Cleveland Skyscrapers - 500 feet and above

View from Public Square	View from Ontario Avenue at Public Square	View from Edgewater Park	View from Edgewater Park	View from Shoreway
View from Mall A	View from Tower at Erieview	View from Rockwell Avenue.	View from Gateway parking garage	View from Superior Viaduct
View from Superior Viaduct	View from Lakeside Avenue.	View from Prospect and Superior Avenues	View from Columbus Road	View from Lake Erie, Sept. 2007.
Evening view of facade from Public Square	Evening view from Euclid Avenue	View from New Years Eve, 1999, courtesy of Greg Rottmann	Evening view, courtesy of Chris Cousins.	Detail of crown, night view
Detail of crown	Detail of crown, night view	Detail of crown	Detail of crown	Detail of crown
The unfinished 57th floor, highest occupiable office space in Cleveland	Detail of cornerstone	Construction image, courtesy of George Peters	Construction image, courtesy of Frank Gerlak	Construction images, courtesy of Frank Gerlak
Construction image, courtesy of Frank Gerlak

View from Terminal Tower observation deck

Key Tower - 1991
Cesar Pelli and Associates
63 Floors (57 Office Floors)
888 ft/271m to top of "crown";
948 ft/290m to top of spire
127 Public Square, Cleveland
Key Tower is the tallest building in Cleveland, as well as the tallest in Ohio and one of the tallest buildings in the United States. The tower is visible from as far as twenty miles outside of downtown Cleveland.

The tower, developed by the R.E. Jacobs Group, was originally built as the Society Center, and was renamed when KeyCorp acquired Society Bank. The tower faces two of downtown Cleveland's most significant public spaces, Public Square and Mall A.

Key Tower features art deco-like setbacks leading to a stainless steel pyramidal crown. Key Tower is connected to the Burnham and Root-designed Society for Savings building.

In September of 2005, KeyBank added illuminated signage to each side of the base of the crown.

View from Public Square, near Soldiers and Sailors Monument	View from Prospect Ave.	View from Mall A, with War Memorial Fountain	View from Tower at Erieview
Evening view, courtesy of Paul Heney	View from Key Tower, courtesy of Paul Heney	View of entrance hall	Detail view of upper floors
View from Dec. 31, 1999, courtesy of Greg Rottmann	Evening view from Mall A, with War Memorial Fountain	View from West 3rd Street	View from July, 2005 (75th anniversary)
Evening view, courtesy of Michael Dery	View from Christmas, courtesy of Michael Dery	Evening view , courtesy of Michael Dery	View of scaffolding for 2006 renovation
October 2006: View of scaffolding for renovation	August 2007: View of scaffolding for renovation	View of The Avenue (shopping center)	View of The Avenue (shopping center)

View from the Federal Courthouse Tower

Terminal Tower - 1930
Graham, Anderson, Probst and White
52 Floors
708 ft/216m
50 Public Square, Cleveland
The Terminal Tower is the “grande dame” of Cleveland skyscrapers and the most significant landmark of downtown Cleveland.

When it was built as part of the Van Sweringen brothers' Union Terminal station, it was the tallest building outside of New York City until 1967, when the Prudential Center was built in Boston. The related earthmoving required for the Union Terminal complex was the second largest excavation in history after the Panama Canal.

Terminal Tower remains the second tallest building in Cleveland and Ohio. Click here to go to Cleveland State University Library's “Cleveland Union Terminal” collection, an exhaustive resource detailing the construction and history of the Union Terminal complex.

Please note that the Terminal Tower's 42nd floor observation deck is NOT open to the public due to security concerns.

The Terminal Tower is currently undergoing an extensive renovation. Renovation crews have constructed a large scaffolding structure on the tower's upper floors.

View from Public Square	View from the Penton Media Building	View from Public Square	View from Key Tower, courtesy of Paul Heney.
View from Public Square, courtesy of Michael Dery	Close-up view from Terminal Tower observation deck	View from Prospect Avenue	Evening view , courtesy of Chris Cousins
Evening view from 515 Euclid Avenue	View from Mall "A" with the War Memorial fountain	View of atrium	Construction view, courtesy of Jay Ryan
View from the Tower at Erieview	Construction view, courtesy of Jay Ryan	Construction view, courtesy of Jay Ryan	Construction view, courtesy of Jay Ryan
Construction view, courtesy of Jay Ryan

View from Terminal Tower observation deck

200 Public Square - 1985
Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum
45 Floors
658 ft/198m
200 Public Square, Cleveland
This tower was built as the headquarters for Standard Oil of Ohio (Sohio), and renamed the BP Tower when Sohio merged with British Petroleum. The name has changed to the building's address as British Petroleum relocated its corporate operations.

At one time, the Williamson Building and the Burnham and Root-designed Cuyahoga Building stood at the site- click here for a view, courtesy of Frank Gerlak.

200 Public Square features multiple setbacks at its top which are intended to lessen its visual impact on the nearby Terminal Tower. 200 Public Square also features an 8-story atrium, one of Cleveland's largest, with numerous fountains and artwork throughout. 200 Public Square is the third tallest building in Cleveland and Ohio.

Special thanks to Jay Ryan for providing construction images.

View from St. Clair Ave.	View from Key Tower	View from Lake Erie
View of Galleria interior and sculpture by William Wainwright	View from the Penton Media Building.	View of Galleria interior
Overhead view of Galleria from the Penton Media Building.	View of Galleria exterior.	Construction view (1963) from Superior Building, courtesy of Frank Gerlak

View from the Huntington Building

Tower at Erieview (100 Erieview) - 1964
Harrison and Abramovitz
40 Floors
529 ft/161m
100 Erieview, Cleveland
(East 12th between St. Clair and Lakeside)This building was part of the Erieview Plan designed by I.M. Pei, a controversial urban renewal plan that differs greatly from its original 1960s design. The Tower at Erieview was the first to be built in the plan.

Harrison and Abramovitz also designed the United Nations building in New York City. Wallace K. Harrison was also one of the architects for Rockefeller Center. For years, Tower at Erieview remained isolated with a vast plaza, until the Galleria at Erieview, a glassy two story shopping center developed by the R.E. Jacobs Group, was constructed in 1987.