italy

One of Little Italy's best known culinary landmarks, Presti's Bakery, sits at the corner of Mayfield and Coltman

Little Italy (known locally as "Murray Hill" or "The Hill")[4] is an ethnic enclave that serves as the historic center of the city's Italian American community. Little Italy is situated at Cleveland's eastern edge, on a long, moderately sloping grade that runs up from University Circle to suburban Cleveland Heights, a rise in elevation of approximately 300 feet.[5] The intersection of Mayfield Road and Murray Hill Road marks the neighborhood's epicenter, with the east–west boundaries being roughly East 126th Street to East 119th Street, Lake View Cemetery to the north, and the Case Western Reserve University campus to the south.

Points and events of interest

Little Italy is home to several historic and culturally significant sites, as well as restaurants, bakeries, and pizzerias. The neighborhood, which is a few blocks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, is home to a thriving art gallery scene of its own as well as two private schools.

The annual highlight event of Little Italy in Cleveland is the Feast of the Assumption.

Each August, the Roman Catholic congregation of the historic Holy Rosary Church celebrates the Feast of the Assumption, in which Little Italy stages Greater Cleveland's largest Italian-American street festival. Ettore Boiardi (Chef Boyardee) opened his first restaurant, Il Giardino d'Italia, in Little Italy in the 1920s.[6] The first hand-crank pasta machine was invented in Little Italy by Angelo Vitantonio, an Italian immigrant to Cleveland. He received a patent for the product in 1906, and went on to found the Italian kitchenware manufacturer VillaWare, which continues to operate today.[7]

For a large part of its history, Little Italy was home to the largest Mafia organization between New York and Chicago.[8]

Notable University Circle institutions and landmarks

Points of interest in the University Circle neighborhood include:

History

19th Century

University Circle was known during the early 19th Century as Doan’s Corners, after Nathanial Doan, a member of the Connecticut Land Company, who settled his family and started a community here.

The name "University Circle" began to take shape in the 1880s. Western Reserve University moved its campus from Hudson, Ohio, to Euclid Avenue in 1883. Case School of Applied Science moved from Downtown Cleveland to a site next to WRU in 1885. Their relocation led to the birth of an educational center and the creation of a new community called University Circle, named in part after these new institutions - but also the circular street intersection and trolley turnaround located Euclid Avenue and Doan Brook Boulevard (Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard today).[13]

By the 1890s, the Western Reserve School of Design for Women (Cleveland Institute of Art) moved to University Circle, and the concept of developing a world-class arts and cultural center came to life. The concept became more concrete when Jeptha Wade, a trustee of Western Reserve University, set aside land for the Cleveland Museum of Art to be built in the Circle. The Historical Society (Western Reserve Historical Society) joined these institutions before the turn of the century. [14]

20th Century

The Circle began to grow rapidly in the early 20th century. The Cleveland Museum of Art opened its doors in 1916. By the 1920s and 1930s, nineteen educational and cultural institutions were located in the area, from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center to the Cleveland Botanical Garden and others.

The arrival of University Hospitals in 1931 (founded in 1866) led to health care becoming another center of innovation in University Circle. Less than one mile away from University Hospitals, the Cleveland Clinic had been serving its patients since 1921. Also in 1931 Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra, was constructed at the corner of Euclid and East Blvd.[14] By 1950, 34 institutions had chosen University Circle as their home.[13] In 1967, Case School of Applied Science and Western Reserve University confederated to become Case Western Reserve University.[15]

21st Century

University Circle remains Cleveland's center for cultural, educational, religious, and social-service institutions. The area is currently undergoing a large number of construction projects with many institutions expanding, and private development of residential and commercial dwellings.

Public Transportation

University Circle is served by multiple forms of transportation, including rapid train, bus, BRT, and circulators. Unique from other Cleveland neighborhoods, it contains two train stops on the RTA's Red Line, the Euclid Ave - E.120 Rapid Station and the University Circle-Cedar Rapid Station. The CircleLink shuttle service (colloquially known as the "Greenie") provides free public transportation within University Circle. The new BRT HealthLine, which opened on October 24, 2008, is the newest option to the neighborhood, being a major destination on the line along Euclid Avenue that connects Public Square to Louis Stokes Station at Windermere in East Cleveland. In a $197 million project,[16] Euclid Avenue was rebuilt during construction, with the installation of public art, new lighting, and sidewalks along the entire length of the HealthLine, along with dedicated bus lanes. There are seven HealthLine stops in University Circle and runs 24 hours. Additionally, many bus routes have stops in University Circle, including bus numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 32, 38, and 48/48A.

The neighborhood is the best connected area to Public Transportation outside of Downtown Cleveland.[17]

Events

University Circle is known for its year-round cultural events:

Construction and Expansion Projects

University Circle is undergoing $2 billion in construction and renovation projects.[25]

Uptown project

The Uptown project is a multi-phase, $150 million-plus retail, entertainment, restaurant and cultural project under development by MRN Ltd. of Cleveland, and sponsored by Case Western Reserve University and University Circle Inc. Its location will create a true center to University Circle.

On August 2, 2010, a mixed-used "Phase I" broke ground, which will have 102 apartments above first floor retail and cost $44.5 million.[26]

Additional anchors of the project currently under construction include the $66 million expansion of the Cleveland Institute of Art[27] and the $32 million new home for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).[28] The new MOCA is designed by the London architect Farshid Moussavi. Later phases plan to include a hotel, more apartments, condos, more retail, and a new Euclid – East 120th (RTA Rapid Transit station)

Cleveland Museum of Art expansion

On March 7, 2005 the Cleveland Museum of Art embarked on a multi-year project to renovate and expand into the next century. The project is designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, combining old and new styles. At a total cost of $350 million, it is the largest cultural project in the history of the state of Ohio and one of the most comprehensive renovation and expansion projects in the museum field in the nation.[29]

University Hospitals/Case Medical Center Expansion

Three new facilities and structures opened in summer of 2011. They include the $250 million Seidman Cancer Center, $41 million Center for Emergency Medicine, and a $30 million new parking structure.[30]

Residental

There are four main residential construction projects as of Fall 2011:

  • Uptown Phase I Apartments (102 units)
  • WXZ Circle 118 Townhomes (17 townhomes)[31]
  • 27 Coltman Little Italy Townhomes (27 townhomes)[32]
  • WXZ Hazel Drive Apartments (59 units)[33]

Hotels

Two new hotels are being added to the area:

  • Tudor Arms Hilton Doubletree Hotel—11-story, 157-room hotel (completed Fall 2011)[34]
  • University Circle Courtyard Mariott Hotel—8-story, 150-room hotel (to be completed late 2012)[35]

Louis Stokes VA Medical Center Expansion

Totaling a $526 million expansion, this project includes a seven-story administrative office tower, living space for 122 homeless veterans, a 2,000-car parking garage, and a seven-story tower with 222 patient beds. Among the other parts of the project are the renovation of the hematology/oncology unit, expansion of the radiation area, building two floors on top of the atrium to accommodate various services, and an expanded operating room.[36]

Case Western Reserve University Expansion

Two major new construction projects are readying to break ground:

  • Tinkham Veale Student Center
  • Wyatt Field House

In Spring 2012, Case Western Reserve University campus will undergo the construction of $50 million student center in the center of campus. It will be known as the Tinkham Veale Student Center designed by Ralph Johnson of Perkins + Will. It will encompass 82,000-square-feet, have 24/7 student access, and be environmentally friendly—with a green roof to absorb rainwater and windows designed to prevent excessive heat from sunlight.[37] The second project will be known as the Wyant Field House, enclosing the last open portion of Case Field. The Wyant Field House will be approximately 24,000 square feet and will serve as a facility for varsity athletes and the 2,500 students who reside at The Village. The facility will include weight training and cardiovascular areas, a Varsity Club lounge, and multipurpose space.[38]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to University Circle.

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