Waterloo Named One Of America’s Best Secret Neighborhoods!

Waterloo Arts District, Cleveland, OH, October 24, 2008 – The Waterloo Arts District was recently named one of “America’s Best Secret Neighborhoods” by Travel & Leisure Magazine, ranking alongside neighborhoods in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Miami, among others.

The article reads:

Collinwood, Cleveland, Ohio

Then: Immigrants from Croatia and Slovenia came here in the 1880’s to work in the railroad yards of this shoreside neighborhood in the far northeast corner of the city.

Now: A neighborhood development group started to stimulate growth in 2004 by buying buildings and leasing them at low cost to boho businesses such as Music Saves, an indie-rock record store selling original vinyl as well as tickets to rock shows at the next-door Beachland Ballroom.

Don’t Miss: Slovenian smoked sausage at Raddell’s Sausage Shop, supplying Clevelanders with bona fide Eastern European meats since 1979.

The article can be viewed online (with a photo of Waterloo’s Music Saves) at:
http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/americas-best-secret-neighborhoods/11