University Circle

University Circle is a cultural, medical, educational and religious district on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, occupying approximately 550 acres (2 km²) around the campus of Case Western Reserve University and the adjacent Wade Park Oval, and encompassing a large number of allied and independent institutions.

Related Topics:
Cleveland, Ohio - Case Western Reserve University

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These include:

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• the Cleveland Museum of Art
• Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Severance Hall, home to the Cleveland Orchestra, one of the United States' Big Five orchestras
• Cleveland Botanical Garden
• the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland Cinematheque, and Sculpture Center
• University Hospitals of Cleveland
• the Louis Stokes Veteran's Administration Medical Center
• the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine
• the Cleveland Institute of Music with its affiliated Cleveland Music School Settlement
• the Children's Museum of Cleveland
• the Western Reserve Historical Society and Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum

Located nearby are a number of other museums, places of worship, and specialty health care facilities, including:

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• The Cleveland Clinic
• Cleveland Playhouse
• the Health Museum of Cleveland

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.

Related Topics:
University Circle Incorporated - Not-for-profit - 1957

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