The site that has long plagued the Slavic Village neighborhood on Cleveland's East Side as a hotbed for crime and drug use. Residents decided to take matters into their own hands after the owner's inaction.
Gunfire and Crashing Cars: In Struggling Neighborhoods, âWeâre Losing Our Gripâ A year of hardship in parts of Cleveland has left many with the sense that the fabric of their communities was fraying. âSometimes,â said the Rev. Richard Gibson, whose 101-year-old church is in the Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland, âit feels like weâre losing our grip on civilization.âCredit.Da Shaunae Marisa for The New York Times CLEVELAND â When evening arrives, Darryl Brazil sits on his porch and watches the world fall apart. His neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland has held on through years of hard times. It was rough around the edges in parts, but his block was quiet, or at least it used to be. Now, wild things happen day and night.
In Clevelandâs struggling neighborhoods, the sound of gunfire and crashing cars: âWeâre losing our gripâ By Campbell Robertson New York Times,Updated January 2, 2021, 12:45 p.m. Email to a Friend The Rev. Richard Gibson has served as the pastor of Elizabeth Baptist Church in the Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland for 18 years âSometimes,â Gibson said, âit feels like weâre losing our grip on civilization.âDA SHAUNAE MARISA/NYT CLEVELAND â When evening arrives, Darryl Brazil sits on his porch and watches the world fall apart. His neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland has held on through years of hard times. It was rough around the edges in parts, but his block was quiet â or at least it used to be. Now wild things happen day and night.