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Inside Bengals CB Dax Hill’s Record Game

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Placemaking with European-style Shopping Arcades

As precursor to the post-World War II shopping mall, European-style shopping arcades were primarily focused in downtown or midtown locations. Often linking streets with indoor glass-topped atriums along former mid-block alleyways, constructed within buildings, or occupying in some cases entire city blocks, these handsome structures were a graceful and elegant respite from noisy city streets, intense summer heat, or winter rain or snow.

As the list below shows, there are a number of surviving classic shopping arcades in the United States, though they are not necessarily used for retail purposes any longer. Some have been converted into apartments, others into condominiums or hotels, and many into mixed use developments.

Florida appears to have the most extant versions with nine, though given the heyday for shopping arcades was in the United States was the 1920s, the ones there are relatively small and one-story, as was Florida’s population was much less at the time. Seventeen of those listed were built complete during the Roaring 20s; seven in the 1910s, five in the 1900s, and four in the 1890s.

This blog author’s personal has had the good fortune to see four of these in person – the Grove Arcade in Asheville, Newark Arcade, Dayton Arcade, Nickels Arcade in Ann Arbor, and the Front Street Arcade in Traverse City. The Grove and Dayton Arcades are my two favorites thus far. Aside from them, based on the photos, many of the two and three-story arcades listed are quite beautiful.

Sadly, a number of historic arcades across the country have been lost over the decades to redevelopment, neglect, disuse, time, urban renewal, etc. The final one listed below, the Wright Arcade in St. Louis is in danger in being lost too, if something isn’t done soon to save it.

As a retired planner, these arcades were fantastic examples of community placemaking from the time of the their construction and remain so today. The Grove Arcade in Asheville, North Carolina is an amazing example of this ability to be a key focal point of downtown. Aside from its interior stores, restaurants, offices, and residential uses, The Grove Arcade also has a partially covered daily outdoor Makers Market and series of sidewalk cafes/restaurants. It truly is a marvelous centerpiece of the city.

If your city is lucky enough to have an old shopping arcade, everything possible should be done to try to save it and reuse it again, preferably for its original purpose.

Personally, this blog author would rather see some form of retail/dining component included in every classic shopping arcade so they may be the community placemaking attribute there were intended to be. While saving the building is a good thing, converting it to just apartments and condos will close off the iconic structure from being truly appreciated by the general public and largely voiding its placemaking ability. 

Peace!

Arcade Building (1926): Fort Pierce, Florida

Arcade Building (1928): Winter Haven, Florida

Bishop Arcade (1841): Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bradford Arcade (1915): Fort Myers, Florida

Broadway-Spring Arcade (1924): Los Angeles, California

Brown’s Arcade (1904): Baltimore, Maryland

Burlington Arcade (1980): Pasadena, California

Camayo Arcade (1926): Ashland, Kentucky

Carew Tower Arcade (1931): Cincinnati, Ohio

Chevy Chase Arcade (1925): Washington, DC

Coolidge Corner Arcade (1926): Brookline, Massachusetts

Crislip Arcade (1925): St. Petersburg, Florida

Dayton Arcade (1904): Dayton, Ohio

Equitable Arcade (1912): Columbia, South Carolina

Fifth Street Arcades – Colonial (1898) and Euclid (1911): Cleveland, Ohio

Front Street Arcade (1972): Traverse City, Michigan

Green-Richman Arcade (1925): St.Petersburg, Florida

Grove Arcade (1929): Asheville, North Carolina

Jennings Arcade (1926): Bradenton, Florida

Latta Arcade (1914): Charlotte, North Carolina

Market Arcade (1892): Buffalo, New York

Monticello Arcade (1907): Norfolk, Virginia

Nashville Arcade (1902): Nashville, Tennessee

Newark Arcade (1909): Newark, Ohio

Nickels Arcade (1918): Ann Arbor, Michigan

Paddock Arcade (1850): Watertown, New York

Plankinton Arcade (1916) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – now park of The Grand Avenue

Proctors Arcade (1926): Schenectady, New York

Pueblo Arcade (1926): Vero Beach, Florida

Ritter (or Huntington) Arcade (1924): Huntington, West Virginia – now condos

Shoreland Arcade (1925): Miami, Florida

Snell Arcade (1928): St. Petersburg, Florida

The Arcade (1928): Albany, New York – now apartments

The Arcade (1890): Cleveland, Ohio – now hotel and retail

The Arcade (1899): New Rochelle, New York – no good images found to date.

Uptown Station Arcade (1929): Oakland, California

Westminster Arcade (1828): Providence, Rhode Island

Wright Arcade (1913): St. Louis, Missouri – currently vacant and decaying

Lost but not forgotten (likely more):

• Adams Arcade (1920s-2025): Quincy, Massachusetts
• Arcade Building (1902-1969): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Banks Arcade (1830-1900+/-): New Orleans, Louisiana
• Boulevard Arcade (1922): Chicago, Illinois – no longer an arcade
• Douglas Arcade (1893-?): Chicago, Illinois
• Granville Arcade (1922-?): Chicago, Illinois
• Jenkins Arcade (1911-1962): Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Lind Arcade (1928-1994): Zanesville, Ohio
• Peachtree Arcade (1917-1964): Atlanta, Georgia
• Pembroke Arcade (1895-1943): Indianapolis, Indiana
• Pullman Arcade (1882-1926): Chicago, Illinois
• Reynolds Arcade (1829-1932): Rochester New York
• Spitzer Arcade (1895): Toledo, Ohio – no longer an arcade
• The Arcade/Hotel (1883-1988): Springfield, Ohio
• Thirty-Fifth Street Arcade (1929-1964): Chicago, Illinois
• Union Arcade: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Windsor Arcade (1901-1911): New York City, New York
• Woodruff Arcade (1923-2018): Chicago, Illinois

SOURCES:

• gemini.google.ai
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shopping_arcades_in_the_United_States
• http://www.google.com
• https://www.sixtenllc.com/blog/sixten-redevelops-historic-arcade-building-in-downtown-winter-haven
• https://route1views.com/travel/step-inside-history-exploring-bridgeports-sterling-block-and-bishop-arcade
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway-Spring_Arcade#/media/File:Broadway_Arcade_(Spring_Arcade),_Downtown_Los_Angeles_Interior.jpg
• https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/89
• slideshare.net
• https://www.arcadedayton.com/index.php/our-history/
• https://www.traverseticker.com/news/big-changes-coming-to-front-street-cherry-republic-to-take-over-arcade-building/
• https://theclio.com/entry/32920
• https://www.monticelloarcade.com/tenants-gallery
• https://www.trolleytours.com/nashville/arcade
• https://www.historicnewarkarcade.com/about
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickels_Arcade#/media/File:Nickels_Arcade_at_night.jpg
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddock_Arcade#/media/File:Paddock_Arcade.j
• https://www.atproctors.org/about/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_Arcade
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreland_Arcade#/media/File:Miami_FL_Downtown_HD_Shoreland_Arcade01.jpg
• https://www.theclevelandarcade.com/
• https://newrochelledowntown.com/the-arcade-building/
• https://www.placer.ai/anchor/articles/arcade-providence-and-the-promise-of-mixed-use
• https://buffaloah.com/a/bflobest/market/market.html
• https://www.preservationready.org/Buildings/617MainStreet
• https://www.arcadebuilding.com/
• https://www.builtstlouis.net/arcade4a.html
• https://historicindianapolis.com/pembroke-arcade/
• https://secretlosangeles.com/burlington-arcade-pasadena/
• https://www.historic-structures.com/oh/zanesville/lind-arcade-amp/
• https://www.edgewaterhistory.org/ehs/local/chicago-shopping-arcades
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%27s_Arcade
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Arcade_Hotel_(Springfield,_Ohio)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/24337939232499150/posts/24966034459689621/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_Building_(Brookline,_Massachusetts)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/quincyeverything/posts/24772070652481101/

Placemaking with European-style Shopping Arcades

As precursor to the post-World War II shopping mall, European-style shopping arcades were primarily focused in downtown or midtown locations. Often linking streets with indoor glass-topped atriums along former mid-block alleyways, constructed within buildings, or occupying in some cases entire city blocks, these handsome structures were a graceful and elegant respite from noisy city streets, intense summer heat, or winter rain or snow.

As the list below shows, there are a number of surviving classic shopping arcades in the United States, though they are not necessarily used for retail purposes any longer. Some have been converted into apartments, others into condominiums or hotels, and many into mixed use developments.

Florida appears to have the most extant versions with nine, though given the heyday for shopping arcades was in the United States was the 1920s, the ones there are relatively small and one-story, as was Florida’s population was much less at the time. Seventeen of those listed were built complete during the Roaring 20s; seven in the 1910s, five in the 1900s, and four in the 1890s.

This blog author’s personal has had the good fortune to see four of these in person – the Grove Arcade in Asheville, Newark Arcade, Dayton Arcade, Nickels Arcade in Ann Arbor, and the Front Street Arcade in Traverse City. The Grove and Dayton Arcades are my two favorites thus far. Aside from them, based on the photos, many of the two and three-story arcades listed are quite beautiful.

Sadly, a number of historic arcades across the country have been lost over the decades to redevelopment, neglect, disuse, time, urban renewal, etc. The final one listed below, the Wright Arcade in St. Louis is in danger in being lost too, if something isn’t done soon to save it.

As a retired planner, these arcades were fantastic examples of community placemaking from the time of the their construction and remain so today. The Grove Arcade in Asheville, North Carolina is an amazing example of this ability to be a key focal point of downtown. Aside from its interior stores, restaurants, offices, and residential uses, The Grove Arcade also has a partially covered daily outdoor Makers Market and series of sidewalk cafes/restaurants. It truly is a marvelous centerpiece of the city.

If your city is lucky enough to have an old shopping arcade, everything possible should be done to try to save it and reuse it again, preferably for its original purpose.

Personally, this blog author would rather see some form of retail/dining component included in every classic shopping arcade so they may be the community placemaking attribute there were intended to be. While saving the building is a good thing, converting it to just apartments and condos will close off the iconic structure from being truly appreciated by the general public and largely voiding its placemaking ability. 

Peace!

Arcade Building (1926): Fort Pierce, Florida

Arcade Building (1928): Winter Haven, Florida

Bishop Arcade (1841): Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bradford Arcade (1915): Fort Myers, Florida

Broadway-Spring Arcade (1924): Los Angeles, California

Brown’s Arcade (1904): Baltimore, Maryland

Burlington Arcade (1980): Pasadena, California

Camayo Arcade (1926): Ashland, Kentucky

Carew Tower Arcade (1931): Cincinnati, Ohio

Chevy Chase Arcade (1925): Washington, DC

Coolidge Corner Arcade (1926): Brookline, Massachusetts

Crislip Arcade (1925): St. Petersburg, Florida

Dayton Arcade (1904): Dayton, Ohio

Equitable Arcade (1912): Columbia, South Carolina

Fifth Street Arcades – Colonial (1898) and Euclid (1911): Cleveland, Ohio

Front Street Arcade (1972): Traverse City, Michigan

Green-Richman Arcade (1925): St.Petersburg, Florida

Grove Arcade (1929): Asheville, North Carolina

Jennings Arcade (1926): Bradenton, Florida

Latta Arcade (1914): Charlotte, North Carolina

Market Arcade (1892): Buffalo, New York

Monticello Arcade (1907): Norfolk, Virginia

Nashville Arcade (1902): Nashville, Tennessee

Newark Arcade (1909): Newark, Ohio

Nickels Arcade (1918): Ann Arbor, Michigan

Paddock Arcade (1850): Watertown, New York

Plankinton Arcade (1916) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – now park of The Grand Avenue

Proctors Arcade (1926): Schenectady, New York

Pueblo Arcade (1926): Vero Beach, Florida

Ritter (or Huntington) Arcade (1924): Huntington, West Virginia – now condos

Shoreland Arcade (1925): Miami, Florida

Snell Arcade (1928): St. Petersburg, Florida

The Arcade (1928): Albany, New York – now apartments

The Arcade (1890): Cleveland, Ohio – now hotel and retail

The Arcade (1899): New Rochelle, New York – no good images found to date.

Uptown Station Arcade (1929): Oakland, California

Westminster Arcade (1828): Providence, Rhode Island

Wright Arcade (1913): St. Louis, Missouri – currently vacant and decaying

Lost but not forgotten (likely more):

• Adams Arcade (1920s-2025): Quincy, Massachusetts
• Arcade Building (1902-1969): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Banks Arcade (1830-1900+/-): New Orleans, Louisiana
• Boulevard Arcade (1922): Chicago, Illinois – no longer an arcade
• Douglas Arcade (1893-?): Chicago, Illinois
• Granville Arcade (1922-?): Chicago, Illinois
• Jenkins Arcade (1911-1962): Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Lind Arcade (1928-1994): Zanesville, Ohio
• Peachtree Arcade (1917-1964): Atlanta, Georgia
• Pembroke Arcade (1895-1943): Indianapolis, Indiana
• Pullman Arcade (1882-1926): Chicago, Illinois
• Reynolds Arcade (1829-1932): Rochester New York
• Spitzer Arcade (1895): Toledo, Ohio – no longer an arcade
• The Arcade/Hotel (1883-1988): Springfield, Ohio
• Thirty-Fifth Street Arcade (1929-1964): Chicago, Illinois
• Union Arcade: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Windsor Arcade (1901-1911): New York City, New York
• Woodruff Arcade (1923-2018): Chicago, Illinois

SOURCES:

• gemini.google.ai
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shopping_arcades_in_the_United_States
• http://www.google.com
• https://www.sixtenllc.com/blog/sixten-redevelops-historic-arcade-building-in-downtown-winter-haven
• https://route1views.com/travel/step-inside-history-exploring-bridgeports-sterling-block-and-bishop-arcade
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway-Spring_Arcade#/media/File:Broadway_Arcade_(Spring_Arcade),_Downtown_Los_Angeles_Interior.jpg
• https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/89
• slideshare.net
• https://www.arcadedayton.com/index.php/our-history/
• https://www.traverseticker.com/news/big-changes-coming-to-front-street-cherry-republic-to-take-over-arcade-building/
• https://theclio.com/entry/32920
• https://www.monticelloarcade.com/tenants-gallery
• https://www.trolleytours.com/nashville/arcade
• https://www.historicnewarkarcade.com/about
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickels_Arcade#/media/File:Nickels_Arcade_at_night.jpg
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddock_Arcade#/media/File:Paddock_Arcade.j
• https://www.atproctors.org/about/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_Arcade
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreland_Arcade#/media/File:Miami_FL_Downtown_HD_Shoreland_Arcade01.jpg
• https://www.theclevelandarcade.com/
• https://newrochelledowntown.com/the-arcade-building/
• https://www.placer.ai/anchor/articles/arcade-providence-and-the-promise-of-mixed-use
• https://buffaloah.com/a/bflobest/market/market.html
• https://www.preservationready.org/Buildings/617MainStreet
• https://www.arcadebuilding.com/
• https://www.builtstlouis.net/arcade4a.html
• https://historicindianapolis.com/pembroke-arcade/
• https://secretlosangeles.com/burlington-arcade-pasadena/
• https://www.historic-structures.com/oh/zanesville/lind-arcade-amp/
• https://www.edgewaterhistory.org/ehs/local/chicago-shopping-arcades
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%27s_Arcade
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Arcade_Hotel_(Springfield,_Ohio)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/24337939232499150/posts/24966034459689621/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_Building_(Brookline,_Massachusetts)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/quincyeverything/posts/24772070652481101/

Placemaking with European-style Shopping Arcades

As precursor to the post-World War II shopping mall, European-style shopping arcades were primarily focused in downtown or midtown locations. Often linking streets with indoor glass-topped atriums along former mid-block alleyways, constructed within buildings, or occupying in some cases entire city blocks, these handsome structures were a graceful and elegant respite from noisy city streets, intense summer heat, or winter rain or snow.

As the list below shows, there are a number of surviving classic shopping arcades in the United States, though they are not necessarily used for retail purposes any longer. Some have been converted into apartments, others into condominiums or hotels, and many into mixed use developments.

Florida appears to have the most extant versions with nine, though given the heyday for shopping arcades was in the United States was the 1920s, the ones there are relatively small and one-story, as was Florida’s population was much less at the time. Seventeen of those listed were built complete during the Roaring 20s; seven in the 1910s, five in the 1900s, and four in the 1890s.

This blog author’s personal has had the good fortune to see four of these in person – the Grove Arcade in Asheville, Newark Arcade, Dayton Arcade, Nickels Arcade in Ann Arbor, and the Front Street Arcade in Traverse City. The Grove and Dayton Arcades are my two favorites thus far. Aside from them, based on the photos, many of the two and three-story arcades listed are quite beautiful.

Sadly, a number of historic arcades across the country have been lost over the decades to redevelopment, neglect, disuse, time, urban renewal, etc. The final one listed below, the Wright Arcade in St. Louis is in danger in being lost too, if something isn’t done soon to save it.

As a retired planner, these arcades were fantastic examples of community placemaking from the time of the their construction and remain so today. The Grove Arcade in Asheville, North Carolina is an amazing example of this ability to be a key focal point of downtown. Aside from its interior stores, restaurants, offices, and residential uses, The Grove Arcade also has a partially covered daily outdoor Makers Market and series of sidewalk cafes/restaurants. It truly is a marvelous centerpiece of the city.

If your city is lucky enough to have an old shopping arcade, everything possible should be done to try to save it and reuse it again, preferably for its original purpose.

Personally, this blog author would rather see some form of retail/dining component included in every classic shopping arcade so they may be the community placemaking attribute there were intended to be. While saving the building is a good thing, converting it to just apartments and condos will close off the iconic structure from being truly appreciated by the general public and largely voiding its placemaking ability. 

Peace!

Arcade Building (1926): Fort Pierce, Florida

Arcade Building (1928): Winter Haven, Florida

Bishop Arcade (1841): Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bradford Arcade (1915): Fort Myers, Florida

Broadway-Spring Arcade (1924): Los Angeles, California

Brown’s Arcade (1904): Baltimore, Maryland

Burlington Arcade (1980): Pasadena, California

Camayo Arcade (1926): Ashland, Kentucky

Carew Tower Arcade (1931): Cincinnati, Ohio

Chevy Chase Arcade (1925): Washington, DC

Coolidge Corner Arcade (1926): Brookline, Massachusetts

Crislip Arcade (1925): St. Petersburg, Florida

Dayton Arcade (1904): Dayton, Ohio

Equitable Arcade (1912): Columbia, South Carolina

Fifth Street Arcades – Colonial (1898) and Euclid (1911): Cleveland, Ohio

Front Street Arcade (1972): Traverse City, Michigan

Green-Richman Arcade (1925): St.Petersburg, Florida

Grove Arcade (1929): Asheville, North Carolina

Jennings Arcade (1926): Bradenton, Florida

Latta Arcade (1914): Charlotte, North Carolina

Market Arcade (1892): Buffalo, New York

Monticello Arcade (1907): Norfolk, Virginia

Nashville Arcade (1902): Nashville, Tennessee

Newark Arcade (1909): Newark, Ohio

Nickels Arcade (1918): Ann Arbor, Michigan

Paddock Arcade (1850): Watertown, New York

Plankinton Arcade (1916) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – now park of The Grand Avenue

Proctors Arcade (1926): Schenectady, New York

Pueblo Arcade (1926): Vero Beach, Florida

Ritter (or Huntington) Arcade (1924): Huntington, West Virginia – now condos

Shoreland Arcade (1925): Miami, Florida

Snell Arcade (1928): St. Petersburg, Florida

The Arcade (1928): Albany, New York – now apartments

The Arcade (1890): Cleveland, Ohio – now hotel and retail

The Arcade (1899): New Rochelle, New York – no good images found to date.

Uptown Station Arcade (1929): Oakland, California

Westminster Arcade (1828): Providence, Rhode Island

Wright Arcade (1913): St. Louis, Missouri – currently vacant and decaying

Lost but not forgotten (likely more):

• Adams Arcade (1920s-2025): Quincy, Massachusetts
• Arcade Building (1902-1969): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Banks Arcade (1830-1900+/-): New Orleans, Louisiana
• Boulevard Arcade (1922): Chicago, Illinois – no longer an arcade
• Douglas Arcade (1893-?): Chicago, Illinois
• Granville Arcade (1922-?): Chicago, Illinois
• Jenkins Arcade (1911-1962): Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Lind Arcade (1928-1994): Zanesville, Ohio
• Peachtree Arcade (1917-1964): Atlanta, Georgia
• Pembroke Arcade (1895-1943): Indianapolis, Indiana
• Pullman Arcade (1882-1926): Chicago, Illinois
• Reynolds Arcade (1829-1932): Rochester New York
• Spitzer Arcade (1895): Toledo, Ohio – no longer an arcade
• The Arcade/Hotel (1883-1988): Springfield, Ohio
• Thirty-Fifth Street Arcade (1929-1964): Chicago, Illinois
• Union Arcade: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Windsor Arcade (1901-1911): New York City, New York
• Woodruff Arcade (1923-2018): Chicago, Illinois

SOURCES:

• gemini.google.ai
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shopping_arcades_in_the_United_States
• http://www.google.com
• https://www.sixtenllc.com/blog/sixten-redevelops-historic-arcade-building-in-downtown-winter-haven
• https://route1views.com/travel/step-inside-history-exploring-bridgeports-sterling-block-and-bishop-arcade
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway-Spring_Arcade#/media/File:Broadway_Arcade_(Spring_Arcade),_Downtown_Los_Angeles_Interior.jpg
• https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/89
• slideshare.net
• https://www.arcadedayton.com/index.php/our-history/
• https://www.traverseticker.com/news/big-changes-coming-to-front-street-cherry-republic-to-take-over-arcade-building/
• https://theclio.com/entry/32920
• https://www.monticelloarcade.com/tenants-gallery
• https://www.trolleytours.com/nashville/arcade
• https://www.historicnewarkarcade.com/about
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickels_Arcade#/media/File:Nickels_Arcade_at_night.jpg
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddock_Arcade#/media/File:Paddock_Arcade.j
• https://www.atproctors.org/about/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_Arcade
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreland_Arcade#/media/File:Miami_FL_Downtown_HD_Shoreland_Arcade01.jpg
• https://www.theclevelandarcade.com/
• https://newrochelledowntown.com/the-arcade-building/
• https://www.placer.ai/anchor/articles/arcade-providence-and-the-promise-of-mixed-use
• https://buffaloah.com/a/bflobest/market/market.html
• https://www.preservationready.org/Buildings/617MainStreet
• https://www.arcadebuilding.com/
• https://www.builtstlouis.net/arcade4a.html
• https://historicindianapolis.com/pembroke-arcade/
• https://secretlosangeles.com/burlington-arcade-pasadena/
• https://www.historic-structures.com/oh/zanesville/lind-arcade-amp/
• https://www.edgewaterhistory.org/ehs/local/chicago-shopping-arcades
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%27s_Arcade
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Arcade_Hotel_(Springfield,_Ohio)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/24337939232499150/posts/24966034459689621/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_Building_(Brookline,_Massachusetts)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/quincyeverything/posts/24772070652481101/

Placemaking with European-style Shopping Arcades

As precursor to the post-World War II shopping mall, European-style shopping arcades were primarily focused in downtown or midtown locations. Often linking streets with indoor glass-topped atriums along former mid-block alleyways, constructed within buildings, or occupying in some cases entire city blocks, these handsome structures were a graceful and elegant respite from noisy city streets, intense summer heat, or winter rain or snow.

As the list below shows, there are a number of surviving classic shopping arcades in the United States, though they are not necessarily used for retail purposes any longer. Some have been converted into apartments, others into condominiums or hotels, and many into mixed use developments.

Florida appears to have the most extant versions with nine, though given the heyday for shopping arcades was in the United States was the 1920s, the ones there are relatively small and one-story, as was Florida’s population was much less at the time. Seventeen of those listed were built complete during the Roaring 20s; seven in the 1910s, five in the 1900s, and four in the 1890s.

This blog author’s personal has had the good fortune to see four of these in person – the Grove Arcade in Asheville, Newark Arcade, Dayton Arcade, Nickels Arcade in Ann Arbor, and the Front Street Arcade in Traverse City. The Grove and Dayton Arcades are my two favorites thus far. Aside from them, based on the photos, many of the two and three-story arcades listed are quite beautiful.

Sadly, a number of historic arcades across the country have been lost over the decades to redevelopment, neglect, disuse, time, urban renewal, etc. The final one listed below, the Wright Arcade in St. Louis is in danger in being lost too, if something isn’t done soon to save it.

As a retired planner, these arcades were fantastic examples of community placemaking from the time of the their construction and remain so today. The Grove Arcade in Asheville, North Carolina is an amazing example of this ability to be a key focal point of downtown. Aside from its interior stores, restaurants, offices, and residential uses, The Grove Arcade also has a partially covered daily outdoor Makers Market and series of sidewalk cafes/restaurants. It truly is a marvelous centerpiece of the city.

If your city is lucky enough to have an old shopping arcade, everything possible should be done to try to save it and reuse it again, preferably for its original purpose.

Personally, this blog author would rather see some form of retail/dining component included in every classic shopping arcade so they may be the community placemaking attribute there were intended to be. While saving the building is a good thing, converting it to just apartments and condos will close off the iconic structure from being truly appreciated by the general public and largely voiding its placemaking ability. 

Peace!

Arcade Building (1926): Fort Pierce, Florida

Arcade Building (1928): Winter Haven, Florida

Bishop Arcade (1841): Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bradford Arcade (1915): Fort Myers, Florida

Broadway-Spring Arcade (1924): Los Angeles, California

Brown’s Arcade (1904): Baltimore, Maryland

Burlington Arcade (1980): Pasadena, California

Camayo Arcade (1926): Ashland, Kentucky

Carew Tower Arcade (1931): Cincinnati, Ohio

Chevy Chase Arcade (1925): Washington, DC

Coolidge Corner Arcade (1926): Brookline, Massachusetts

Crislip Arcade (1925): St. Petersburg, Florida

Dayton Arcade (1904): Dayton, Ohio

Equitable Arcade (1912): Columbia, South Carolina

Fifth Street Arcades – Colonial (1898) and Euclid (1911): Cleveland, Ohio

Front Street Arcade (1972): Traverse City, Michigan

Green-Richman Arcade (1925): St.Petersburg, Florida

Grove Arcade (1929): Asheville, North Carolina

Jennings Arcade (1926): Bradenton, Florida

Latta Arcade (1914): Charlotte, North Carolina

Market Arcade (1892): Buffalo, New York

Monticello Arcade (1907): Norfolk, Virginia

Nashville Arcade (1902): Nashville, Tennessee

Newark Arcade (1909): Newark, Ohio

Nickels Arcade (1918): Ann Arbor, Michigan

Paddock Arcade (1850): Watertown, New York

Plankinton Arcade (1916) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – now park of The Grand Avenue

Proctors Arcade (1926): Schenectady, New York

Pueblo Arcade (1926): Vero Beach, Florida

Ritter (or Huntington) Arcade (1924): Huntington, West Virginia – now condos

Shoreland Arcade (1925): Miami, Florida

Snell Arcade (1928): St. Petersburg, Florida

The Arcade (1928): Albany, New York – now apartments

The Arcade (1890): Cleveland, Ohio – now hotel and retail

The Arcade (1899): New Rochelle, New York – no good images found to date.

Uptown Station Arcade (1929): Oakland, California

Westminster Arcade (1828): Providence, Rhode Island

Wright Arcade (1913): St. Louis, Missouri – currently vacant and decaying

Lost but not forgotten (likely more):

• Adams Arcade (1920s-2025): Quincy, Massachusetts
• Arcade Building (1902-1969): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Banks Arcade (1830-1900+/-): New Orleans, Louisiana
• Boulevard Arcade (1922): Chicago, Illinois – no longer an arcade
• Douglas Arcade (1893-?): Chicago, Illinois
• Granville Arcade (1922-?): Chicago, Illinois
• Jenkins Arcade (1911-1962): Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Lind Arcade (1928-1994): Zanesville, Ohio
• Peachtree Arcade (1917-1964): Atlanta, Georgia
• Pembroke Arcade (1895-1943): Indianapolis, Indiana
• Pullman Arcade (1882-1926): Chicago, Illinois
• Reynolds Arcade (1829-1932): Rochester New York
• Spitzer Arcade (1895): Toledo, Ohio – no longer an arcade
• The Arcade/Hotel (1883-1988): Springfield, Ohio
• Thirty-Fifth Street Arcade (1929-1964): Chicago, Illinois
• Union Arcade: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Windsor Arcade (1901-1911): New York City, New York
• Woodruff Arcade (1923-2018): Chicago, Illinois

SOURCES:

• gemini.google.ai
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shopping_arcades_in_the_United_States
• http://www.google.com
• https://www.sixtenllc.com/blog/sixten-redevelops-historic-arcade-building-in-downtown-winter-haven
• https://route1views.com/travel/step-inside-history-exploring-bridgeports-sterling-block-and-bishop-arcade
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway-Spring_Arcade#/media/File:Broadway_Arcade_(Spring_Arcade),_Downtown_Los_Angeles_Interior.jpg
• https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/89
• slideshare.net
• https://www.arcadedayton.com/index.php/our-history/
• https://www.traverseticker.com/news/big-changes-coming-to-front-street-cherry-republic-to-take-over-arcade-building/
• https://theclio.com/entry/32920
• https://www.monticelloarcade.com/tenants-gallery
• https://www.trolleytours.com/nashville/arcade
• https://www.historicnewarkarcade.com/about
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickels_Arcade#/media/File:Nickels_Arcade_at_night.jpg
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddock_Arcade#/media/File:Paddock_Arcade.j
• https://www.atproctors.org/about/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_Arcade
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreland_Arcade#/media/File:Miami_FL_Downtown_HD_Shoreland_Arcade01.jpg
• https://www.theclevelandarcade.com/
• https://newrochelledowntown.com/the-arcade-building/
• https://www.placer.ai/anchor/articles/arcade-providence-and-the-promise-of-mixed-use
• https://buffaloah.com/a/bflobest/market/market.html
• https://www.preservationready.org/Buildings/617MainStreet
• https://www.arcadebuilding.com/
• https://www.builtstlouis.net/arcade4a.html
• https://historicindianapolis.com/pembroke-arcade/
• https://secretlosangeles.com/burlington-arcade-pasadena/
• https://www.historic-structures.com/oh/zanesville/lind-arcade-amp/
• https://www.edgewaterhistory.org/ehs/local/chicago-shopping-arcades
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%27s_Arcade
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Arcade_Hotel_(Springfield,_Ohio)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/24337939232499150/posts/24966034459689621/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_Building_(Brookline,_Massachusetts)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/quincyeverything/posts/24772070652481101/

Placemaking with European-style Shopping Arcades

As precursor to the post-World War II shopping mall, European-style shopping arcades were primarily focused in downtown or midtown locations. Often linking streets with indoor glass-topped atriums along former mid-block alleyways, constructed within buildings, or occupying in some cases entire city blocks, these handsome structures were a graceful and elegant respite from noisy city streets, intense summer heat, or winter rain or snow.

As the list below shows, there are a number of surviving classic shopping arcades in the United States, though they are not necessarily used for retail purposes any longer. Some have been converted into apartments, others into condominiums or hotels, and many into mixed use developments.

Florida appears to have the most extant versions with nine, though given the heyday for shopping arcades was in the United States was the 1920s, the ones there are relatively small and one-story, as was Florida’s population was much less at the time. Seventeen of those listed were built complete during the Roaring 20s; seven in the 1910s, five in the 1900s, and four in the 1890s.

This blog author’s personal has had the good fortune to see four of these in person – the Grove Arcade in Asheville, Newark Arcade, Dayton Arcade, Nickels Arcade in Ann Arbor, and the Front Street Arcade in Traverse City. The Grove and Dayton Arcades are my two favorites thus far. Aside from them, based on the photos, many of the two and three-story arcades listed are quite beautiful.

Sadly, a number of historic arcades across the country have been lost over the decades to redevelopment, neglect, disuse, time, urban renewal, etc. The final one listed below, the Wright Arcade in St. Louis is in danger in being lost too, if something isn’t done soon to save it.

As a retired planner, these arcades were fantastic examples of community placemaking from the time of the their construction and remain so today. The Grove Arcade in Asheville, North Carolina is an amazing example of this ability to be a key focal point of downtown. Aside from its interior stores, restaurants, offices, and residential uses, The Grove Arcade also has a partially covered daily outdoor Makers Market and series of sidewalk cafes/restaurants. It truly is a marvelous centerpiece of the city.

If your city is lucky enough to have an old shopping arcade, everything possible should be done to try to save it and reuse it again, preferably for its original purpose.

Personally, this blog author would rather see some form of retail/dining component included in every classic shopping arcade so they may be the community placemaking attribute there were intended to be. While saving the building is a good thing, converting it to just apartments and condos will close off the iconic structure from being truly appreciated by the general public and largely voiding its placemaking ability. 

Peace!

Arcade Building (1926): Fort Pierce, Florida

Arcade Building (1928): Winter Haven, Florida

Bishop Arcade (1841): Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bradford Arcade (1915): Fort Myers, Florida

Broadway-Spring Arcade (1924): Los Angeles, California

Brown’s Arcade (1904): Baltimore, Maryland

Burlington Arcade (1980): Pasadena, California

Camayo Arcade (1926): Ashland, Kentucky

Carew Tower Arcade (1931): Cincinnati, Ohio

Chevy Chase Arcade (1925): Washington, DC

Coolidge Corner Arcade (1926): Brookline, Massachusetts

Crislip Arcade (1925): St. Petersburg, Florida

Dayton Arcade (1904): Dayton, Ohio

Equitable Arcade (1912): Columbia, South Carolina

Fifth Street Arcades – Colonial (1898) and Euclid (1911): Cleveland, Ohio

Front Street Arcade (1972): Traverse City, Michigan

Green-Richman Arcade (1925): St.Petersburg, Florida

Grove Arcade (1929): Asheville, North Carolina

Jennings Arcade (1926): Bradenton, Florida

Latta Arcade (1914): Charlotte, North Carolina

Market Arcade (1892): Buffalo, New York

Monticello Arcade (1907): Norfolk, Virginia

Nashville Arcade (1902): Nashville, Tennessee

Newark Arcade (1909): Newark, Ohio

Nickels Arcade (1918): Ann Arbor, Michigan

Paddock Arcade (1850): Watertown, New York

Plankinton Arcade (1916) – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – now park of The Grand Avenue

Proctors Arcade (1926): Schenectady, New York

Pueblo Arcade (1926): Vero Beach, Florida

Ritter (or Huntington) Arcade (1924): Huntington, West Virginia – now condos

Shoreland Arcade (1925): Miami, Florida

Snell Arcade (1928): St. Petersburg, Florida

The Arcade (1928): Albany, New York – now apartments

The Arcade (1890): Cleveland, Ohio – now hotel and retail

The Arcade (1899): New Rochelle, New York – no good images found to date.

Uptown Station Arcade (1929): Oakland, California

Westminster Arcade (1828): Providence, Rhode Island

Wright Arcade (1913): St. Louis, Missouri – currently vacant and decaying

Lost but not forgotten (likely more):

• Adams Arcade (1920s-2025): Quincy, Massachusetts
• Arcade Building (1902-1969): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Banks Arcade (1830-1900+/-): New Orleans, Louisiana
• Boulevard Arcade (1922): Chicago, Illinois – no longer an arcade
• Douglas Arcade (1893-?): Chicago, Illinois
• Granville Arcade (1922-?): Chicago, Illinois
• Jenkins Arcade (1911-1962): Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Lind Arcade (1928-1994): Zanesville, Ohio
• Peachtree Arcade (1917-1964): Atlanta, Georgia
• Pembroke Arcade (1895-1943): Indianapolis, Indiana
• Pullman Arcade (1882-1926): Chicago, Illinois
• Reynolds Arcade (1829-1932): Rochester New York
• Spitzer Arcade (1895): Toledo, Ohio – no longer an arcade
• The Arcade/Hotel (1883-1988): Springfield, Ohio
• Thirty-Fifth Street Arcade (1929-1964): Chicago, Illinois
• Union Arcade: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Windsor Arcade (1901-1911): New York City, New York
• Woodruff Arcade (1923-2018): Chicago, Illinois

SOURCES:

• gemini.google.ai
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shopping_arcades_in_the_United_States
• http://www.google.com
• https://www.sixtenllc.com/blog/sixten-redevelops-historic-arcade-building-in-downtown-winter-haven
• https://route1views.com/travel/step-inside-history-exploring-bridgeports-sterling-block-and-bishop-arcade
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway-Spring_Arcade#/media/File:Broadway_Arcade_(Spring_Arcade),_Downtown_Los_Angeles_Interior.jpg
• https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/89
• slideshare.net
• https://www.arcadedayton.com/index.php/our-history/
• https://www.traverseticker.com/news/big-changes-coming-to-front-street-cherry-republic-to-take-over-arcade-building/
• https://theclio.com/entry/32920
• https://www.monticelloarcade.com/tenants-gallery
• https://www.trolleytours.com/nashville/arcade
• https://www.historicnewarkarcade.com/about
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickels_Arcade#/media/File:Nickels_Arcade_at_night.jpg
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddock_Arcade#/media/File:Paddock_Arcade.j
• https://www.atproctors.org/about/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_Arcade
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreland_Arcade#/media/File:Miami_FL_Downtown_HD_Shoreland_Arcade01.jpg
• https://www.theclevelandarcade.com/
• https://newrochelledowntown.com/the-arcade-building/
• https://www.placer.ai/anchor/articles/arcade-providence-and-the-promise-of-mixed-use
• https://buffaloah.com/a/bflobest/market/market.html
• https://www.preservationready.org/Buildings/617MainStreet
• https://www.arcadebuilding.com/
• https://www.builtstlouis.net/arcade4a.html
• https://historicindianapolis.com/pembroke-arcade/
• https://secretlosangeles.com/burlington-arcade-pasadena/
• https://www.historic-structures.com/oh/zanesville/lind-arcade-amp/
• https://www.edgewaterhistory.org/ehs/local/chicago-shopping-arcades
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%27s_Arcade
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Arcade_Hotel_(Springfield,_Ohio)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/24337939232499150/posts/24966034459689621/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_Building_(Brookline,_Massachusetts)
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/quincyeverything/posts/24772070652481101/

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