The City Sights Network


The North End and Lake Erie

East 9^th Street is one of the main arteries of downtown Cleveland : it provides access to the respective locations of the federal, county and local administrations, numerous local and international companies, financial institutions and leads to any of the five districts surrounding Public Square .  

     Going north on 9^th street, on the left hand side next to the Cleveland City Hall stands a 48 foot-high sculpture, which raised many comments from a social as well as from a political point of view. Representing a stamp that bears the word “FREE”, this controversial work commissioned by BP oil was offered by them to the city, which placed the sculpture on display at its present location in Willard Park.

    Going down 9^th Street towards the lake, on the left, just before the harbor, you can see the Cleveland Brown's new stadium: it opened its doors its team and their supporters in 1999. Close by, near the shores of Lake Erie, the North Coast harbor, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Great Lakes Science Center .

                       The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum                   

Cleveland was chosen to become the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 1986 because of its long-time involvement in music. Besides, it was Alan Freed, a disk jockey from Cleveland who had fathered the term Rock and Roll. The museum opened nine years later in 1995 and has since been displaying memorabilia and showing rock movies and documentaries.

The Great Lakes Science Center  

     The Great Lakes Science Center was completed in 1996. Dedicated to create a fun and educational atmosphere for the whole family as it teaches science and technologies in a concrete way, this gigantic temple of vulgarized science presents approximately 300 hands-on permanent displays, hosts temporary exhibits and organizes shows in its Omnimax theater.

The William Mather  

     Going east, the Steamship William Mather Museum, a freighter built in 1925 is open to the public. The engine room, ore cargo space can be visited as well as the crew’s quarters and the beautifully crafted dining-rooms where dignitaries and industrials would meet to devise about the future of their business.

     Continuing east, between the William Mather Museum and the Burke Lakefront Airport, the USS COD, one of the 200 submarines serving during World War II is permanently moored to the shore and open for visits. It is nowadays the only ship of the fleet still being in its original condition and in the water. Your questions about the torpedo room, the engine, the electrical rooms, and the officers’ quarter will be answered by a group of volunteers who served on submarines during this time.