1963 Map of Cleveland South

About this map

The Cuyahoga River snakes through the industrial heart of this Ohio landscape, where the historic Ohio and Erie Canal traces the river's eastern bank through Cuyahoga Heights and Valley View. By the early 1960s, the urban fabric of Cleveland and Parma is clearly defined by a dense network of residential streets and sprawling transportation corridors like the Lakeshore Freeway and Inner Belt Freeway. The map captures a moment when heavy industry and rail infrastructure, including the Turning Basin and lines belonging to Conrail and Norfolk and Western, dominated the river valley.