Abstract
In this 2005 interview, Thomas Yablonsky, executive director of both the Warehouse District and the Historic Gateway District. Mr. Yablonski discussed his involvement with downtown Cleveland, first as a high school and college student in the 1970s, and then later in the 1980s as a volunteer and ultimately the executor director of two of the historic districts of Cleveland. Mr. Yablonski has worked the last 20 years in downtown Cleveland in the area of historic preservation and redevelopment. Mr. Yablonski discusses the history of Euclid Avenue; talks about a number of the historic buildings along Euclid Avenue; and talks about the historic preservation efforts that have been made along Euclid Avenue since the 1990s, spurred by the building of the two sports arenas in the old Central Market area. He also discusses the conversion of office space along Euclid into residential places, and the hopes of his organization that bringing residents back to Cleveland will bring a limited shopping district back to downtown Cleveland.
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Interviewee
Yablonsky, Thomas (interviewee)
Interviewer
O'Toole, Michael (interviewer)
Project
History 400
Date
11-15-2005
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
30 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Thomas Yablonsky interview, 15 November 2005" (2005). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 400008.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/779
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