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Among the many notable aspects of Jonathan Biss' splendid debut with the Cleveland Orchestra on Thursday at Severance Hall was his total immersion in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4. He played as if inspired by the rich unfolding of poetic and exhilarating material. Every phrase was sculpted with shape, direction and balance as primary considerations.
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Cleveland is the urban center of Northeast Ohio, the 14th largest combined metropolitan area in the United States. Throughout the twentieth century, the City of Cleveland proper was ranked as one of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. (from 1890 until 1970 per US Census Bureau statistics). Like most U.S. cities, Cleveland proper began to lose population to suburban areas in the 1960s and 1970s. However, in the mid-1980s, Cleveland earned the nickname the "Comeback City" as the urban core experienced a dramatic revitalization process that continues today. As its "comeback" has continued, the official moniker is now the New American City as Cleveland has rightfully earned the reputation as a model of effective public-private partnership for urban planning.
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Cleveland and surrounding inner ring suburbs have lost all the hustle and bustle. Why is the feel of a ghost town so prevalent? The residents are totally devoid of spirit. This is so sad. Actually heartbreaking to see such a great decline in the human spirit. Just a bunch of sad, miserable, dejected souls wandering throughout a lost, deserted, wasteland.
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Due to its proximity to Lake Erie, Autumn in Cleveland has some of the best weather of the year. Some years, mid-70-degree weather can be enjoyed through Halloween, without the humidity of the summer months.
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Cleveland Volcano has produced brief, explosive eruptions sending ash clouds to elevations of 10,000 � 20,000 ft ASL on at least five occasions since February 2006. Satellite images since the explosion on August 24 show a faint thermal anomaly at the summit, suggesting that unrest at the volcano continues, and further ash explosions are possible without warning. As a result, AVO is elevating the level of concern color code at Cleveland Volcano from unassigned to YELLOW. The current level of activity poses a hazard primarily to low-flying aircraft and to people on or within a few kilometers of the island.
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In the early twentieth century, Cleveland earned a reputation for progressive government as mayors Tom Johnson and Newton Baker battled for municipal ownership of public utilities. By the 1920s, a ring of suburban municipalities was burgeoning around Cleveland, eventually precluding further annexation of territory to the city. Immigration quotas stemmed the tide of European newcomers, although thousands of white and black southerners flocked to Cleveland, especially in the 1940s and 1950s. During the second half of the twentieth century... the city's population steadily declined, from 914, 808 in 1950 to 478,403 in 2000. New office towers arose in the central business district, but neighborhoods decayed, and after 1970 manufacturing jobs disappeared. In 1966 racial unrest resulted in nationally publicized rioting in the Hough area, and twelve years later the troubled city suffered the humiliation of defaulting on debt payments.
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