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=== Architecture === {{See also|List of tallest buildings in Cleveland|National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleveland}} [[File:Euclid facades.jpg|thumb|upright|Facades of buildings along Euclid Avenue]] Cleveland's downtown architecture is diverse. Many of the city's government and civic buildings, including [[Cleveland City Hall|City Hall]], the [[Cuyahoga County Courthouse]], the [[Cleveland Public Library]], and [[Public Auditorium]], are clustered around the open Cleveland Mall and share a common [[neoclassical architecture]]. They were built in the early 20th century as the result of the 1903 Group Plan. They constitute one of the most complete examples of City Beautiful design in the U.S.{{sfn|Lawrence|1980|pp=20β25}}<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Mall |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/m/mall |access-date=August 21, 2019 |date=May 22, 2018 }}</ref> Completed in 1927 and dedicated in 1930 as part of the [[Tower City Center|Cleveland Union Terminal]] complex, the Terminal Tower was the tallest building in North America outside New York City until 1964 and the tallest in the city until 1991.{{sfn|Toman|Cook|2005|p=76}} It is a prototypical [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] skyscraper. The two other major skyscrapers on Public Square, Key Tower (the tallest building in Ohio) and 200 Public Square, combine elements of [[Art Deco]] architecture with [[postmodern architecture|postmodern]] designs.<ref>{{cite web |last=Raponi |first=Richard |title=Key Tower: Cesar Pelli's Nod to Art Deco-Era Manhattan |website=Cleveland Historical |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/961 |access-date=February 1, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Raponi |first=Richard |title=200 Public Square |website=Cleveland Historical |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/306 |access-date=February 1, 2024 }}</ref> Running east from Public Square through University Circle is [[Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)|Euclid Avenue]], which was known as "Millionaires' Row" for its prestige and elegance as a residential street.{{sfn|Cigliano|1991|pp=1β2}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Rose |first=Danielle |title=Millionaires' Row: Cleveland's Famous Euclid Avenue |website=Cleveland Historical |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/10 |access-date=June 5, 2023 }}</ref> In the late 1880s, writer [[Bayard Taylor]] described it as "the most beautiful street in the world".{{sfn|Upton|1910|p=507}} Nicknamed Cleveland's "Crystal Palace", the five-story [[Cleveland Arcade]] (also known as the Old Arcade) was built in 1890 and renovated in 2001 as a [[Hyatt]] Regency Hotel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Florence |first=Cheyenne |title=The Arcade: Cleveland's Crystal Palace |website=Cleveland Historical |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/24 |access-date=June 5, 2023 }}</ref> Another major architectural landmark, the [[Cleveland Trust Company Building]], was completed in 1907 and renovated in 2015 as a downtown [[Heinen's Fine Foods|Heinen's]] supermarket.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Toledo |first1=Charlotte Nicole |last2=Roy |first2=Chris |title=Cleveland Trust Company Building |website=Cleveland Historical |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/761 |access-date=August 21, 2019 }}</ref> Cleveland's historic [[ecclesiastical architecture]] includes the Presbyterian [[Old Stone Church (Cleveland)|Old Stone Church]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Raponi |first=Richard |title=Old Stone Church |website=Cleveland Historical |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/165 |access-date=August 8, 2019 }}</ref> the [[onion dome]]d [[St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rotman |first1=Michael |last2=Dubelko |first2=Jim |title=St. Theodosius Cathedral |website=Cleveland Historical |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/92 |access-date=August 8, 2019 }}</ref> and the Roman Catholic [[Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Cleveland, Ohio)|Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist]] along with several other ethnically inspired Catholic churches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cleveland Sacred Landmarks |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=http://www.clevelandmemory.org/sacredlandmarks/index-old.shtml |access-date=May 19, 2023 }}</ref> <gallery mode="packed" heights="100"> File:Arcade (48249762776).jpg|[[Cleveland Arcade]], 1890 File:Cleveland Trust Company Building, Euclid Avenue and East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH.jpg|[[Cleveland Trust Company Building]], 1907 File:Palace lobby.jpg|[[Connor Palace|Connor Palace Theatre]], 1922 File:Cleveland Skyline (26381354620).jpg|[[Terminal Tower]] from Euclid Avenue File:Grand Foyer, Severance Hall, University Circle, Cleveland, OH - 52992001701.jpg|Grand foyer of [[Severance Hall]], 1931 </gallery>
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