The groundbreaking was held for Key Tower, the headquarters for KeyCorp, Cleveland’s most storied financial firm. When completed in 1991, the 57-story skyscraper, the tallest in Ohio, stood as a glass-and-steel statement on Cleveland’s past and future economic relevance.
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