In Cleveland’s long-standing territorial debate between East and West, one trump card stands out: University Circle. Or rather, the traffic circle that ushers you from Rockefeller Park into the University Circle neighborhood
For years, this hellish roundabout has been a maze of too many lanes, too many signs pointing in every direction, and too many guys in beat-up Saturns trying to cut you off at a yield sign. Nobody likes it. West Siders would rather skip a trip to the orchestra than approach it; East Siders risk their lives daily to conquer it…
This article appears in Jun 4-10, 2008.