How Johnny’s Bar in Clark-Fulton shapes resident’s view of the neighborhood

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Plus, a look at Pregnant with Possibilities Resource Center support for Black moms and moms-to-be
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This past summer, Signal Cleveland’s visual journalist, Michael Indriolo, asked city residents to show him their neighborhoods by taking him on a photowalk. While Michael, of course, carried his camera, he also provided cameras to the residents. Together, the photos proved to be a powerful window to neighborhoods and residents' reflections, from Gordon Square to North Collinwood. 


In the last installment this year, Leah Santosuosso – whose family has been running Johnny’s Bar in Clark-Fulton for generations – shows off the Clark-Fulton neighborhood through the filter of her family’s legacy.


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An ‘intuitive connection’: Blending memory and family history in Clark-Fulton. Leah Santosuosso’s family has been running Johnny’s Bar in Clark-Fulton for generations. During our photowalk, she saw the neighborhood through the filter of their legacy.

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