Coventry Village has been the breathing heart of Cleveland Heights for generations. In the early 20th century, it was one of the main retail and restaurant districts of the eastern suburbs and a major hub for the growing Jewish community. In the 1960s, it turned into a hippie enclave filled with head shops and record stores with a strong artistic vibe. While its undergone massive changes and business turnover throughout the years, its still at its heart remained an artistic enclave right outside the city. All photos via the Cleveland Memory Project.
Heights Hardware Co. & The Fisher Bros. Co., 1926Burrow’s & Amedeo’s Shoe Shop, 1935Heights Savings and Loan Co., 1935Allied Drugs, 1935Bruder’s, Edward’s Food Stores & Schaffer’s Quality Food Market, 1935A&P, Spanner Flowers, Hoffman’s, 1935J. Benkovitz Restaurant, 1938Newmark’s Bake Shoppe, 1948Motter’s Music House, 1948Generation Gap, 1971The Saloon, 1975R & A Discount Stores, 1982Heights Cleaners, 1975Tommy’s, 1982The Gallery – Inuit, 1982The Food Project, 1982Taj Mahal Restaurant, 1982Coventry Optical, 1982Record Revolution, 1982Lady & Co., 1982Rainblue Handcrafts, 1982Passport to Peru, 1982Lilia Gift and Card Boutique, 1982Caroll Drug, 1982Pick-n-Pay, 1975Grum’s Sub Shoppe, 1982The Corkscrew, 1982Belladonna, 1982Coventry Antiques & Brass Works, 1982High Tide Rock Bottom, 1982Heights Hardware, 1982Cedar Chest, 1982The Record Exchange, 1982Dobama Theatre, 1982Diamond’s Flowers, 1982Daffy Dan’s, 1982Coventry Books, 1982The Corkscrew, 1982Sunshine Headquarters Too, 1982Coventry Beverage & Pizza, 198276 Station, 1982Silver Legal Clinic, 1982Coventry Road and Lancashire Road, 1985Coventry Poultry Market, 1985O’Grady’s Professional Cleaners, 1985Mayfield & Coventry (Revolution Books, Record Exchange, Taj Mahal), 1985Mac’s Backs Paperbacks, 1985Heights Hardware & Sunshine Too, 1985Coventryard Mall, 1985Coventry Road, 1985Coventry Road, 1985Coventry Road, 1985Betty Burke Building, 1985Coventry Cinema, 1985Coventry Road & Euclid Heights Blvd. (Hunan Coventry, The Cleveland Shop, Rainblue Handcrafts, and Record Exchange Annex), 1985Coventry Commercial District, 1985Coventry Optical, 19851800 Coventry Building (Coventry Cats, Passport to Peru and Carrol Drug), 1985Ashley Joy Boutique, 1985Coventry Antiques & China Treasure House, 1985Coventry and Hampshire, 1985Vidstar Systems Inc., 1985Coventry and Hampshire, 1985Bike One, 1987Turkey Ridge Tavern, 1985Attenson’s Antiques & Books, 1985Artisan Antiques & Jewelry, 1985Coventry Laundromat, 1985China Treasure House, 1985
