City reveals its lakefront vision

The city of Cleveland’s vision for potential lakefront improvements west
of North Coast Harbor and surrounding a proposed renovation of Cleve-
land Browns Stadium depends on the funding and construction of the North
Coast Connector to link downtown’s core to the shore of Lake Erie, and
conversion of the Shoreway highway into a boulevard (Field Operations).
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A preliminary design for downtown lakefront improvements was unveiled yesterday by the city and its consulting team at the Great Lakes Science Center to advance the project development process. The process would then move into final design, fundraising and environmental permitting so construction could begin possibly in the next two years. But there are some notable differences in the city’s lakefront vision when compared to one commissioned and released two years ago by the owners of the Cleveland Browns football team, The Haslam Group.

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