Neighborhoods in Cleveland refer to the 34
neighborhood
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communities of the city of
Cleveland,
Ohio, as defined by the Cleveland City Planning Commission.
Based on historical definitions and census data, the neighborhoods serve as the basis for various urban planning initiatives on both the municipal and
metropolitan
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* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
levels.
Technically known as Statistical Planning Areas (SPAs), they also provide a "framework for summarizing socio-economic and other statistics within the city."
City neighborhood boundaries were last revised by the City Planning Commission in 2012.
Cleveland's neighborhoods are generally defined by their position on either the East Side or West Side of the
Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River ( , or ) is a river located in Northeast Ohio that bisects the City of Cleveland and feeds into Lake Erie.
As Cleveland emerged as a major manufacturing center, the river became heavily affected by industrial pollution, so mu ...
.
Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
and
Cuyahoga Valley are situated between the East and West Sides, while the
Broadway–Slavic Village neighborhood is sometimes referred to as the South Side.
Neighborhoods
Notes
References
External links
Cleveland Neighborhoods Destination Cleveland
Neighborhoods and Landmarks The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (
Case Western Reserve University
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Current Cleveland Neighborhood Maps Northern Ohio Data and Information Service (NODIS),
Levin College of Urban Affairs (
Cleveland State University
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