Cleveland’s future has always been bright, but for all the new development, there have also been plenty of proposals that never got off the ground.  From the airport of tomorrow to a more recent casino promise, it just shows that not all dreams come true.

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The Lake Erie Jetport of 1966, which never took flight. Find out more from ClevelandHistorical.com.
Back in 1911, C.H. Knight proposed the Ohio Recreation Tower. The circling skyscraper would have included a restaurant and observation deck.
Let’s not forget Ameritrust Tower, which, back in 1991, was scheduled to be built near Public Square. It would have been Cleveland’s tallest tower at 1,198 feet. Find more info at clevelandskyscrapers.com.
What Cleveland’s airport could have been … the Airport Center of Tomorrow, which was proposed in 1945.
A 1930 drawing of what Euclid Avenue was once envisioned to be. Notice all the people walking.
A 2003 vision of the cancelled Double Tree Hotel building on Courthouse Square. Find more info at clevelandskyscrapers.com.
The proposed Masonic Memorial Building was set to tower over Euclid Avenue and East 36th, back in the 1920s. Find more info at clevelandskyscrapers.com.
We’re still waiting for the proposed Phase II of what’s now known as Jack Cleveland Casino.
A river ran through it, but not straight enough. This is a 1917 proposal for realigning a portion of the Cuyahoga River.
Obviously, the 1980s were a different time and that’s when the proposed 860-foot, Frank Gehry-designed, Progressive Tower dream came … and went. Find more info at clevelandskyscrapers.com.

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