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Title: Uptown District
Description: 2015 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Silver Medal

Uptown District in Cleveland revitalized 8.2 acres of formerly vacant land into a mixed-use space and gateway to cultural, educational, and healthcare institutions. It is a sustainable, transit-oriented development located at a convergence of neighborhoods four miles east of downtown and a truly collaborative effort that has transformed two blocks of Euclid Avenue. Costing more than $200 million and consisting of over 223,500 square feet of new development, the district turned a “no-man’s-land” into a destination.

Uptown District is bookended by the Museum of Contemporary Art, housed in a new and iconic building, and the Cleveland Institute of Art, which consolidated and expanded its campus. In between, the “Wall” forms the heart of the district and features outdoor gathering spaces, retail shops and restaurants, and student and market-rate housing.

Envisioned as an arts and entertainment district, Uptown District was designed to create “connective tissue” linking Cleveland’s educational and cultural district with downtown and adjoining communities. Mid-block passageways and an internal “alley” provide visual and pedestrian connections between Euclid Avenue and adjoining buildings, plazas, and parking. The downtown and neighborhood linkage was improved through new rail stations both south of and within Uptown as well as by the popular HealthLine bus system that connects Uptown District with downtown and East Cleveland.

Uptown District is a continuing focus of the Cleveland Foundation’s Greater University Circle Initiative, a public-private partnership between leading anchor institutions, philanthropic organizations, financial institutions, community groups, and the City of Cleveland. The development highlights the role of anchor institutions—including Case Western University, whose land banking strategy laid the foundation for the project—in catalyzing and leading community change.
Coverage: Cleveland, OH
Date: 2015
Subject: mixed-use developments; museums; retail development; transit-oriented development; public transit; public spaces; community development; student housing; low-income housing; mixed-income housing
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