31 Facts About Downtown Cleveland

1. Downtown Cleveland offers sailing enthusiasts, boaters, swimmers, and fishermen abundant lakeshore to enjoy.

2. Downtown Cleveland has gone 50 years without winning a professional sports championship.

3. Downtown Cleveland has the highest number of population in the state.

4. Downtown Cleveland is home to the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia.

5. Downtown Cleveland is served by two three-digit interstates, Interstate 480, which enters Cleveland briefly at a few points and Interstate 490, which connects I-77 with the junction of I-90 and I-71 just south of downtown.

6. Downtown Cleveland has a bus and rail mass transit system operated by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.

7. Port of Downtown Cleveland, located at the Cuyahoga River's mouth, is a major bulk freight terminal on Lake Erie, receiving much of the raw materials used by the region's manufacturing industries.

8. City of Downtown Cleveland has a higher than average percentage of households without a car.

9. Downtown Cleveland is home to several major hospital systems, two of which are in University Circle.

10. Downtown Cleveland is directly served by 31 AM and FM radio stations, 22 of which are licensed to the city.

11. Downtown Cleveland is served by the firefighters of the Cleveland Division of Fire.

12. Downtown Cleveland is home to a number of colleges and universities.

13. In October 2010, Downtown Cleveland had two neighborhoods appear on ABC News's list of 'America's 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods': both in sections just blocks apart in the city's Central neighborhood on the East Side.

14. Downtown Cleveland is home to four of the parks in the countywide Cleveland Metroparks system, as well as the: Washington Park, Brookside Park and parts of the Rocky River and Washington Reservations.

15. Downtown Cleveland hosts an annual parade on Saint Patrick's Day that brings hundreds of thousands to the streets of downtown.

16. Downtown Cleveland is the site of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, established by poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf in 1935, which recognizes books that have made important contributions to understanding of racism and human diversity.

17. Downtown Cleveland was the home of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, who created the comic book character Superman in 1932.

18. Downtown Cleveland has often doubled for other locations in the film.

19. Downtown Cleveland serves as the setting for fictitious insurance giant Great Benefit in The Rainmaker; in the film, Key Tower doubles as the firm's main headquarters.

20. Downtown Cleveland has served as the setting for several major studio and independent films.

21. Downtown Cleveland is home to Playhouse Square Center, the second largest performing arts center in the United States behind New York City's Lincoln Center.

22. Downtown Cleveland is centered on Public Square and includes a wide range of districts.

23. Downtown Cleveland was hailed in 2007 by local media as the "Comeback City".

24. In December 1978, Downtown Cleveland became the first major American city since the Great Depression to enter into a financial default on federal loans.

25. In November 1967, Downtown Cleveland became the first major American city to elect a black mayor, Carl Stokes.

26. Downtown Cleveland emerged in the early 20th century as an important American manufacturing center.

27. Downtown Cleveland serves as a destination for iron ore shipped from Minnesota, along with coal transported by rail.

28. Downtown Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

29. Downtown Cleveland is a major city in the US state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

30. Downtown Cleveland had the largest percent population growth in the 2010 Census for the entire city of Cleveland.

31. Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of Cleveland, Ohio.