Euclid Avenue: Cleveland's Sophisticated Lady, 1920-1970

Euclid Avenue: Cleveland's Sophisticated Lady, 1920-1970 by Toman, Jim. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780936760193.

Take a walk down Euclid Avenue from 1920 through 1970. The book takes a tour through the glory years, including a look at department stores such as Halles, Taylors, Mays and Sterling Lindner Davis. Also included is a look at specialty shops like Bonwit Teller, Richman Brothers and Cowell and Hubbard Jewelers. You will read about restaurants such as the Halle Tea Room and Stouffers, as well as the 11 theatres between East 17th and Public Square. The book also includes 22 recipes from Halles Tea Room and Stouffers restaurants. Euclid Avenue, in the period of it glory as Clevelands elegant main street, reflected the optimism, wealth, and opulence that characterized the city at the dawning of the twentieth century. Cleveland, Ohio, was then a city on the grow, a thriving metropolis, emerging as one of the nations industrial and commercial powerhouses.