East Ninth has been one of the main thoroughfares in Cleveland since the city was established. There have been shops, burlesque stages, theaters, giant buildings, stadiums, World War 2 celebrations and much more on East Ninth throughout the years. These pictures show how the street has transformed.
Widening of East 9th Street Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectIntersection at East 9th and Lakeside Ave., Early 1900s Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCorner of East 9th Street, 1925 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectTraffic Tower at East 9th Street and Euclid Avenue, 1925 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectView of East 9th and Prospect from Bell Telephone Building, 1927 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectDeparting barge, 1927 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectIntersection of East 9th and Euclid, 1927 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectIntersection of East 9th and Woodland, 1930 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCorner of East 9th Street and Superior Avenue, 1931 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSafety zones on East 9th Street, 1932 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCars parked on East 9th Street, 1935 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectMurray’s Clothes, 1936 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectBank safe for Guarantee Title & Trust Company, 1937 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectMarquee advertising “Miracle of Life” screening at Roxy Theater, 1938 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectScovill streetcar turning corner, 1938 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSoutheast corner of East 9th and Rockwell, 1939 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectView of East 9th Street from Cleveland Press Building, 1941 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectBrass Rail, 1941 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCrowds gathering at East 9th and Euclid to celebrate Japan’s surrender, 1945 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectStreamers hanging from Union Commerce Building after Victory Day Parade, 1945 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSherwood Drug Co. Store, 2064 E. 9th St., 1946 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectEast 9th and Superior at rush hour, 1946 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectEntrance to Great Lakes Building, 1947 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFleet’s Inn Nite Club, 1949 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectDrunks in front of Fleets Inn Nite Club, 1949 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectKhoury’s Club Carnival, 1949 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCadillac Lounge, 1949 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectGambling Club, 2166 East 9th Street, 1951 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectThunderstorm in downtown Cleveland, 1951 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCars parked along East 9th Street Pier, 1952 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectOld Halle Hall at East 9th Street and Woodland Avenue, 1953 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectFormer East 9th Street gambling club for rent, 1955 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectTwo Roxy dancers hanging laundry off fire escape in “Schubert’s Alley”, 1957 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectKhoury’s Club Carousel, 1958 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCrowds of people on East 9th Street, 1960 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectTwo Barbers Outside Barbershop, 1960 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectEast 9th Street apartments, 1961 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectStadium Pier, 1961 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectElection signs on Erieview buildings, 1962 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSite of Claridge Tower, 1963 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectConstruction site of Cuyahoga-Lincoln Savings Building, 1964 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectSunoco Station, 1964 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCuyahoga-Lincoln Savings Building construction, 1964 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectView of E. 9th Street Pier from Erieview Tower, 1964 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectRoxy Musical Bar, 1857 E. 9th St., 1965 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectChristmas decorations and burned out streetlight on East 9th, 1966 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectHighland Hotel entrance, 1967 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectMen on East 9th Street fishing pier, 1967 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCaptain Frank’s restaurant exterior, 1968 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectGreyhound bus and cars at E. 9th Street Pier, 1970 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectChartered buses use reserved lane for Browns game, 1971 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectNeon signs on East 9th Street, 1972 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectStagehand Union picketers outside Roxy Theater, 1973 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectRoxy marquee, 1973 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectShowboat restaurant docked at former E. 9th Street Pier location, 1975 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectTrash on East 9th Street pier, 1977 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectCouples on the East 9th St. Pier, 1978 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectDemolition of Highland Hotel, 1978 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectStructural damage to the East 9th Street bridge, 1979 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectDemolition Of Great Lakes Building, 1979 Credit: Cleveland Memory Project
