Gazing into Dave’s Market’s Shaker Square-facing windows, you expect to view tasty treats. Instead, you see the rump-side of shelving. “The vendors and offices do what’s best for them internally, and don’t necessarily think about how to leverage the square,” says Wayne Mortensen, director of design and development for Cleveland...
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Planners are now firmly in favor of re-routing Shaker Boulevard traffic around Shaker Square so its central green space can be enlarged.
At public meetings Wednesday and Thursday, a design team gathered feedback on a plan that calls for removing the boulevard from the center of the 5.5-acre...
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CLEVELAND — Ahead of the 2016 Republican National Convention, local civic and philanthropic organizations pooled together resources to beautify the Red Line corridor, including replacing graffiti with street art authored by renown artists. While the work of those artists remains, the graffiti, trash and debris has returned as Cleveland prepares...
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Planners are still questioning whether Shaker Square would be improved by removing Shaker Boulevard, the main drag that bisects the beloved but aging shopping center.
On Wednesday and Thursday, designers working on a 21st century vision for the square will present their latest thinking on the boulevard and...
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When Lakewood resident Katie Tackett started her Muse Room podcast in late 2018, fellow podcaster Katie Dalebout of Let It Out shared some sage wisdom: “Podcasting is the new networking.” This assertion rings true for just about every podcaster—affording the chance to curate a dream lineup of interviewees and gather...
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