The building that was once home to Cleveland’s oldest bike shop is being demolished by the city after the building neared total collapse.
Since closing in 2024 after more than a century of operations, Fridrich Bicycle at 3800 Lorain Ave. in Ohio City had been decaying. For months, cones blocked a sidewalk to protect pedestrians from a potential collapse of the bowing brick facade, which Ward 7 Councilmember Austin Davis said was “imminent” when the city stepped in Wednesday.
“The city has emergency demolition powers when there is an imminent threat to life or property, and that was the situation we faced this week,” Davis said…