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The company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914, when Mortimer Slater, with Charles Anson Bond and Lester Cohen, founded the stores as a retail outlet for their suit manufacturing company. Charles Anson Bond, whose name was chosen for its market value and meaning left Cleveland for Columbus, Ohio where he opened a branch of the company.
Public Square is the central plaza of Downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Based on an 18th-century New England model, it was part of the original 1796 town plat overseen by city founder General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company. The historical center of the city's downtown, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The Nine-Twelve District is a major area of downtown Cleveland, in the U.S. state of Ohio, that is the re-branding of the former Financial District of Cleveland. [1] This re-branding has largely been championed by the Downtown Cleveland Alliance.
Neighborhoods in Cleveland refer to the 34 neighborhood communities of the city of Cleveland, Ohio, as defined by the Cleveland City Planning Commission. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Based on historical definitions and census data, the neighborhoods serve as the basis for various urban planning initiatives on both the municipal and metropolitan levels. [ 2 ]
Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The economic and cultural center of the city and the Cleveland metropolitan area , it is Cleveland's oldest district, with its Public Square laid out by city founder General Moses Cleaveland in 1796.
In 1989, May Company Cleveland, and O'Neil's, based in Akron, were merged to form May Company Ohio, [8] as the May Department Stores began consolidating its regional department store divisions. On January 31, 1993, May Company Ohio was merged into Kaufmann's of Pittsburgh, [1] and its Downtown Cleveland store was closed.
The Halle Brothers Co. (1891–1982) was considered the leading department store company in Cleveland, Ohio.Founded on 7 February 1891, by brothers Samuel Horatio Halle and Salmon Portland Chase Halle, the very first store was located at 221 Superior Avenue near the city's Public Square where the brothers had bought out a hat and furrier shop owned by T.S. Paddock.
Jacobs' planned to convert the Tower's surround plaza into a shopping centre which would serve the Cleveland area. The resulting Galleria, a glass-enclosed 207,600-square-foot (19,290 m 2) mall, opened in late 1987. It was the first major retail venture in Downtown Cleveland since the 1920s.