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HISTORY:

The 5.25 acre Calgary Park Playground sits on land that is part of the Bridge View Park Allotment #2 in Original Lot 64 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Built by the Parks and Recreations department of the City of Cleveland in 1944.

In the mid-20th century, it would sometimes be the site of a visit from the Show Wagon, a form of traveling entertainment for children sponsored by the Cleveland Press.

At the southernwestern end of the playground, one could follow a trail down the steep shale hill to gain access to the railroad tracks and which could be followed westerly to the Cleveland MetroPark Zoo. The shale made for a slippery slope indeed and extra care would be needed to prevent sliding down the whole way or even worse, sliding off the steeper west side of the bluff which would land you in Big Creek if you survived the fall.

An elderly woman, Jennie (Frydrych) Grega, said that her father, Stanley Frydrych, was in a band that played in a dance hall across the valley from where they lived (southern end of the Brooklyn Bridge). People would walk across the Big Creek valley and then follow a path up the hill to get to the dance hall. The question is: Were they going up the hill path that led to Calgary, or to some other hall?

QUESTIONS:

1. Why was it named Calgary?

Apparently, the park was named for the street (Calgary Avenue) just to the north of it.

1. Was the park named for the street? Or was the street named for the park?

The park was named for the street. The earliest listing in a city directory that mentions Calgary was for the year 1936. Unfortunately, earlier directories didn't organize resident listings by street -- only alphabetically. Also, none of the sublots along the south side of Calgary Avenue fronted on that street. Each of the sublots either fronted on West 23rd or West 22nd Street.

Chain of Ownership:

1. It once belonged to William and Catherine Fuller. When William died in 1885, his wife dispersed the property to her son Joel (see Fuller, Kain, and Kroehle).
2. Inherited by Joel Fuller, son of the above.
3. Sold to the Hanna Estate
4. Sold to the Stewart Company (later called Stewart Land Company)
5. Sold to Jay Beckwith