Train Avenue/Walworth Run:
Site Assessment, Data, and Mapping

Team A

Planning Capstone

March 11, 2004

Train Avenue/Walworth Run:
Site Assessment, Data, and Mapping Overview

Demographics

Built History

Environmental History & Conditions

Land Use Data & Analysis

Transportation

Housing Analysis

Market Analysis

Demographics

Maps of Census
2000 Data
by Census Block Groups

Demographics

Data Sources: Census 2000, Cleveland Planning Commission Neighborhood Fact Sheets, Cuyahoga County Planning Commission

All maps are available in PDF & JPEG format.

Walworth Run/Train Ave. Corridor Development History

Early Development

1796- Moses Cleaveland founded Cleveland

1805- Treaty signed at Fort Industry transferring land west of Cuyahoga

1818- Brooklyn Township founded

1827- Opening of Ohio & Erie Canal

1835- City of Ohio Incorporation

"1849-"

1849- Railroad Development Era began

1854- Ohio City annexed to Cleveland

1856- Cleveland’s first Water & Sewer Systems built

1860’s- Train Ave, Corridor Developed

1878- Superior Viaduct opened

1885- Walworth Run Street developed

1880’s –1930’s- Cleveland’s Industry and economy is thriving

Land Use

Early settlers of Brooklyn Township were farmers who farmed wheat, rye, and corn

Early Industries were saw & grist mills, tin & sheet metal factories, shipbuilding and breweries

Heavy Industry and stockyard development became more abundant after the arrival of the railroads

Retail development sprouted along Clark Ave., Pearl St. (W. 25^th) and Lorain Ave.

Dense, working-class residential housing developed within close proximity to the corridor

1874 Historic Titus Map: Ward 11 of Cleveland

1874 Historic Titus Map: Ward 12 of Cleveland

Railroad Development

Major advancement in Cleveland’s West side development was the growth of the railroads

Cleveland's railroad era officially began on November 3, 1849 when the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad started rolling

The CC&C Railroad’s location along the Walworth Run Valley would later assist with the west side manufacturing development along the Train Ave. corridor.

From the 1860s to the 1960s, railroads served as the principal transporter of goods and people to and from Cleveland.

Walworth Run Valley 1922

Train Ave. Corridor Development

The Train Ave. corridor was developed in the mid 1860’s as an industrial thoroughfare that was home to many of Cleveland’s manufacturing industries.

In 1885, Walworth Run Street was opened. Walworth Run was named after the Walworth Family, prominent Clevelander’s.

Walworth Run valley was previously used as a dumping ground. A main sewer was built along Walworth Run to divert sewage from the river.

Economic Development

Standard & Leisy Brewing Company

Cleveland Union Stockyards Company

Forrest City Foundries

Euclid Coffee Co.

Herman McLean Co.;Feed, Hay & Grain

W.W. Sly Mfg Co.

Cleveland Ice Cream Co.

The Cleveland Provision Company

BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT

All of NE Ohio covered in hardwood forest (Oak, Maple, Beech…Hemlocks only coniferous evergreens)

Blackberries, raspberries, strawberries everywhere

“the water is always clear with a brisk current… there are some beautiful small lakes in this country, with water as clear as “chrystall” and alive with fish. In lakes as well as in River water fowl in abundance in spring and fall.”

CURRENT CONDITIONS
WALWORTH RUN

Walworth Run culverted/CSO

Streams advantages are sediment control, nutrient control, flood control, wildlife habitat corridors and important part in a healthy watershed.

Daylighting Advantages:

-Improve water quality

-recreational amenities

-wildlife habitat

-generate ped traffic

-reconnect people to nature

Soil and vegetation can filter, transform, bind up, or otherwise neutralize much of the pollutants found in urban stormwater runoff

CURRENT CONDITIONS
Contaminated Sites—RCRA & TSD Facilities

RCRA—Generators and transporters of hazardous waste

TSD—Treatment, Storage and Disposal of hazardous wastes

Request records report from OEPA’s Division of Hazardous Waste Management on what types of waste are on the sites

CURRENT CONDITIONS
Contaminated Sites—LUST’s

BUSTR—Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations. Under Ohio Department of Commerce

Typically slow leaks

Many grants available for clean-up

CURRENT CONDITIONS
CONTAMINATED SITES—Toxic Release Inventory

An inventory of more than 650 toxic chemicals that are being used, manufactured, treated, transported, or released into the environment.

Various industries including manufacturing, metal and coal mining, electric utilities, and commercial hazardous waste treatment, among others are listed on EPA website.

Land Use Data and Analysis:
2002 Aerial Photo

Land Use Data and Analysis:
Generalized Zoning

Land Use Data and Analysis:
Vacant and Land Bank Parcels

Land Use Data and Analysis:
Adjacent Parcels

Transportation on Train-Walworth

Train Avenue

Vacant Properties

Site Accessibility

Boundaries

Intersection of Walworth and Scranton

Marina on Scranton

Market Analysis

Area Land Use Patterns

Vacant Parcels

Underutilized Structures

Daily Traffic Flow

Other Concerns

Underutilized Structures

Daily Traffic Counts

Market Concerns

Environmental Clean-up costs

Access

Infrastructure costs

Amount of developable land

Developers objective

Housing and Retail Analysis Data

Business Comparison Reports

Consumer Expenditure Comparison Reports

Demographic Overviews

Retail Sales Potential Comparison Reports

Housing and Retail Analysis Data

Reports based on 1, 2 and 5 mile Rings

One set for each Western, Central and Eastern portion of Train Avenue

Maps are included to how what geographic region is encompassed in each set

www.ccim.com/review/STDB/OnlineHelp/STDB.htm#FAQs.htm

Business Comparison Reports

Number of employees

Where employees work

Number of business establishments

Number of employees for each business

Consumer Expenditure Comparison Reports

Based on average household annual expenditures

2003 consumer expenditure

Expected consumer expenditures in 2008

Demographic Overviews

Statistics for:

Population

Housing

Home values and contract rents

Occupations

Transportation

Residency

Retail Sales Potential Comparison Reports

Average dollars spent annually at retail establishments

Aggregate dollars spent

Train Avenue Census Tract Data

Based on census tracts:

1026

1038

1039

1041

Consists of an area bounded by W.65^th, Lorain Avenue, W.25^th and Clark Avenue

Train Avenue Census Tract Data

Data contained in 3 separate spreadsheets:

Summary File 1

Presents counts and information [age, sex, race, household relationship, whether residence is owned or rented] collected from all people and housing units

Summary 3

Presents detailed population and housing data (such as place of birth, education, employment status, income, housing unit, year structure built) collected from a 1-in-6 sample and weighted to represent the total population

Housing Values

Additional Information

Housing Market Niche Analysis Template

Maximum Purchase Price Template

Retail Market Niche Analysis Template

Potential Sources of Funding

Conclusions

Possibilities

Daylight Walworth Run

Towpath Trail would be great connection to the existing marina

Several key sites with development potential


	Demographics
	Built History
	Environmental History & Conditions
	Land Use Data & Analysis
	Transportation
	Housing Analysis
	Market Analysis


	Data Sources: Census 2000, Cleveland Planning Commission Neighborhood Fact Sheets, Cuyahoga County Planning Commission
	All maps are available in PDF & JPEG format.


	Early Development
	1796- Moses Cleaveland founded Cleveland
	1805- Treaty signed at Fort Industry transferring land west of Cuyahoga
	1818- Brooklyn Township founded
	1827- Opening of Ohio & Erie Canal
	1835- City of Ohio Incorporation


	1849- Railroad Development Era began
	1854- Ohio City annexed to Cleveland
	1856- Cleveland’s first Water & Sewer Systems built
	1860’s- Train Ave, Corridor Developed
	1878- Superior Viaduct opened
	1885- Walworth Run Street developed
	1880’s –1930’s- Cleveland’s Industry and economy is thriving


	Early settlers of Brooklyn Township were farmers who farmed wheat, rye, and corn
	Early Industries were saw & grist mills, tin & sheet metal factories, shipbuilding and breweries
	Heavy Industry and stockyard development became more abundant after the arrival of the railroads
	Retail development sprouted along Clark Ave., Pearl St. (W. 25^th) and Lorain Ave.
	Dense, working-class residential housing developed within close proximity to the corridor


	Major advancement in Cleveland’s West side development was the growth of the railroads
	Cleveland's railroad era officially began on November 3, 1849 when the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad started rolling
	The CC&C Railroad’s location along the Walworth Run Valley would later assist with the west side manufacturing development along the Train Ave. corridor.
	From the 1860s to the 1960s, railroads served as the principal transporter of goods and people to and from Cleveland.


	The Train Ave. corridor was developed in the mid 1860’s as an industrial thoroughfare that was home to many of Cleveland’s manufacturing industries.
	In 1885, Walworth Run Street was opened. Walworth Run was named after the Walworth Family, prominent Clevelander’s.
	Walworth Run valley was previously used as a dumping ground. A main sewer was built along Walworth Run to divert sewage from the river.


		Standard & Leisy Brewing Company
		Cleveland Union Stockyards Company
		Forrest City Foundries
		Euclid Coffee Co.
		Herman McLean Co.;Feed, Hay & Grain
		W.W. Sly Mfg Co.
		Cleveland Ice Cream Co.
		The Cleveland Provision Company


	All of NE Ohio covered in hardwood forest (Oak, Maple, Beech…Hemlocks only coniferous evergreens)
	Blackberries, raspberries, strawberries everywhere
	“the water is always clear with a brisk current… there are some beautiful small lakes in this country, with water as clear as “chrystall” and alive with fish. In lakes as well as in River water fowl in abundance in spring and fall.”


	Walworth Run culverted/CSO
	Streams advantages are sediment control, nutrient control, flood control, wildlife habitat corridors and important part in a healthy watershed.
	Daylighting Advantages:
	-Improve water quality
	-recreational amenities
	-wildlife habitat
	-generate ped traffic
	-reconnect people to nature
	Soil and vegetation can filter, transform, bind up, or otherwise neutralize much of the pollutants found in urban stormwater runoff


	RCRA—Generators and transporters of hazardous waste
	TSD—Treatment, Storage and Disposal of hazardous wastes
	Request records report from OEPA’s Division of Hazardous Waste Management on what types of waste are on the sites


	BUSTR—Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations. Under Ohio Department of Commerce
	Typically slow leaks
	Many grants available for clean-up


	An inventory of more than 650 toxic chemicals that are being used, manufactured, treated, transported, or released into the environment.
	Various industries including manufacturing, metal and coal mining, electric utilities, and commercial hazardous waste treatment, among others are listed on EPA website.



	Area Land Use Patterns

	Vacant Parcels

	Underutilized Structures

	Daily Traffic Flow

	Other Concerns



	Environmental Clean-up costs

	Access

	Infrastructure costs

	Amount of developable land

	Developers objective


	Business Comparison Reports
	Consumer Expenditure Comparison Reports
	Demographic Overviews
	Retail Sales Potential Comparison Reports


	Reports based on 1, 2 and 5 mile Rings
	One set for each Western, Central and Eastern portion of Train Avenue
	Maps are included to how what geographic region is encompassed in each set
	www.ccim.com/review/STDB/OnlineHelp/STDB.htm#FAQs.htm


	Number of employees
	Where employees work
	Number of business establishments
	Number of employees for each business


	Based on average household annual expenditures
	2003 consumer expenditure
	Expected consumer expenditures in 2008


	Statistics for:
		Population
		Housing
		Home values and contract rents
		Occupations
		Transportation
		Residency


	Average dollars spent annually at retail establishments
	Aggregate dollars spent


	Based on census tracts:
		1026
		1038
		1039
		1041
	Consists of an area bounded by W.65^th, Lorain Avenue, W.25^th and Clark Avenue


Data contained in 3 separate spreadsheets:
	Summary File 1
		Presents counts and information [age, sex, race, household relationship, whether residence is owned or rented] collected from all people and housing units
	Summary 3
		Presents detailed population and housing data (such as place of birth, education, employment status, income, housing unit, year structure built) collected from a 1-in-6 sample and weighted to represent the total population
	Housing Values


	Housing Market Niche Analysis Template
	Maximum Purchase Price Template
	Retail Market Niche Analysis Template
	Potential Sources of Funding


	Possibilities
		Daylight Walworth Run
		Towpath Trail would be great connection to the existing marina
		Several key sites with development potential