Foreclosure proceedings for unpaid property taxes may clear the way for new ownership and potential renovation of the dilapidated former Lake Shore Bank and St. Clair branch of the Cleveland Public Library on the corner of St. Clair Avenue and East 55th Street.
The nonprofit Famicos Foundation secured approval from the Cleveland City Planning Commission to demolish the 1954-vintage Sterle's Country House building in the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood, with plans for senior citizen housing on the site.