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| What was can be again, albeit modernized with trains now being manu- factured for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, left, and Amtrak, right. Tower City Center was built as Cleveland Union Termi- nal — the city’s local, regional and long-distance passenger rail hub. If Bedrock wants foot traffic and a vibrant Tower City Center, restoring that rail hub will do that for them (Methodicle). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. |
Like many who work in one of the dozen buildings of Downtown Cleveland’s Tower City Center complex, Nora Romanoff parks her car where more than 100 railroad passenger trains a day once pulled into or out of a labyrinth built as Cleveland Union Terminal. Just as rail travelers did from 1930-1977, she rides an escalator up into a grand railroad concourse that was significantly remodeled in 1988-90 to become today’s retail-heavy The Avenue at Tower City.
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