Up on the lake in Cleveland, work on a union depot did not get under way until almost two decades into the twentieth century. When it was done, the project remade the heart of the city and focused development on and around Public Square. The square was a feature of Cleveland from its earliest days, but by the turn of the twentieth century it was surrounded by a jumble of commercial structures and had not fulfilled its potential as an urban focal point. This view looks west from Public Square’s east side. The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in the right foreground stands in the same location today. (Sherwin-Williams Company)