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Western Reserve Historical Society moved to the Circle in 1898, and to its present location on the Circle in 1938-1941. The Cleveland Museum of Art was built on the Circle in 1916. In 1930-31, three important institutions were added: Cleveland Botanical Garden, Severance Hall, and University Hospitals. In the 1961 the \"cultural necklace\" at Wade Park was rendered complete with the arrival of the Natural History Museum and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Since 1957, when a master plan began to coordinate future development, University Circle has been a centerpiece of Cleveland's attempts to encourage economic development. Pitched in the 1960s as an important asset for industrial firms contemplating relocation to Greater Cleveland, University Circle reflected efforts to craft a suburban oasis in the city. Today the Circle is a bona fide tourist destination and bustling urban district, thanks to a transformation in institutional planning in the past decade.</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/eece50a1416520cc1cbfb6739796e3b8.jpg","items":[{"id":30,"title":"University Circle","latitude":41.5038657277950875368333072401583194732666015625,"longitude":-81.6118204593658447265625,"thumbnail":"https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/square_thumbnails/eece50a1416520cc1cbfb6739796e3b8.jpg","fullsize":"https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/eece50a1416520cc1cbfb6739796e3b8.jpg","subtitle":"Cleveland's Cultural Heart and Ed-Med District","address":"Euclid Ave and Stearns Rd, Cleveland, OH","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":918,"title":"Fenway Hall 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