#THE TERMINAL TOWER RESIDENCES UPDATE#

Plus, an update on other downtown living developments.

Business Hall of Fame and Community Leader of the Year AwardsД¬leveland's most famous building now features downtown's ritziest rooms with a view.

#THE TERMINAL TOWER RESIDENCES WINDOWS#

In 2010, FOREST CITY finished a 40 million dollar, multi-year renovation of Terminal Tower which restored the building's terracotta facade, upgraded exterior lighting and windows with energy efficient products, and re-opened the observation deck for the first time since the September 11th Terrorist attacks in 2001. That year, the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA, began playing Fourth of July concerts in front of the tower. Renovation of the complex was directed by the Dallas-based architectural firm of RTKL. TOWER CITY CENTER, part of a $400 million development, consisting of a 3-level shopping mall in the old steam concourse, flanked by a new office tower and Ritz-Carlton Hotel, opened in 1990. The Terminal Tower and station were acquired by Forest City Enterprises for redevelopment at the same time. Following removal of postal operations in 1982, the post office building was converted into the headquarters of the M. was erected on the northwest corner of the terminal air-rights area in 1979. The last passenger service left the terminal in 1977. In 1976, a Vietnam veteran and employee of the Chessie System held several executives of his company hostage in Terminal Tower to protest the company's refusal to honor agreements made to veterans like himself regarding leave of absence and apprenticeship pay. The station was also the main terminal for the SHAKER RAPID TRANSIT, and in 1955 for the crosstown RTA rapid line. The height of train service through the terminal was during World War II. The terminal was used by the New York Central, NICKEL PLATE ROAD, Big Four, Erie, and Baltimore & Ohio railroads, but the Pennsylvania Railroad continued to use the old lakefront depot. A distinctive feature of the terminal was the amount of commercial space on the concourse level. The area occupied by the depot and the air-rights buildings covers 17 acres.

The complex also includes the Hotel Cleveland, which was built in 1918 (see STOUFFER RENAISSANCE HOTEL), Higbee's (see DILLARD'S DEPT. (now Landmark Office Towers), took place on 29 June 1930. 1929, and the formal opening of the terminal group, including the Guildhall, Republic, and Midland buildings across Prospect Ave. The first train entered the depot on 23 Oct. Construction on the steelwork began in 1926, and the 708' Terminal Tower was completed in 1927, the tallest building in the world outside New York City until 1967. The unprecedented engineering for the project included foundations 250' deep for the tower, the demolition of more than 1,000 buildings, and the construction of many bridges and viaducts for the railroad approaches. The entire depot and office complex was designed by Chicago architects Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. VAN SWERINGEN following a public referendum in 1919. Originally intended for the north end of the MALL, the railroad terminal was located on PUBLIC SQUARE by ORIS P. The CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL and Terminal Tower, Cleveland's most familiar landmark, was the largest construction project of the 1920s in the city.

The terminal tower residences