Fairfax is a neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio

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. Roughly bounded between Euclid Avenue to the north, Woodland Avenue to the south, E.71st Street to the west and E.105th Street to the east, the predominantly poverty stricken neighborhood is overlapped by the city's cultural and medical centers.

The northeastern quadrant of Fairfax, along Euclid Avenue to 105th Street, is dominated by the Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic

The Cleveland Clinic is a multispecialty academic medical center located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The Cleveland Clinic is currently regarded as one of the top 4 hospitals in the United States as rated by U.S. News & World Report...

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Points of interest

• Karamu House
  Karamu House
  Karamu House in the Fairfax neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, is the oldest African-American theater in the United States. Many of Langston Hughes's plays were developed and premièred at the theater.-History:...
  
   (2355 E.89th Street) - Housing one of the nation's oldest African-American theater companies, it is on the National Register of Historic Places
  National Register of Historic Places
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• Cleveland Playhouse (8500 Euclid Avenue) - A theater complex that is home to the eponymous company of actors who perform there.
• Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center (E.93rd Street and Quincy Avenue) - Opened in Spring of 2011.