{{Short description|Historic structure in Cleveland, Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=August 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Cleveland Arcade | nrhp_type = nhl | image = Arcade (48249762776).jpg | caption = Looking down the length of The Arcade | location = Cleveland, Ohio |coordinates = {{coord|41|30|0|N|81|41|25|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = United States Cleveland#Ohio#USA | area = | built = 1890 | architect = Eisenmann & Smith; Detroit Bridge Co. | architecture = Romanesque | added = March 20, 1973 | designated_nrhp_type = May 15, 1975 |refnum = 73001408<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> }} thumb|right|Looking down the length of The Arcade Interior of The Arcade in downtown Cleveland, looking south toward Euclid Avenue; March 7, 1966 alt=The Arcade (ca. 1910–1920)|thumb|The Arcade (ca. 1910–1920) '''The Arcade''' in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is a Victorian-era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a glass skylight spanning over 300 feet (91 m), along the four balconies.<ref name=ArcCWR>[http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=A13 Arcade], ''Encyclopedia of Cleveland History'', Case Western Reserve University, 10 July 1997.</ref> Erected in 1890, at a cost of $867,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|867000|1890|r=-5}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars), the Arcade opened on Memorial Day (May 30, 1890),<ref name=ArcCWR /> and is identified as one of the earliest indoor shopping arcades in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.positivelycleveland.com/pdf/ClevPubArt08_f.pdf|title=Cleveland+ Public Art|access-date=2009-05-18|year=2008|format=brochure|publisher=Positively Cleveland|page=3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517020529/http://www.positivelycleveland.com/pdf/ClevPubArt08_f.pdf|archive-date=2008-05-17}}</ref> The Arcade was modified in 1939, remodeling the Euclid Avenue entrance and adding some structural support. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
== History == The Arcade was built in 1890 by Detroit Bridge Co., run by Stephen V. Harkness.<ref name=ArcCWR/> Designed by John Eisenmann and George H. Smith,<ref>{{cite news|last=DeMarco|first=Laura|title=Cleveland's grand arcades are passageways between yesterday and today|work=The Plain Dealer|date=March 16, 2017|access-date=May 23, 2017|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/03/clevelands_grand_arcades_are_p.html}}</ref> the Arcade is one of the few remaining arcades of its kind in the United States. Modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II located in Milan,<ref name=ArcCWR/> the Arcade comprises two nine-story towers with a skylight, 100 feet (30 m) high, made of 1,800 panes of glass spanning over 300 feet (91 m). The construction was financed by John D. Rockefeller, Stephen V. Harkness, Marcus Hanna, Charles F. Brush and several other wealthy Clevelanders of the day.<ref name=ArcCWR/> <!-- [[File:Medallion of S. V. Harkness - Cleveland Arcade - Cleveland, Ohio - DSC07973.JPG|thumbnail|right|Medallion of S.V. Harkness on entrance to the arcade]] [[File:Medallion of Charles F. Brush - Cleveland Arcade - Cleveland, Ohio - DSC07971.JPG|thumb|left|Medallion of Charles F. Brush that hangs outside the Cleveland Arcade on Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio]] --> The Arcade is a cross between a lighted court and a commercial shopping street. The building is a complex of three structures: two nine-story office buildings facing out to Euclid and Superior Avenues, connected via the five-story iron-and-glass-enclosed arcade.<ref name=ArcCWR/> The Richardsonian arched entrance of Hummelstown brownstone<ref>Advertising Booklet published by the Hummelstown Brownstone co., pages 35 & 44, Circa 1907</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Hummelstown Brownstone company | url=http://quarriesandbeyond.org/articles_and_books/hummelstown_brownstone_co-book.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128162712/http://quarriesandbeyond.org/articles_and_books/hummelstown_brownstone_co-book.pdf | archive-date=2010-11-28}}</ref>{{nonspecific|date=October 2020}} along Superior Avenue is original, but the Euclid Avenue front was remodeled in 1939<ref name=ArcCWR/> by the firm of Walker and Weeks. The level of the Superior Avenue entrance is about {{convert|12|ft|m}} lower than the Euclid entrance, so that there are two bottom arcade floors, joined by staircases at each end. Since Euclid and Superior avenues are not parallel, a passage leads, at a 23-degree angle, off the Euclid entrance to a rotunda at the southern end of the Arcade.<ref name=ArcCWR/> The arcade itself is a {{convert|300|ft|m|adj=on}}-long covered light court, ringed by four levels of balconies, which step back above the Euclid Avenue level. The vertical lines of the columns, rising nearly 100 feet (33 m) to the glass roof, create a spacious domed interior.<ref name=ArcCWR/>
The Arcade's design inspired a similar shopping arcade in Atlanta called the Peachtree Arcade, which was constructed in the 1910s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=James |first=Robert P. |date=September 10, 1917 |title=Peachtree Arcade Nearing Completion: Prominent Realty Man Realizes Ambition of His Life |url=https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/ACBuilder/id/3767/ |journal=The City Builder |publisher=Atlanta Chamber of Commerce |volume=II |issue=7 |pages=23–24}}</ref>
In 2001, the Hyatt corporation redeveloped the Arcade into Cleveland's first Hyatt Regency hotel. The Hyatt Regency occupies the two towers and the top three floors of the atrium area. The two lower floors of the atrium area remain open to the public with retail merchants and a food court. In addition, the Hyatt's lobby and offices are located near the Superior Avenue entrance. That same year, the skylight was also replaced.<ref>[http://www.clevelandmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=E73ABD6180B44874871A91F6BA5C249C&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=1578600D80804596A222593669321019&tier=4&id=1ECD6468951B46F096FFA6234B100B3D Icons of Cleveland: The Arcade]. ''Cleveland Magazine'', August 2009.</ref>
==In popular culture== in 2024, DC Studios filmed a scene in the Cleveland Arcade for the film ''Superman'', depicting Superman and Lois kissing while flying in the Arcade.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Cleveland as Metropolis: Complete guide to ‘Superman’ filming locations (spoilers) - cleveland.com | url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2025/07/cleveland-as-metropolis-complete-guide-to-superman-filming-locations.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250710110616/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2025/07/cleveland-as-metropolis-complete-guide-to-superman-filming-locations.html | access-date=2026-05-13 | archive-date=2025-07-10}}</ref>
==See also== * Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II * Moscow GUM * St. Petersburg Passage * Burlington Arcade * Paddock Arcade * Passage des Panoramas * Queen Victoria Building * Westminster Arcade
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==External links== {{commons category|Cleveland Arcade}} *[http://www.theclevelandarcade.com/ The Arcade] *[http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/ohio/cleveland/arcade/arcade.html Images and architectural information] {{Cleveland|state=expanded}} {{Cleveland malls}} {{Shopping malls in Ohio}} {{NHLs in OH}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Ohio}}
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