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In the late 1800s,
Cleveland's Central Market area -- where Quicken Loans Arena stands
today -- was the center of the city, a residential neighborhood and busy
bazaar just a few blocks from the growing commercial district of Public
Square. A gathering spot rich with history, it was a place your
great-great grandparents might have gone to roam the market and talk
about the day's events. Sadly, the life of the Central Market was cut
short in the 1940s when it was destroyed by fire. Little was done to
renovate the area in the years that followed. By 1990, all that remained
in what was once a hub of activity was a long line of primarily empty
commercial buildings and surface parking lots.
To others, however, a lost ballot issue was not a lost cause. They
believed in the Gateway concept long before the name Gateway ever
surfaced. Principal among these people of civic vision in the late 1980s
were former Ohio Governor Richard Celeste, then Mayor and now Senator
George Voinovich, former Cleveland City Council President George Forbes
and Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan. They kept the dream alive.
They knew Gateway would be an essential building block for the economy
of all of Northeast Ohio.
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