Administered by Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority 1441 West 25th Street Cleveland Ohio 44113
Located Lakeview Terrace Community Center 1290 West 25th Street North wall Cleveland Ohio
Date:
1937
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Marling, Karal Ann, "Federal Art in Cleveland: 1933-1943," Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Public Library, 1974, pg. 71.
(On lower right corner of large relief:) Wm McVEY signed
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Summary:
Attached to the north wall of the Lakeview Terrace Community Center is a large vertical relief panel of Paul Bunyan flanked by two vertical rows of three small horizontal relief panels. In the large relief panel, Paul Bunyan is shown standing with a shovel held in front of him as he prepares to dig the Great Lakes. At the edge of his shovel, two tiny pine trees are about to be uprooted. His head is turned to his proper left, facing one of the flanking rows of horizontal relief panels which illustrate his famous exploits.
