Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
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Title
Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
Subject
Transportation
Infrastructure
Description
1956 Shaker Heights, Ohio. Rapid Transit train stops along Van Aken Boulevard in Shaker Heights, Ohio, just east of Shaker Square in Cleveland. Shaker Heights was developed in the 1920s and 1930s as a new suburban community marketed to upper middle class white executives who worked in downtown Cleveland. The real estate company that developed Shaker Heights built the streetcar system to bring prospective buyers to the lots in Shaker Heights. The idea was to connect expensive homes on large lots to offices in downtown with a transit time of less than 20 minutes.
Creator
LOC
Source
HABS/HAER Built in America
Date
1956
Contributor
Ed Pershey
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Relation
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Coverage
Shaker Heights, Onhio
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Yes
Posting Consent
Yes
Submission Consent
Yes
Contributor is Creator
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Item Files
Citation
LOC, "Shaker Heights Rapid Transit," in Teaching & Learning Cleveland , Item #3347, http://csudigitalhumanities.org/exhibits/items/show/3347 (accessed September 3, 2010).
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