Steven Litt
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Independent journalist covering arts, culture, urbanism. Freelancing for Ideastream Public Media: https://t.co/UxcwFVFnWF
Cleveland, Ohio
Joined October 2012
Breaking news today: @neorsd.org now wants to remove Lower Lake Dam permanently and create a new park a-la the former Horseshoe Lake: https://t.co/Z5lZtsrofh
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Check out Phil Kidd's latest Cleveland Complete and Green Streets update: https://t.co/OTTDDHOaLL. It includes a link to @Ideastream's Sound of Ideas segment on quick-build improvements on Prospect & Huron downtown: https://t.co/3YJyHZfydX
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Review: The Cleveland Foundation designed its Midtown Collaboration Center for repair and hope
ideastream.org
Scheduled for a May 16 grand opening with a community block party, the Collaboration Center is a striking project that poses equally striking questions about how philanthropy can best repair a...
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Hi all, I'm pleased to share that I'm freelancing for Ideastream Public Media on arts, culture, urbanism, economic development. My first pieces here: https://t.co/H6CFCrBUKb. Please share ideas.🙏
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Enjoyed fantastic discussion organized by @columbiajourn between @SamuelGFreedman & Rita Omokha about her new book, "Resist: How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America.'' More on the book here: https://t.co/cfRaQLoGW5.
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Couldn't agree more with this: The Handmaid’s Highway? Transportation policy takes a dystopian detour: via @LeilaAtassi
cleveland.com
The Trump administration’s decision to tie federal transportation funding to birth and marriage rates is a blatant ideological overreach that prioritizes conservative demographics, politicizes...
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Great spending part of a snowy day @ClevelandArt. My 3rd visit to see Picasso and Paper, ending 03/23. Don't miss this opportunity. You can also bump into Rodin.
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Additional details from @clevelandart on its Roman statue: Tests included comparing molds of the feet to stone pedestals at Sebasteion, (AKA Bubon) plus lead isotope analyses and tests on soil within the statue led CMA to conclude it "had likely been unearthed at Bubon."
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Breaking: @ClevelandArt just announced it is returning its monumental Marcus Aurelius bronze to TĂĽrkiye, "Following the results of new scientific testing conducted in cooperation with the Republic of TĂĽrkiye and the District Attorney of New York County.''
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Glad to see @CuyArtsC, @assemblycle moving quickly w/ @CuyahogaCounty to explore arts funding resources beyond the cigarette tax, as @njKaitlinDurbin reports: https://t.co/akEEICHDTD
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Please join me 1 p.m. Sunday the 26th @CleInstituteArt @clecinematheque to see "Out of the Picture,'' documentary about art criticism in the U.S + Q&A w/ director Mary Louise Schumacher @artcity. Tickets: https://t.co/oETZ1Y38Z8. Students w/ ID free.
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Sharing a shot taken by a friend on a flight at 30k feet at 9:30 PST this morning. It shows the massive scale of the LA fires, the worst in the city's history.
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Thrilled to see @CityofCleveland's announcement this morning of $70M in funding for the downtown lakefront connector, on top of $60M previously announced to redo the Shoreway. Big steps for big dreams! @CLEcityplanning @JustinMBibb @chrisronayne @lilliankuri @Baiju_R_Shah
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Exciting to see solid plans by @MerrittChase for Canal Basin Park today @CLEcityplanning. It's now time to revive the pavilion once proposed for the park by @cleveLANDstudio & @studioweave. Properly placed, it would be a great focal point. @lilliankuri @LAND_Gp @JustinMBibb
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Mourning the death of Richey Piiparinen, city-focused public intellectual, based in Cleveland. Richey died Sunday, his family said, after a long fight with glioblastoma. He spoke with me in March about his book, "Octopus Hunting: https://t.co/NmuBwzZzjI.
cleveland.com
Piiparinen sees connections between individual trauma and shortcomings in NEO's economy.
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Note the elevation of the sun shortly after solar noon (12:25 p.m.) Beachwood, Ohio, Dec. 21, winter solstice day. Days will get brighter and longer from here on!
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Ouch: CLE didn't make the @SMUDataArts list of top 20 cities in cultural vibrancy https://t.co/mpTscnEQHy, despite having @CleveOrchestra, @ClevelandArt, @rockhall, @playhousesquare, @CuyArtsC funding & lots more. Flawed methodology perhaps? @chrisronayne @JustinMBibb @TheCLE
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