Downtown Cleveland

Downtown Cleveland
Neighborhood
Downtown
Cleveland skyscrapers of two eras meet on Public Square: Cesar Pelli's 20th Century Key Tower (1992) and John Wellborn Root's 19th Century Society for Savings Building (1890).
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Cuyahoga
City	Cleveland
Population (2010)
• Total	11,693
• Estimate (2016)	13,886
	21.8% increase from 2000 Census
Demographics
• White	36.8%
• Black	55.7%
• Hispanic	3%
• Asian	4.1%
• Other	1.1%
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP Codes	44113, 44114, 44115
Area code(s)	216
Median income	$26,285
Source: 2000 U.S. Census, City Planning Commission of Cleveland

Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of the City of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, United States. It is the economic and symbolic center of the Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area. As of 2000, 100,000 people worked in the district; as of 2012, it contained more than 16 million square feet of rentable office space.

Reinvestment in the area in the mid-1990s spurred a rebirth that continues to this day, with the residential population growing from 7,261 in 1990 to 9,599 in 2000 and 11,693 in 2010. It had the largest population growth, by percentage, of any Cleveland neighborhood over that time and is Ohio's most populous downtown. Between 2010 and 2014, it saw more than $4.5 billion in residential and commercial developments. In 2012, Forbes included Downtown Cleveland in a list of "15 U.S. Cities Emerging Downtown".

The heart of downtown and the city's first settled area, Public Square was laid out by city founder Moses Cleaveland in 1796 and has remained largely unchanged. It consists of a large open space, cut into quadrants by Ontario Street and Superior Avenue. Public Square is the symbolic heart of the city, and has hosted presidents, vast congregations of people, and a free annual 4th of July concert by the Cleveland Orchestra. At one time, Public Square was fenced off and inaccessible to vehicles. In 1860, the Perry Monument, a memorial to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's victory in the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812, was dedicated in the center of Public Square. In 1892, it was moved out of the square, which by then had the fences removed after lobbying by commercial interests. Public Square is also home to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, which commemorates residents of Cuyahoga County who served in the Civil War. Public Square also features a statue of Cleaveland; a statue of Tom L. Johnson, the city's most famous mayor; a large amount of shrubbery and other landscaping; and a large public fountain. The Consulate-General of Slovenia in Cleveland is in the 55 Public Square building.