From 1915 until about 1930, Market Square was officially known as "United Market Square," to distinguish it from a…

This photo of Market Square, taken in 1928, shows that, while the Pearl Street Market House was razed in 1915, open air…

In the 1940s, the City of Cleveland struggled to find an appropriate public use for Market Square and, at one time, even…

This atlas map detail shows the Central Market area in the mid 1930s. The Market stood in the middle of Ontario Street,…

Home to Azman & Sons Market since 1924, the shop on St. Clair Avenue has remained largely unchanged through the years.…

This undated photograph of Azman & Sons Market shows the front view of the home which still retains the Azman & Sons…

Built in 1868, the Pearl Street Market House on the northwest corner of Pearl (West 25th) Street and Lorain occupied…

This photograph of the iconic West Side Market was taken by Cleveland photographer Don Nottage in 2008. In that year,…

This photo of Cleveland's West Side Market was taken from near the intersection of Gehring Street and Abbey Avenue, just…

Charles Ruthenberg appeared at many public gatherings in Cleveland giving speeches opposing America's entry into World…

This photograph graphically shows the aging condition of Market Square in 1949. The posts seen in the foreground of the…

Unger's Market, a kosher grocery store, is one of the many Jewish businesses and establishments on Taylor Road.

This section of Volume 2 of Cleveland's 1937 Plat Book shows Market Square and the West Side Market near the…

The Sheriff St. Market was located on Sheriff Street (East 4th St.) between Huron and Bolivar Roads. It was built in…

In 1930, the City of Cleveland built a shelter house (also called a "comfort station") on Market Square which fronted on…

The cavernous interior of the Sheriff Street Market resembled an airplane hangar.

Third-generation owner of Azman & Sons Market, Frank Azman III, describes what the market was like in its heyday.

The Nike Ajax missile was the first surface-to-air missile. It was originally developed to try to intercept Soviet…

Frank Azman II and his wife Ann (backseat) and Louis Azman and his wife Marie (front seat) ride in their father's…

In this 1928 photograph, a shopper strolls by vegetable stands at the West Side Market with a live goose tucked firmly…

Among the oldest public spaces in Cleveland, the land upon which Market Square Park is located was originally set aside…

The market's vaulted ceiling, covered in terracotta tiles, is 44 feet tall at its highest point. The grandiosity of the…

In this view, Big Four Railroad gondolas bear construction materials for the City Hall project.