The Circle East District project is launched and re-development of the old ‘Mickey’s’ building on Eucild Avenue begins.

A 6-acre solar farm is built along Euclid Ave, the largest in Ohio at the time.

Circle East Townhomes are built on 1.5 acres of land along Eucild between Lakeview Road and Auburndale Avenue.

Forest Hill Park is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

NELA Park is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The East Cleveland Theater opens, which became known for its furtherance of interracial cooperation and understanding, particularly through its practice of interracial, nontraditional casting.

Two rapid transit stations are opened at Superior and Windermere respectively, making the area a transportation hub.

John D. Rockefeller donates his Forest Hill estate to the city to become Forest Hill Park. Industrialist and philanthropist, Rockefeller rose from his position as an assistant bookkeeper for a Cleveland commission merchant to become one of the wealthiest men in the U.S. through his establishment of the Standard Oil Co.

Construction concludes on NELA Park, home to General Electric’s lighting division and the world’s first industrial park.

The city adopts a charter that provides women’s suffrage in municipal elections — the first of its kind east of Chicago. The East Cleveland Public Library opens thanks in part to land donated by John D.Rockefeller and a donation from Andrew Carnegie.