This photo from left to right shows J. B. Williams, Cleveland Urban Renewal Commission; James Lister, Cleveland Urban Renewal director; Mayor Ralph Locher; E. W. Sloan, chairman of the board, Cleveland Development Foundation; and Upshur Evans, director of the Cleveland Development Foundation as they testify before a House subcommittee investigating urban renewal. In 1963, the House of Representatives launched a probe, though they claimed it was more of a study, into urban renewal projects that included Erieview in Cleveland. Erieview was often seen as the flagship project in Cleveland, which caused funds to be focused towards it as opposed to being used for other projects like Gladstone. The probe led to a freeze in federal funds for Cleveland's urban renewal projects that would not be lifted until Mayor Carl Stokes took office in 1967. | Creator: United Press International | Date: October 24, 1963 | Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library Special Collections Download Original File
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United Press International
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Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library Special Collections
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October 24, 1963
"Mayor Ralph Locher and Other City Officials Meet with a U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee " appears in: Gladstone (Area O)
