Lakewood, Ohio Lakewood, Ohio City of Lakewood Cleveland, Ohio, as seen from Lakewood Park in April 2007.
Cleveland, Ohio, as seen from Lakewood Park in April 2007.
Lakewood is a town/city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.
It is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area, and borders the town/city of Cleveland.
The populace was 52,131 at the 2010 United States Census, making it the third biggest city in Cuyahoga County, behind Cleveland (396,815) and Parma (81,601).
Lakewood, one of Cleveland's inner-ring suburbs, borders the town/city of Cleveland to the west.
Lakewood's populace density is the highest of any town/city in Ohio and is roughly comparable to that of Washington, DC.
6.1 Downtown Lakewood 8.2 Downtown Lakewood This territory in Ohio an region now occupied by Lakewood, Rocky River, Fairview Park, and the section of Cleveland known as West Park was purchased from the Connecticut Land Company by a syndicate of six men headed by Judson Canfield on April 4, 1807, for the total of $26,084.
Lakewood, the first suburb west of Cleveland on the shores of Lake Erie, began as Township 7, Range 14, of the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1805.
In 1819 a small group of eighteen families living in the region of present-day Lakewood, Rocky River, and part of Cleveland's West Park neighborhood titled the burgeoning improve Rockport Township.
In 1889 East Rockport, with 400 residents, separated from the township and became the Hamlet of Lakewood.
Settlement accelerated rapidly, with Lakewood becoming a village with 3,500 inhabitants in 1903.
By 1930 the populace of Lakewood was 70,509.
The most common occupations in Lakewood were farming and the building trades.
Roads were the earliest influence on evolution in Lakewood.
The Rockport Plank Road Company improved the old Detroit Road in 1848, opening a toll road from present-day West 25th Street in Cleveland to five miles west of the Rocky River.
An 1874 atlas of Cuyahoga County shows present-day chief roads such as Detroit Avenue, Madison Avenue, Franklin Boulevard, Hilliard Road, Warren Road, and Riverside Drive.
Under the Ohio Common School Act of April 9, 1867, three schools were allotted to East Rockport, called 6, 8, and 10; they were later designated East, Middle, and West.
As the improve began to expanded and more schools were required, the school board adopted he policy of honoring Ohio's presidents by assigning their names to the school buildings.
The expected expenditure for 2010 for the City of Lakewood is $33.7 million, with the town/city bringing in revenues of $34.03 million. The current income tax is 1.5%.
Lakewood is positioned at 41 28 51 N 81 48 1 W (41.480881, -81.800360), about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of downtown Cleveland.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.69 square miles (17.33 km2), of which 5.53 square miles (14.32 km2) is territory and 1.16 square miles (3.00 km2) is water. Lakewood is a hotspot for immigrants, arriving mostly from the Middle East and Albania. The foreign-born populace was 8.7% in 2007. Lakewood High School in April 2009 The City of Lakewood Public School System is managed by a directly propel school board.
The Lakewood City Schools was rated as having "Continuous Improvement" by the Ohio Department of Education in 2013.
Lakewood boasts brand new elementary schools and middle schools.
The investment is the first primary school building program in Lakewood since 1920.
The school fitness is one of the biggest employers in the town/city of Lakewood.
Lakewood High School Garfield Middle School - a new middle school building that was formerly an elementary school, re-opened in 2007; accomplishments were made to retain the initial facade of the school, which was constructed in the late 1800s Lakewood Catholic Academy, K-8, established in 2005 through a consolidation of three parochial elementary schools, St.
Lakewood Lutheran School - K-8 integrated elementary education Edward High School - private Roman Catholic High School for boys which attracts students from around northeastern Ohio; new athletic facilities and chapel constructed in 2004 and 2006; 2010, 2014, 2015 Ohio Division I football champions The University of Akron maintains a satellite branch in downtown Lakewood.
Downtown Lakewood spans from Bunts Avenue to the east and Arthur Avenue to the west along Detroit Avenue.
Development in Lakewood has escalated, even amid a reconstructionof county-wide and nationwide economic diminish (2006 2009).
Lakewood's second-largest office complex, the former Bailey Building, was purchased in 2006, and restored to its initial historic grandeur through a $6 - MM renovation.
The Lakewood Library's 2008 expansion (its first in over 20 years) increased the chief library to 93,000 square feet; the compilation then interval to over 474, 000 items by 2015.
Rockport Square, a new residentiary universal by Forest City Enterprises, began being advanced on the easterly end of the town/city in 2004 and is incorporating mixed-use all along Detroit Avenue.
Rosewood Place, a new mixed-used development, reached culmination in the end of 2006, offering new town homes, condos, and retail in the heart of Lakewood along Detroit Avenue.
The Lakewood YMCA rather than assembly of its new facility on Detroit Avenue in 2004.
The Cleveland Clinic began demolition in 2016 of a experienced office building and garage in preparation for the assembly of a new $34 million, 62,000 square foot family community building, which will serve as a replacement, in part, for Lakewood Hospital.
The City of Lakewood Department of Planning & Development won an award for Economic Development from Inside Business Magazine in 2009. In 2009, the American Institute of Architects and the Cleveland Restoration Society honored the City of Lakewood Department of Planning & Development and Lakewood - Alive with an award for Creative & Effective Preservation Advocacy in 2009.
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office honored the City of Lakewood Department of Planning & Development and Lakewood - Alive for their collective accomplishments to recognize, preserve, and promote Lakewood's historic resources in 2009. This Old House Magazine chose Lakewood as the best town/city in the Midwest to buy a home in 2008. Scene Magazine rated Lakewood the best town/city to live in 2006 and again in 2013. The City of Lakewood was awarded the nationally famous Main - Street program in 2005. Lakewood Park with view of Downtown Cleveland horizon Lakewood Park is one of the biggest lakefront parks in Ohio and features a live concert stage, outside swimming pool, picnic pavilions, 4-season enhance pavilion, kids' playground, baseball, volleyball, and a skate park, which opened in 2004.
The park's million dollar lakefront promenade opened in 2006 and offers an excellent panorama of Downtown Cleveland and the existence of viewing telescopes enhances the viewing experience of Downtown Cleveland.
On October 30, 2015, Lakewood opened its "Solstice Steps" in the northwest corner of the park.
The Lakewood Dog Park, assembled in 2004, is positioned next to the Metroparks, in the Rocky River valley.
Lakewood Public Library has won various awards and has two chapters: the chief branch on Detroit Avenue and a lesser branch on Madison Avenue.
Geiger's, a retailer of clothing and ski equipment and accessories, was established in downtown Lakewood in 1932.
Aladdin's Eatery, a nationwide restaurant brand, is based in Lakewood.
Their first restaurant was established in Lakewood by Fady and Sally Chamoun in 1994. Aladdin's Lakewood Headquarters was period in 2007.
The City of Lakewood first introduced curbside recycling in 1989 and has one of the highest recycling rates in all of Ohio: 79% in 2009. Lakewood is home to a large number of media outlets including three weekly newspapers and a handful of devoted websites.
The most notable include the autonomous improve site Lakewood - Buzz.com, The Lakewood Sun, The Lakewood Observer, and Lakewood Times.
According to the Free Times and The Plain Dealer, Lakewood has the highest concentration of vegetarians and vegans in northeast Ohio.* Historical housing throughout the town/city and an active historical society are the norm in Lakewood.
The :Make Lakewood Beautiful" program involves contests in which inhabitants compete to make their homes look and resemble their initial design and architecture, and awards are given to a several homeowners each year.
Lakewood is home to a large number of high rises.
While there are high rises throughout the city, most are concentrated in Gold Coast and in downtown Lakewood.
Lakewood Center North (186 ft) is Lakewood's tallest office building with 15 floors of office space and is the biggest private office building in Cuyahoga County outside of downtown Cleveland, based on total square footage.
Arts District (proposed in 2006) - Three locations have been proposed, with the most likely locale to be centered around The Beck Center For The Arts, on the west side of Lakewood.
Birdtown - Southeastern corner of Lakewood, a well-known 8-street residentiary precinct on the southeast side of the town/city that was assembled specifically for the workers of the close-by Union Carbide business in the 1890s.
Clifton Boulevard - Lined with big trees and multi-family homes, apartment complexes, and 4 4 brick structures, the seven-lane Clifton Boulevard is one of the busiest streets in Lakewood.
Clifton Park - The wealthiest neighborhood of Lakewood is situated in the northwestern corner of the city, and consists mostly of magnificent Victorian mansions.
Downtown Lakewood - The chief section of Lakewood is centered at Detroit Avenue and Warren Road.
This precinct was formally identified when Lakewood was chosen as a member of the nationwide Main - Street program in 2005.
Lakewood Library, the USPS, Lakewood Hospital, and Lakewood City Schools are all positioned in this district.
West End - The West End is the westernmost neighborhood of Lakewood, along the Rocky River Reservation.
Lakewood's nickname "City of Beautiful Homes" is due to the fact the town/city was intentionally designed in the early 1900s with a lack of trade and an emphasis on a diverse range of residentiary housing structures including many large Tudors mainly near the lakeshore, and multi-family and lesser single family homes in many other sections of the city.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority's Cleveland State Line (routes 55,55 - A,55 - B,55 - C), run east and west along Clifton Boulevard, terminating at Cleveland State University in downtown Cleveland to the east and in Fairview Park (55) or Bay Village (55 - B) and Westlake (55 - C) to the west.
Route 55 - A terminates at Lakewood Park. RTA Route 26 serves Detroit Avenue, Route 83 serves Warren Road, Route 43 runs along West Clifton Boulevard and Riverside Drive, Route 78 serves at the boarder line on West 117th Street, and Route 25 serves Madison Avenue. and Madison Avenue and the other between Lakewood Heights and Triskett near West 140.
Both stations furnish access to the Red Line east to Windermere via Downtown Cleveland and west to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. RTA's Route 804, the Lakewood Community Circulator, was discontinued by RTA in late 2009.
Lakewood inhabitants and town/city officials were campaigning for it to return. The Cleveland Memorial Shoreway begins approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) east of Lakewood via Lake Avenue and Clifton Boulevard and serves as a transit hub to and from downtown Cleveland.
Lakewood is bicycle-friendly, with designated "share the road" paths through the city. "City of Lakewood Finances 2010" (PDF).
Lincoln Elementary School PTA - Lakewood, Ohio "Site prep starts for Cleveland Clinic's new Lakewood community center".
"Commercial Development - The City of Lakewood, Ohio".
"Lakewood Solstice Steps give town/city a quietly spectacular lakefront amenity".
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