EDWINS is more than a place to enjoy a stunning meal - it offers a shot at a second chance in life.

Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls provides educators – at Laurel and around the country – with progressive ways of training young women to excel throughout their lives.

In January 1956, a bomb exploded on Corby Road in the Ludlow neighborhood where a home was being built for a young African-American couple. That terrible incident was the catalyst for the peaceful integration of Shaker Heights.

In the spring, the Shaker parklands are a birdwatcher's delight.