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How well do you remember Shaker Square? Shaker Square is really a Cleveland octagon By V David Sartin, on the Plain Dealer blog Early history and some great pre-1930 photos of the Square. Articles on the Van Sweringens, Shaker Square and Shaker Heights in the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.

Time to re-envision Shaker Square. Shaker Square, built more than 90 years ago as a shopping center to serve those living in Shaker Heights, is now the heart of a major Cleveland residential and office area, and a transportation hub.

This vision plan emphasizes the importance of hosting events and activating the Square's public spaces. Increased activity will attract more people to visit, supporting retail success and fostering a sense of community, visibility, and natural surveillance.

Shaker Square lies between the world-class cultural, educational and health care institutions on Cleveland's east side and the inner-ring suburb of Shaker Heights. It is on Shaker Boulevard, the main east-west road in Shaker Heights.

Late in 2021 your leadership of City Council put Shaker Square in strong hands and averted the uncertain future that foreclosure would have brought. Cleveland City Council is now redistricting, as the law requires, reducing its wards from 17 to 15, each somewhat larger in area.

SHAD, our unfunded community development corporation with IRS 501c3 status, was founded in 1976 as Friends of Shaker Square (FOSS). It is, as FOSS was, a citizen-led organization focused on improving Shaker Square and the adjacent neighborhoods.

Hanging on a wall in one of the exhibit rooms at the Shaker Historical Society is a map of Shaker Square. It includes the names of every business on the Square, even the second floor tenants.

The late June Shaker Square Update email said that the new Visitors Center would open today, Monday, July 1. We just walked in early afternoon and were welcomed by one of the key people in the bringing back better of Shaker Square: Akil Hameed, of …

Some Shaker Square places have stayed in the memory for a long time. On the Square "we" have memories of many places including John Wade Records, Miller Drug, Bunce Brothers the Colony Theatre and Stouffers Restaurant (ah, the Tack Room).