Download or read book Where the River Burned written by David Stradling and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s, Cleveland suffered through racial violence, spiking crime rates, and a shrinking tax base, as the city lost jobs and population. Rats infested an expanding and decaying ghetto, Lake Erie appeared to be dying, and dangerous air pollution hung over the city. Such was the urban crisis in the "Mistake on the Lake." When the Cuyahoga River caught fire in the summer of 1969, the city was at its nadir, polluted and impoverished, struggling to set a new course. The burning river became the emblem of all that was wrong with the urban environment in Cleveland and in all of industrial America.Carl Stokes, the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city, had come into office in Cleveland a year earlier with energy and ideas. He surrounded himself with a talented staff, and his administration set new policies to combat pollution, improve housing, provide recreational opportunities, and spark downtown development. In Where the River Burned, David Stradling and Richard Stradling describe Cleveland's nascent transition from polluted industrial city to viable service city during the Stokes administration.The story culminates with the first Earth Day in 1970, when broad citizen engagement marked a new commitment to the creation of a cleaner, more healthful and appealing city. Although concerned primarily with addressing poverty and inequality, Stokes understood that the transition from industrial city to service city required massive investments in the urban landscape. Stokes adopted ecological thinking that emphasized the connectedness of social and environmental problems and the need for regional solutions. He served two terms as mayor, but during his four years in office Cleveland's progress fell well short of his administration’s goals. Although he was acutely aware of the persistent racial and political boundaries that held back his city, Stokes was in many ways ahead of his time in his vision for Cleveland and a more livable urban America.
Download or read book Reports on Improvement of the Lower Cuyahoga River Improvement of the Upper Cuyahoga River Openings at Bridges Across Cuyahoga River March 1913 written by Cleveland (Ohio). River and harbor commission and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cuyahoga River Project written by Cleveland Chamber of Commerce (Cleveland, Ohio). River and Harbor Department and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cuyahoga written by Pete Beatty and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel “Cuyahoga is tragic and comic, hilarious and inventive—a 19th-century legend for 21st-century America” (The Boston Globe). Big Son is a spirit of the times—the times being 1837. Behind his broad shoulders, shiny hair, and church-organ laugh, Big Son practically made Ohio City all by himself. The feats of this proto-superhero have earned him wonder and whiskey, but very little in the way of fortune. And without money, Big cannot become an honest husband to his beloved Cloe (who may or may not want to be his honest wife). In pursuit of a steady wage, our hero hits the (dirt) streets of Ohio City and Cleveland, the twin towns racing to become the first great metropolis of the West. Their rivalry reaches a boil over the building of a bridge across the Cuyahoga River—and Big stumbles right into the kettle. The resulting misadventures involve elderly terrorists, infrastructure collapse, steamboat races, wild pigs, and multiple ruined weddings. Narrating this “very funny, rambunctious debut novel” (Los Angeles Times) tale is Medium Son—known as Meed—apprentice coffin maker, almanac author, orphan, and the younger brother of Big. Meed finds himself swept up in the action, and he is forced to choose between brotherly love and his own ambitions. His uncanny voice—plain but profound, colloquial but poetic—elevates a slapstick frontier tale into a “breezy fable of empire, class, conquest, and ecocide” (The New York Times Book Review). Evoking the Greek classics and the Bible alongside nods to Looney Tunes, Charles Portis, and Flannery O’Connor, Pete Beatty has written “a hilarious and moving exploration of family, home, and fate [and] you won’t read anything else like it this year” (BuzzFeed).
Download or read book The Cuyahoga written by William Donohue Ellis and published by Landfall Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1966 by Holt, Rinehard, Winston. Cf. LCCN 66013558.
Download or read book The Day the River Caught Fire written by Barry Wittenstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the true story of how a 1969 fire in one of the most polluted rivers in America sparked the national Earth Day movement in this nonfiction picture book by award-winning author Barry Wittenstein and beloved illustrator Jessie Hartland. After the Industrial Revolution in the 1880s, the Cayuhoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire almost twenty times, earning Cleveland the nickname “The Mistake on the Lake.” Waste dumping had made fires so routine that local politicians and media didn’t pay them any mind, and other Cleveland residents laughed off their combustible river and even wrote songs about it. But when the river ignited again in June 1969, the national media picked up on the story and added fuel to the fire of the recent environmental movement. A year later, in 1970, President Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency—leading to the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts—and the first Earth Day was celebrated. It was a celebration, it was a protest, and it was the beginning of a movement to save our planet.
Download or read book Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan Stage One Update Report written by Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan (Organization). Coordinating Committee and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cleveland Harbor Ohio Hearings on the Improvement of Cleveland Harbor Cuyahoga River Ohio written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on rivers & harbors and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book English Cayuga Cayuga English Dictionary written by Frances Froman and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive lexicographic work on Cayuga, with over 3000 entries, including 1000 verb forms and many nouns never before printed, extensive cross-referencing, and thematic appendices that highlight cultural references.
Download or read book Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan Stage One Report written by Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan (Organization). Coordinating Committee and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High Bridge Glens of Cuyahoga Falls written by Mary L. McClure and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to its breathtaking waterfalls, mysterious caves, and thrilling roller coaster--rumored to be one of the first in the United States--the High Bridge Glens and Caves Park, located along the banks of the thundering Cuyahoga River, made the northeast Ohio community of Cuyahoga Falls one of the leading tourist destinations in the state in the late 1800s. At the height of its popularity, the park attracted more than 8,000 visitors per day. Guests ranged from future US president (then congressman) William McKinley to internationally known trapeze artists. Although reporters quickly dubbed the park "the Niagara of Ohio" and predicted it would become famous abroad, by the early 1900s the High Bridge Glens had faded into obscurity, ultimately leaving behind little evidence that it ever existed at all.
Download or read book Navigable Status of Cuyahoga River Ohio written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Buffalo District and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Not Enough to Drink written by Laura La Bella and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the threats to the world's supply of freshwater, including the impact of pollution, wetlands drainage, global warming, and population growth on this valuable natural resource.
Download or read book Reports on Improvement of the Lower Cuyahoga River Improvement of the Upper Cuyahoga River Openings at Bridges Across Cuyahoga River March 1913 written by Cleveland (Ohio) River and Harbor Commi and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-12-08 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Reports On Improvement Of The Lower Cuyahoga River, Improvement Of The Upper Cuyahoga River, Openings At Bridges Across Cuyahoga River, March 1913 Cleveland (Ohio). River and harbor commission
Download or read book Environmental ScienceBites written by Kylienne A. Clark and published by The Ohio State University. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written by undergraduate students at The Ohio State University (OSU) who were enrolled in the class Introduction to Environmental Science. The chapters describe some of Earth's major environmental challenges and discuss ways that humans are using cutting-edge science and engineering to provide sustainable solutions to these problems. Topics are as diverse as the students, who represent virtually every department, school and college at OSU. The environmental issue that is described in each chapter is particularly important to the author, who hopes that their story will serve as inspiration to protect Earth for all life.
Download or read book The Cuyahoga River as a Factor in the Economic Importance of Cleveland Ohio written by Margaretta C. Moloney and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cuyahoga River Ohio Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting with a Letter from the Chief of Engineers Report on Survey of Cuyahoga River Ohio from Its Mouth to a More Southerly Connection with the Ohio Canal with a View to Eliminating Bends and Securing a Navigable Depth of Twenty one Feet with Suitable Width Together with a Report on Any Proposition for Cooperation by Localities Affected Thereby written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
