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Title
Shaker
Square
Photograph
Subject
Transportation
Architecture
Plazas
Stores & shops
National Register of Historic Places
Christmas trees
Holidays
Place
Shaker Heights (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
Shaker
Square
in
1930
.
Shaker
Square
,
designed
by
architects
Philip
Small
and
Charles
Rowley
,
serves
as the
gateway
between
Shaker
Heights
and
Cleveland
,
Ohio
.
Originally
laid
out
as a
traffic
circle
, the
design
was
changed
to an
octagon
to
accommodate
automobile
parking
. The
square
was also the
junction
of the
two
branches
of the
Shaker
Heights
Rapid
Transit
system
. This
photograph
measures
8.15
"
x
10.25
"
(20
x
26
cm)
.
Constructed
between
1927-1929
, the
shopping
area
was
planned
to
appeal
to the
upper-class
clientele
of
Shaker
Heights
, with a
theatre
,
upscale
stores
, and
professional
office
space
. In the
1970s
a
nonprofit
development
group
, the
Friends
of
Shaker
Square
(FOSS)
, was
formed
to
promote
the
preservation
of the
shopping
center's
original
character
. The
organization
provided
tenant
referral
and a
neighborhood
security
program
, and
actively
supported
public
improvements
on
Shaker
Square
.
It
also
published
a
neighborhood
newspaper
, The
Connection
. In
1976
Shaker
Square
, the
oldest
shopping
district
in
Ohio
and the
second
oldest
in the
nation
, was
listed
in the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
.
Creator
Cleveland Press
Date of Original
1930
Collection
Shaker
Heights
Public
Library
Photograph
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
000206
Submitting Institution
Shaker Heights Public Library
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2924_2345754_001.tif
Image Height
4782
Image Width
6000
File Size
2267.886 KB
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