Cleveland’s creative leanings in architecture have reflected the conservatism characteristic of the City. Yet, there are many exceptional buildings within the city and its suburbs, and there has been superb preservation—some of the finest anywhere. In the same introduction, Ted Sande, AIA has said
“Cleveland’s buildings represent the full range of types one would expect to find in an American city shaped by industry and commerce over the past two centuries. …(It) has shaped its own special quality, a feisty mix of urban toughness and suburban gracefulness."
Helpful resources in addition to the AIA guides that show us the legacy are Eric Johannesen’s books: A Cleveland Legacy: The Architecture of Walker and Weeks and Cleveland Architecture 1876-1976. Cleveland, 1979, published by the Western Reserve Historical Society as well as Mary-Peale Schofield’s Landmark Architecture of Cleveland.
Some of the architects and firms responsible for the “look” of the city are:
