Reserve Square
{{Short description|Two-building skyscraper mixed use apartment complex in downtown Cleveland, Ohio}}
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{{Infobox building
| name = Reserve Square
| image = Reserve Square August 2018.jpg
| caption = Front of Reserve Square
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| former_names =
| location = 1700 East 13th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44114 United States
| building_type = Residential
| floor_count = 26
| start_date = 1971
| completion_date = 1973
| roof = {{convert|81.07|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| architect = Dalton, Dalton, Little, and Newport
}}
Reserve Square is a two-building skyscraper mixed use apartment complex in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Both buildings have 23 floors and are 266 feet (81 m) high. Reserve Square is directly west of the senior residential Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority's Bohn Tower.
The complex was originally called Park Centre{{cite web |title=DOWNTOWN |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/d/downtown |website=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Case Western Reserve University |access-date=10 September 2021 |language=en |date=13 April 2020}} and was an extension of the Erieview Plan. One of the goals of this plan was to create residential zones in downtown Cleveland, however, by the 1970s with completion of the Tower at Erieview, One Erieview Plaza and Reserve Square this was only partially achieved.Deegan, G.G. & Toman, J.A. (1999). The doldrums 1950-1979. The Heart of Cleveland: Public square in the 20th century. Cleveland Landmark Press:Cleveland, Ohio.
History
Construction of the West Tower began on October 29, 1971, and was completed on October 28, 1972. The East Tower and the whole Park Centre complex was completed in 1973.Emporis.com: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310103247/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=reservesquare-cleveland Reserve Square]}}. Accessed 2007-05-17. The first tenants moved in on March 15, 1973.{{Cite news |date=March 29, 1973 |title=Park Centre Is Occupied |work=The Plain Dealer}} When it opened, inside there was a three level Park Centre Mall that included 15 restaurants, a movie theater, a grocery store, and shopping. The mall area existed from 1973 to 1989.
It was designed by the Cleveland architectural firm Dalton-Dalton-Newport-Little, which at one time was one of the most prominent firms in the world, so much so that in 1984, Dalton was acquired by URS Corp of San Francisco.Van Tassel, D.D. & Grabowski, J.J. (Eds.) (1987). URS Dalton. The encyclopedia of Cleveland history. Indiana University press:Bloomington, Indiana. The exterior design was influenced by Le Corbusier's public housing development Unité d'Habitation, a building notable for its interiors and minimal footprint on the ground. The aesthetic approaches Brutalism with the way it utilizes raw cement features, though it is a bit less refined than that style.
In 1979 the Park Centre was renamed to The Park. Briefly in 1985 The Park was charged to The Park on 12th, before being charged back to The Park. In 1989 major renovation begin turning The Park into Reserve Square. Beginning in 1990 The Park was renamed to Reserve Square. Also, in 1990 part of the West Tower contained a Radisson Hotel and then an Embassy Suites Hotel for a number of years, until it closed in 2012 and was converted back to apartments.{{cite news|last=Jarboe|first=Michelle|title=K&D Group will close Embassy Suites hotel in downtown Cleveland, convert it to apartments|work=The Plain Dealer|date=October 10, 2012|accessdate=November 29, 2018|url=http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/10/kd_group_will_close_embassy_su.html}}
Cleveland television stations WOIO, WUAB, and WTCL-LD—all owned by Gray Television—have their broadcast studios on the building's first floor. Having moved there in 1994 following WOIO becoming Cleveland's CBS affiliate.{{cite web|url=http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=T|title=Television}} Retrieved on 2015-10-15{{cite web|url=http://www.raycommedia.com/woio/ |title=WOIO and WUAB}} Retrieved on 2015-10-15
The K & D Group of Willoughby, Ohio purchased the apartment tower for $36 million in August 2005,Bullard, Stan. [http://crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050831/FREE/50831006 K&D buys Reserve Square], Crain's Cleveland Business. 2005-08-31. and purchased the hotel that December for $5.1 million.Bullard, Stan. [http://crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051215/FREE/51215001 K&D Group buys downtown hotel], Crain's Cleveland Business. 2005-12-15.
File:Reserve Square complex 2023.jpg|Reserve Square complex 2023
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.reservesquareapts.com/ Reserve Square]
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Category:Skyscraper hotels in Cleveland
Category:Apartment buildings in Cleveland
Category:Residential skyscrapers in Cleveland
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1969
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1973