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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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. -
Soto’s exhibition is one of the main outcomes of an eight-month residency at the Sculpture Center funded by the NEA and a $100,000 grant from the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation. -
While the Haslams' Cleveland Browns have their sights set on the suburbs, Dan Gilbert continues his investment in Downtown Cleveland, crafting contrasting visions for urban development. -
The project is being planned by Paslay Group, a consulting firm based in Fort Worth that specializes in airports. The Dallas-based architecture firm of Corgan is the lead designer. -
Cleveland will turn two Downtown streets into a one-way pair to add safety for pedestrians, cyclistsIn mid-June, the city will turn Prospect Avenue and Huron Road between Ontario Street and East Ninth Street from two-way streets into a one-way pair. Huron will be eastbound, and Prospect westbound. The project will include Downtown’s first protected bike lanes. -
Scheduled for a May 16 grand opening with a community block party, the Collaboration Center is a striking project that poses equally striking questions about how philanthropy can best repair a damaged city.
