The  Mount Pleasant  neighborhood has been home to numerous ethnic groups, first Manx immigrants beginning in 1826, then Germans, Czechs, Russians, Jews, and Italians. Today, it is a predominantly African American neighborhood. In fact, Mt. Pleasant counts blacks among its earliest citizens. According to the  Encyclopedia of Cleveland History , in 1893 a contractor who employed a large number of Black workers was unable to pay wages in cash, so he gave them title to lots in the section north of Kinsman Rd. between E. 126th and E. 130th Streets (a house still sanding from that era is featured in this post). The title holders soon built homes there and by 1907 Mt. Pleasant had 100 Black families. Unheard in those parts of Cleveland at that time. The neighborhood has been home to numerous notable Clevelander celebrities over the years such as Jim Brown, Don King and Mayor Carl Stokes and was also the temporary home to a then up-and-coming rap and pop mega star Machine G...

This was my fourth and final section run of the   Union Miles   neighborhood. Map:   Run 1 , Run 2 , Run 3 , Run 4 , Run 5 , Run 6 Distance This Section: 21.9 miles Distance So Far: 822.7 miles The Cermak Building  is located on the southeast corner of  E. 93rd Street and Union Avenue. It  was constructed in 1909 and designed by local architect James Love Cameron for Fred J. Cermak, a local pharmacist (Cermak Drug was a cornerstone business for many decades). The building served as the center of the emerging Czech-Slovak-Polish-Italian-Irish community for years. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1984. Across the street at the SW corner of E. 93rd & Union Ave is the  E. Prep & Village Prep Woodland Hills elementary school  which serves 675 students. The location has been home to a neighborhood elementary school since 1897. This church directly east of the Cermak Building at 9210 Union Ave is t...

This was my third section run of the Union Miles neighborhood and the final section of the former Corlett area. It featured a guest run with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb through a section which included his childhood home. Map:   Run 1 , Run 2 , Run 3 , Run 4 Distance This Section: 13.7 miles Distance So Far: 800.8 miles As mentioned in the introduction, this run featured a trot with Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb who grew up in this home at the intersection of E. 121st & Dove Ave. His grandparents purchased the house in 1979 and he lived with them + his mother during his youth. His grandmother, Sarah, lived in the home until her passing in 2022 at the age of 93. The mayor has mentioned that one of the greatest joys in her life was living long enough to be able to cast a vote for her grandson as Mayor. Mayor Bibb held his swearing in ceremony at E. 131st Street Branch library (pictured behind him), a place in which he spent many days as a kid (photos of the event here )...