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The Ludlow
Community Association took its name from the neighborhood school — Ludlow Elementary School, at Ludlow and Southington
Roads in Shaker Heights, shown as a
red box on the map. Many of the homes in the school's area are in
the city of Cleveland. This arrangement dates back to 1912, when Shaker Heights was incorporated,
with parts of
Cleveland near what is now
Shaker Square included in the Shaker
Heights City School District.
In 1987, in a major reorganization, Shaker
Heights closed several elementary schools, including
Ludlow. The school building is now leased to
PEP, Positive
Education Program. More on our history. |
The Ludlow Community Association (LCA) was
established by its residents in 1957 with the
purpose of creating and maintaining a community that
encourages and supports a racially integrated community.
For more than 50 years:
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It has presented public discussions, forums,
panels, lectures and published materials for the education
of the general public concerning community life in
multi-racial neighborhoods.
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It has actively engaged in maintaining high
physical standards of property and homes in the community.
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It has successfully addressed issues of
quality integrated education, abandonment of the housing
market by real estate agents and companies, varying levels
of disinvestment by financial institutions, and safety and
security of person and property.
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The history of the Ludlow community
and its Association has exemplified the challenges of open
and integrated housing in the United States.
On a national basis, Ludlow has been cited as
a major example of successful inter-racial living. A
Reader’s Digest article in 1968 referred to Ludlow as a
“Lesson in Integration.” In his book, Good Neighborhood,
The Challenge of Open Housing, Morris Milgram of
Partners in Housing,
describes the role the Association played in forming The
Ludlow Company to provide secondary mortgage financing and
its role in establishing the Housing Office of the City of
Shaker Heights to encourage white families to move into
integrated areas.
The LCA has fully succeeded in creating and
maintaining a unique integrated and diverse community in
which reside |
