In 1952, the land at 15201 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, Ohio, was home to a car dealership, Hewitt Chevrolet. In 1956, it became Lazar-Carver Chevrolet. At the end of 1957, it was called Jim Connell Chevrolet.
In 1969, C. Miller Chevrolet, who stayed until 1976.
Sisters Chicken & Biscuits came along in 1981, stayed until 1991 when the company went under. In 1995, NEON moved in, and is still there in 2026.
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| 1956; 1989; 2022 |
On top: a high up shot of Euclid avenue intersecting with Coit rd. Highlighted were the new lines painted on the road to help manage traffic. Black and white shot from 1953, color shot 2020.
This little block of retail begins at 15501 and ends at 15545. Since it's nearly impossible to read the names of the businesses in the 1953 image, I tracked down old newspapers to figure out what stores would have been in the background.
15501 Euclid Ave: Tobin Drug Store
15503 Euclid Ave: a barbershop
15505 Euclid Ave: Custom TV
15513 Euclid Ave: Euclid-Taylor Hardware Store
15515 Euclid Ave: Unknown
15517 Euclid Ave: Hoffmans Ice Cream and Candy
15525 Euclid Ave: Page Realty
15527 Euclid Ave: Beachland Gifts & Card Shop
15531 Euclid Ave: Vadakin Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
15533 Euclid Ave: W.F. Hann & Sons
15545: Fisher Foods
The image below shows 2007 and 2020.
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