Coventry Village, Part One
Welcome to Cleveland Voices episode 3, the first of a two-part series examining the development of Coventry Village. The episode begins in 1890 with Patrick Calhoun gazing from Lake View Cemetery over the land that he would help develop into Cleveland Heights. It culminates in the late 1960s during Coventry’s Summer of Love. List of Oral Histories (in order of appearance): Dave Woldman clevelandvoices.org/items/show/3034 Allen Rapoport clevelandvoices.org/items/show/3035 Frank Gerlak clevelandvoices.org/items/show/3033 Joanne Lewis clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2434 Clara Rankin clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2271 Ruth Dancyger clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2372 Tommy Fello clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2277 Steve Presserclevelandvoices.org/items/show/2285 Russell Baron clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2424 George Fitzpatrick clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2257 Allen Peskin clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2649 Chris Roy clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2867 Violet Frayne clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2287 Larry Beam clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2279 Dennis Coughlin clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2272 Doris Allen clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2427 Sura Sevastopoulos clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2426 Written and produced by Sarah Nemeth, Research Associate at Cleveland State University. Thanks to the band This Moment in Black History for letting us use their song "Pollen Count" (from the album "Public Square") as the music in this episode. Their music is available on your favorite streaming service and at discerning independent record stores. Special thanks to the project staff who narrated the supplementary audio for this episode (in order of appearance): Sara Sprouse Toni Berry Cory Sprouse David Nicolai Natalie Neale