Code,999049
Subject,"Christopher Hubbert, President of Forest Hill Home Owners Association"
Date,6/18/2008
Interviewer,Erin Bell and James Calder
Abstract,"Richard Hubbert grew up in Cleveland Heights and describes the area. Throughout his adult life he has lived in Forest Hills and he discusses the development of this neighborhood. He discusses the community atmosphere inherent in the Forest Hills neighborhood, which he attributes to strong resident associations. "
Special Notes,"forest hill, housing, architecture, suburbs, east cleveland, cleveland heights, shaker heights, coventry, lake view cemetery, environment"
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1,"background information, living in Forest Hill, grew up in Cleveland Heights"
2,"boundaries of Forest Hill  - Mayfield, north Taylor, originally it was much larger area, it came all the way down to Euclid"
3,"Rockefeller Jr. purchased Forest Hill, in the mid 1920s he hired Andrew J. Thomas to develop the area, they decided to build French Norman homes"
4,"Brick and stone buildings, contemporary ideas, homes have two-car garages, built-in radio antennas, 81 homes were built, they are homogenous"
5,Rockefeller rented out some of those homes and sold them to developers and builders
6,"in the 1950s there was a demand of homes, ranch houses, overall architectural diversity"
7,"Euclid bluestone, interesting outcroppings, when Eddy Taylor developed the park he took advantage of it, Rockefeller Senior built bridges throughout the park"
8,"Rockefeller was struggling to sell homes, golf courses, quasi-country house projects"
9,"sledding hill, Cleveland Heights development, East Cleveland is in a more natural state, a group of volunteers try to rehab the park"
10,"Eddy Taylor made the Cumberland park, a book by him where he studied the park development"
11,"Cleveland Heights - the urban area, ""this winter we had a deer in our yard"", ""we also had wild turkey"""
12,he would walk out in the morning on the Forest Hill during rush hour
13,skunks
14,wild life: turkey. Lakeview cemetery location
15,"geographical features of the cemetery, Oakwood and East Cleveland"
16,"the cemetery is a beautiful place, Lakeview cemetery dam built on federal funds, people's protest when Cleveland Heights sought to develop its portion of the park"
17,protest form Forest Hill historical preservation society
18,Lawn bowling area designed by Eddie Taylor
19,"Architect Andrew Thomas, concept of garden apartments in New York, in Forest hill the homes are relatively towards the street"
20,"a common drive for each home, the backyards all merge together, Forest Hill Homes Association still limits fencing"
21,"block parties, the block party in July, the area is changes it is not as homogenous culturally as it used to be, Forest Hill Swim club"
22,"it is a diverse community now, Lee Road, Fairmount"
23,"upper middle-class community, a lot of older residents"
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