The neighborhood nonprofit group said its Ford Road Garage 'has exceeded its useful lifespan, and it is necessary to demolish the structure for the safety of the community.' The garage, on Ford Drive near Euclid Avenue, will remain open through June 30.
The 253-unit proposal on Stokes Boulevard met with dramatically different responses from a city design-review committee and the Cleveland City Planning Commission. Members of the commission pushed the developers to preserve the only remaining building on the block, a stretch of rowhouses that have been sitting vacant since late 2017.
The Cozad-Bates House is the only pre-Civil War home remaining in the area. Author: Lindsay Buckingham Updated: 6:46 PM EST February 24, 2021
CLEVELAND The Cozad-Bates House was built for Justus Cozad by his father Andrew. It was first built in 1853, but additions were added in the 1860s and 1972.
The Cozad family settled in Northeast Ohio in the early 19th century, living along a road that s now known as Euclid Avenue. Along with other families in the area, the Cozads provided aid to freedom seekers. The Cleveland code word in the underground railroad was hope. There were a number of small five houses up and down Euclid Avenue that the residents there assisted freedom seekers as they were traveling through the United States, through the North to Canada, where ultimate freedom lied, Elise Yablonsky, planning director of University Circle, Inc., told a group of Cleveland Metropolitan School District students on a Zoom call.