Code	904003
	
	
Subject	Isaac Greber
	
	
Date	2017
	
	
Interviewer	Camla Lewis
	
	
Abstract	"Isaac Greber, an academic, lived in Moreland for a few years. He was instrumental in the creation of the Moreland Assocation. He discusses the importance of the Moreland community in his life, even after moving out of the area. He discusses the need for the Moreland Association."
	
	
Tags	Moreland Association; Neighborhood; Community
	
	
Special Notes	
	
	
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0	How and why he came to Shaker Heights. Was born in Poland. Moved to Shaker Heights from Boston after obtaining PhD. He came to Shaker Heights because waas part of Case Institute of Technology (CWRU today) faculty.
	
	
1	Good school system brought him to the area. 1959 began at Case. How it was diffferent from his life before Shaker 
	
	
2	He moved to Ashby Road. Why he chose that street. He and his wife decided to live in a two family house with the landlord instead of a ental apartment. Where he and his wife met and her background.
	
	
3	How they got involved in the neighborhood. He became friends with landlord and neighbors.
	
	
4	"Participated in the community: talking to people, walking around, going to local businesses. Moreland Association begun."
	
	
5	"Kinsman Road had all the amenities (barber, grocery, train). It brought people of community together. Used train to get to work in Case. Moreland Association began in 1961."
	
	
6	They got a house in Lomond area while pregnant with second child. House had no landlord. He was involved in beginning Moreland Association.
	
	
7	"Mostly white neighborhood, Non-whites lived on one end and whites lived on the other. Real estate agents were trying to get white people to move out of the neighborhood"
	
	
8	"On Sundays, real estate agents drove down street in bad cars to make neighborhood look bad and make white families move out. Moreland Association formed to try to preserve and integrate neighborhood. Ludlow Development of Integration came first. Similar to Moreland Association."
	
	
9	Ludlow Association was different. People moving and promoting Moreland Association. He ended up in Lomond. Different than Moreland.
	
	
10	Good community. He thinks Moreland was a less affluent group than Ludlow and it was an unpleasant time to live in Moreland.
	
	
11	Got involved in Moreland Association because integrated neighborhood was something he wanted his kids to grow up in and was very important to him. Despised what real estate agents were doing. He wanted to help the area.
	
	
12	"How they got the Moreland Association started and where it came from. Community wanted to help the area, wanted a good playground for area. This developed into the Association. What kinds of things were useful for the community. Eventually the Association came to be."
	
	
13	Association provoked development of pleasant community and integration. Successful in getting playground for community. Started the conversation between the community and city.
	
	
14	Was editor of Moreland Association Newsletter to keep people informed about what was going on in community. Disseminated newsletter by carrying it around.
	
	
15	School was central place for community gathering.
	
	
16	School eventually closed. Tells some of the issues of the community. Doesn’t remember most of them. One of key issues was integration. Talks about some of the things Association tackled for this issue.
	
	
17	Quality of neighborhood more important than integration question. Surprisingly little discussion of black/white relationships at time. Features and activities of neighborhood were big part of community discussions.
	
	
18	"People less comfortable talking about integration in Moreland, compared to Lomond. Not much link with other community associations at beginning (unknown after he moved)."
	
	
19	Interesting people in community  (Mr. Jingling). He points out things people in the community were doing that were interesting.
	
	
20	Not a lot of regular community activity. Moreland Association today is very active. He helped in process of getting it started. 
	
	
21	Block party once when he lived there. Moved out 1963 (was involved in Association for about 1 year). Memorial Day parade.
	
	
22	Activities in Shaker Heights in the 1960s. Close with neighbors and Moreland community. Association with Shaker Heights very limited.
	
	
23	"Went to Downtown Cleveland often. Went downtown instead of Shaker Heights. Shaker Heights had a movie theater and library he visited often,"
	
	
24	"Activities in Downtown Cleveland: shopping, Cleveland Public Library, waterfront, restaurants. Downtown was always part of their lives regardless of where they lived."
	
	
25	Waterfront is important to Cleveland and he wants it to be more developed and a part of Cleveland life. The Metroparks are also an important part of Cleveland life. 
	
	
26	Cleveland side vs Shaker side of Ashby Road. He and wife were academics. 
	
	
27	Not many academics from Case living in Moreland area. Art Benade lived in southern end of Moreland. Other people in Shaker but not in the Moreland area. 1963 moved to Lomond. Compares to Moreland.
	
	
28	"Neighbors very friendly. Had good relationship with neighbors and community, which was very important, especially since wife died."
	
	
29	"Was instrumental in beginning the Lomond Association (was editor of newsletter, like Moreland Association). He was always invovled in academic newsletters. Moreland school closing,"
	
	
30	"Why school closed---elemenatry school population going down. He and his wife thought it was cyclical. He wasn’t invovled in discussions about many decisions about the school, only casual level."
	
	
31	"He has worked on many campaigns for school levys, Schools were major reason he moved to Shaker. "
	
	
32	Major memories of Moreland. Community was very important in his life.
	
	
33	Real estate companies tyring to break up a good neighborhood.
	
	
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