Two Historic Shaker Train Stations Are for Sale: CLE Daily

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Today's Trivia

This disc jockey, buried in Lake View Cemetery, worked in Akron and Youngstown before coming to Cleveland, where he’s known for popularizing the term “rock ‘n’ roll” and hosting the first rock concert at the old Cleveland Arena.

Development: Shaker Heights is selling two of its historic train stations for the first time.

By Ken Prendergast, NEOTrans

Coventry Station on the Green Line and Lynnfield Station on the Blue Line are up for sale or long-term lease, the first time the city has offered them for purchase. Both have been vacant for more than a decade, and the city says it’s been trying for several years to find a way to preserve its two remaining historic stations.

• The Buildings: Coventry, at 14100 Shaker Blvd. just east of Shaker Square, dates to 1915 and covers about 700 square feet. Lynnfield, at 18900 Van Aken Blvd. just west of the Van Aken District, was built in 1922 and covers about 1,000 square feet. Past tenants included Standard Oil, a florist, a tobacco shop and newsstand, a candy shop and a day spa.

• The Catch: Buyers or lessees must rehab the buildings and return them to commercial use, since zoning bars residential and live-work use. Both are in historic districts, and the city has no repair money in its capital plans. The asking price isn’t public, and interested buyers have to contact the brokers at Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO.

Worth Noting: The brokers suggest boutique retail, a cafe, offices or studios, noting both stations are in walkable areas near apartments with free parking nearby. 

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Talk of the Town

The Cleveland school board needs two new members, and you can apply. Vice President Nigamanth Sridhar stepped down to focus on his job as Cleveland State's provost, and Diana Welch Howell left in August, so applications are due Nov. 13. Mayor Justin Bibb appoints the nine-member board from nominees picked by an 11-member panel, and you don't need to have a child in CMSD.

Haslam Sports Group has more than $4 billion in Ohio projects, and it just broke ground on another. On Oct. 27, the group started building a $49.9 million training facility for Columbus' new National Women's Soccer League team, joining the Browns' $2.6 billion Brook Park stadium and a $178 million Berea expansion. Berea is due to finish by the end of 2027, and the Brook Park stadium opens in 2029.

The Cleveland International Film Festival has a new board chair and no executive director. Former County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones took over from Joe Marinucci, and veteran shorts programmer Paul Sloop now runs programming and operations after Hermione Malone's two-year tenure ended. The festival's attendance has hovered around 30,000 since it moved to Playhouse Square. 

Cuyahoga County's jail is getting 24-hour medical coverage. A new three-year, $92 million contract with MetroHealth starting Nov. 1 raises full-time clinical staff from 94 to 122 and switches to a flat fee. It runs until the new Garfield Heights jail opens in 2029. 

A new group is bringing Northeast Ohio's Asian American artists together. The nonprofit NEOA3, founded by artist Jordan Wong and attorney Elaine Tso, hosts potlucks and networking meetups, with its next CHOW potluck Nov. 12 at the Cleveland Foundation.

ArtCraft's exiled artists say they're happy in their new studios. About 20 of them now work on the top floors of the Twist Drill building at East 49th and Lakeside, with private studios, central air and four freight elevators, though they wonder whether the space will help them sell more art.

Yesterday's Trivia Answer 

Five Points is an intersection in which Cleveland neighborhood, formerly its own municipality until it was annexed into the city? Collinwood

Check back tomorrow for the answer to today's question.

From the Editor

Browns-Steelers is never just another game, and this one comes with real stakes.

The 5-2 Browns are tied for first in the AFC North with the Steelers. The Browns already beat them 27-24 on Oct. 1. A win Sunday would give them sole possession of first place and their first season sweep of the Steelers since 1988.

Kickoff at Acrisure Stadium is 1 p.m. on CBS. Keep the snacks close for the fourth quarter.

I'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on the Browns so far this season. Email us at conversation@clevelandmagazine.com.  

— Ron Ledgard, Managing Editor

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