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11/27/2025

In 1979, a family shops for a Thanksgiving turkey at the West Side Market. How are you bringing local flair to your holiday?

📸 Cleveland Memory Project

11/27/2025

🦃 In 1957, the Aviation Products Division of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. built this 56-foot-tall Popeye balloon for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

The sailor's mighty forearms measured seven feet in diameter, and his four-foot pipe could hold 80 pounds of to***co. More than spinach, it took 6,000 cubic feet of helium for the balloon to fully inflate.

📸 Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections. Cleveland Press Collection

07/13/2025

October 2013: Cleveland Magazine has always been a fan of Superman. Our annual Best of Cleveland issue celebrates all of the people, food, boutiques, celebrities and hot spots that make our city great.

Vote for this year's Best of Cleveland: https://clevelandmagazine.com/magazine-events/best-of-cleveland/home

Art by JT Waldman

Everyone remembers where they were on June 19, 2016. Most Clevelanders were glued to their TVs, watching history in moti...
06/19/2025

Everyone remembers where they were on June 19, 2016. Most Clevelanders were glued to their TVs, watching history in motion as the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors and brought the NBA championship home. 🏆

In the following days, an infamous parade flooded the streets of Downtown in celebration of the title, among the likes of franchise legends like Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love and — of course — Lebron James.

The August 2016 issue of Cleveland Magazine kept the party going after the parade ended, telling the stories of those who witnessed and will forever cherish that Game 7.

📸 Andrew D. Bernstein via Getty Images

05/22/2025

May 1974: Superman wasn't always the city's only hero. In this retro issue, we featyred Captain Cleveland as Cleveland Magazine's cover star. The character, illustrated by James M. Elliott, was on a mission to save Cleveland's reputation, defeating those with anything bad to say about the city. His debut issue shares some good happenings around Cleveland, fashion tips and an examination of Gary Dee, an infamous local radio host in the 1970s.

Illustrated by James M. Elliott

05/03/2025

John Chuldenko, who worked out of Chagrin Falls, is remembered as a beloved illustrator in the Cleveland scene. His daughter, Sarah Reynolds, shared with us one of his striking artworks for the cover of Cleveland Magazine in September 1979.

The issue profiles an infamous kickback case involving former City Council president George Forbes and local carnival operators. In that month's Editor's Note, Cleveland Magazine editor Lute Harmon Sr. remarked Chuldenko as "an extraordinarily talented artist" who was "the natural choice" to illustrate this cover.

💼 February 1993: Cleveland Magazine takes a look at work-life balance, gives tips for a recession-proof night out and sp...
02/21/2025

💼 February 1993: Cleveland Magazine takes a look at work-life balance, gives tips for a recession-proof night out and speaks with Cleveland Cavaliers announcer Joe Tait. Plus, a special report on Satanism and teens.

July 1975: Last week, Michael D. Roberts — the pioneering editor of Cleveland Magazine's '70s hey day — died at 85. His ...
01/18/2025

July 1975: Last week, Michael D. Roberts — the pioneering editor of Cleveland Magazine's '70s hey day — died at 85. His legacy is of an editor who led a generation of great reporters and writers of creative non-fiction, but with experience covering the War in Vietnam on the ground, the White House and some of Cleveland's most contentious moments, he was also a star writer and reporter — a role he didn't totally give up as editor of Cleveland Magazine.

One of the magazine's most important beats in those days was the Cleveland mob, and Roberts wrote this cover story on the death of Shondor Burns, the mobster who died 50 years ago in March. On the eve of retirement, after bombing and shooting his way into the headlines for half a century, Cleveland's leading racketeer was murdered in a style he would have admired.

Where do you begin to look for the killer of a man feared and hated by so many? Read more: https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/articles/why-they-blew-shondor-birns-away

Cover by Raymond L. Gibson

📖 In December of 1988, Cleveland Magazine speculated what the city (and its skyline) would look like in the year 1995. 🏙...
11/21/2024

📖 In December of 1988, Cleveland Magazine speculated what the city (and its skyline) would look like in the year 1995.

🏙️ Almost exactly 30 years since 1995, Cleveland welcomed another addition to our skyline – the brand new Sherwin-Williams headquarters. The skyscraper is the fourth tallest in CLE, and sixth tallest in all of Ohio.

🤔 What will the next 30 years hold for the city?

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