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(UCPD, Inc.) was a commercial property development corporation established in","datePublished":"2016-02-11","dateModified":"2016-02-11","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fb\/UCPD_Inc._Company_Logo_1971.jpg\/380px-UCPD_Inc._Company_Logo_1971.jpg","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fb\/UCPD_Inc._Company_Logo_1971.jpg\/380px-UCPD_Inc._Company_Logo_1971.jpg","height":"110","width":"380"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/university-circle-properties-development-wikipedia\/","wordCount":1431,"articleBody":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  University Circle Properties Development, Inc. (UCPD, Inc.) was a commercial property development corporation established in 1968 in Cleveland Ohio. Located in the University Circle area at the famous intersection of Euclid Avenue[1] and East 105th Street, the area came to be known colloquially during the 1960s and 1970s as “105 and Euclid” and “The Block”. Founded by a young African-American businessman, Winston E. Willis, UCPD, Inc. was the umbrella organization for a number of thriving businesses on the lower East side. After operating successfully for over fifteen years, and following decades of courtroom confrontations and legal battles over property rights, UCPD, Inc. and all of its popular 105th and Euclid businesses were demolished in 1982 to make way for the continuing expansion of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and numerous government sponsored redevelopment projects.History[edit]The Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street intersection, originally known as Doan’s Corners, was the site of the old Keith’s East 105th St. Theater, where comedian Bob Hope got his start in Vaudeville. University Circle Properties Development, Inc. was founded in 1968 by a local young African-American entrepreneur, Winston E. Willis. His purchase of the property followed a long and contentious legal struggle with the former titleholder, the Cleveland Trust Company, and other Cuyahoga County officials. Questions were raised by University Circle Incorporated (UCI), the Cleveland Clinic, and others as to his qualifications to own and redevelop \u201cblighted\u201d property. During the turbulent riot-torn 1960s, local events (e.g., the Reverend Bruce W. Klunder bulldozer murder, the Hough Riots, and the Glenville Shootout[2]) had begun to trigger white flight, and businesses on Euclid Avenue were being closed, boarded up and sometimes abandoned.UCPD, Inc. was \u201c\u2026organized to plan and implement the redevelopment of Cleveland\u2019s Euclid Avenue and 105th Street area after too many years of social indifference.\u201dFollowing his eventual acquisitions, UCPD, Inc. went on to develop and operate 23 small businesses at the site[3] employing more than 400 workers (most of whom were people of color), at a time when very little prospect for economic advancement was open for local minorities in Cleveland’s inner-city.  The popular strip, often referred to as \u201can inner-city Disneyland\u201d, was one of the most strategic and valuable real estate parcels in the city and flourished for 15 years.The company’s Euclid Avenue businesses included:\u2022PlayLand Fascination Arcade\u2022Performing Arts Theater\u2022The Brave New World\u2022UCPD, Inc. Offices\u2022Scrumpy-Dump Cinema\u2022New Orleans Restaurant\u2022Boon Docks Seafood Restaurant\u2022The Bedroom Lounge\u2022Mr. John\u2019s Haberdashery\u2022The Record Den\u2022Wig Wholesalers\u2022Cold-Blooded Menswear\u2022State Liquor Store\u2022PayMaster Money Exchange\u2022Bosa Nova Lounge\u2022Winston\u2019s Place Fine Dining\u2022Quick-Pick Food & Beverage\u2022Adult Book Store\u2022Pussycat Cinex\u2022Quarter Movie Arcade\u2022WinJam Studios\u2022Circus Maximus\u2022UCPD Commissary.The UCPD, Inc. businesses stood in the way of the city\u2019s plans[4] for creating a medical-educational complex connecting Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.[5] Willis had faced legal troubles with the city, including violations of tax law. He was convicted on a bad check charge, and while he was imprisoned in 1982, the city seized his properties and demolished them, freeing the land for the large medical development.[6][7]References[edit]^ Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.  http:\/\/ech.case.edu\/ech-cgi\/article.pl?id=EA^ Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, The Glenville Shootout (July,1968) http:\/\/ech.cwru.edu\/ech-cgi\/article.pl?id=GS1^ Cleveland Press Showtime Pgs. 3-4. “Winston Willis\u2019 Miracle on E.105th Street\u201d (June 1, 1973) Emanuel Hughley, Jr. and Dick McLaughlin,https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/news\/oltitles.html.^ Plain Dealer Front Page Headline. “Clinic Plans Massive Expansion\u201d (November 8, 1980) Elizabeth Price, and Amos A. Kermisch, http:\/\/www.plaindealer.com\/newsroom\/archives.php.^ Plain Dealer Front Page. “Therapy Center Might Wipe Out Willis\u2019 Businesses on Euclid Avenue\u201d (August 21, 1979) Rice, Joseph D.  http:\/\/www.plaindealer.com\/newsroom\/archives.php.^ Cleveland Public Library Periodicals Index, Club Date Magazine, “The Five Comes Down“, (Fall\u20131982) Pg. 26 Majied, Verle and Blunt, Madelyne.  http:\/\/cpl.org\/index.php?q=node\/249.^ Cleveland Press, Pg.19-A. “105th & Euclid Landlord Sues\u2026”(February 8, 1978) Staff contributors. http:\/\/www.clevelandpress.com\/.Andrzejewski, Thomas S., Abbot, David T. (July 13, 1977). \u201cClinic and UCI Accused of Land Squeeze\u201d. Plain Dealer Front Page.\u201c105th & Euclid Landlord Sues\u2026\u201d (February 8, 1978). Cleveland Press, p.\u00a019-A.Rice, Joseph D. (August 21, 1979). \u201cTherapy Center Might Wipe Out Willis\u2019 Business Strip On Euclid Avenue\u201d. Plain Dealer Front Page.Price Elizabeth, Kermisch, Amos A. (November 8, 1980). \u201cClinic Plans Massive Expansion\u201d. Plain Dealer Front Page.Majied, Verle and Blunt, Madelyne (Fall\u20131982). \u201cThe Five Comes Down\u201d. Club Date Magazine pg. 26Barclay, Dolores; Lewan, Todd; DeSilva, Bruce \u201cTorn From The Land\u201d Associated Press \u2013 2001External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/university-circle-properties-development-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"University Circle Properties Development – Wikipedia"}}]}]