Historic Cleveland Arcade
by Ginger Stein
Title
Historic Cleveland Arcade
Artist
Ginger Stein
Medium
Photograph - Architecture Photography
Description
The Arcade Cleveland opened in May of 1890 as the first indoor shopping center in America. It quickly became one of the downtown Cleveland, Ohio most popular landmarks, and was nicknamed Cleveland’s Crystal Palace. It was built at a cost of $875,000, Designers John Eisenmann and George Smith designed it as an urban mercantile center and modeled it after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy. The project was financed by Cleveland’s most esteemed businessmen of the late 19th century, including John D. Rockefeller, Steven V. Harkness, Louis Severance, Charles Brush and Marcus Hanna. After extensive renovations in 2003, it is once again a lively galleria of retail stores, tea rooms, luxury spas, chocolatiers, numerous business offcies, an art gallery, etc. It also serves a a spectacular, unique venue for weddings and other society affairs. rresturants,etc.
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February 18th, 2022
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