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Joe Cimperman


Downtown Councilman Joe Cimperman stands with public art in the St. Clair Superior neighborhood where he grew up. This is the eastern edge of the proposed Design District. Cimperman says there is no class struggle between older residents and the young artists who are moving in.
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Kristina Lazare


Kristina Lazare, 26, is a barrista at Artefino, the coffee shop in the Tower Press building at E. 21st and Superior, where she also lives and works as an artist and fashion designer. She designed the "Year of the Rat" sculpture in front of Cleveland City Hall, emblazoned with a phoenix rising from ashes.
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Lazare sees the Design District benefiting young artists.
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Ned Hill


Cleveland State University's VP for Economic Development, Ned Hill, has a Victor Schreckengost bowl in his office. Schreckengost, known as America's Da Vinci, created the nation's first Industrial Design program at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Hill says in addition to that proud design heritage for Cleveland, the state of Ohio has also produced one third of the design talent in the U.S.
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Chris Warren


Regional Development Director for the City of Cleveland, Chris Warren doesn't see the Design District drawing business away from other new downtown developments like East 4th and Prospect and the Warehouse District.
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Hector Lopez


Hector Lopez, 15, attends Design Lab Early College. This summer at the Cleveland Institute of Art he designed a kitchen.
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