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[[Image:Cleveland Public Theater.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Cleveland Public Theater Complex as it exists today..]] |
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'''Detroit-Shoreway''' is a west side [[neighborhood]] of [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. Detroit-Shoreway consists of the streets between [[Lake Erie]] and [[Interstate 90]], from West 85th to West 45th streets.<ref name=nhlink>[http://www.nhlink.net/ClevelandNeighborhoods/plainpress/PPStories/dshorewayhistory.htm Neighborhood Link: Detroit Shoreway History], [[Cleveland State University]]. Accessed [[2007-07-26]].</ref> |
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==Gordon Square== |
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[[Image:Detroit Shoreway GordonSquare.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Gordon Square, Detroit-Shoreway's retail hub and slated to become an arts area in the near future.]] |
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The retail hub of Detroit-Shoreway is [[Gordon Square Historic District|Gordon Square]], a series of retail buildings on the four corners of Detroit Avenue and West 65th Street. Named for W.J. Gordon, considered a "city father"<ref name=nhlink />, Gordon Square is currently the central focus of efforts to remake Detroit-Shoreway into a cultural and artistic hub for the west side, including plans to re-open the Capitol Theatre as an art house [[movie theater]] for the city's west side, a new building for the [[Near West Theatre]], and renovations to the [[Cleveland Public Theater]] complex,<ref name = gsquarearts>[http://www.dscdo.org/gs_cult.html Gordon Square Cultural Arts District], Detroit-Shoreway Neighborhood Development Organization. Accessed [[2007-07-26]].</ref> as well as a complete rebuild of the Detroit Avenue streetscape from West 58th to West 73rd streets, including burying of utility lines.<ref name = detroitplan>[http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/cwp/pdf/det.pdf Detroit-Shoreway Neighborhood Plan Summary] Cleveland City Planning Commission. Accessed [[2007-07-26]].</ref> Additional plans include rebuilding the Lorain Avenue streetscape within the Lorain Avenue Antiques District, from West 52nd to West 82nd.<ref name = detroitplan /> |
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==New developments== |
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Detroit-Shoreway is serviced by various bus routes, and includes its own [[Red Line (Cleveland)|rapid transit]] station, [[West 65th-Lorain (RTA Rapid Transit station)|West 65th-Lorain]]. The [[Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority]], in conjunction with the City of Cleveland and the Cleveland EcoVillage, is working on plans for [[transit-oriented development]] in the area around the station, and Detroit-Shoreway is additionally the site of a [[brownfield]] redevelopment of an old Eveready Battery Plant, known as Battery Park.<ref>[http://www.batteryparkcleveland.com/ Battery Park]. Accessed [[2007-07-26]].</ref> The city is working with the [[Ohio Department of Transportation]] on plans to rebuild the limited access [[Cleveland Memorial Shoreway|West Shoreway]] ([[Ohio State Route 2|SR-2]]) as a low-speed, 35 mph boulevard, reconnecting the long-split neighborhood with access to the lake.<ref>[http://www.innerbelt.org/Lakefrontwest/Lakefronthome.htm Cleveland Lakefront West], Cleveland Urban Core Projects, [[Ohio Department of Transportation]]. Accessed [[2007-07-26]].</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.dscdo.org/ Detroit-Shoreway Neighborhood Development Organization] |
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[[Category:Neighborhoods in Cleveland]] |
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