love to see activism —
With Opening of Agora Lofts, Midtown Adds to Its Residential Neighborhood Credentials
The local CDC also has plans for new park, a repaved street, a railway trail and a repainted bridge, if it can raise the money.
By Mark Oprea on Mon, Aug 18, 2025
…
Ashley Shaw is probably its main cheerleader. Since before the pandemic, Shaw and her team at MidTown Cleveland, the area’s community development corporation, have been funding designs and rallying support for a renovation of Penn Square, the historical name for the southwestern block off East 55th and Euclid Ave.
Before it was demolished in 1976, the square was home to the Euclid Avenue stop of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a once massive building abutted by restaurants, cabarets and music halls, like Babe's Baby and Leo’s Casino. And the Metropolitan Theater, where the Agora is housed today.
“And then, like we do in cities, we demolish all of that and just erase history,” Shaw said. “And you know, Penn was one.”
more:
https://www.clevescene.com/news/with...tatus-47200358