Centennial Peace Plaza

Address: 1051 Martin Luther King Blvd.

Year dedicated: 2020

Sponsoring organization: Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation

Architect: Berj Shakarian

Design concept: The Centennial Peace Plaza is a 300-seat amphitheater used for outdoor events. It features a stage with a world map on its floor and a circular surrounding wall. Its entrance way has a large pedestal with a peace medallion.. The medallion features the Cultural Gardens’ mission statement: “peace through mutual understanding.”

The plaza is situated between the lower levels of the Hungarian and the German Gardens.

The Peace Plaza is used for the World on Stage concert and event series, and as our main stage for One World Day. It can also be used by our Gardens and by community groups. The plaza is a source of pride for the Cultural Gardens, and a central gathering space for the city.

We welcome grassroots and major donor support for ongoing maintenance of the plaza. We welcome your comments, suggestions and participation at any level. Please contact us with any questions or to make a donation. Thank you.

Thank you to those who made the Centennial Peace Plaza possible.

From 2016 to 2020, the Cleveland Cultural Gardens undertook a major capital campaign to support the creation of the Centennial Peace Plaza, which will bring together Gardens and visitors for decades to come. The new amphitheater is a tribute to our ancestors who built the Cultural Gardens, and hope for the families of our future.

We thank the following benefactors who made it possible:

Platinum Sponsors

Holden Parks Trust
The City of Cleveland and Cleveland Public Power
Cuyahoga County Council
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Northeast Ohio Sewer District
Key Bank

Gold Sponsors

Wael and Sawssan Khoury
Christine and Mehmet Gencer
Fran and Jules Belkin

Silver Sponsors

Third Federal Foundation
University Hospitals
Sam and Maria Miller Foundation
Elizabeth Ring and Gwinn Mather Foundation
The Lozick Foundation
Richard W. Pogue
Alex Machaskee
Margaret Wong

Bronze Sponsors

Donations in honor of Ben Stefanski
The Syrian Cultural Garden
Sheila and Bob Crawford
Oanh Loi-Powell and Mike Powell
The Datta Family
Medical Mutual
Cuyahoga Community College
Hungarian Development Panel
Eddie and Ling Ling Ni
The Ptak and Burik Families

VIP Sponsors

Vince Costanzo
The Vietnamese Cultural Garden
The Turkish Cultural Garden
The Krislaty Family

Sponsors

African American Cultural Garden
Croatian Cultural Garden
Russian Cultural Garden
Hungarian Cultural Garden
Connie Glaski Adams
Ken Quiggle
Estonian Cultural Garden
Czech Cultural Garden

Contact information: 216-220-3075 or l.ashyk@clevelandculturalgardens.org