Who doesn’t love spending a day walking around University Circle? Some of the best museums in the world, great restaurants, a college campus and picturesque streets are just part of the offerings at University Circle. The Cultural Gardens are worth the visit alone. Here’s some awesome vintage pictures of the neighborhood from 1900 through the 1980s. All photos via the Cleveland Memory Project.
Wade Park, 1900Goethe and Schiller Monument, 1920General Milan Ratislav Stefanik Memorial, 1926University Circle, 1929Groundbreaking for Severance Hall, 1929John L. Severance and other Severance Hall Founders, 1930Tree Removal at Severance Hall, 1932Dedication of Lithuanian Cultural Garden, 1933Dedication of Hungarian Cultural Garden, 1934Slovak Cultural Garden Dedication, 1934Cultural Gardens Dedication, 1935German Cultural Garden, 1936Polish Cultural Garden Construction, 1936Crowd near Kossuth Statue, 1937Cultural Gardens Dedication, 1939Peace Monument Dedication, 1939Polar Bears at Wade Park, 1929Procession at Ukrainian Cultural Garden, 1939Wade Park, 1940Hungarian Revolution Celebration, 1941Severance Hall Lobby, 1941Severance Hall at Night, 1947Severance Hall, 1947Wade Park Picnic Area, 1950Procession at Lithuanian Cultural Garden, 1950Czech Cultural Garden, 1951Wade Park Lagoon, 1956Signs at Rally for Hungary, 1956Portrait of a Student in University Circle, 1957Addition to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1958Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1958Cleveland Orchestra, 1959University Circle Redevelopment Model, 1958B’nai B’rith Cultural Garden Dedication, 1959Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1959Finnish Cultural Garden, 1959Ralph Mueller Planetarium at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1959Women in Wade Park, 1959Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Warner & Swasey Observatory and Telescope, 1960Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church, 1961International Students visit The Thinker, 1961Italian Cultural Garden, 1961Yugoslav Cultural Garden, 1961Medical Center Parking, 1962Hazel Drive Parking Lot, 1962East Boulevard, 1962Musicians Evacuating Severance Hall after Fire, 1962Flowers Planted, 1962Parking Garage, 1962View of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1962Picketers, 1963Severance Hall and Wade Park Lagoon, 1963Student Protest at Allen Memorial Library, 1963Wade Park, 1963Residential Area of University Circle, 1964Stearns Road, 1964Sculptures at Finnish Cultural Garden, 1964University Circle, 1964The Temple Model, 1964Wade Park Veterans Administration Hospital, 1964Cleveland Institute of Music, 1965Architects Overlooking University Circle Redesign, 1965Cleveland Cultural Gardens, 1966Monkey House behind Art Museum, 1966Cultural Gardens, 1966Estonian Cultural Garden, 1966Case Western Reserve University, 1967Ducks in drained Wade Park Lagoon, 1968The Thinker Statue after Bombing, 1970RTA Stop, 1970Observatory Exterior and Pond at Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1971Duck Pond at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1972Fashion Show at Severance Hall, 1974Health Hill Hospital for Children, 1976Romanian Cultural Garden, 1977Children with Dinosaur Outside Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1977Cedar Avenue Hill, 1977University Circle Chief of Police, 1978“Dinosaur Dash” at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1980Wade Park Lagoon, 1980
