Landmarks in The Land: The Arcade in Cleveland

Nestled between Superior and Euclid Avenues in downtown Cleveland is the Arcade, an architectural marvel completed in 1890. Originally constructed as an indoor shopping area, today, it’s still home to businesses, as well as a hotel. Throughout the years, its ornate design has kept visitors coming back.
According to John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Associate Professor of Applied History at Case Western Reserve University and chief historian for the Western Reserve Historical Society, the Arcade was funded by some of Cleveland’s biggest names. Grabowski said figures like John D. Rockefeller and Stephen Harkness pitched in for the project, among others.
“It's an emblem of Cleveland at a time when the city was really growing, when it had political power,” Grabowski said.
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[@grb2411]

i was there 2 weeks ago . I amost cried, one for its beauty and two ,that its dead. Hope it will find a new life, and live on for those much younger that I am. Just a guy from Tx.

[@jennalovecraftreeves9679]

Beautiful building!

[@LearningCurves123]

Grew up going to the arcade every day. Love this place! Part of Cleveland's history, and part of my history.

[@Laker.Boy.]

Why they call it a arcade? I thought arcade was where they got games at

[@LearningCurves123]

@@Laker.Boy. They used to have games in there. long long time ago.

[@mothball5425]

​@@Laker.Boy.arcade just means any building with arches

[@suannestarot]

It was part of my childhood memories!

[@marvinwilks5893]

I used to work there in 1973 when Ace Rubber Stamp was located there..

[@mariocisneros911]

Masterpieces like this were built across the the world. Just a shame most designs like these were torn from 1920 onward. In Mexico City they have "The Grand Hotel " and " The Post Office" two contemporaries plus a few more scattered in Europe