In this advertisement which appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on April 28, 1908, the Shaker Heights Improvement Co., a Van Sweringen corporation, offered upscale housing for sale on Fairmount Boulevard. The residential development of Fairmount Boulevard and the introduction of the Shaker Lakes trolley line into the area was critical to the success of the Van Sweringens' vision of creating a garden suburb in the Heights. | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Newspaper archivesDownload Original File
