Civic Center (Cleveland)

The Civic Center is a mostly governmental district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio that is home to the 1916 erected Cleveland City Hall Building.[1] The 1925 Cleveland Public Library main branch,[2] the 1976 massive Cuyahoga County Justice Center, the 419 foot Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building (named after the 1953-1962 popular Cleveland Mayor),[3] the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (one of only twelve in the US),[4] the historic Cuyahoga County Courthouse, the Cleveland Public Hall, the Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse which butts Public Square, and the city owned greenspace Willard Park which is home to the Free Stamp.

Cleveland City Hall displaying the Italian flag

The district is also the site of the headquarters of the Cleveland Division of Police, the historic Standard Building is located across St. Clair Avenue from the CPD HQ, the highest hotel in the state of Ohio, the 374 foot Hilton Cleveland Downtown Hotel,[5] the new Cleveland Global Center for Health Innovation which is the home to the largest medical mart in the country, the ultra-modern Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, which is connected to the renovated Public Hall, and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District old Board of Education Main Building all the area in common.

The Cleveland Division of Police Headquarters in the foreground

The Civic Center is bound to the east by the Nine-Twelve District, to the north by North Coast Harbor, to the south by Public Square, and to the west by the Warehouse District. Running through the center of the district is the Cleveland greenway The Mall. In this regard the district is pretty much landlocked. The mall also hosts the impressive Cleveland War Memorial.

References
  1. http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=CCH Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Retrieved on 2015-08-22
  2. http://cpl.org/locations/main-library/ Cleveland Public Library Retrieved on 2105-08-22
  3. http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=MAOAJC Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Retrieved on 2015-08-22
  4. http://federalreserveonline.org/ Federal Reserve System Retrieved on 2015-08-23
  5. http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/ohio/hilton-cleveland-downtown-CLEDOHH/index.html Hilton.com Retrieved on 2015-08-22
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