The Lakewood Files

Lakewood City

Lakewood Public Library

Lakewood Walks: Discovery tours for residents and visitors take you along Lakewood's streets and sidewalks, illuminating the City's history along the way. Includes Volksmarch: year-round volksmarches, organized by Valley Vagabonds, Lakewood Historical Society and Lakewood Public Library.

"HIDDEN" Victorian Architecture of Lakewood, Ohio - a driving tour.

Birdtown Reminiscences by Suzanna Megles.

"Lakewood: A Good Place To Call Home" - reprinted from Northern Ohio Live Magazine October, 2000 Advertising Supplement.

Jimmie Foxx Field- dedicated August 8, 2000.

The Healing Arts of Lakewood - a survey of alternative healing resources.

Lakewood, Ohio, 1889-1989, an Illustrated History - a collection of images from Cleveland State University library.

News/events and State of the City from the City of Lakewood.

Civic issue pathfinder 2003-4: Proposed West End Development.

"Destination Lakewood: How a bar town became an immigration hot spot," by Rebecca Meiser. Scene 37:48 November 29, 2006

"Lakewood's prosperity plan: Officials say ritzy development would lift city; residents on site disagree," by Kera Ritter, Plain Dealer, 7/30/02, pg. 1 sec. B

"Lakewood becoming 'flats lite' - evolving bar scene brings city a novel night life," by Chris Seper, Plain Dealer, 8/11/00, pg. 1 sec. A.

"Coming to America: Lakewood looks at the immigrant experience with a discussion on city's ethnic diversity as community continues to attract newcomers," Plain Dealer 4/17/97, pg. 1 sec. B.

"Homefinders Gazetteer: Lakewood keeps the best of being big & small," Plain Dealer 10/22/95, pg. 1 sec. E.

"Older suburbs struggle to compete with new," By De Witt, Karen. New York Times, 2/26/95, Vol. 144 Issue 49984, p18. 

"Lakewood is tops in Ohio in economic development climate," Plain Dealer 9/24/94, pg. 1 sec. B