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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North Coast Waterfront Development Corp. announced the selection of Brecksville-based DiGeronimo Development as master developer of 50 acres on Cleveland's lakefront. -
The Great Lakes Science Center said it's open to relocating the Steamship William G. Mather as part of a massive revamp of the Downtown Cleveland lakefront. -
Morrison pioneered early efforts to connect downtown to Lake Erie with the construction of North Coast Harbor. He oversaw planning for the Gateway sports complex, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and other pivotal projects of the 1980s and ‘90s. -
Exhibitions on view through the holidays at the Akron Art Museum help provide the city its own artistic identity. -
“Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses" at the Cleveland Museum of Art makes a credible case that fashion can be high art and deserves to be taken seriously by art museums and audiences. -
Cleveland Public Library’s new Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch feels incomplete without an outdoor space, says Steven Litt. -
The Rock Hall’s new wing should bring major improvements and address longstanding liabilities without obscuring key aspects of the original building, designed by world-renowned architect I.M. Pei. -
“Picturing Paris: Monet and the Modern City" is on display at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College this fall. -
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.
