Gordon Square Arcade 65th at Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH.. Source: Cleve
Gordon Square Arcade 65th at Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH. Around 1930s thanks to the automobiles, Source: Clevescene.
Gordon Square Arcade 65th at Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH. Photograph was dated on 28 April 1946. A year after World War II ended. Source: Pinterest.
Gordon Square Arcade 65th at Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH. Gordon Square Billiard Hall. This was known to have gambling where they bet on games. Seen that Paul Newman movie, The Hustler? Same thing. But it was illegal and they even had a bell and when the billiard hall staff sees a police officer coming, they would ring the bell and patrons would escape through a secret pathway out of the billiard hall and leave the building or go elsewhere in the building such as roller skating. Source: Cleveland Memory.
Gordon Square Arcade 65th at Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH. Very modern and clean looking farmers' market. Very modern banner you can see on the lower right corner... the Biscuits. Yummy! Anyway, that looked so after 1970s on. But the look appeared to be Mid-Century thanks to the US flags above every 10 feet seen on the left. It showed 48 states. Before Alaska and Hawai'i became states in January and August 1959 respectively. Source: Gordon Square Arcade.
Gordon Square Arcade 65th at Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH. This is the very sticker that was restored by me after the organization email me the original with a large swatch piece of the patch missing. This is digitally remastered to restore completely the patch to very close to original. Source: Gordon Square Arcade. Copyrighted Digitally Remastered by Dead-Rinks (restored sticker).
Gordon Square Arcade 65th at Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH
Gordon Square Arcade on 65th at Detroit Ave in Cleveland, Ohio had a roller rink included the three story building. Let not the name, "Arcade" fool you to think it means a video game or coin operated video games where you would play Pac-Man or Mario Brothers. No. That is different. Arcade means a structure or building built by enclosing a series of arches and columns. The word, Arcade's roots go back to the Latin word "arcus," which means arc or bow. An arched, covered passageway with shops or stalls on the sides is also called an arcade and was a precursor to the modern day shopping malls we all know or knew. Source: Vocabulary.com
The Gordon Square Arcade first opened on April 8, 1921. This unique and massive structure quickly became the main point of the Gordon Square commercial district. Interurbans/Trolleys and crosstown streetcars attracted residents from the developing communities of Rocky River and Lakewood as well as Clevelanders to reach the Gordon Square Arcade.
Construction of the The Gordon Square Arcade took roughly a year to complete with the cost of 1,500,000 USD. That cost 23,177,849 USD in 2021 to compare. That was quite expensive at the time to built it.
The Gordon Square Arcade and Community Building included a seventy-five room hotel, a seventy-five stall (flea or farmer) market, a pool and billiard room, the Capitol Theatre, seventy offices, thirty-one stores, a barber shop, and a restaurant and of course, a roller rink.
The roller rink was in the basement of the three story building showing that it was accessible to the public to go to the basement for several businesses including the rink.
The Gordon Square Arcade remained the heart of a healthy commercial district until just post-War era when the construction of interstate highways and local bypasses resulted a mass exodus of residents, businesses, and industry from the cities to the suburbs including Cleveland. This resulted in the collapse of the Gordon Square Arcade in 1978.
Through the efforts of citizen groups and the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, the Gordon Square Arcade was saved from demolition and was rehabilitated.
What is interesting is that they have photos of the Arcade on the outside but no photographs of the roller rink. Just some photos of the billiard hall, the farmers market... etc. But no photographs of the rink. Would be nice if any of you have a photograph.
The Interior.
it was Non-Painted Maple hardwood floor with some kind of protection. I do not know what the layout was.
There were a lot of windows to shine inside. But the rink was in the basement!
The Exterior.
It did have a lot of windows. As I said about the rink was in the basement. Everything else on ground floor and up. What the exterior look was like was a factory-like Dark Red Bricks 3-story building that housed many businesses. It was practically a shopping mall. An arcade was a center for shopping or businesses housed under one roof. This is the style before the architecture structures we all knew today as shopping malls starting with Southdale in Edna, Minnesota (Minneapolis area, real close to modern megamall, Mall of America).
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Non-Painted Maple Hardwood. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: Still standing
Type of Building: Column Posted Steel Trusses Dark Red Bricks -Walled Arcade Building.
Roof: Likely Flat
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)--8 April 1921(?) to 1978(?).
Roller Rink: 8 April 1921(?) to 1978(?).
Arcade: 8 April 1921 to 1978, reopened 1979 under new management (since then) to Present.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Roller Rink: N/A.
Arcade: N/A. (Original)
Arcade: Still operational (Rebooted since 1979).
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you. You can also use this form.
Sources:
Detroit Shoreway - Rebooted Arcade.
Pinterest - About the Arcade.
Cleveland History - History about the Arcade.
Pinterest 2 - mentioned the Arcade had roller rink.
Clevescene - photos included the Arcade. Mentioned roller rink there.
Cleveland Memory - photo of the Arcade.
Email from marketing director of the Gordon Square Arcade on information, sticker.
Date of issue: 22 November 2021. Updated: 30 November 2021.
For office use only: 5.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
The Gordon Square Arcade first opened on April 8, 1921. This unique and massive structure quickly became the main point of the Gordon Square commercial district. Interurbans/Trolleys and crosstown streetcars attracted residents from the developing communities of Rocky River and Lakewood as well as Clevelanders to reach the Gordon Square Arcade.
Construction of the The Gordon Square Arcade took roughly a year to complete with the cost of 1,500,000 USD. That cost 23,177,849 USD in 2021 to compare. That was quite expensive at the time to built it.
The Gordon Square Arcade and Community Building included a seventy-five room hotel, a seventy-five stall (flea or farmer) market, a pool and billiard room, the Capitol Theatre, seventy offices, thirty-one stores, a barber shop, and a restaurant and of course, a roller rink.
The roller rink was in the basement of the three story building showing that it was accessible to the public to go to the basement for several businesses including the rink.
The Gordon Square Arcade remained the heart of a healthy commercial district until just post-War era when the construction of interstate highways and local bypasses resulted a mass exodus of residents, businesses, and industry from the cities to the suburbs including Cleveland. This resulted in the collapse of the Gordon Square Arcade in 1978.
Through the efforts of citizen groups and the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, the Gordon Square Arcade was saved from demolition and was rehabilitated.
What is interesting is that they have photos of the Arcade on the outside but no photographs of the roller rink. Just some photos of the billiard hall, the farmers market... etc. But no photographs of the rink. Would be nice if any of you have a photograph.
The Interior.
it was Non-Painted Maple hardwood floor with some kind of protection. I do not know what the layout was.
There were a lot of windows to shine inside. But the rink was in the basement!
The Exterior.
It did have a lot of windows. As I said about the rink was in the basement. Everything else on ground floor and up. What the exterior look was like was a factory-like Dark Red Bricks 3-story building that housed many businesses. It was practically a shopping mall. An arcade was a center for shopping or businesses housed under one roof. This is the style before the architecture structures we all knew today as shopping malls starting with Southdale in Edna, Minnesota (Minneapolis area, real close to modern megamall, Mall of America).
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Non-Painted Maple Hardwood. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: Still standing
Type of Building: Column Posted Steel Trusses Dark Red Bricks -Walled Arcade Building.
Roof: Likely Flat
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)--8 April 1921(?) to 1978(?).
Roller Rink: 8 April 1921(?) to 1978(?).
Arcade: 8 April 1921 to 1978, reopened 1979 under new management (since then) to Present.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Roller Rink: N/A.
Arcade: N/A. (Original)
Arcade: Still operational (Rebooted since 1979).
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you. You can also use this form.
Sources:
Detroit Shoreway - Rebooted Arcade.
Pinterest - About the Arcade.
Cleveland History - History about the Arcade.
Pinterest 2 - mentioned the Arcade had roller rink.
Clevescene - photos included the Arcade. Mentioned roller rink there.
Cleveland Memory - photo of the Arcade.
Email from marketing director of the Gordon Square Arcade on information, sticker.
Date of issue: 22 November 2021. Updated: 30 November 2021.
For office use only: 5.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.