By the 1950s the city of Cleveland was already neglecting Garfield Park. Litter piled up continuously into the 1980s, despite public efforts to clean the park and protest of its abandonment. Eventually the famous mineral springs were contaminated, and the park became known by its foulness, a stark contrast from its original fame. | Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections
