The ''Civic Center'' is a mostly governmental district in downtown

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, that is home to the 1916 erected

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Building. The 1925

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main branch, the 1976 massive Cuyahoga County Justice Center, the 419 foot Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building (named after the 1953–1962 popular Cleveland Mayor), the

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(one of only twelve in the US), the historic

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, the

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, the

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which abuts

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, and the city-owned greenspace Willard Park which is home to the

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. The district is also the site of the headquarters of the

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, the historic Standard Building is located across St. Clair Avenue from the CPD HQ, the tallest hotel in the state of Ohio, the 374 foot

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,http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/ohio/hilton-cleveland-downtown-CLEDOHH/index.html ''Hilton.com'' Retrieved on 2015-08-22 the new Cleveland

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which is the home to the largest ''medical mart'' in the country, the

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, which is connected to the renovated

Public Hall Public Auditorium is a multi-purpose performing arts, entertainment, sports, and exposition facility located in the civic center district of downtown Cleveland. The building features two large performance spaces: the 10,000-capacity Public Hall ...

, and the

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old Board of Education Main Building all the area in common. CDPHQ

The Civic Center is bound to the east by the

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, to the north by

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, to the south by

, and to the west by the

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. Running through the center of the district is the Cleveland greenway The Mall. In this regard the district is pretty much

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. The mall also hosts the Cleveland War Memorial.

References

External links

City of Cleveland

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Global Center for Health Innovation

Cleveland Convention Center

Cuyahoga County Courts

Cleveland Public Library
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