West Boulevard is a
neighborhood on the West Side of
Cleveland
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,
Ohio
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. It borders the suburbs of
Brooklyn
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and
Linndale to the south,
Interstate 90 and the neighborhoods of
Cudell
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Max Cudell founded the company in 1898 to manufacture licensed De Dion-Bouton vehicles. The original 3-wheelers were succeeded by ...
and
Detroit–Shoreway to the north,
Stockyards to the east, and
Jefferson to the west. Its name is derived "from the West Blvd. thoroughfare which runs north-south through the district’s center."
The principal portion of the neighborhood was incorporated into Cleveland in 1902 as part of Linndale. One year later, Cleveland
annexed the majority of the land as what is now known as the West Boulevard neighborhood.
West Boulevard has been historically home to a mixed population of
Hungarians
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,
Czechs
The Czechs ( cs, Češi, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, ...
, and
Germans
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,
and in recent years, it has also been home to a growing
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...
community.
As of 2019, the neighborhood had an estimated foreign-born population of 18.5%, with most being
immigrants
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from
Latin America
Latin America or
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(especially
El Salvador and
Mexico
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) and
Vietnam
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.
Notable neighborhood attractions include the St. Ignatius of Antioch Catholic Church, completed in 1903,
and
Ray's MTB Indoor Park, the world's first multi-terrain indoor bike park.
References
Neighborhoods in Cleveland
Hispanic and Latino American culture in Ohio
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