Connecting Cleveland to Shaker Heights: The Building of the Shaker Rapid & Terminal Tower

By On December 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Terminal TowerSunday, March 11, 2012 at 4:00 pm

Bill Barrow, Special Collections Librarian at CSU

In the early 1900s, the commute from Cleveland to Shaker Heights was long and arduous.  The Van Sweringens were convinced that the key to the suburb’s development success lay in the availability of public transportation.  Bill Barrow traces the history of Terminal Tower and the Shaker Rapid.

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