page_title: Union–Miles Park
section_title: Stabilization and new schools
hierarchical_section_title: Union–Miles Park / Union-Miles Park in the 21st century / Stabilization and new schools
caption_attribution_description: English: The Earle B. Turner Recreation Center at 11300 Miles Avenue in the Union-Miles Park neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. The city purchased this former YMCA building in December 2004 and converted it into a public recreation center. It was named the Earle B. Turner Recreation Center, in honor of the retired Cleveland City Council member and then-clerk of the Cleveland municipal courts.
context_page_description: Union–Miles Park is a city planning area on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. The neighborhood draws its name from Union Avenue, and Miles Park in its far southwest corner.
  Union–Miles Park was originally part of Newburgh Township, which was organized in 1814. Settled by whites as an area of farms and orchards, Union–Miles Park became one of two centers in the Cleveland steelmaking industry beginning in 1856. The steel mills drew Irish, Scottish, and Welsh immigrants to the area, with the intersection of E. 93rd Street and Union Avenue becoming known as "Irishtown". After an 1882 strike at the steel mill was broken using Polish and Slovak strikebreakers, the large Irish and Welsh communities were displaced by these two new immigrant groups. Railroads cut through many areas of Union–Miles Park, defining the area. The steel industry in Union–Miles Park collapsed during the Great Depression. White flight from the area in the 1960s, and a strong influx of African Americans eager to take advantage of inexpensive housing, radically changed the demographic nature of the neighborhood.
context_section_description: The decline of the Union–Miles Park neighborhood slackened in the first decade of the 21st century as the area's population rose significantly from just 15,464 in 2000 to 19,004 in 2010 (an increase of 22.9 percent).
  Older congregations continued to close or move out of the city, replaced by new ones. Miles Park Presbyterian Church closed in 2000 and sold its building to New Life Missionary Baptist Church. Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church sold the St. Joseph Byzantine building and adjacent school to the House of Glory Church in 2002. House of Glory sold the church (but not the school) to Greater Tabernacle Church in 2010. Greater Tabernacle Church abandoned the structure at some point thereafter, and it was demolished in February 2016. St. Catherine Church merged with two other parishes on January 1, 2008, to form Holy Spirit Parish. The new congregation chose St. Timothy Church at 4341 E. 131st Street for its new home. St. Lawrence Church closed in June 2010.
  Other changes in the area were more positive. The closed 1906 Miles Park library was rehabilitated in 2000 and turned over to the Union-Miles Neighborhood Development Corporation for use as its headquarters. An overlook, small park, and walking trail were completed at Mill Creek Falls in 2002 as well. Cleveland Metroparks and the Slavic Village Development Corp. spent $1.2 million ($1,700,000 in 2019 dollars) building observation decks and restoring a nearby 19th-century home (which was converted into the Mill Creek Falls Historic Center). Another $200,000 ($300,000 in 2019 dollars) were spent building a parking lot and adding a traffic light to improve vehicular access. Clean Ohio, a state open space preservation fund, provided another $650,000 to acquire an additional 3.5 acres (14,000 m²) of land, which added green space, picnicking areas, and toilet facilities to the park. Mill Creek Falls Park opened on October 10, 2002. In December 2004, the city purchased the YMCA building at 11300 Miles Avenue and turned it into a public recreation center. It was named the Earle B. Turner Recreation Center, in honor of the retired Cleveland City Council member and then-clerk of the Cleveland municipal courts.
  Schools in the area also received a boost. The Cleveland public school system embarked on a $1.5 billion ($2,132,200,000 in 2019 dollars) program of new construction and rehabilitation of the public schools in 2002. The 1969 Miles Park School was demolished, and a new $14 million ($19,000,000 in 2019 dollars) Miles Park School opened in August 2007. The Miles School was demolished in 2010 and a new school was built on the same site in 2015. The 1928 Nathan Hale School was also demolished, and a new Nathan Hale/Mt. Pleasant School built at the same site in 2010. Woodland Hills School closed in 2011, and the building sold for $275,000 ($300,000 in 2019 dollars) to Breakthrough, a charter school company, for use by its E Prep and Village Prep schools. Paul Revere elementary school closed in 2012.
  The first high school to be built under the new program was John Adams High School. The school district had sold the old high school's site to the city in 1999, but repurchased it in 2003 for a new high school. The new $36.8 million ($46,700,000 in 2019 dollars) John Adams High School opened in the fall of 2006. Initially, John Adams hosted a single, traditional high school. In December 2016, however, the school district decided to dissolve the traditional high school housed by the building. In its place, the city established a Bard High School Early College, to open in the fall of 2017. The city did not yet say what other high school programming will occupy the structure.
caption: The Earle B. Turner Recreation Center
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