

The foundation gave a $725,000 grant to LAND Studio, a Cleveland nonprofit that designs placemaking projects, to conduct design work of the improved Gordon Park in Cleveland’s St. The largest grant, $13 million, was awarded to the Cleveland Metroparks for the revitalization of Gordon Park south of Interstate 90 and the extension of the Lakefront Bikeway from East 55th Street to downtown. Yesterday, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation of Cleveland awarded $24 million in grants to several lakefront projects east of downtown. Park, trail expansions, improvements granted And plans for converting the Shoreway highway into a boulevard are crystalizing but may complicate Amtrak’s passenger rail expansion plans.


Also, a national nonprofit that promotes racial equity revealed it is partnering with the city on designing an inclusive lakefront. In addition to multi-million-dollar grants being awarded for lakefront projects, the City Planning Commission approved plans for the $100 million expansion of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Several large-scale projects along downtown Cleveland’s lakefront are moving forward thanks to developments in recent days. Rock Hall expansion, NC Connector, boulevard advance A ground-level view of the $100 million expansion of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame from a vantage point that could someday be in the right of way of a new boulevard that replaces that Shoreway highway (PAU).
