Civic Center
The Civic Center District contains some of Downtown's most
iconic buildings and public spaces. The center of the district,
Public Square, is also the official center of Downtown Cleveland.
It is home to the city's largest office towers as well as a number
of iconic statues, monuments and historic buildings.
The large public spaces known as "The Malls" are the center of a
historic civic development known as the Group Plan of 1903. It was
designed by Daniel Burnham as a grand civic district for Cleveland
and includes The Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland City Hall,
The Cleveland Convention Center, The Cleveland Board of Education,
Cleveland Public Library, and The Metzenbaum Courthouse.
Currently, the western edge of the Malls is under construction.
The work is part of the $400+ million Convention Center and Medical
Mart project, which will transform the civic center district into a
state of the art center for conventions and medical trade
shows.