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25-526: The Huron Road Building was built for necessity. Ohio Bell had its switching center on Michigan Avenue (now vacated) from 1890 to 1927. This building had to be vacated due to the construction of the Terminal Tower complex. During construction, some 10,000 miles of lines and switches were moved from Michigan Avenue to the current Huron Complex. In 1938, the Ohio Bell installed a new switching board, which, by 1944,

50-477: A 1976 incident involving a man with a gun, direct access to the floor was removed. The observation deck reopened after Chessie left the building. After the September 11, 2001 attacks , the observation deck was again closed to the public. In 2007, a proposal was brought to Forest City to reopen the deck. The proposal included a renovation of the deck and the addition of an express elevator to take visitors to it. This

75-473: A mixed-use element to the building, converting 11 of the lower, larger floors to residential use, with 293 one- and two-bedroom apartments. Many other historic downtown buildings are undergoing similar conversions. K&D is the largest privately held owner/manager of apartment buildings in the area and maintains the tower's upper floors as office spaces. Built for $ 179 million by the Van Sweringen brothers ,

100-460: Is part of the Tower City Center mixed-use development, and its major tenants include Forest City Enterprises , which maintained its corporate headquarters there until 2018, and Riverside Company. The tower, owned by Forest City Realty Trust since 1983, was purchased by Cleveland's K&D Group on September 15, 2016 for $ 38.5 million (equivalent to $ 47.9 million in 2023). K&D added

125-705: The Christmas season and red, white, and blue for various federal holidays. Many Cleveland social and medical groups light Terminal Tower for their causes. In February, Terminal Tower is red for the American Heart Association Go Red for Women campaign, and pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month in October. Some of Cleveland's ethnic groups have had the Terminal Tower lit in their traditional colors, such as green on Saint Patrick's Day . On Polish Constitution Day, usually May 3, Cleveland's Pol-Am community lights

150-645: The Tower at Erieview , 100 Erieview , or the Erieview Plaza Tower ) is a skyscraper featuring elements of the International style located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio , United States. The building has 40 stories, rises to a height of 529 ft (161 m), and has 703,000 square feet (65,300 m ) of office space. It was built at a cost of $ 24,000,000. It is slated to become the Cleveland W Hotel . The tower

175-517: The 42nd floor. Before its original closure, the deck was open only on weekends to prevent disruption to the law firm that has offices on the 32nd floor. In 2018, the Observation Deck was open on weekends from noon to 4 pm, with reservations. It had been renovated to its look in the 1930s. in 2024, the Observation Deck is open on weekends in the afternoon, closed in winter except for the holidays, and tickets are reserved online. The Terminal Tower

200-562: The East 9th Street corridor a limit to downtown's growth. During the mayoral administration of George Voinovich in the early 1980s, several new structures were built flanking the tower along East 9th Street. In 1987, The Galleria at Erieview , a two-level shopping mall was built on the former Plaza by the Richard E. Jacobs Group . The structure stretches from the tower's lobby to its arched entrance at East 9th Street. From 1964 until it closed in 1995,

225-741: The Erieview masterplan. Also in 2007, The Tackle the Tower race which is held yearly at the Terminal Tower was moved to Erieview Tower due to renovations at the Terminal Tower. Erieview Tower has 646-steps. On February 9, 2008, the Tackle The Tower was again held at Erieview Tower. It has since moved back to the Terminal. The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. In 2021, it

250-489: The annual Greater Cleveland United Torch Drive (a precursor to the United Way ) began. Lights were installed on the 44th, 48th, and 52nd floors. In the 1960s, the strobe was retired and replaced with conventional aircraft warning lights . The tower only once went dark, during the 2003 blackout . Today, the tower's external lights include 508 LEDs that can be configured into various color schemes, such as red and green during

275-505: The building to increase the range of its 1420 kHz signal. In the 1980s, developers sought approval to make their proposed BP Building taller than the Terminal Tower, but city officials forced them to scale it down. The Terminal Tower remained the tallest building in Ohio until the 1991 completion of Society Center, now Key Tower . On a clear day, visitors on the observation deck can see 30 miles (48 km) from downtown Cleveland. After

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300-458: The late 1960s through 1980s, radio station WCLV-FM (Cleveland's fine arts station) maintained studios on the 15th floor. The transmitter was on the 43rd floor with transmission line running up the outside of the building to the antenna assembly attached to the flagpole atop the building. In the tiny cupola, which is technically the 52nd floor, there was equipment for the antenna heaters and a small telephone. Radio station WHK placed antennas on

325-467: The skyscraper boom of the 1920s and 1930s, it was the second-tallest building in the world when it was completed. Terminal Tower stood as the tallest building in North America outside of New York City from its completion in 1927 until 1964. It was the tallest building in the state of Ohio until the completion of Key Tower in 1991, and remains the second-tallest building in the state . The building

350-582: The tower in white and red (Polish flag colors), and the tower goes red, green, and white (Italian flag colors) for Columbus Day . Terminal Tower also sports the colors of the various sports teams in town, such as red, white, and blue for the Cleveland Guardians , orange and brown for the Cleveland Browns , and wine and gold for the Cleveland Cavaliers . During the 2014 Gay Games , the tower

375-607: The tower was to serve as an office building atop the city's new rail station , the Cleveland Union Terminal . Originally planned to be 14 stories, the structure was expanded to 52 floors with a height of 708 feet (216 m). It rests on 280-foot (85 m) caissons. Designed by the firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White , the tower was modeled after the Beaux-Arts New York Municipal Building by McKim, Mead, and White . The Terminal Tower

400-629: The tower's 38th floor was home to the Stouffer's Top of the Town restaurant which offered diners a view of Cleveland's skyline. In 2003, Minshall-Stewart Properties acquired Erieview Tower and the Galleria. In 2007, the Avenue District began construction, which will eventually become an entire neighborhood, bordering the east side of the tower. Additionally, this project will sit on the space formerly zoned for

425-688: Was completed in 1927 and opened for tenants in 1928, though the Union Terminal complex was not dedicated until 1930. It remained the tallest building in the world outside of New York City until the completion of the main building of Moscow State University in Moscow in 1953; it was the tallest building in North America outside of New York until the Prudential Center in Boston was completed in 1964. In

450-421: Was completed in 1964 and although the full renewal plan was not fully implemented, significant progress was made over the course of the following twenty-five years. Much of the area was cleared for redevelopment and a number of other buildings were constructed A large amount of land was relegated to surface parking and, for a time into the late 1970s, the area became a somewhat cold and foreboding place to be with

475-514: Was lit in a rainbow pattern (representing the gay pride flag). In January 2015, Terminal Tower was lit in scarlet and gray in support of the Ohio State Buckeyes during the football team's National Championship run as Cleveland has a large OSU fan and alumni base. Terminal Tower was lit in teal blue on Friday, May 15, in honor of the Class of 2020 Cuyahoga Community College graduates. The Tower

500-416: Was lit when dedicated in 1930. A strobe light on top of the tower rotated 360 degrees. It helped ships in Cleveland's port and airplane pilots landing at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport . The external spotlights that lit the tower at night were turned off as a safety measure at the beginning of World War II. They were not turned on again until September 22, 1974. They were relit on the same day that

525-472: Was named a Cleveland City Landmark by the Cleveland Landmarks Commission . 41°30′19″N 81°41′18″W  /  41.50528°N 81.68833°W  / 41.50528; -81.68833 Terminal Tower Terminal Tower is a 52-story, 708 ft (216 m), landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in the downtown core of Cleveland , Ohio , United States. Built during

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550-673: Was receiving some 25,300 long-distance calls daily on average. In 1964, Ohio Bell moved into the new Erieview Tower . The Huron Road building was retained as a telephone switching center for Downtown Cleveland. It was one of the biggest switching stations in the country for years. In 1983, Ohio Bell moved into its current location at 45 Erieview. Today, the Huron Road building has been expanded for DSL service for Cleveland. 41°29′53.3″N 81°41′11″W  /  41.498139°N 81.68639°W  / 41.498139; -81.68639 Erieview Tower The Erieview Tower (also known as

575-462: Was the first building erected as part of the Erieview urban renewal project initiated during the administration of Mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze in late 1960. The project was conceived as a 163-acre (66 hectare) mixed-use urban renewal area spanning from East 6th to East 17th Streets between Chester Avenue and Lake Erie . Architect I. M. Pei authored a master plan which featured groups of low-rise buildings contrasted with taller towers. Erieview Tower

600-418: Was to be done after the upper floors were renovated and the scaffolding removed. In 2010, Forest City Enterprises finished renovating the complex's elevators, upper floors, and spire. The observation deck reopened on July 10, 2010 for a limited period, with plans to expand public access. To reach the observation deck, visitors take the elevator to the 32nd floor and then transfer to another elevator to reach

625-518: Was to serve as the hub of the project and was to feature a plaza and reflecting pool in the area stretching from the tower west to East 9th Street. Developers John Galbreath and Peter Ruffin broke ground on Harrison & Abramovitz 's modernist skyscraper in early 1963. Construction went swiftly on the dark-green-and-black wall structure and a massive tree-lined plaza with combined fountain/reflecting pool/ice rink, linking it to East 9th Street. The tower, with its underground 450 car parking garage ,

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