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2019: Year in Review

From all of us at the Gateway District and the Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation (HGNC), thank you for a fantastic year! Here are some 2019 neighborhood highlights:

New to the District in 2019:

We’ve welcomed several new businesses to the district including:

• Whistle & Keg + Big Mamma Burritos

• Balance Pan-Asian Grille

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Leading the Charge to 20,000 Residents in Downtown CLE!

We’ve also seen fantastic new apartments open in both new and adapted historic buildings on Euclid Avenue:

• The Athlon

• The Beacon

• The Statler

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SIGNATURE PROGRAM: Take a Hike® Walking Tours

SAVE THE DATE: 2020 SEASON KICKS OFF JUNE 1!

The tradition continued into Take a Hike’s ® 11th Season! We welcomed hundreds of attendees and encouraged them to learn more about the history and people behind Cleveland iconic architecture.

In the fall we added a new tour, Early Cleveland, and introduced a new character: George Worthington, a 19th-century Warehouse District entrepreneur and leading industrial hardware distributor whose former warehouse complex has been recently adapted into apartments.

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Walk & Dine: Annual Fundraising Event

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Each year we invite you to experience downtown living in Cleveland’s historic Gateway District at our annual Walk & Dine, a culinary and residential guided exploration of the neighborhood. The event encourages attendees to step inside actual residences while enjoying a line-up of tastings from the District’s celebrated restaurant scene.

Funds raised support the Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation’s (HGNC) mission to promote the continuing re-development of this unique district in downtown Cleveland into a vibrant commercial, entertainment, and residential neighborhood.

Event Highlights by the Numbers:

• $17,000 Raised to support HGNC’s mission

• 200+ Event Attendees

• 21 Featured Gateway District Businesses

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Vintage Santa Display: Santas of the World

When the National City Bank building at 623 Euclid Ave (now the Marble Room) was being restored and renovated, 14 vintage holiday dolls that decorated the marble interior during the Holiday Season were discovered.

The display, named “Santas of the Word”, represents holiday cultural traditions from around the globe. They are currently on display in the windows at Residences at 668, formerly Taylor's department store (one of the original big six department stores in downtown Cleveland).

Historical Holiday - Vintage Santa Display

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Interior of National City Bank (1956)

When the National City Bank building at 623 Euclid Ave (now the Marble Room) was being restored and renovated, 14 vintage holiday dolls that decorated the marble interior during the Holiday Season were discovered.

The display, named “Santas of the Word”, represents holiday cultural traditions from around the globe. They are currently on display in the windows at Residences at 668, formerly Taylor's department store (one of the original big six department stores in downtown Cleveland).

Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation, with the help of Clague Playhouse, has restored them for the Gateway District to enjoy!

WHEN: Now - January 3, 2020
WHERE: Window Display at Residences at 668 (668 Euclid Ave)

Thank you to The K&D Group for their support of this project and Clague Playhouse volunteers who helped restore the vintage dolls:

• Ron Newell (former Halle Brothers Co. Department store window decorator)

• Candace Lipton

• Charlie Moran

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>> Learn more about Italian traditions

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>> Learn more about French traditions

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>> Learn more about Denmark traditions

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>> Learn more about St. Lucia (Sweden)

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>> Learn Medieval Traditions

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>> Learn more about Bishop of Myra

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>> Learn more about Polish traditions

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>> Learn more about Portuguese traditions

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>> Learn more about Wassail, a Medieval Christmastide English drink

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>> Learn more about Grecian traditions

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>> Learn more about German traditions

>> Learn more about Russian traditions

Gateway District Home to Heritage Ohio Award Winners

Accepting the award for Best Downtown Placemaking - 5th Street Arcades | (Left to right) Tom Yablonsky, Executive Director of HGNC; Dick Pace of Cumberland Development and developer of 5th Street Arcades; Kevin Pape, President of the Board at Heritage Ohio

This year’s Heritage Ohio Annual Preservation and Revitalization Conference was held in Newark, OH October 22-23, with over 200 participants learning about best practices in the revitalization and preservation field. Heritage Ohio, like the Historic Gateway Development Corporation (HGNC), fosters economic development and sustainability through preservation of historic buildings, revitalization of downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts, and promotion of local tourism.

HGNC NOMINATED THE 2019 AWARD WINNERS:

Best Commercial Building Rehabilitation “Large Town” Award

• The Garfield

The Garfield Building sits proudly on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 6th Street of Downtown Cleveland. Built in 1893, it carries a significant legacy as the first “skyscraper” east of Public Square using innovative technology for the time – steel framing. In recent years, the building had become an under-utilized Class C office building no longer attracting the prominent tenants that once held. With the momentum of the downtown housing market, Millennia Housing Management, Ltd saw the opportunity to revive the Garfield’s legacy with the completion of a $32 million adaptive reuse of this structure from offices to a mixed-use residential with ground floor retail. What makes this project stand out is in the preservation of the building’s architecture details, which went beyond the requirements of the Secretary of the Interiors Standards reinstating the storefronts and recreating stone details including the cartouche, ionic pilasters and lion’s head.

The 1893-banking hall has been converted into The Marble Room, showcasing the original grandeur as one of Cleveland’s swankest dining rooms.  

Best Downtown Placemaking Award

• 5th Street Arcade

The 5th Street Arcade is a project that exemplifies placemaking via the effort to recruit local retailers and entrepreneurs to offer unique shopping and services to the growing downtown residential and office population leasable space. The space is made up of two historic buildings built in 1898 and 1911which includes a successful Marriot Residence Inn, but the retail space was largely vacant with only 20 of the 47 spaces filled. Dick Pace of Cumberland Development knew he had to have a very hands on approach to fill and activate the space. The small arcade spaces are a good fit for new businesses, he offered reduced rents and a retail competition added four new businesses. New furniture was added to activate the arcade spaces and the entire place was rebranded as the 5th Street Arcade. Now with 100% occupancy and a waiting list for local businesses it is successful interior arcade full of life.

The Best Downtown Placemaking award was created to recognize businesses or organizations that enhance their downtown’s appearance with the intention of creating public spaces that promote people’s health happiness and well-being.   

“Many good projects were considered,” according to Joyce Barrett, the executive director of Heritage Ohio, “What stood out the Arcade was the economic vitality made the place.”

Announcing the Fall 2019 Season of Take a Hike® Tours

Announcing the 2019 Fall Season of Take a Hike®, Cleveland’s free historical walking tours, beginning October 5 through November 23, 2019. Two tours are programmed and will be held on alternating Saturdays starting at 10 a.m.

New this fall is the addition of the Early Cleveland tour with a new actor portraying George Worthington, a 19th-century Warehouse District entrepreneur and leading industrial hardware distributor whose former warehouse complex has been recently adapted into apartments.

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FALL 2019 TOURS: (Free 90 min Tours)
Alternating Saturdays @ 10am

Historic Euclid Avenue

October 5 & 19 | November 2 & 16

Meet at the Arcade (401 Euclid Avenue)

• Explore the history and architecture of the Gateway District through Playhouse Square

• Historical figures include: Garrett Morgan, Milton Krantz, & Mayor Tom Johnson

(NEW) Early Cleveland

October 12 & 26 | November 9 & 23

Meet outside Phoenix Coffee (826 West St. Clair Avenue)

• Journey from the Warehouse District through the Flats

• Experience the history of early Cleveland’s first entrepreneurs and industrialists

• Historical figures include: George Worthington, Carl Stokes, & Levi Johnson

“We’re always excited to bring new stories to life through our Take a Hike ® experiences. The Historic Euclid Avenue tour combines the best of our summer Gateway District and Playhouse Square tours and the Early Cleveland tour introduces participants to a new narrative about the Old River Road Historic District in The Flats, significant to Cleveland’s prominent rise in shipbuilding and maritime history.”

— Tom Yablonsky, Executive Director of HGNC

Take a Hike® is in its 11th season and is unique because of the incorporation of live actors depicting historical figures to enhance the storytelling experience. All tours a free, however, RSVPs are strongly recommended so tour guides can provide the best experience for attendees. Tours are family and pet-friendly, and generally navigable for those with limited mobility considerations.

For more information and to register visit TakeAHikeCLE.com or call (216) 771-1994.

Take a Hike® 2019 Fall Season is possible through support provided by:

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Playhouse Square
Warehouse District
The Arcade.