Fairfax is a
neighborhood
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...
on the East Side of
Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
, Ohio. It is roughly bounded between Euclid Avenue to the north, Woodland Avenue to the south, E. 71st Street to the west and E. 105th Street to the east. Fairfax is located on the edge of
University Circle, an area containing Cleveland's major educational institutions and museums. The
Karamu House is on the National Register of Historic places and is the nation's oldest African-American theater. The northeastern quadrant of Fairfax, along Euclid Avenue to 105th Street, is dominated by the
Cleveland Clinic.
Transportation
Fairfax has two main
RTA lines running through the neighborhood.
The
BRT HealthLine runs down
Euclid Avenue.
The
Red Line stops at the
East 105th–Quincy station.
Notable people
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Dorothy Dandridge
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Vivian Dandridge
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Langston Hughes: playwright, poet, writer - lived in the neighborhood from 1916 to 1922 at 2266 East 86th Street.
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Jesse Owens
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who made history at the Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 Olympic Games by becoming the first person to win four gold meda ...
*Womack brothers:
Bobby,
Cecil, Curtis, Friendly Jr. and
Harry, members of the musical group,
The Valentinos
Points of interest
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Cleveland Clinic (9500 Euclid Avenue), major U.S. hospital
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Karamu House (E. 89th and Quincy Ave), oldest African-American theater in the United States.
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Baker Motor Vehicle Company Building (7100 Euclid Avenue), historic commercial building
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Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center (E. 93rd Street and Quincy Avenue)
References
Neighborhoods in Cleveland
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