Is this the Caribbean or Cleveland? Cleveland. Credit: ERIC SANDY/SCENE

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Cleveland, to the uninitiated, evokes images of vacant warehouses, polluted rivers, racist symbols… A lot of unpleasantness.

But we know better; duh.

Visitors to Cleveland can look in almost any direction and see something unimaginable compared to their previous notions of our city. Green space abounds, blue blue-ish water ebbs and flows, and, hey, we’ve got a good deal of snazzy architecture to boot. The Metroparks, of course, really helps our cred. (Let’s take a moment to thank William Stinchcomb for that.)

Here are 9 photos showcasing Cleveland’s natural beauty (of which we all know, but sometimes need reminding):


This article appears in May 29 – Jun 4, 2013.

Eric Sandy is an award-winning Cleveland-based journalist. For a while, he was the managing editor of Scene. He now contributes jam band features every now and then.

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