Cleveland hasn’t been this hot since the 1969 oil fire on the Cuyahoga River, at least in figurative terms. That long-ago industrial accident was the nadir of the city’s reputation. Now “The Land,” as the prodigal son LeBron James calls it, is back with a cherished N.B.A. championship, a revitalized downtown, booming food and beer scenes, industrial-turned-arty neighborhoods and expanding hotels. The latter has much to do with the forthcoming Republican National Convention, July 18 to 21, with the Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and a likely media circus. Whatever the political fallout, Cleveland, a city with a strong base of cultural attractions that date back to the 19th-century founding of Standard Oil here, is camera ready. Read more.