Steven Litt
Independent JournalistSteven Litt, a native of Westchester County, New York, is an independent journalist specializing in art, architecture and city planning. He covered those topics for The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., from 1984 to 1991, and for The Plain Dealer from 1991 to 2024. He has also written for ARTnews, Architectural Record, Metropolis, and other publications.
Steve earned a bachelor’s degree in art from Brown University, plus two master’s degrees — one in journalism from Columbia University and one in city planning from Cleveland State University.
He is a 2010 winner of the Cleveland Arts Prize, a 2016 inductee into the Cleveland Press Club Hall of Fame, the 2019 winner of the Centennial Award of the Ohio Chapter of the American Planning Association, and a 2020 winner of the national Rabkin Prize for art criticism.
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An architect and designer hope a condemned house on Cleveland’s East Side can be a catalyst for urban revival. -
“Landscapes by Arnold Chang: A Retrospective and Recent Acquisitions" is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art until Nov. 9, 2025. -
In her new book, Cleveland State University art historian Samantha Baskind wants readers to see Moses Jacob Ezekiel in his entirety, not merely “whipsawed,’’ as she put it, between antagonists on both sides of the political spectrum. -
Cuyahoga County announced a new loan program to help developers fill financing gaps in transit-oriented development projects. -
Dominic Palarchio's recent drawings of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples are on view through Sept. 27 at Cleveland's Abattoir Gallery. -
Cleveland Metroparks hopes to partner with a pair of Cleveland-area development firms to repurpose land along the Cuyahoga River. -
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is considering the preservation of a portion of Lower Lake after residents expressed opposition to original plans to replace the lake completely with parkland. -
Amid a proposal to restore the original main building of Park Synagogue, will political dysfunction in Cleveland Heights impact the project? -
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District will recommend replacing Lower Lake with 17 acres of park land to prevent the risk of flooding downstream. -
“Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow” at the Cleveland Museum of Art explores themes of popular and consumer culture and draws inspiration from the worlds of Japanese anime and manga.
