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February 27, 2007
Our words have gone to Washington
I needed to know when the Square celebrated its 75th
anniversary. For an answer I used today's most popular research tool
— Google. After typing Shaker Square 75th
anniversary in Google, here's what I
saw.
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Rep S T Jones
(from her website) |
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The first result was our own History page. Below it was
an entry in THOMAS, the online database of
congressional legislative information maintained by the
Library of Congress. (It is named for Thomas Jefferson
whose library helped start the
Library of Congress.)
It was an extension of
remarks — words in the record that were never spoken in Congress — submitted
on November 18, 2004 by our
Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones. (That's why her
photo is shown above.) To read it on the THOMAS website,
click here.
Her remarks were
titled COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHAKER
SQUARE I liked much of the writing, but the
words seemed familiar. Then I looked at my own words in
our About The Square page.
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The remarks in
THOMAS |
Our "About
The
Square" page |
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The Square was built in 1927-29 by Otis and
Mantis Van Sweringen, the brothers who
developed Shaker Heights, Ohio.
The oldest
shopping district in Ohio and the second
oldest in the Nation, Shaker Square was
listed in the National Register of Historic
Places in 1976.
What you see at Shaker Square today is a
happy combination of nearly 75 years of
preservation, enhanced by a multi-million
dollar renovation in 2000-2001....
But Shaker
Square is more than a shopping area. It is
the heart of a lively, diverse neighborhood.
There are more than 4,000 units of
high-quality rental and condominium
apartments near the square--the largest
concentration of multi family housing in
Cleveland--plus townhouses and many private
homes. |
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The Square was built in 1927-29 by Otis and
Mantis Van Sweringen, the brothers who
developed Shaker Heights.
The oldest shopping district in Ohio and the
second oldest in the nation, Shaker Square
was listed in the National Register of
Historic Places in 1976. ...
What you see at Shaker Square today is a
happy combination of nearly 75 years of
preservation, enhanced by a multi- million
dollar renovation in 2000-2001.
But Shaker Square is more than a shopping
area. It is the heart of a lively, diverse
neighborhood. Near the Square are more than
4,000 units of high-quality rental and
condominium apartments — the largest
concentration of multi-family housing in
Cleveland — townhouses and many private
homes. ... |
I can understand a
busy staffer, wherever the statement was composed
(probably right here in Cleveland), Googling shaker square.
Finding this site (we rank number one), clicking on our
link, then on "About The Square." Copy, paste and voilà!
So, to whoever
prepared the remarks or the copy
from which they were drawn, I'm glad our page helped.
Thanks
for the unexpected pleasure of seeing my own words in the
Congressional Record. My mother would have been so
proud.
Arnold Berger |
