1969-1970

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Photo Credit - Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company

Burke Lakefront Airport is one of the nation's few downtown commuter airfields. Cleveland, a city of many "firsts", has long been a pioneer in social work, medicine, health and city planning. It gave birth tn the community chest concept. It is the home of the nation's first supple-' mentary educatinn center and first health museum. The "open shelves" system was born here at the nation's second largest library. The Mall plan and Shaker Heights have been models for the country. The "Emerald Necklace" of woodland parks is the envy of other urban centers. Cleveland's University Circle has the largest cnncentration of cultural and educational facilities in the world. Within this "Modern Athens" are Severance Hall, home of the renowned Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Case Western Reserve University, the Museum of Natural History, the Garden Center,

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