Over the past couple of months, I’ve been gathering information about the latest openings and re-openings of commercial businesses stretching from Forest Park Avenue northward to Washington Avenue. These events illustrate how the neighborhood is rebounding following the 2022 fire at Euclid and McPherson, as well as from vacancies stemming from the Covid pandemic. It…
Author: Nicki
What is Prop T? 9th Ward Alderman Browning explains
The Central West End Association hosted a forum on August 21 at New City School featuring 9th Ward Alderman Michael Browning speaking on the topic of “traffic calming and the city’s current funding structure.” There was discussion of city-wide traffic calming initiatives that are somewhere on the horizon, but the bulk of the meeting was…
Former CWEnder Henry Biggs brings his play “Trompe L’Oeil” to The Sheldon
Henry Biggs, above, has checked off an extraordinary “bucket list” of accomplishments that to most people would seem a complete fabrication (more on that follows). So, news that he has written a play that will be performed at The Sheldon October 2 & 3 is not a total surprise. As one of his son’s remarked…