Having been from Shaker heights originally, the one pic looks very familiar. Taken from the corner I lived on!
Gonna read the whole article, love getting any history on the Vans.
I guess the fact that neither of the Vans ever married left them the money to buy railroads.
The Van Sweringen empire was built on borrowed money, probably a major reason that it fell apart when the economy went south.
After last night didn’t King James turn Cleveland around?[:D]
In Rehor’s book on the Nickel Plate there is a great detailed discussion of the construction of Terminal Tower with original period construction photos.