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Downtown Cleveland Information
Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of the City of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Reinvestment in the area in the mid-1990s spurred a rebirth that continues to this day, with over $2 billion in capital projects slated to involve the downtown area over the next few years. While Cleveland has experienced much residential emigration from the city to its surrounding suburbs, Downtown Cleveland is currently one of the city's neighborhoods that is gaining population. Cleveland's downtown population grew from 7,261 in 1990 to 9,599 as of the 2000 Census, and was recently rated by the Brookings Institution as one of America's "Emerging Downtowns", due to its 32.2% growth rate over this period. There are several new developments, both residential and commercial, planned for downtown.
The heart of downtown and first settled area, Public Square was laid out by
the city's founder, Moses Cleveland before leaving in 1796 and has remained
largely unchanged since that time. It consists of a large open space, cut into
four 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 recently, a free annual 4th of July concert by the Cleveland
Orchestra. At one time Public Square was fenced off and inaccessible to
vehicles. Public Square hosted the Perry Monument early in its history, which
was a memorial to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's victory in the Battle of Lake
Erie in the War of 1812. The monument was dedicated in 1860, and placed 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 the Civil War. In addition the Soldiers' and
Sailors' Monument, Public Square is home to a statue of Moses Cleveland,
founder of the city, a statue of Tom L. Johnson, the city's most famous mayor, a
large amount of shrubbery and other landscaping, as well as a large public
fountain.
Notable buildings in public square include 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 slated to become the
headquarters of the Cleveland Trust Company, then called Ameritrust, but 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. The region is currently debating the best use of Public Square,
and several residents and organizations have called for the square to be closed
to traffic during non-peak hours of the weekday. Plans floated for a square
redesign include an ice skating rink, amphitheatre, farmer's market, restaurant
with outdoor seating, and other ideas, all of which are designed to draw people
to the square as a gathering place.