Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Glenville-Collinwood site may finally get new life

The abandoned National Acme plant on East 131st Street at Coit Road is getting
swallowed up by Mother Nature. Demolition crews will soon lend a helping
hand by taking down the once-prolific factory so the site, abused by its
last user, can be returned to more uses in the near future (Google).
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It’s a factory name that conjures thoughts from classic Road Runner cartoons. But few are laughing from the enduring health and economic burdens that the long-closed National Acme plant, 170 E. 131st St., is having on Cleveland’s East Glenville and Collinwood residents. Once one of Cleveland’s largest blue collar employers, its fate is similar to that of other aging industrial properties across the city.

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