The end of industry on Breakwater

This row of industrial buildings last used by Premium Metals Inc., as seen last August
on the south side of Breakwater Avenue in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood,
 probably won’t survive long enough to see the spring. They are the last industrial
buildings along Breakwater and are due to be leveled for a large development called
Breakwater Residences (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

In the coming weeks, the last vestiges of industry along a once heavily industrialized street are due to pass into history. What will replace it is the same thing that has replaced industrial uses along the rest of Breakwater Avenue in Cleveland’s redeveloping Gordon Square neighborhood — housing. Lots of housing.

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