Additional materials are available on these subjects by request.

Contact special.collections@csuohio.edu for more information.

 

Downtown

Cleveland Historical articles about locations in downtown Cleveland

Cleveland Historical articles about Public Square

Cleveland Historical "Tour" of Public Square

Cleveland Historical articles about Gateway

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry on Downtown

• Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry on North Coast Harbor
• Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry on Gateway
• Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry on East 4th Street
• Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry on Public Square
• Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry on the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
• Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry on the Warehouse District

Photographs

• Cleveland Memory Project photos of the Harbor/Lakefront
• Cleveland Memory Project photos of East 4th/Sheriff Street
• Cleveland Memory Project photos of Gateway/Haymarket/Central Market
• Cleveland Memory Project photos of Public Square
• Cleveland Memory Project photos of Public Square "Original Conditions" documentary photos taken just before and during Terminal Tower construction

Maps & Data

• ESRI's historic maps showing Public Square (note layers, by date)
• ESRI's historic maps showing East 4th Street (formerly Sheriff Street) (note layers, by date)
• ESRI's historic maps showing the Gateway District and old Haymarket/Central Market area (note layers, by date)
• Cleveland City Planning Commission:
  • Neighborhood Data Book: Downtown (#8)
  • Connect Cleveland 2020 Plan: District 3: Downtown chapter*
• Cleveland City Neighborhood Maps Before 2012

• ESRI's historic maps showing Northcoast Harbor and the lakefront (note layers, by date)

• ESRI's historic maps showing the Warehouse District (note layers, by date)

Further Reading:

Books on Public Square in Special Collections (includes any e-books)

Books on Gateway in Special Collections (includes any e-books)

Books on East 4th Street in Special Collections (includes any e-books)

Books on North Coast Harbor in Special Collections (includes any e-books)

Books on the Warehouse District in Special Collections (includes any e-books)

 McCafferty, Bernie, "The Irish in 1850 Cleveland: an Historical GIS Approach Towards Ethnic Studies," 2017 masters thesis, John Carroll University.

Souther, J. Mark, "A $35 Million 'Hole in the Ground': Metropolitan Fragmentation and Cleveland's Unbuilt Downtown Subway," Journal of Planning History, published online 17 August 2014, DOI 10.1177/1538513214545849

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ALSO: See tabs on different types of resources (maps, newspapers, etc.) on the Local History Guide.

* "Districts" as used here are clusters of Statistical Planning Areas (SPA), which incorporate different historic neighborhoods, but borders vary.

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ALSO: See tabs on different types of resources (maps, newspapers, etc.) on the Local History Guide.