TreeOfEastCleve
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The showcase has begun
11:10 AM May 1st
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I am a tree in East Cleveland OH
5:41 PM Apr 29th
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- I was planted in 1911, one among many in a thriving suburb of Cleveland OH
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- In my early years, Cleveland’s elite were located downtown on Euclid Ave
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I watched while most of them abandoned their city locations for eastern suburbs by 1930
5:37 PM Apr 29th
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- I was proud to be in the suburb with the largest migratory concentration until 1915
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- By 1915 East Cleveland had become the region’s most densely-populated city
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- One-third of my city's residents lived in apartments; many of the rest were in multifamily homes
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Too soon East Cleveland took on the appearance of a city, much like what they had left
5:31 PM Apr 29th
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My pride was short-lived
5:30 PM Apr 29th
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- Population density, multifamily homes, & a desire for country landscapes drove the elite beyond my borders to
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By 1930 I saw most of my elite move on; I now stood amongst the smallest contingency of suburban upper-class households
5:28 PM Apr 29th
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Cleveland Heights & Shaker Heights flourished the most with the new suburban migration
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By 1930 these communities’ elite population was dominant among suburbs & numbers were steadily climbing
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Appeal was less density, single-family homes, and newer homes on larger lots in “country” settings
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- Rapidly-shifting neighborhoods made it difficult to create a sense of community
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Cleveland Heights & Shaker Heights found a majority of its homeowners putting down roots & settling in
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As the elite moved on from East Cleveland, lower home prices enabled a different class to come in
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Multifamily living encouraged a more transient lifestyle; I saw many different faces come and go
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- My fellow trees & I continued to grow stronger, but the city never quite found its roots so it could do the same
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- Name Linda Haycook
- Location Cleveland Ohio
- Web http://landscapes...
- Bio Project for college history class
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