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Moreland Courts' posh living spaces are timeless

Posted by jkappes August 10, 2008 00:00AM

 

 

ELEGANT CLEVELAND / This ongoing series looks back at the finest elements of Cleveland's stylish history, as shown in architecture, fashion and other cultural touchstones.

 

If you lived at Moreland Courts in the 1930s, '40s or '50s, you didn't have to mix it up with the hoi polloi at a gas station: A valet would fill your tank from the Sohio pump in the basement garage. You'd never run into your live-in servants on the passenger elevators, because they'd take the service elevators. You wouldn't even have to go outdoors to dine at the Shaker Tavern at the Square -- a long hallway and a special key would get you in.

 

That's the signature experience Moreland Courts, which arose in the late 1920s, offered. By design, the luxurious apartment complex emanated a mystique. If you were welcome to live at Moreland Courts in the 1930s, you'd know about it. Otherwise, there wasn't so much as an exterior sign naming the edifice you were gazing upon.

 

More at

http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2008/08/moreland_courts_posh_living_sp.html

 

Historical Timeline

http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2008/08/a_moreland_courts_timeline.html

 

 

I really enjoyed the article. A great part of Cleveland's architectural history.

hmm. while filling up with gas in the basement seems convenient....not a wise idea.

 

LOL  If I'm not mistaken it was the west garage before the addition/renovation.

 

I really enjoyed the article. A great part of Cleveland's architectural history.

 

Come on.  Sell the house and move in!  LOL  You know you want to!  :wink:

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