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The Arcade Cleveland opened in May of 1890 as the first indoor shopping center in America. It quickly became one of downtown Cleveland’s most popular landmarks, and was nicknamed Cleveland’s Crystal Palace. John M. Eisenmann and George H. Smith designed it as a big-city mercantile center and modeled it after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy. The Arcade was financed by Cleveland’s most esteemed businessmen of the late 19^th century, including John D. Rockefeller, Steven V. Harkness, Louis Severance, Charles Brush and Marcus Hanna. You can see Harkness and Brush featured on gold emblems on The Arcade’s Euclid Avenue exterior.

In addition to an installation of large-scale murals painted on downtown walls centered around Julian Stanczak’s Winton Manor abstract mural, FRONT will revive Cleveland’s 1973 City Canvases public art project with a historical exhibition in the Downtown Arcade. Make sure to visit both the Arcade’s Room 144 to see work by Cally Spooner and Room 159 to see wall paintings featuring works by Sarah Morris, Odili Donald Odita, Kay Rosen, and Heimo Zobernig.

Experience all of the murals now on the free VR FRONT Canvas City app. Developed by the CMA’s Digital Innovation and Technology Services team. Click here to download the app.