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URBAN DESIGN ASSOCIATES BOULEVARD FRAMEWORK STUDY
December 9, 2003
UDA was hired by the five CDC’s affected by the proposed boulevard connection to work with them to
develop a conceptual land use study of the impact of the connection on the surrounding neighborhoods.
The purpose of the study is to determine if this proposed boulevard connector alternative should continue
into the Innerbelt Study’s next stage of planning. This project will study the impacts and benefits of the
proposed connection on the neighborhoods affected. Some of the concerns that led to this study include:
• The transit planners are studying potential alignments, and the best traffic flow possible, not the
neighborhood impacts of these proposals.
• The transit planners did not determine if there was an alternative that did not take any residential
buildings.
• Through the creation of a Steering Committee, which is guiding this study, representation of the
neighborhood and their CDC’s is actively sought.
• This is not a master plan process; rather the Boulevard Framework Study will identify the impacts
and benefits of the potential boulevard on the adjacent neighborhoods from East 55th Street to
East 105th Street.
First, the regional analysis drawings will be discussed to look at the connection in the context of the city;
to better understand the issues, and then the smaller scale, area-wide scale drawings will be described.
1. LOCATION MAP
• Describe the location of boulevard relative to the proposed improvements to the arterials in the
Innerbelt Study.
• The boulevard will connect from East 55th Street to 105th Street.
• We think that the Innerbelt Study’s title for this connector is misleading - the University Circle
Access Boulevard. The reality is that it will change the traffic pattern not only for University
Circle, but also for the many neighborhoods that border the boulevard.
2. HIGHWAYS & ARTERIALS X-RAY
• Interstate access currently ends at East 55th St
• Principal east/west connections are Chester, Euclid, Carnegie, Cedar, and Woodland carries a lot
of traffic. A bottleneck is created at East 55th Street because all of the neighborhood traffic is
funneled to Kinsman, Woodland, and East 55th.
• Neighborhoods around the Forgotten Triangle don’t have good vehicular access
3. RESIDENTIAL X-RAY
• There are neighborhood revitalization initiatives going on all around the perimeter of this area,
but nothing of scale in the core.
• New initiatives are all linked to good vehicular access: the Central neighborhood is linked to East
55th street, as is Slavic Village; and the major initiatives in Fairfax are linked to Cedar and
Carnegie.

4. INDUSTRIAL X-RAY
• The study area is characterized by industries that were built around rail access. Today, the
preferred transportation method is the interstate highway system, and this area doesn’t have good
interstate highway system access for distribution.
• This area is both a rail and industrial corridor; however, now these industrial areas act as urban
barriers.
• The neighborhoods are no longer “lunch box” communities where people lived and worked in the
same area.
5. COMMERCIAL X-RAY
• Commercial uses are co-located along Cleveland’s major streets such as Cedar, Carnegie and
Cedar.
• There are very little neighborhood-serving commercial uses in and around the study area.
6. INSTITUTIONAL X-RAY
• There is a lot of open space adjacent to the study area but most uses are cemeteries; there appears
to be a lack of neighborhood-serving parks and open space.
• There are many institutions in Cleveland, but this area has the lowest density of these -- as with
housing, industrial, commercial x-rays, this area has less of these uses than the neighborhoods
around it.
• These patterns suggest that this area may need a full scale master plan
7. WARD BOUNDARIES
• Majority of study area is primarily in Wards 5 and 6, but touches Wards 4 and 12. We are
planning to meet with all 4 councilpersons during this process.
• This potential connection is not an issue restricted to one jurisdiction; the boulevard proposal
affects 4 wards.
8. CDC BOUNDARIES
• The CDC boundaries don’t follow either the ward or neighborhood boundaries; the study area
cuts across many CDC boundaries: Maingate, BBC, Slavic Village, FRDC, and University Circle.
• These are the groups that form our steering committee.
9. LOCAL STREET NETWORK
• One of the challenges is that the Interstate system ends at East 55th, with all the neighborhood
traffic being funneled onto Woodland and East 55th which creates a huge bottleneck.
• There are very few connections across the tracks and areas adjacent to the tracks have poor access
at every level (local street, arterial, highway, etc.).
10. AREAS WITH MASTER PLANS
• There is a lot of master planning done in the adjacent area to the study area including Central and
Fairfax and Slavic Village.

• The core of the study area, the Forgotten Triangle, does not have a master plan (this was very
clear during the meeting with Tim Tramble). The boulevard will have a major impact on this
area; however, there is no master plan to guide any revitalization efforts. Residents have not
determined what the future of this area should be.
• Residents need to be engaged to determine the future of this area; but that is not within the scope
of our study. We have just identified a need. We are not doing a master plan here; just looking at
the impacts and benefits of a potential boulevard alignment.
11. CURRENT INITIATIVES
• Initiatives follow master plans (Central, Fairfax, Slavic Village, etc.)
• Most of these initiatives are linked to major arterials, such as East 55th, Cedar, Carnegie , and
Euclid.
12. PROPOSED BOULEVARD ALIGNMENTS
• ODOT has a number of alignments (up to 13)
• We believe that there is a “no residential take” alignment -- its not the straightest or cheapest
alternative, but it is possible.
• However, there is not a “no take” alignment; there would be an impact on industrial properties.
• Future study will be required by ODOT (which is the point of keeping this option in the Innerbelt
Study’s next round of planning).
13. ACCESS TO NEIGHBORHOODS
• Regardless of what the residents decide what the future of this area will be, the boulevard
(because the bottleneck at East 55th and Woodland would be avoided) will provide improved
access for all the neighborhoods it borders; not just University Circle
• The Boulevard will be designed as one, not as a highway, it will be designed as a boulevard (see
photo)
• Better access from regional highway system for all neighborhoods
14. NEW DISTRIBUTION NETWORK/NEIGHBORHOOD JOBS
• The proposed Boulevard will link industrial opportunity sites to the regional distribution network
(highways)
• These industrial sites are currently served by rail; and therefore underutilized. In the future, they
would be served by a more direct connection to the regional highway network.
15. VACANT LAND
• The study area bisects a large reservoir of vacant and underutilized land. In some areas, over 50%
of the land is vacant or occupied by abandoned buildings
16. VACANT LAND OWNERSHIP
• The majority of the vacant land is publicly owned by the city, board of education, etc. Although
ownership of vacant land is split between public agencies, institutions, and private owners, about
50% of the vacant land adjacent to the study area is publicly owned.

17. POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS
• Within the immediate area of the corridor, there is nearly 900 developable acres of land. Nearly
600 acres of residential land, and 300 acres of industrial land.
• Not all of this land can be developed. Net developable land allows for parks and open space,
along with accounting for parcels that may not be able to be acquired. Taking this into account,
there are over 300 acres of developable land.
• SEE HANDOUT***
18. POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TAKES
• An alignment exists that does not require any residential properties to be taken. The majority of
commercial/industrial takes along this alignment are for vacant properties.
19. PROPOSED SECTION AND BOULEVARD PRECEDENT PHOTOS
• These photos show similar boulevards from around the country. These show what the boulevard
may look like, taking into account not only heavy traffic volumes, but it is used as a pedestrian
friendly, neatly streetscaped front door for these areas.
FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
• By giving the Forgotten Triangle a “main street,” a framework to create a place is established
where none exists today.
• The boulevard will provide improved access to the neighborhoods and link the industrial
opportunity sites to the regional distribution network.
• The boulevard appears to provide the opportunity for the area to go back to what it once was -
good jobs and strong housing which historically follow good access.
• A resident driven master plan needs to be done for the Forgotten Triangle and adjacent areas.
• With the upgrading of the train stations, there may be an opportunity for transit oriented
development at 55th, Buckeye, and 105th, and 79th.
• We are sensitive to the need for resident input; this is not a master plan.

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Proposed Improvements
to Major Arterials
E. 55 th Street
Bessemer
Extension
Hemisphere
Industrial Park
Proposed Boulevard
The Forgotten
Triangle
E. 105 th Street
Forgotten Triangle
Highways
Arterials
Streets
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Study Area

Franklin Boulevard
Lorain Road
Clark Avenue
Fulton Road
Fulton
Lake Erie
Detroit Avenue
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W. 25th Street
Scranton Road
Ontario Street
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W. 14 th Street
E. 9th Street
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W. 3rd Street
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St. Clair Avenue
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Quigly Road
Rockefeller Pkwy
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E. 55 th Street
Superior Avenue
Woodland Avenue
Chester Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Carnegie Avenue
Cedar Avenue
Central Avenue
Quincy Avenue
E. 79 th Street
East Boulevard
Dr Martin Luther King Blvd.
E. 93 rd Street
Buckeye Road
Woodhill Road
E. 105 th Street
Kinsman Road
East Boulevard
Shaker Boulevard
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Highway
Arterials
Railroads
Forgotten Triangle
Study Area

Lake Erie
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Residential Use
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
Highway
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Hemisphere
Industrial Park
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Industrial Use
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
Highway

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Commercial Use
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
Highway and Arterials

Lake Erie
Key
Institutional Use
Parks
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
Highway
u r b a n d e s i g n a s s o c i a t e s Institutions, Parks and Open Spaces X-Ray
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Cemetaries
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Lake Erie
Ward 14
Ward 13
Ward 5
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Ward 12
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 6
Ward 4
Ward 9
Ward 3
Forgotten Triangle
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Study Area

Lake Erie
Maingate Business
Development Corporation
Burton Bell Carr
Development
Corporation
Slavic Village
Development
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Fairfax Renaissance
Development Corporation
University Circle
Incorporated
Buckeye Area Development
Corporation
Forgotten Triangle
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Study Area

Central
Neighborhood
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South
Broadway
Neighborhood
East 55th Street
North
Broadway
Neighborhood
Central Ave.
Quincy Ave.
Woodland Avenue
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E 75th Ave.
E 79th St.
Kinsman Rd.
Chester Ave.
Euclid Ave.
Carnegie Ave.
Cedar Ave.
Fairfax
Neighborhood
Kinsman
Neighborhood
E 89th St.
E 93rd St.
Buckeye Rd.
E 105th St.
Woodhill Rd.
Shaker Blvd.
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
University
Neighborhood
Stokes Blvd.
Woodland Hills
Neighborhood
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
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St. John’s West
Central Village
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Arbor
Park
Main Gate
with
Midtown
St. John’s
East
Hope VI
CMHA
E 55th St.
Slavic
Village
Gabriel’s Green
Friendship
Village
Woodland
Village
King
Kennedy
North
Garden
Village
Chester Ave.
Woodland Ave.
Euclid Ave.
East
Central
Place
Quincy Ave.
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Church
Square
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E 75th Ave.
E 79th St.
Kinsman Rd.
Carnegie Ave.
Cedar Ave.
Central Ave.
Buckeye
Station
E 89th St.
Fairfax
E 93rd St.
Recreation
Center
Buckeye Rd.
Cleveland
Clinic
Woodhill Rd.
Buckeye
Homes I
E 105th St.
Shaker Blvd.
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Fairfax New
Economy
Neighborhood
University
Circle
Stokes Blvd.
St. Luke’s
Point
St. Luke’s
Mixed Use
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
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Commercial
Corridor

Central Senior
Housing
Development
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Arbor
Park
St. John’s
West
Central
Village
Main Gate
with
Midtown
Commercial
Plaza
Euclid Ave.
Carnegie Ave.
Cedar Ave.
St. John’s
East
Hope VI
CMHA
Kingsbury Run Connector to
Toe Path
Midtown
Technology Center
E 55th St.
Friendship
Village
East 55th
Street RTA
Station
(Relocated)
Community
Corner -
Commercial Area
Gabriel’s Green
Bessemer
Light
Industrial Park
Chester Ave.
Euclid Corridor Transportation Project
Woodland
Village
King
Kennedy
North
St. Hyacinth
Church Campus
Redevelopment
Hyacinth Lofts
Garden
Village
Central Ave.
Quincy Ave.
Quincy Industrial
Park
Proposed
Restoration of
Sidaway Bridge
New Market Rate
Housing
Meyer’s Dairy
Lofts and
Condos
Midtown
Mixed-Use Project
East
Central
Place
Kinsman Rd.
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E 75th Ave.
Minni-Colfax
Housing
Rainbow Terrace
E 79th & Cedar
Development
Shops at Liberty
Square
Carnegie Ave.
Commercial
Redevelopment
Fairfax Elderly
Homes
Lucia Homes
Quincy Place
E 79th St.
East 79th
Street RTA
Station
Church
Square
Shops at Emmanuel
Square
Hemisphere
Industrial
Park
Beacon
Place
Villas of
Woodhaven
United
House of
Prayer
Quincy Park
Buckeye RTA
Station
(Proposed)
Quincy
Homes
Healthspace
Cleveland
E 89th St.
E 93rd St.
Famicos
Foundation
Buckeye Rd.
Cleveland
Sight Center
CCF-FRDC Cedar Avenue Development
Karamu
Campus
CCF
Heart
Center
Renaissance
Gardens
Cuyahoga County
Youth Intervention
Center
E 105th St.
Woodhill Rd.
Case Western- New
Campus Center
The Fine Arts
Garden of
Cleveland
Tudor Arms
Hotel
East 105th
Street RTA
Station
(Proposed
Relocation)
Buckeye Home
Ownership Program
John Hay High
School Renovation
Woodland Ave.
Shaker Blvd.
Research
Facility
Agnar Pytte
Center
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Cuyahoga
County
Coroner
Stokes Blvd.
Quincy
Woodhill LLC
Buckeye Infill
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University Hospital
Emergency Facility
Sears and
Nord
Renovations
Pediatric
Intensive
Care
Cedar Glen
Townhomes
Metrohealth
Case
Western -
Art Studio
Current Initiatives Areas
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle

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E 55th St.
Central Ave.
Quincy Ave.
Woodland Ave.
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Chester Ave.
Euclid Ave.
Carnegie Ave.
Cedar Ave.
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E 75th Ave.
E 79th St.
Kinsman Rd.
E 89th St.
E 93rd St.
Buckeye Rd.
E 105th St.
Woodhill Rd.
Shaker Blvd.
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Stokes Blvd.
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
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Potential Alignments
No Residential Take Alignment

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E 55th St.
East 55th Street
RTA Station
(Relocated)
Central Ave.
Quincy Ave.
Woodland Ave.
East 79th
Street RTA
Station
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E 75th Ave.
E 79th St.
Kinsman Rd.
Chester Ave.
Euclid Ave.
Carnegie Ave.
Cedar Ave.
Buckeye RTA
Station
(Proposed)
E 89th St.
E 93rd St.
Buckeye Rd.
E 105th St.
Woodhill Rd.
Shaker Blvd.
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
East 105th Street RTA
Station
(Proposed Relocation)
Stokes Blvd.
RTA Stations
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
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Proposed Access
Existing Access

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E 55th St.
Central Ave.
Quincy Ave.
Woodland Ave.
Hemisphere
Industrial Park
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Chester Ave.
Euclid Ave.
Carnegie Ave.
Cedar Ave.
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E 75th Ave.
E 79th St.
Kinsman Rd.
E 89th St.
E 93rd St.
Buckeye Rd.
E 105th St.
Woodhill Rd.
Shaker Blvd.
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Stokes Blvd.
Key
Neighborhood Jobs Opportunity Sites
Distribution Network
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
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E 55th St.
Central Ave.
Quincy Ave.
Woodland Ave.
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Chester Ave.
Euclid Ave.
Carnegie Ave.
Cedar Ave.
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E 75th Ave.
E 79th St.
Kinsman Rd.
E 89th St.
E 93rd St.
Buckeye Rd.
E 105th St.
Woodhill Rd.
Shaker Blvd.
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Stokes Blvd.
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Key
Vacant Land
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle

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E 55th St.
Central Ave.
Quincy Ave.
Woodland Ave.
Kinsman Rd.
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Chester Ave.
Euclid Ave.
Carnegie Ave.
Cedar Ave.
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E 75th Ave.
E 79th St.
E 89th St.
E 93rd St.
Buckeye Rd.
E 105th St.
Woodhill Rd.
Shaker Blvd.
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Stokes Blvd.
Key
Cleveland Clinic
Key Board of Education
Institutions
Cleveland Housing
City of Cleveland
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
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E 55th St.
Ward 5
H
Central Ave.
Quincy Ave.
Woodland Ave.
Kinsman Rd.
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Chester Ave.
Euclid Ave.
Carnegie Ave.
Cedar Ave.
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Ward 12
3
5
E 75th Ave.
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E 79th St.
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E 89th St.
E 93rd St.
Ward 6
E
Buckeye Rd.
D
E 105th St.
Woodhill Rd.
Ward 4
C
A
B
Shaker Blvd.
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Key
Ward 9
Stokes Blvd.
Potential Industrial Development
Potential Residential Development
Ward Boundaries
Study Area
Forgotten Triangle
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Commercial or Industrial
Parcels
Boulevard Alignment

Boulevard Precedents
Cross Section of the Proposed Ohio Department of Transportation Boulevard
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