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University Circle Information
University Circle is the cultural, educational, and medical center of Greater
Cleveland, and is located on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. University Circle
occupies approximately 550 acres (2 km) around the campus of Case Western
Reserve University and the adjacent Wade Park Oval. It borders Cleveland's
Little Italy, home to many private art galleries and restaurants, as well as the
neighborhoods of Hough, Glenville, Buckeye-Shaker, and Fairfax (also known as
Midtown).
University Circle is a major source of employment in the Cleveland area,
currently providing more than 30,000 jobs in a variety of fields. Over 13,000
undergraduate, graduate, and professional students attend area institutions, and
approximately 2.5 million people visit the Circle each year. University Circle
Incorporated, a not-for-profit corporation established in 1957, fulfills many
administrative and quasi-governmental functions for the area, including security
and transportation administration. Overall nearly 50 cultural, medical,
educational, religious, and social service institutions are based in the
University Circle area, the largest of which is Case Western Reserve University.
University Circle houses a large number of allied and independent
institutions, most of which are members of University Circle Incorporated. The
Cleveland Museum of Art, a world-renowned art museum situated in front of Wade
Lagoon, is currently undertaking a massive expansion project that will more then
double its exhibit space. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is located in
the Circle as well. Severance Hall is home to the Cleveland Orchestra, one of
the United States' Big Five orchestras. The Cleveland Botanical Garden includes
a brand new greenhouse offering two ecosystems: Madagascar Desert and Costa Rica
cloud forest. The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland Cinematheque, and
Sculpture Center are located in the Circle. Case Medical Center is one of the
nation's premier cancer hospitals and is closely affiliated with Case Western
Reserve University. The Louis Stokes Veteran's Administration Medical Center is
another medical institution in the area. The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine
is currently located in the Circle, but will soon move to suburban Independence.
The Cleveland Institute of Music with its affiliated Cleveland Music School
Settlement is located here. The Circle is home to a variety of smaller museums
as well, such as The Western Reserve Historical Society and Crawford
Auto-Aviation Museum, and the Children's Museum of Cleveland.
Located nearby are a number of other museums, places of worship, and specialty
health care facilities, including the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Playhouse and
the Health Museum of Cleveland.
There are a large number of future plans for producing growth in the University
Circle area. Case Western Reserve University is involved with a large amount of
planning in the area, including the creation of a large medical and
technological research center, known as the "West Quad", which is to be built on
the campus of the former Mt. Sinai Hospital. Case is additionally working with a
developer (as of yet undetermined) to rebuild the area known as "The Triangle",
an underused retail district near the campus. The Triangle is set to be rebuilt
as the centerpiece of a new University Arts and Retail District, intended to
give Case more of a college town feel. Anchored by the Museum of Contemporary
Art Cleveland (MOCA), which will be moving to the area as part of the project,
the university envisions restaurants, bars, entertainment spots, fashion and
specialty clothing stores, as well as general retail, in addition to student
housing. The current apartment towers of the Triangle development will remain.
It will also be home to the university's bookstore which will sell student and
general merchandise in addition to books. Future plans for the area include
large apartment and condominium towers, and other housing for residents, with
projections of 20,000 people living within the University Circle area.