![]() ![]() Siegel’s father first arrived in Cleveland as a sign painter, but he soon left that profession to open a haberdashery in a less prosperous part of town, only to die from a heart attack when robbers entered his store. At the time, Cleveland was the fifth most populous American city, and a forward-thinking one at that, being the first to install public electricity and trolleys. Both boys were from immigrant Jewish families and lived down the street from each other in Glenville, then a booming, overwhelmingly Jewish, middle-class neighborhood, with kosher markets selling Yiddish newspapers on nearly every street corner. ![]() ![]() In 1933, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster dreamed up the comic strip hero with superpowers. But that is changing, as the city is slowly beginning to recognize its role in creating the superhero who stood for “Truth, Justice, and the American Way.” In the past, the city has not given Clark Kent and his alter ego much attention, even though he was invented by two boys on Cleveland’s East Side. Now, though, with James leaving the Cavaliers for Miami, Cleveland can focus on its first Superman-the one born on Krypton. His image literally loomed over the city’s residents, on a multistory billboard that dominated downtown. James was going to save the city as its native son, rescuing Cleveland from its economic woes. With the departure of basketball star LeBron James earlier this summer, Cleveland has lost a superman. ![]()
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