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Lee Harvard: Part 2

  This was my second and final run of the  Lee Harvard   neighborhood. Map:   Run 1 , Run 2 , Run 3 , Run 4 , Run 5 Distance This Section: 19.5 miles Distance So Far: 724.3 miles The Feiner Homes Historic District is located between the block of Feiner Drive (west), E. 187th (east), Harvard Ave (north) and Deforest Ave (south). Arthur Feiner was a prominent Jewish contractor who began building buildings in the 1950s to include the 100 in this historic district area alone. His other planned community projects in the Cleveland area included E. 255th and Lakeshore Blvd in Euclid and the Fairmount Circle Shopping Center. He also helped redevelop Thistledown Race Track. He died in 2007 at the age of 93. Special thanks to Karl Brunjes at City of Cleveland Landmarks Department for his assist with this info.  "No Finer Value - Than a 'Feiner' Home" (1954 ad). Randomly ran into this harem of wild turkeys on Garden Boulevard. They safely made it across the street, in case you w