A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . a most pop-ular thoroughfare between Cleveland and Paiuesville, P]rie and Buf-falo, and was also known as the Buffalo Road as late as 1825. ThusEuclid Avenue came to be. The 208 and 30s, witnessed considerable development of the street 449 Vol. I 2 9 450 CLEVELAND AND ITS ENVIRONS [Chap. XXV system of young Cleveland and, by 1835, nearly all tlie thoroughfaresof the original town, as mentioned, with those added in 1815, werecleared and established. Of the radial streets, St. Clair, the northern-most
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . a most pop-ular thoroughfare between Cleveland and Paiuesville, P]rie and Buf-falo, and was also known as the Buffalo Road as late as 1825. ThusEuclid Avenue came to be. The 208 and 30s, witnessed considerable development of the street 449 Vol. I 2 9 450 CLEVELAND AND ITS ENVIRONS [Chap. XXV system of young Cleveland and, by 1835, nearly all tlie thoroughfaresof the original town, as mentioned, with those added in 1815, werecleared and established. Of the radial streets, St. Clair, the northern-most was opened in 1816. It was called the North Highway and Fed-eral Street was subsequently merged into it. St. Clair became thefashionable lake shore drive and led to the Northern Ohio fair grovindsand race track near Glenville. Superior Street was early planned to be Clevelands leadingthoroughfare; its principal retail business street down town and thechief link between the central Public Square and the great resident ? e nni-ir--i-fl-Ti- II iA-,- - - > If,*;-aV-v •• I *i •i. Public Squ.\re, Siiuwixg Supekidr anu Euclid Avenues district toward the east. Until a comparatively Iecentperiod it was the backbone of the citys principal retail district, butthe great residence territory which was to be developed along PayneAvenue, which was opened in 1853, was invaded by industrial smokeand unsightliness before the property came into the hands of buildersand home-seekers. The result was to crowd the handsome homesteadsof the city further to the soutli in East Clevelaiid. Irospect Street, which had been suiveyed by Aliaz iMcrciiant in1831, and during civil war times, as well as later, was a fashionableresidence street. Kinsman Street, the Old South Highway, laid out asearly as 1797 and in the 60s called Woodland Avenue, also had itsday when it was lined with stately homes and was one of the fashion-able drives into a bcautifn! sulmi-liaii district. 1918] MEANS OF
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