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Glenville Re$tore Cleveland Initiative
Neighborhood History At the time of its incorporation in 1870, the Village of Glenville was a semi-rural area known as the "garden spot of Cuyahoga County" because of its numerous vegetable farms. The community's scenic qualities and lakeshore sites also attracted many of the region's wealthiest residents. Nationally, Glenville was known as a center of horse racing and, later, auto racing. The track was built in 1870 at the Northern Ohio Fairgrounds and operated until 1908, when it was moved North Randall. The Village of Glenville was annexed to Cleveland in 1905.
By the 1970's, Glenville's fortunes had taken a turn for the worse. Population loss and declining household incomes, together with the nationally reported racial rioting in 1968, resulted in widespread deterioration and business vacancies along East 105th Street and along adjoining segments of St. Clair and Superior Avenues. In the late 1980's and early 1990's, however, the neighborhood's prospects brightened with development of the East Side Market, Glenville Plaza and the North Park Place housing subdivision--all in the vicinity of East 105th and St. Clair - as well as the Sebe Young, scattered site housing development in the Superior Avenue area. The Downtown Glenville Re$tore Cleveland district is situated along E. 105th Street from Earle Avenue on the North to Morison Avenue on the South. For retail opportunities and additional information on demographics, assets, special features, needs and available retail spaces, click here or contact Executive Director, Tracey Kirksey at Glenville Development Corporation (216) 851-8724, or tkirksey@ameritech.net. |
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There
are no quick fixes for the East 105th Street distressed commercial corridor. But
success is realized through comprehensive and incremental approaches. The
Downtown Glenville Program, a partner of the Re-$tore Cleveland Initiative is a
comprehensive revitalization program that promotes historic and economic
development of the East 105th commercial corridor. The program’s philosophy is
based on advocating rehabilitation of the historic character of East 105th
Street while pursuing traditional development strategies such as marketing,
business recruitment and retention, real estate development, market analysis and
public improvements through arts and culture. From its main avenues to its local
traffic side streets, Glenville is undergoing a transformation. Together, we are
community building in Glenville.
Residential
and commercial development in Glenville was most intense during the period
between 1900 and 1930. East 105th Street emerged as the center of business
activity, and its many fine stores earned it the title of Cleveland's "gold
coast". The street also became a prime address for religious institutions. Among
the largest and most architecturally distinguished buildings on East 105th
Street today are those of the Cory United Methodist Church (home of the Park
Synagogue congregation between 1922 and 1947) and the Abyssinia Baptist Church
(also built as a synagogue in 1920).