The Cleveland Memory Project, one of the coolest Cleveland photo archives around, was holding onto this awesome batch of vintage West Side Market photos.

Clearly, the West Side Market was the place to be in the 1950s (and, frankly, that’s still true today).

Here are 16 of the best vintage photos, thanks to the CMP.

This article appears in Jul 3-9, 2013.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.