Public Auditorium is a multi-purpose performing arts, entertainment, sports, and exposition facility located in the civic center district of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The 10,000-capacity main auditorium shares its stage with a second venue housed at the facility: the 3,000-capacity Music Hall. Although Public Auditorium was planned and funded prior to World War I, construction did not begin until 1920, and the building did not open until 1922. Designed by city architect J. Harold McDowell and Frank Walker of Walker and Weeks in a neoclassical style matching the other Group Plan buildings, it was the largest of its kind when opened, then seating 11,500.
Public Auditorium from East 6th St. and Lakeside Avenue
2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony held at Public Hall
Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The economic and cultural center of the city and the Cleveland metropolitan area, it is Cleveland's oldest district, with its Public Square laid out by city founder General Moses Cleaveland in 1796.
Downtown Cleveland in April 2019
Terminal Tower at night from Public Square during Winterfest Cleveland
Christmas shoppers on Euclid Avenue and Ontario Street in the 1950s
Key Tower is the tallest skyscraper in the Midwest outside of Chicago