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=== Neighborhoods === {{main|Neighborhoods in Cleveland}} [[File:Illuminated West Side Market.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Ohio City, Cleveland|Ohio City]] neighborhood at night]] The Cleveland City Planning Commission has officially designated 34 neighborhoods in Cleveland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Urban Tree Canopy Assessment Update: Cleveland Neighborhoods |publisher=Cuyahoga County Planning Commission |url=https://www.countyplanning.us/projects/urban-tree-canopy-assessment-update/urban-tree-canopy-assessment-update-cleveland-neighborhoods/ |access-date=July 20, 2021 }}</ref> Centered on Public Square, [[Downtown Cleveland]] is the city's central business district, encompassing a wide range of subdistricts, such as the [[Nine-Twelve District]], the [[Campus District]], the [[Civic Center (Cleveland)|Civic Center]], [[East 4th Street (Cleveland)|East 4th Street]], and [[Playhouse Square]]. It also historically included the lively [[Downtown Cleveland#Short Vincent|Short Vincent]] entertainment district.<ref>{{cite web |last=Roy |first=Chris |title=The Theatrical Grill |work=Cleveland Historical |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/906 |access-date=June 22, 2022 }}</ref>{{sfn|Dutka|2012|p=37}} Mixed-use areas, such as the [[Warehouse District, Cleveland|Warehouse District]] and the [[Downtown Cleveland#Superior Arts District|Superior Arts District]], are occupied by industrial and office buildings as well as restaurants, cafes, and bars.<ref name="smithsonian" /> The number of [[Condominium (living space)|condominium]]s, [[loft apartment|lofts]], and apartments has been on the increase since 2000 and especially 2010, reflecting downtown's growing population.<ref>{{cite news |last=Exner |first=Rich |title=How downtown Cleveland is changing: by the numbers |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |url=https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2016/05/how_downtown_cleveland_is_chan.html |date=May 13, 2016 |access-date=July 10, 2019 }}</ref> [[File:Cleveland City Neighborhoods with Names.png|thumb|upright=1|Neighborhoods of Cleveland]] Clevelanders geographically define themselves in terms of whether they live on the east or west side of the Cuyahoga River.{{sfn|Condon|1967|p=[https://archive.org/details/cleveland0000geor/page/9/mode/2up 9]|loc="For all practical purposes, though – and hang the technicalities – everything east of the [Cuyahoga] river constitutes the East Side. Everything west of the river can be considered the West Side. That is the realistic view taken by Clevelanders. When two Clevelanders meet for the first time, they fence conversationally until the vital question of East or West is answered. Knowing which side of town a new acquaintance comes from makes a subtle difference"}} The East Side includes the neighborhoods of [[Buckeye–Shaker]], [[Buckeye–Woodhill]], [[Central, Cleveland|Central]], [[Collinwood]] (including [[Nottingham, Ohio|Nottingham]]), [[Euclid–Green]], [[Fairfax, Cleveland|Fairfax]], [[Glenville, Cleveland|Glenville]], [[Goodrich–Kirtland Park]] (including [[Asiatown, Cleveland|Asiatown]]), [[Hough, Cleveland|Hough]], [[Kinsman, Cleveland|Kinsman]], [[Lee–Miles]] (including Lee–Harvard and Lee–Seville), [[Mount Pleasant, Cleveland|Mount Pleasant]], [[St. Clair–Superior]], [[Union–Miles Park]], and [[University Circle]] (including [[Little Italy, Cleveland|Little Italy]]).<ref>{{cite news |last=Exner |first=Rich |title=Get to know Cleveland's East Side |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/11/get-to-know-clevelands-east-side-12-neighborhood-profiles.html |date=November 7, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023 }}</ref> The West Side includes the neighborhoods of [[Brooklyn Centre]], [[Clark–Fulton]], [[Cudell, Cleveland|Cudell]], [[Detroit–Shoreway]], [[Edgewater, Cleveland|Edgewater]], [[Ohio City, Cleveland|Ohio City]], [[Old Brooklyn]], [[Stockyards, Cleveland|Stockyards]], [[Tremont, Cleveland|Tremont]] (including [[Tremont, Cleveland#Duck Island|Duck Island]]), [[West Boulevard]], and the four neighborhoods colloquially known as [[West Park, Cleveland|West Park]]: [[Kamm's Corners]], [[Jefferson, Cleveland|Jefferson]], [[Bellaire–Puritas, Cleveland|Bellaire–Puritas]], and [[Hopkins, Cleveland|Hopkins]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Exner |first=Rich |title=Get to know Cleveland's West Side |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/11/get-to-know-clevelands-west-side-8-neighborhood-profiles.html |date=November 1, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023 }}</ref> The [[Cuyahoga Valley, Cleveland|Cuyahoga Valley]] neighborhood (including [[Whiskey Island (Cleveland)|Whiskey Island]] and [[the Flats]]) is situated between the East and West Sides, while [[Broadway–Slavic Village]] is sometimes referred to as the South Side.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nalewicki |first=Jennifer |title=Vibrant Art Installations Infuse New Life into Abandoned Houses in This Cleveland Neighborhood |magazine=Smithsonian |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/one-weekend-art-infuses-new-life-cleveland-neighborhood-180969771/ |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=June 5, 2023 |quote=A symphony of hammers, saws and chisels pierce the early-morning silence that had blanketed Slavic Village, a neighborhood tucked away on Cleveland's south side. }}</ref> Several neighborhoods have begun to attract the return of the middle class that left the city for the suburbs in the 1960s and 1970s. These neighborhoods are on both the West Side (Ohio City, Tremont, Detroit–Shoreway, and Edgewater) and the East Side (Collinwood, Hough, Fairfax, and Little Italy). Much of the growth has been spurred on by attracting [[creative class]] members, which has facilitated new residential development and the transformation of old industrial buildings into loft spaces for artists.<ref name="smithsonian" /><ref name="CLE-hustles">{{cite news |last=Glusac |first=Elaine |title=A Cleveland Arts District Hustles and Rebounds |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/travel/cleveland-gordon-square-arts-district.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/travel/cleveland-gordon-square-arts-district.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited |date=November 15, 2017 |access-date=August 1, 2019}}{{cbignore }}</ref>
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