100 Years in Pictures

2002: Cleveland Institute of Music1957: Cleveland Museum of Natural History1997: Cleveland Clinic FoundationMalcolm L. McBrideCommunityFoundationAtlas.org websiteSt. Joseph's Orphanage for Girls on Woodland AvenueHalprin worksheetBarbecue restaurant owner Al (Bubba) Baker received a microloan that enabled the former Browns football player to begin local distribution of his proprietary de-boned baby-back ribs.The Cleveland Foodbank’s LEED-certified distribution centerGlobal Cleveland’s welcome centerThe Frederick C. Crawford Auto Aviation Collection at the Western Reserve Historical SocietyAlthough the foundation’s trailblazing was a faded tradition by 1955, when this picture of the trustee bank presidents holding a replica of the foundation’s logo was snapped, its stature as the world’s first community trust remained a source of pride.J. Kimball JohnsonFirst grants to advance serious medical research in an era still plagued with quackery: The Cunningham Sanitarium, located at East 185th Street and Lake Shore Boulevard, c. 1928. The sanitarium offered patients access to the world’s largest hyperbaric chamber, but its claims for the benefits of oxygen therapy proved specious.Carlton K. MatsonGreen City Growers Cooperative’s 3.25-acre hydroponic greenhouse in the Central neighborhood opened in 2013. The Goff home on Lake Shore Boulevard in Bratenahl1998: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad1986: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum2000: Therapeutic Riding CenterOhio governor John Kasich at the signing of House Bill 525, legislation enabling education reform, in June 2012Ronald B. RichardInstitute of Pathology at Western Reserve University, as it appeared at its opening in 1929R. M. Fischer’s Sports StacksCleveland’s busy riverfront, south of the Superior ViaductAlfred M. Rankin Jr.F. James and Rita Rechin FundUptown, the Circle’s exciting, new high-density neighborhood, has all the amenities associated with urban living.Andrew Carnegie, the “king of steel,” created a private foundation to carry out his philanthropic activities. Goff invented a simpler, more affordable mechanism to serve the charitable impulses of caring individuals of all means.1959: Cleveland Institute of MusicTitle VIII (the “Federal Fair Housing Act”) of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, signed by President Johnson a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., advanced the struggle for integration taking place in Cleveland’s eastern suburbs and elsewhere across the nation.Slavic VillageProtest demonstration at Cleveland State University, 1969: poverty rates in the central city on the riseWade Lagoon, the tranquil heart of Cleveland’s cultural hub Lexington VillageA. E. Convers FundCleveland City Hospital’s “iron lung” respirator, used for treating polio patients whose paralyzed muscles cause breathing difficulties, 1933A “City Canvases” mural by graphic designer John MorellSustaining the excellence of the region’s cultural assets: a summer solstice party at the Cleveland Museum of Art1964: Garden Center of Greater ClevelandTremontFoundation leaders confer about how to distribute 1947 income of $614,479 to a standing list of charitable institutions and agencies. Foundation director Leyton E. Carter (third from right) is seated next to the board’s sole female member, Constance Mather Bishop. James A. RatnerCleveland Ballet co-founder Dennis Nahat as the tsar and Nanette Glushak as the tsarina in the company’s signature holiday performance of The NutcrackerPlayhouse Square, c. 1969After their father's untimely death, future political icons Carl (left) and Louis Stokes lived with their mother at Outhwaite Homes.The Allen Theatre, originally an opulent silent movie house, c. 1938Stanley C. PaceCleveland Housing Network financing programs have helped low- to moderate-income families become homeowners.1994: Great Lakes Science MuseumTom L. Johnson, a reformer who served as Cleveland’s mayor from 1901 to 1909, helped to shape the city’s progressive climate. Cleveland mayor Ralph S. LocherFlotsam despoiling the beach at Gordon ParkSupport for humanitarian aid to the unemployed: Stone carvers responsible for the iconic pylons of the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, a rare Depression-era construction project completed in 1932 with bond funds approved before the stock market crashSherwick FundGlenville High School students, 1914John J. DwyerArchitectural drawing of the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority's Lakeview Tower, a senior high-rise proposed for the near west side in 1971Dispersed by police, the protesters did not succeed in halting construction, but Klunder’s martyrdom inspired the civil rights community to continue what was ultimately a victorious fight against segregation of the Cleveland public schools.Dancing WheelsGoff in a rare moment of leisure1982: Cleveland Institute of ArtRock and Roll Hall of Fame and MuseumJames A. NortonEllwood H. FisherFirst Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (third from left) at the 1937 dedication of Lakeview Terrace, the nation’s first public housing2001: Cleveland Botanical GardenThe East Central Townhomes, after a $1.2 million renovation by Burten, Bell and Carr Development CorporationEntrepreneurship: Wood Trac, an affordable, drop-ceiling system developed and marketed by Sauder Woodworking, a family-owned business in Ashland, OhioThe original Free Clinic, a drug treatment center on Cornell RoadCleveland BalletThe Cleveland Trust Company’s neoclassical banking hall, which opened in 1908, was topped by an immense stained-glass dome.2010: Case Western Reserve UniversityKenneth W. Clement M.D.Proposed townhomes for East 118th StreetAdam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, Oberlin CollegeThe formal entrance to the Judson Park retirement community, an independent living facility erected in 1974 next to the traditional nursing home established by the Baptist Home of Ohio in the former Bicknell mansion on Cleveland’s east sideOn his way to building Cleveland Trust into America’s sixth largest bank, Goff occasionally took time out to indulge his passion for fishing.Apollo’s FireCharles A. RatnerJames R. GarfieldGroundWorks Dance TheaterTri-C groundbreaking, 19661967: Blossom Music Center27 Coltman, a luxury townhome development on the eastern boundary of University CircleStokes with his brother Louis (left)Graduation day at Cleveland Early College High School, 2012Sold out! Heritage Lane townhomes, built within walking distance of the CircleWade Oval Wednesdays, summertime’s popular outdoor music seriesThe Cleveland Foundation emerged from the crucible of the 1960s a stronger leader and more strategic grantmaker.Richard W. Pogue2004: The Gathering PlaceThe cast of Nicholas NicklebyThe RetreatThe issues facing 21st-century Clevelanders—educational and economic opportunity, neighborhood and cultural vitality, and strong health and human services—are much the same as those with which earlier generations wrestled.Manchester Bidwell, the Pittsburgh model on which NewBridge is based, has instilled a love of learning in teens who previously did not fare well in school.Halprin’s impressionist sketch of Cleveland’s “Flats,” which he praised as a “tremendous resource.” Great Lakes Science CenterCleveland voters expressed their hopes for the success of the reform plan by approving the Issue 107 operating levy.Harold T. ClarkParticipants in Parade the Circle, an annual celebration of creativity Sophisticated life support equipment in an air ambulance made by Nextant Aerospace, Ohio’s only aircraft manufacturer and a MAGNET clientEvergreen Energy Solution’s photovoltaic panelsThe March on Washington, August 28, 1963, at which Martin Luther King Jr. called upon the nation to make good on democracy’s promise of social and economic freedom for all citizens Frances Southworth, Goff’s bride and intellectual partner2006: MOCA ClevelandJohn L. McChordMaster planner I. M. Pei (right), Cleveland’s urban renewal director James Lister (center) and chief architect Jack Hayes at the Erieview Tower construction site, 1954 The Palace, the flagship of the Keith chain of vaudeville theaters, reinvented itself as a wide-screen movie house in the 1950s.1984: Cleveland Department of Parks, Recreation and PropertiesHunter MorrisonA greasy-spoon diner and flophouse at Payne and Walnut Avenues downtown, c. 1968—emblems of the City of Cleveland’s intensifying financial distress Upper Chester, which abuts the Cleveland Clinic, is the next Circle neighborhood slated for redevelopment.The 2011 renovation of the Allen Theatre's main auditoriumAlbert Sabin (left) developed the oral vaccine given to Cleveland children.George and Janet Voinovich1996: Old Stone ChurchThe grand opening of The Avenue at Tower City, 1990Privately developed Beacon Place Townhomes on East 82nd Street—evidence of the return of middle-class Clevelanders to the central cityRalph J. Perk lends a hand to the theater restoration project, which began during his tenure as Cleveland mayor. Neighbors who have come together to work on improvement of their neighborhoodTri-C JazzFest, 1993John SherwinAn owner-employee of the Evergreen LaundryL. Dale Dorney FundCleveland Housing Network was the lead developer of Greenbridge Commons, permanent housing for chronically homeless individuals, in the Fairfax neighborhood.Leadership of a 1933 initiative to replace squalid tenements with subsidized garden apartmentsGoff wisely decided that an independent citizen’s committee should determine how a community foundation’s income should be distributed, rather than the directors of the foundation’s trustee bank. Mort Epstein’s Pop Art-inspired electrical outlet, a CAAC-commissioned mural, graced the Union building on Euclid Avenue.Gordon Park in its heyday1981: Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater ClevelandCleveland, Ohio, the birthplace of an entirely new concept of philanthropyDavid GoldbergReinhold W. Erickson, D.D.S.1973: Severance HallH. Stuart HarrisonEuclid Avenue, looking east, c. 1910NewBridge prepares adults for careers as health care technicians.Presbyterian minister Bruce W. Klunder died while protesting the construction of three public elementary schools that Cleveland’s civil rights community believed would perpetuate a system of segregated and inferior education for African-American students.The foundation’s 1915 public education survey resulted in sweeping reform. For decades thereafter, Cleveland’s school system was regarded as a model of excellence.1968: Karamu HouseAddressing the changing socioeconomic needs of the African-American community: 20th anniversary convening of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, hosted by Cleveland in 1929In 1967, this Cleveland Heights home, owned by an African American, was bombed in a senseless and vain attempt to halt the suburb’s integration.1996: Dunham Tavern Museum2010: Hawken SchoolCaptain Frank’s seafood restaurant at the end of the Ninth Street Pier once commanded downtown’s best view of Lake Erie.Circle institutions have invested or are planning to invest billions in capital improvements, such as University Hospitals of Cleveland’s new Seidman Cancer Center.The multitude of organizational nameplates on the door to the Cleveland Foundation’s offices in the 1970s testified to its rebirth as a nexus of progressive philanthropy and an incubator of social-action programs. Cleveland Play HouseOhio CityA landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision righted the injustice experienced by Clarence Earl Gideon, a drifter who was convicted of felony theft because he could not afford an attorney and had defended himself at trial.MAGNET’s Prism program helped Cleveland-based Vitamix keep up with demand for its high-end blenders.Aretha Franklin at the Tri-C JazzFestCatharine Monroe LewisCleveland Public ArtThe Board of Education building in downtown Cleveland, longtime headquarters of the system’s central administrationThe bulldozer operator accidentally backed over Rev. Klunder in order to avoid hurting the protestors lying in front of him.1972: Huron Road MallDetroit ShorewayBusiness attraction: The Global Center for Health InnovationGreat Lakes Theater FestivalUnder the leadership of former CEO Baiju Shah, BioEnterprise created, recruited or helped to grow more than 170 local biotechnology companies.The Cleveland Housing Network assisted the Mt. Pleasant Now nonprofit development corporation with the construction of the Union Court senior apartments.MAGNET incubator tenant Tom Lix, the founder and CEO of Cleveland Whiskey, which has developed a proprietary process for accelerating the aging of distilled liquorsFrank H. and Nancy L. Porter FundThe Peter B. Lewis Building, designed by Frank Gehry, is the home of Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management.Goff did not believe that philanthropy should be the exclusive province of wealthy individuals such as Standard Oil Company founder John D. Rockefeller, a client of Goff’s former law firm.Cleveland Orchestra2013: Friends of the Cleveland School of the ArtsWelcome committees were organized to greet bused students on their first day at their new crosstown schools. Business growth: The Greater Cleveland Partnership’s business development teamInnovation: CleveMed’s wireless sleep monitorSteven A. MinterInauguration ceremony of the 1975 World Conference of the International Women’s Year, Mexico CityChurch Square Commons, offering affordable apartments for adults 55 and older, is one of the Famicos Foundation’s most recent projects in Hough.Cleveland’s well-financed and -run network of community development organizations targeted this crumbling but historic eight-unit rowhouse in the Central neighborhood for rehabilitation.Green City Growers supplies Bibb lettuce, green leaf lettuce, gourmet lettuces and basil to institutional and commercial customers.Tri-C’s early use of computers as a teaching aid, c. 1980On December 15, 1978, Cleveland City Council considered and rejected Mayor Kucinich’s 11th-hour plan to avoid default.2009: Cleveland Institute of Art2002: Shaker Lakes Regional Nature CenterThe Dolan Center for Science and Technology at John Carroll University incorporated green building materials and smart energy and water systems.Katharine Holden Thayer by Cindy Naegele1986: Cain ParkHomer C. WadsworthSPACESTreu-Mart FundSinging AngelsMalvin E. BankCarl W. Brand2004: Cleveland Museum of ArtFred S. McConnellKaramu HouseA burning desire to be an attorney animated Goff as a young man. 1975: Kenneth C. Beck Center for the Cultural ArtsAn east-side Cleveland elementary school, 1963: growing frustration with what appears to be systematic segregationClean water advocates, 1968The State Theatre1956: Cleveland Institute of ArtCharles P. BoltonPlanning model of Cleveland, c. 1960Frances Southworth GoffRaymond Q. ArmingtonDancer/choreographer Kapila Palihawadana of Sri Lanka, 2012 artist in residence with the Inlet Dance Theatre, conducts a master dance class at the Beck Center for the Performing Arts.Donald and Ruth GoodmanHolsey Gates HandysideA new generation of Circle fansAdvocating greater reliance on clean energy: a wind farm in northwestern OhioCommencement at Tri-C, 1975An examination room at the Glenville Health ClinicFrederick Harris Goff, humanitarian, 1858‒1923Dr. King speaking in Rockefeller Park on a visit to Cleveland in 1967. The previous year he had dramatized the issue of housing discrimination by moving his family into a grimy apartment on the segregated west side of Chicago and joining in protest marches into that city’s all-white neighborhoods.A satellite photograph of Lake Erie, downtown Cleveland and the Cuyahoga River valley: The foundation has learned to take the long view in helping the community craft fresh responses to persistent urban problems.John Sherwin Jr.1968: Holden ArboretumAnisfield-Wolf Book AwardsTo date, 100 percent of the student body at the School of Science and Medicine goes on to college.Edgewater Park under state stewardship1976: Sokol HallGrand opening of the Outhwaite Homes, 19372000: Cleveland Zoological SocietyThe Great Lakes Science Center’s wind turbineThe Ohio Department of Natural Resources invested more than $40 million in capital improvements to the band of green spaces renamed the Cleveland Lakefront State Park. Barbara Haas RawsonMembers of the African-American Philanthropy Committee: Reverend Elmo A. Bean, Doris A. Evans, M.D., David G. Hill, Lillian W. BurkeContaminants flowing into Lake Erie, 19652007: Great Lakes Theater FestivalCleveland Institute of Art2006: Cleveland Clinic FoundationRobert E. Eckardt, Ph.D.FairfaxRaymond C. MoleyFostering economic opportunity via college scholarships: Garment workers at Joseph & Feiss Company, makers of the $15 blue serge suitMOCA ClevelandIvan Lecaros (right), a master printmaker from Chile, puts the final touches on a drawing for a silkscreen print during his 2012 residency at Zygote Press.The West 25th Street retail district in Ohio City exemplifies the objective recently adopted by Neighborhood Progress, Inc. of restoring market forces in target neighborhoods.1976: Cleveland Play HouseThe restored Hungarian Cultural Garden1985: Cleveland State University2005: ideastream1991: Hathaway Brown School2003: Hanna Perkins Center for Child DevelopmentHarry Goldblatt, M.D.Leyton E. CarterProjects receiving recent Neighborhood Connection grants have ranged from hands-on crafts classes to the reintroduction of beekeeping. Stokes and his wife, Shirley, on election day, 1968 Belle SherwinJacqueline F. WoodsCleveland Institute of MusicCommunityFoundationAtlas.org websiteUniversity Circle’s cultural institutions have long been renowned for their enriching educational activities.The reversal of downtown Cleveland’s stagnation, symbolized by the redevelopment of the Terminal Tower, is a 60-year-old work in progress in which the foundation has been steadily engaged.1961: Benjamin Rose InstituteThe NAACP-Cleveland’s fight for desegregation ultimately leads in 1973 to a federal lawsuit against the Cleveland public schools: the likelihood of court-ordering busing Chester Avenue demarks the northern border of the MidTown Corridor.A new company that makes and installs solar-panel arrays has been created with foundation support.Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey showed his support for Stokes’s Cleveland: NOW! initiative on a visit to the city in 1968.Famed urban planner Lawrence Halprin (right) presented his ideas for downtown Cleveland’s redevelopment at a public forum in 1975 attended by Cleveland mayor Ralph J. Perk (center) and May Company department store president Francis Coy (left).Kucinich proclaiming victory on the eve of his election as mayor in 1977Lake-Geauga FundMayor Dennis Kucinich’s ceremonial presentation of a post-default debt paymentThe foundation helped to draft and win passage of a clean energy law for Ohio.Cleveland schools CEO Eric Gordon and Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson stumping in 2012 for the passage of the first operating levy to be placed on the ballet in 16 yearsNew Gallery co-founders Marjorie Talalay (left) and Nina Castelli SundellHough’s frustrations with its seemingly intractable problems erupted into violence during the summer of 1966.MAGNET incubator graduate, DXY Solutions, makes components and software for mobile devices.Cleveland OrchestraMAGNET consultants helped Nextant Aerospace of Richmond Heights, Ohio, apply lean principles to its specialty business of remanufacturing corporate jets for an under-$5 million market. James D. Williamson1999: Western Reserve Historical SocietyPalace Theatre lobbyThe foundation’s vision of creating a wind farm in Lake Erie is moving closer to reality.LAND Studio’s proposed redesign of Public SquareArtist’s conception of the new Regional Transit Authority station planned for Mayfield Road in Little ItalyBarack Obama campaigns at Tri-C, 2007Linking city kids to life-enriching programs: Duffy Liturgical Dance teaches children to perform and thus preserve songs and dances created by African slaves in America.By 1929, when Cleveland laid claim to having the tallest skyscraper in the country—the Terminal Tower, evocatively captured here by famed photographer Margaret Bourke-White—the community foundation movement had spread across America.1982: The TempleHarry Coulby FundsNancy Dwyer’s Who’s on First? benchVietnamese lutist Pham Thi Hue was Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio’s artist in residence in 2013.Carl B. Stokes at a town hall meeting, 1969: an historic but troubled mayoral administration Cool Cleveland editor and publisher Tom MulreadyKent H. SmithCleveland Film SocietyProgressive Field at GatewayThe passenger terminal at Cleveland-Hopkins Airport, c. 1956An assembly line at the Ford Motor Company plant in Brook Park, 1973: manufacturing jobs on the declineThe gallery's second home on Bellflower Road in University CircleLakeview TerraceCleveland Museum of ArtMOCA Cleveland’s faceted, mirrored, four-story art gallery anchors the Uptown development.Michael D. White won voter support for “mayoral control” of the Cleveland public schools.