CLEVELAND — The city of Cleveland boasts two waterfronts with prime real estate on the coast of Lake Erie and along the Cuyahoga River, but access to those shores is limited.
Over the past century, city leaders have launched more than a dozen failed proposals to reimagine Cleveland’s lakefront, now pushing to ensure the Browns decision to leave downtown doesn’t put their latest plan in jeopardy.
Local historian John Grabowski said the root of some of the city’s challenges with developing that land can be traced back to a wave of settlers in Cleveland at the end of the 18th century…