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A view of the Columbus Road peninsula in the Flats, looking northeast from the west side of the Cuyahoga River. The Riverview Apartments are on the extreme left. The Veterans Memorial Bridge can be seen in the center background, while the buildings…

This view looking south down West 22nd Street toward Lorain Avenue shows the two-story wooden houses and dirt streets that characterized Irishtown Bend at this time.

A view of private homes and small commercial establishments on the north side of Lorain Avenue. The three buildings on the left include a shoe repair shop, a dry cleaner, and a barber shop.

In the early 1900s, the Columbus Road peninsula in the Flats was filled with small businesses that were overshadowed in name and size by Cleveland's iron and steel giants. Machinists, cooperages, foundries, and woodworking shops like the Trebing…

Map based on information from the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission. Detailing layout of the businesses at Steelard Commons and directions for access to the shopping center from various routes around Cleveland.

Overlooking the retail center at Steelyard Commons as construction continues on new development across the street.

A steel coil, part of the Steel Heritage Center at Steelyard Commons, lies next to the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath.

A link to the past, as a bottle car sits on display at the Steel Heritage Center of Steelyard Commons.

This image is indicative of the look of the land currently. Except for the spaces inhabited by concrete companies, much of the land is overgrown. Here is a piece of raised pipeline which is still in place on Rockefeller Avenue.

This image shows the land that was held by Standard Oil Works #1 in 1874, but also gives the viewer a sense of the area itself. It shows exactly where the location was on Broadway relative to the surrounding area. Holly Street was renamed 26th…