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Clifton Park
We’ve been talking about Cleveland’s East Side streetcar suburb, Cleveland Heights. Let’s look at the West Side. What became Lakewood’s Clifton Park was founded in 1866 by a group of Cleveland businessmen not, originally, as a suburb but as a resort. This became, and remained popular through the 1870’s and ‘80’s,…
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Trolleys and the Development of Cleveland Heights: Part 4
The Final Extensions So far, we have seen Cleveland Heights beginning to develop along the lines of its trolleys: the initial line up Mayfield Hill to the cemetery and which eventually reached Lee Rd, the line to and eventually up Cedar Glen, the line from the top of the Glen along…
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Trolleys and the Development of Cleveland Heights: Part 3
The First Shaker Rapid Transit: So far, we have looked at the role of trolleys in the development of the western part of today’s city. Now we will look farther east. So, what’s this about a FIRST Shaker line? We know that Van Sweringen brothers built a transit line that connected…
