77-467: The Arcade in downtown Cleveland, Ohio , is a Victorian -era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a glass skylight spanning over 300 feet (91 m), along the four balconies . Erected in 1890, at a cost of $ 867,000 ($ 29,400,000 in 2023 dollars), the Arcade opened on Memorial Day (May 30, 1890), and is identified as one of the earliest indoor shopping arcades in
154-590: A $ 45 million Center for Innovation in Health Professions. One block north of campus along Chester Ave, the privately developed Langston Apartments will add over 300 apartments units. The $ 54 million project opened Phase I in 2012, with Phase II opening in 2013. Relocation of the Cuyahoga County Administrative Headquarters, being developed by Geis Company, is spurring a $ 200 million mixed-use development at
231-471: A $ 500 million expansion. Recently completed projects include a new Student Center ($ 55 million), Euclid Commons Dorms (5 buildings costing $ 60 million), "College Town" (373 new residential units), Middough Building ($ 20 million) and College of Education and Human Services Building ($ 37 million). Upcoming projects include converting the Mather Mansion into a boutique hotel and the construction of
308-409: A 750,000-square-foot Convention Center. The LEED Silver-certified Convention Center includes a 225,928-square-foot exhibit hall divisible into three halls, as well as 46,166 square feet of total ballroom space, made up of three grand ballrooms totaling 32,193 square feet and two junior ballrooms totaling 10,937 square feet. Views of Lake Erie from a 9,520-square-foot patio completes the northern border of
385-704: A Seatube. The attraction was constructed around the building's architectural characteristics—including its smokestacks, columns and narrow hallways. Developers were not allowed to modify the structure or paint some walls because the old complex is on the National Register of Historic Places . The Greater Cleveland Aquarium was the first in the United States by New Zealand -based developer Marinescape NZ Ltd., who has built more than 20 aquariums in Europe , Asia , and Australia . Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
462-470: A commercial shopping street. The building is a complex of three structures: two nine-story office buildings facing out to Euclid and Superior Avenues, connected via the five-story iron-and-glass-enclosed arcade. The Richardsonian arched entrance of Hummelstown brownstone along Superior Avenue is original, but the Euclid Avenue front was remodeled in 1939 by the firm of Walker and Weeks . The level of
539-685: A fire pit at Star Plaza, a 28-foot-tall digital display, and architectural lighting to show off details of the historic buildings. The Civic Center district holds Cleveland's governmental and public buildings. The most visible structure is the Justice Center Complex , consisting of the Cleveland Police Department headquarters and Cuyahoga County Jail. Other notable structures include Cleveland City Hall , Cuyahoga County and Cleveland Municipal Courts, Public Auditorium , Cleveland Public Library main buildings,
616-623: A great deal, and CSU opened its second residence hall, a complete retrofit of Fenn Tower, in the fall of 2006. Over the past decade, CSU has partnered with the city and other area stakeholders to transfer technology research into startup companies and enterprises, improving the economy of the area and stimulating downtown life in the Quadrangle. As part of CSU, the Wolstein Center , formerly the CSU Convocation Center,
693-559: A memorial to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry 's victory in the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812 , was dedicated in the center of Public Square. In 1892, it was moved out of the square, which by then had the fences removed after lobbying by commercial interests. Public Square is also home to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument , which commemorates residents of Cuyahoga County who served in
770-624: A redesign of the square. In October 2011, Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson proposed his plan to redevelop the square, which included closing Superior Avenue and Ontario Street to create a large green space in the center. On October 23, 2014, the Cleveland Landmarks Commission approved a plan which closed Ontario Street but kept Superior Avenue open to bus traffic, and kept the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument prominent. The project began construction on March 9, 2015, and
847-480: A statue to reformist mayor Tom L. Johnson . The southern half is mostly a paved plaza area with a cafe and water feature adjacent to the 125-foot-tall (38 m) Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and a statue of Moses Cleaveland. Public Square was part of the Connecticut Land Company 's original plan for the city, which were overseen by Moses Cleaveland in the 1790s. The square is signature of
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#1732771900546924-614: Is a 500-acre (2.0 km ) downtown Cleveland neighborhood just east of the central business district. The district is bordered by Lakeside Avenue to the north, Broadway Avenue to the south, East 17th Street to the west and East 30th Street to the east. Members of the Campus District include Cleveland State University, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cuyahoga Community College and more. Cleveland State University has in past years been derided as an open enrollment commuter school, but has moved to dispel that belief. The university
1001-593: Is a 5000-seat outdoor amphitheater. In 2012, it underwent in $ 1 million upgrade that included a new entrance constructed 200 feet north of the old one, creating space for an expanded riverfront plaza. Other upgrades included new brick pavement for the plaza and new fencing. In the fall of 2010, the Trust for Public Land and the Cleveland Rowing Foundation successfully purchased seven acres of commercial riverfront land for $ 3.2 million. The partnership
1078-414: Is a popular restaurant and entertainment street adjacent to Prospect Avenue, Cleveland's historic " Radio Row ." East 4th encompasses Cleveland's House of Blues , Iron Chef Michael Symon 's Mabel's BBQ, comedy club/restaurant Pickwick and Frolic, as well as a dozen other dining and retail storefronts. The neighborhood is home to hundreds of residents who live in the apartments and loft condominiums above
1155-530: Is all Class A office space and features a green, open-air rooftop terrace. Two Waterfront Line Rapid stations , Settlers Landing station and Main Avenue station received $ 375,000 upgrades. Work at both stations includes replacing brick and concrete pavers, repairing the glass shelters, and demolishing ticket booths. At Settlers Landing , crews will restore eight etched glass panels that act as wind screens. The artwork depicts scenes of Cleveland's settlement and
1232-638: Is causing the population to continue to climb, along with some new construction—totaling over 1500 additional new units. Located in the east bank of the Flats , the 150-room Aloft Hotels -branded hotel opened in the summer 2013. The hotel is part of a $ 500 million mixed-used project known as the Flats East Bank . A $ 64 million renovation and new branding of the 484-room Westin Hotel was completed Spring 2014. Public Square, Cleveland Public Square
1309-611: Is centered on the Mall A. On the western edge, Willard Park is host to the controversial public art, known as the Free Stamp . On the eastern edge sits Fort Huntington Park, containing a statue of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry commemorating the Battle of Lake Erie , a statue of Clevelander Jesse Owens , and the Cleveland Police Department memorial of officers killed in the line of duty. A major addition to
1386-568: Is converting the vacant concrete-covered site into Rivergate Park , a new recreational center in the Flats. Officially opened in May 2011, the park preserves public access to the Cuyahoga River for access to activities including kayaking, canoeing, rowing and dragon boating. Long-term plans include a canoe/kayak launch facility, concessions, and public restrooms. Cleveland Metroparks will replace
1463-506: Is downtown's cultural heart. The area is dominated by five historic theaters built during the 1920s – State , Palace , Allen , Hanna , and Ohio theaters are all located in a cluster near the intersection of Euclid Avenue and E. 14th Street. Additionally, the smaller theaters include the 14th Street Theater, Kennedy's Theater, Westfield Insurance Studio Theater, Second Stage, and Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre. Ideastream Public Media teamed up with Playhouse Square to renovate
1540-638: Is housed in the City Club Building, which is at the corner of East Ninth and Euclid. WKYC , the local NBC affiliate , has its broadcast center on Lakeside Avenue on the northern end of the district. WOIO , the CBS affiliate, and WUAB , the CW affiliate, both owned by Gray Television are housed in Reserve Square on East 12th Street. Good Karma Broadcasting houses its station, WKNR , inside
1617-486: Is located in the Campus District, and serves as the home of CSU Men's Basketball and various concerts and special events throughout the year. Located north of Campus District is the Superior Arts District. The district once served as the center of Cleveland's garment industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, "second only to New York." However, as Cleveland's garment industry declined, many of
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#17327719005461694-435: Is progressing through a master plan to raise standards, enrollment, and rebuild its fortress-like campus. CSU plans to build a college town adjacent to downtown, including new retail, restaurants and housing to serve an increase of resident students planned to be in the thousands. The university's desire to attract more traditional college students and begin to raise its stature as a research university figure into these plans
1771-400: Is the central plaza of Downtown Cleveland , Ohio . Based on an 18th-century New England model, it was part of the original 1796 town plat overseen by city founder General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company . The historical center of the city's downtown, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The 9.5-acre (3.8 ha) square is centered on
1848-413: Is the largest downtown neighborhood by population, and continues to grow with an assortment of shops, clubs, bars, and loft condos/apartments . West Sixth Street is known as the heart of the district. Famously, the 17-story Rockefeller Building sits on the corner West Sixth and Superior Ave erected by John D. Rockefeller . Home to the second-largest performing arts complex in the U.S., Playhouse Square
1925-591: The Civil War . Public Square also features a statue of Cleaveland; a statue of Tom L. Johnson , the city's most famous mayor; a large amount of shrubbery and other landscaping; and a large public fountain. The Consulate-General of Slovenia in Cleveland (formerly the Consulate-General of Yugoslavia in the city) is located in the 55 Public Square building. Notable buildings on Public Square include
2002-827: The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland , the Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse , and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District administration building (now occupied by the Drury Plaza Hotel ). The Public Malls , Malls A, B, and C, also known as the Burnham Malls, hold public green space and gardens fronting the lake. The Fountain of Eternal Life , also known as the War Memorial Fountain,
2079-548: The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II located in Milan , the Arcade comprises two nine-story towers with a skylight , 100 feet (30 m) high, made of 1,800 panes of glass spanning over 300 feet (91 m). The construction was financed by John D. Rockefeller , Stephen V. Harkness , Marcus Hanna , Charles F. Brush and several other wealthy Clevelanders of the day. The Arcade is a cross between a lighted court and
2156-601: The New England town square , it consists of a large open space, cut into quadrants by Ontario Street and Superior Avenue. Public Square is the symbolic heart of the city, and has hosted presidents, vast congregations of people, and a free annual 4th of July concert by the Cleveland Orchestra . At one time, Public Square was fenced off and inaccessible to vehicles. In 1860, the Perry Monument ,
2233-604: The PNC Center ) and the demolition of long-time Short Vincent establishments in the late 1970s. Home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum , Great Lakes Science Center , FirstEnergy Stadium , Steamship William G. Mather Maritime Museum and the USS Cod , North Coast Harbor is the tourist district of downtown Cleveland. The North Coast District is home to the city's port, although there are long-term plans to move
2310-611: The Terminal Tower , home to Tower City Center , 200 Public Square - the former BP Building (renamed in 2005), as well as Key Tower , the tallest building in Ohio and one of the tallest in the United States. Public Square is also home to the historic Old Stone Church , completed in 1855. The west side of Public Square was to become the headquarters of the Cleveland Trust Company, then called Ameritrust, but
2387-674: The "silver chisel" due to its distinct shape. The seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland , the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist , is located at the heart of the district on E.9th. There is a large cluster of high-rise downtown housing in this area, largely concentrated in the East 12th Street area. Alexander Mann's U.S. headquarters and Medical Mutual headquarters are present here. The City Club of Cleveland
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2464-563: The 1940s and 1950s. Short Vincent became the "gathering place for gamblers, sports figures, racketeers, lawyers, and newspapermen" and "offered good food, underworld gossip, and the odds on anything." The street's Theatrical Grill served as the "headquarters" for notorious mobster Shondor Birns , but also hosted visiting celebrities such as Frank Sinatra , Marilyn Monroe , Dean Martin , Lauren Bacall , Tony Bennett , Judy Garland , and Milton Berle , among many others. Mobster Danny Greene and boxing promoter Don King were also regulars on
2541-403: The 1950s to 1980s. The tallest is Erieview Tower at 40-stories, the centerpiece of the largely unbuilt Erieview Urban Renewal Project of the 1960s. The Galleria was added to the tower in the 1980s originally as a shopping mall, but today serves as a mix of small stores, office space, gardens under the glass , radio headquarters, and a food court. The 31-story One Cleveland Center is nicknamed
2618-484: The 2020 census, there are 7,244 occupied units in Downtown out of a total 9,569 units, which is a 75.7% occupancy rate and, despite Crain's optimistic numbers, the census also reports 13,338 people living in the Downtown area. The demographic composition of Downtown in 2020 was 53.1% white, 32% African American, 10.1% Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.9% mixed and other groups. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 5.3% of
2695-676: The Ameritrust building across the square were scrapped. Other buildings that face the square include 55 Public Square (1958), 75 Public Square (1915), the Society for Savings Building (1890), Metzenbaum Courthouse (1910), the former May Company department store (1914), the Park Building (1903), and the Hotel Cleveland (1918). The demolished Cuyahoga Building (1893) and Williamson Building (1900) formerly stood on
2772-523: The East Bank as an extension of Downtown. Historically significant, the Flats served as the location of Moses Cleaveland 's first landing when he founded the city. It was also the location of some of the earliest populations of Cleveland. Lorenzo Carter , the first permanent European settler in the city, built his cabin on the banks of the Cuyahoga in the Flats. Throughout much of Cleveland history,
2849-579: The Euclid Avenue level. The vertical lines of the columns, rising nearly 100 feet (33 m) to the glass roof, create a spacious domed interior. The Arcade's design inspired a similar shopping arcade in Atlanta called the Peachtree Arcade , which was constructed in the 1910s. In 2001, the Hyatt corporation redeveloped the Arcade into Cleveland's first Hyatt Regency hotel. The Hyatt Regency occupies
2926-549: The Euclid Avenue streetscape, rebuilding the street from storefront to storefront, removing old vaults and streetcar tracks, and building new sidewalks, lighting, and landscaping. The project included a large public arts component, with different areas of the Euclid Corridor route being addressed by local and national artists. The project is expected to spur investments in residential, retail, office, and mixed-use redevelopments, including over 4,000 residential units along
3003-438: The Flats area was almost entirely industrial. By the 1980s, it had become a popular nightlife district in Cleveland. Its demise in the early 2000s spurred a complete redevelopment where a majority of the existing buildings were demolished. In its place, an 8-story Aloft Hotel and a 21-story office tower were built. Restaurants, apartments, and a riverside promenade are planned for Phase II of this mixed-use project. The West Bank of
3080-536: The Flats contains the majority of the district's residential population, primary stemming from a set of apartments and condos known as Stonebridge. The areas also boasts bars, restaurants, jet ski rental, strip clubs, and, most recently, the home of the Greater Cleveland Aquarium . The current state of the Flats is in mixed-use redevelopment. In December 2020, Crain's Cleveland Business estimated Downtown's population to be 20,000. According to
3157-489: The Galleria at Erieview . Short Vincent , located between East 6th and East 9th Street, is short street that once served as one of Cleveland's major entertainment districts and a center for the city's nightlife. Densely packed with restaurants, dive bars, jazz clubs, and bounded by the risqué Roxy Burlesque Theater and the art deco Bond Clothing Store, the district first emerged in the late 1920s and reached its height in
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3234-477: The Idea Center; this includes PBS station WVIZ (channel 25), NPR member WKSU ( 89.7 FM ) and classical music / jazz outlet WCLV ( 90.3 FM ). WKSU also is relayed over a regional network, including WCPN ( 104.9 FM ). Residents of the district also include Cleveland Playhouse and Cleveland State University performing arts. In spring 2014, a $ 16 million outdoor streetscape transformation
3311-505: The Rock Hall, and serves as a commuter and business airport that reduces small aircraft traffic at the larger Cleveland Hopkins International Airport , located southwest of downtown. The district fronts Lake Erie on the north and also includes Voinovich Park and a fishing pier. Plans for the city's lakefront include adding thousands of housing units, retail shops, a marina, and other amenities to North Coast Harbor. The Campus District
3388-523: The Short Vincent. The north side of the street was considered the "respectable" side, while the south side was a center for the numbers racket and was "studded with girlie shows." The pavement between the two sides "was referred to as the Gaza Strip." The area fell into decline by the 1960s and 1970s and disappeared as an entertainment district with the expansion of National City Bank (today
3465-579: The Superior Avenue entrance is about 12 feet (3.7 m) lower than the Euclid entrance, so that there are two bottom arcade floors, joined by staircases at each end. Since Euclid and Superior avenues are not parallel, a passage leads, at a 23-degree angle, off the Euclid entrance to a rotunda at the southern end of the Arcade. The arcade itself is a 300-foot (91 m)-long covered light court , ringed by four levels of balconies, which step back above
3542-476: The United States. The Arcade was modified in 1939, remodeling the Euclid Avenue entrance and adding some structural support. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975. The Arcade was built in 1890 by Detroit Bridge Co., run by Stephen V. Harkness . Designed by John Eisenmann and George H. Smith, the Arcade is one of the few remaining arcades of its kind in the United States. Modeled after
3619-525: The Wolstein Group and Fairmount Properties. Opening in June 2013, the $ 275 million first phase included a 23-story office tower, 8-story Aloft hotel , restaurants, and a 16,000 sq. ft. health club, The office tower has been named the " Ernst and Young building." The two anchor tenants include the law firm Tucker Ellis and West, and the largest tenant, Ernst and Young . The 450,000 sq. ft. office tower
3696-467: The area is the $ 465 million Global Center for Health Innovation and Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland . Cleveland's financial district, the area around East 9th street from Lake Erie south to Prospect Avenue, serves as corporate or regional home to many firms in the financial, business, legal, communications and publishing sectors of the city's economy. Architecturally, the area is characterized by large, glass office towers built predominately in
3773-628: The area. Today, the mixed use area serves as a live-work district for local artists, and includes several apartments, bars, restaurants, and cafes. The Cuyahoga River splits The Flats into two halves: the East Bank of the Flats and the West Bank of the Flats. Although the Cleveland City Planning Commission considers most of the area to be part of the Cuyahoga Valley neighborhood, it also defines part of
3850-597: The city and the Cleveland metropolitan area , it is Cleveland's oldest district, with its Public Square laid out by city founder General Moses Cleaveland in 1796. Downtown Cleveland is bounded by Lake Erie to the north, the Cuyahoga Valley to the west, and Interstate 90 to the south and east. It encompasses several subdistricts, and its diverse architecture includes the Cleveland Mall , one of
3927-478: The city in the form of the HealthLine . The project involved a total reconstruction of Euclid Avenue from Public Square to beyond University Circle (located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) east of downtown), and included bus-only lanes with center-median station boarding, priority signaling, and fast commute times. In addition to transit and road improvements, the transportation project also invested heavily in
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#17327719005464004-543: The complex. The project was funded by a 0.25 percent increase in Cuyahoga County sales tax. Permanent tenants include Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society , Philips Healthcare , GE Healthcare , Johnson Controls , the Cleveland Clinic , and University Hospitals . A multiphase, $ 500 million mixed-use redevelopment along the East Bank of the Flats is being developed and financed by
4081-473: The concrete and gravel on their land and replace it with grass, trees and other park amenities. Cleveland's Crooked River Skate Park will be built on 15,000 square feet of city owned land. It is located along the river and adjacent to the Cleveland Metroparks new Rivergate Park. The total cost is projected to be $ 758,000. Groundbreaking will occur in 2013. CSU's campus continues to undergo
4158-466: The corner of Euclid Avenue and East Ninth Street. The properties involved include the 29-story Ameritrust Tower , the attached 1010 Euclid Avenue building, the historic Cleveland Trust Company Building , and the so-called "P and H" buildings, located on the Prospect Avenue side of the complex. Additionally, two parking garages on the south side of Prospect Ave along East Ninth Street will anchor
4235-634: The corridor. In addition to the BRT line, the Downtown Cleveland Alliance funded a study on retail feasibility on the avenue, focusing on the area between CSU and Public Square. A $ 465 million Global Center for Health Innovation, previously known as the Medical Mart , and Cleveland Convention Center opened in the summer of 2013. The 1.1-million-square-foot campus consists of a 235,000-square-foot Global Center for Health Innovation and
4312-538: The county needs to expand in the future. A proposed hotel on the lower floors of the 29-story tower is being considered. Since 2015, the Cleveland Trust Company Rotunda and 1010 Euclid Avenue ground floor has housed a full-service Heinen's grocery store for downtown residents. Downtown Cleveland had the largest percent population growth in the 2010 Census for the entire city of Cleveland . Conversion of old office space into residential
4389-428: The district's buildings became vacant and abandoned. Bruce Madorsky and Dan "Daffy Dan" Gray were the first to see the potential in developing the area. Beginning in the 2010s, Madorsky and Gray began selling their investments in the district, creating the conditions for additional revitalization. In 2016, the Superior Arts District was formally split from the Campus District to "promote safety, growth, and vitality" in
4466-501: The evolution of transportation. A $ 33 million Greater Cleveland Aquarium opened on Jan 21, 2012, located at the FirstEnergy Powerhouse as the only freestanding aquarium in the state of Ohio . The aquarium takes up 70,000 square feet in the powerhouse's basement and contains over a million gallons of water in 42 tanks. The main feature of the aquarium is Marinescape's Seatube®, a 145-foot-long clear tunnel, known as
4543-486: The former Playhouse Square Building, transforming it from an empty office building to One Playhouse Square, a downtown broadcast headquarters. Now known as the Idea Center, the facility includes high definition television studios, control rooms, radio studios, and performance space fronting Euclid Avenue, as well as a variety of high-tech business startups and other tenants located on the building's upper floors. Since 2005, Ideastream's broadcast properties have been located at
4620-656: The former intersection of Superior Avenue and Ontario Street . Cleveland's four tallest buildings, Key Tower , Huntington , Sherwin Williams , and the Terminal Tower , face the square. Other landmarks adjacent to Public Square include the 1855 Old Stone Church and the former Higbee's department store made famous in the 1983 film A Christmas Story , which has been occupied by the Jack Cleveland Casino since 2012. Originally designed as four separate squares bisected by Superior Avenue and Ontario Street,
4697-434: The homes of the MLB Cleveland Guardians , NBA Cleveland Cavaliers , and AHL Cleveland Monsters . The Gateway complex was built on parking lots on the site of the former Central Market. The baseball stadium and basketball arena are connected to Tower City Center, and RTA 's rail transit system , via an enclosed walkway. The neighborhood includes retail, housing, and a large variety of restaurants. East 4th Street
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#17327719005464774-496: The largest and most fashionable shopping districts in the country, often compared to New York 's Fifth Avenue . Today, the buildings of the May Company, Taylor's, and Halle's are popular downtown apartment complexes, while the Higbee's building has been home to the Jack Cleveland Casino since 2012. Revitalization of Cleveland's Historic Gateway District began in the 1990s with the Gateway complex, which included construction of Progressive Field and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse ,
4851-483: The layout for early New England towns, which Cleveland was modeled after. While it initially served as a common pasture for settlers' animals, less than a century later Public Square was the height of modernity, when in 1879 it became the first street in the world to be lit with electric street lights , arc lamps designed by Cleveland native Charles F. Brush . The square was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1975. A parking lot now faces
4928-422: The most complete examples of City Beautiful design in the United States . Downtown's residential population has grown significantly since the 2000s and especially 2010s, registering the largest population growth, by percentage, of any Cleveland neighborhood over that time. The heart of downtown, Public Square was laid out by city founder Moses Cleaveland in 1796 and has remained largely unchanged. Based on
5005-441: The northern and southern ends. In total, ten U.S. and state routes meet at Public Square. It is the northern terminus of SR 3 , SR 8 , and SR 43 ; the western terminus of US 322 , US 422 , SR 14 , and SR 87 ; and the northeastern terminus of US 42 . US 6 passes through the square on Superior, and US 20 enters from the west on Superior and leaves via Euclid Avenue . US 21 also terminated at Public Square until that route
5082-516: The northwest quadrant of the square. A 12-story building, which was built on the spot in 1913, was demolished in 1990 to make way for the new Ameritrust Center, an 1,197-foot (365 m) skyscraper designed by New York's Kohn Pedersen Fox . Before construction began, Ameritrust was acquired by Society Bank , which was also planning to construct and subsequently relocate to a new building on Public Square—Key Tower (formerly known as Society Center). Because Society did not need two skyscrapers, plans for
5159-411: The original design. These barriers were removed on March 25, 2024. An episode of NBC's American Ninja Warrior was held in Public Square and aired in July 2017 A privately operated cafe, Rebol, located in the southwestern area of Public Square, opened in July 2016. Public Square is bounded by East Roadway and West Roadway at the western and eastern ends and by Rockwell Avenue and South Roadway at
5236-447: The parking aspect. The P and H buildings will be razed and the site will become the home of a new, eight-story Cuyahoga County headquarters building, in which the county will lease for 26 years. Building size is expected to be 220,000 square feet. The plan calls for creating 210 high-end apartments in the former office tower and part of the building at 1010 Euclid, although portions of the building will be retained as office space in case
5313-595: The population. The median household income was $ 54,834. Downtown's foreign-born population was 17.2% in 2019. Reinvestment in the area in the mid-1990s spurred a rebirth in Downtown. Between 2010 and 2014, Downtown Cleveland saw more than $ 4.5 billion in residential and commercial developments. As of 2000, 100,000 people worked in the district, which in 2012 contained more than 16 million square feet of rentable office space. The $ 197 million Euclid Corridor Transportation Project connected downtown, Midtown, and University Circle by introducing bus rapid transit (BRT) to
5390-414: The port west of the river and open up the area for housing and lakefront development. North Coast is also the former home of Cleveland Stadium . Cleveland Stadium was torn down after the former Cleveland Browns franchise left the city in 1995, and was replaced with FirstEnergy Stadium , which serves as the home of the reborn NFL football franchise. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is located east of
5467-497: The project was cancelled after Ameritrust was purchased and merged into Key Bank , leaving that side of the square open to this day, with only a surface parking lot on the site. In the golden age of department store retail from the late 19th century to the 1980s, Cleveland's major stores extended from Public Square east along Euclid Avenue . They included Higbee's , Bailey's, the May Company , Taylor's , Halle's , and Sterling Lindner Davis , which collectively represented one of
5544-559: The site of 200 Public Square. Public Square is often the site of political rallies and civic functions, including a free annual Independence Day concert by the Cleveland Orchestra . At the Balloonfest '86 , close to 1.5 million balloons rose up from Public Square, engulfing the Terminal Tower and setting a world record. In collaboration with landscape architect James Corner , the city in 2009 began to explore concepts for
5621-523: The square was redeveloped in 2016 by the city into a more pedestrian-friendly environment by routing most traffic around the square. The section of Ontario Street through the square was removed, while the section of Superior Avenue was rebuilt to only allow buses with stops for multiple bus lines of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority . The northern half of the square is mostly green space and includes
5698-524: The storefronts. East 4th is also adjacent to the historic Cleveland Arcade , the first indoor shopping mall in the United States, built in 1890. Originally an early residential neighborhood, the Warehouse District was built into a warehousing and shipping neighborhood during the industrial rise of Cleveland, Within the past few decades, it has been converted again back into an entertainment, dining, and residential hub. The Warehouse District
5775-517: The two towers and the top three floors of the atrium area. The two lower floors of the atrium area remain open to the public with retail merchants and a food court . In addition, the Hyatt's lobby and offices are located near the Superior Avenue entrance. That same year, the skylight was also replaced. Downtown Cleveland Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of Cleveland, Ohio , United States. The economic and cultural center of
5852-524: Was completed. Focusing primarily on lighting and signage, a centerpiece of a 4,600-piece LED crystal chandelier hangs over the Euclid Avenue and East 14th Street intersection 24-feet off the ground. According to the Guinness Book of World Records , it is the largest outdoor chandelier in the world. Other additions include four gateway signs spanning entry points, a large 1920s-era "Playhouse Square" sign at East 13th Street and Euclid Avenue intersection,
5929-737: Was officially opened on June 30, 2016. Public Square's development was showcased during the Cleveland Cavaliers championship parade as a welcome sight with much of the construction materials removed to display the renovation. At first, buses did not run along Superior Avenue as planned, but in order to avoid a $ 12 million repayment of grants to the Federal Transit Administration , the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority agreed to run buses along it by March 2017. The city installed jersey barriers along Superior Avenue due to fears of terrorism, contrary to
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