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Whatever Happened to the “Paper Rex” Man?

And Other Stories of Cleveland's Near West Side

by The May Dugan Center

  • Format: Softcover, 108 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches
  • Illustrations: 37 black-and-white photographs
  • ISBN: 978-0-9630760-1-4
  • Price: $15.95

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Description

Do you remember the “broken cookie store?” Free dish night at the Marval Theater? Saturdays at the Rollercade? Crusin' on Lorain Avenue? Riding the interurban? The smell of fresh bread coming from the neighborhood bakery?

If so, this is the book for you. Inside are 72 stories about life on Cleveland's Near West Side in the first half of the 20th Century, including . . . Summer afternoons at Perkins Beach . . . Playing “cops and robbers” in the alley . . . Hanging out at Heck's . . . Visits from the “umbrella man” . . . and lots more!

Reviews
  • “This book is a 'must read' for anyone who enjoys taking a walk down memory lane. The delightful little vignettes put a human face on many area institutions and shed a new light on many parts of our city we overlook or take for granted.” — Sun Newspapers
  • “The authors have poured a lot of themselves, and Cleveland's rich neighborhood history, into these delightful vignettes about the Near West Side. Where else can you browse through one book and discover the paaaaper-rex man, the tinker, Perkins Beach or the Fairyland Theater? You won't find John D. Rockefeller or Marcus Hanna in these pages. But you might recognize a long-lost neighbor from 1950.” — The Plain Dealer
  • “The authors have poured a lot of themselves, and Cleveland's rich neighborhood history, into these delightful vignettes about the Near West Side. Where else can you browse through one book and discover the paaaaper-rex man, the tinker, Perkins Beach or the Fairyland Theater? You won't find John D. Rockefeller or Marcus Hanna in these pages. But you might recognize a long-lost neighbor from 1950.” — The Plain Dealer
About The May Dugan Center

The May Dugan Center is a not-for-profit social services agency serving Cleveland's near west side. More About The May Dugan Center

Contains References to:

1950s, Abbey Market, Broken Cookie Store, Cleveland Nostalgia, Cleveland West Side, Coming of Age, Edgewater Park, Ethnic Communities, Gordon Neighborhood, James Ford Rhodes, John Patrick Kilbane, May Dugan Center, Milk man, Old Cudell Arts and Crafts House, Old Movie Theaters, Penny Candy, Rollercade, St. Ignatius High School, West Side Market, Whiskey Island