Cleveland Script Signs

All six, and how to find them

Destination Cleveland put up the first three script signs in 2016 as a tourism push — Edgewater, North Coast Harbor and the Abbey Avenue overlook in Tremont. Three more followed, ending with The Foundry on the Cuyahoga in August 2018. Each one runs about $40,000 to build and install, and between them they have become the city’s default backdrop: engagement photos, graduation shots, and roughly every visitor’s first post from The Land.

Five of the six sit outdoors and are free to visit at any hour. The sixth is inside the airport.

All six

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  1. 1

    Edgewater Park

    Detroit–Shoreway, west side

    2016

    Up on the bluff above Edgewater Beach with the lake behind it and downtown off to the east. The most photographed of the six, and the one everybody shoots at sunset.

    Address
    Upper Edgewater Drive, Cleveland, OH 44102
    Parking
    Free lots in the upper park, a short walk from the sign.
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  2. 2

    North Coast Harbor

    Downtown lakefront

    2016

    On the harbour edge looking straight across the water at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with the skyline stacked up behind it.

    Address
    East 9th Street Pier, Voinovich Bicentennial Park, Cleveland, OH 44114
    Parking
    Paid lots along the pier and the Great Lakes Science Center garage.
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  3. 3

    Tremont

    Abbey Avenue overlook, Duck Island

    2016

    The industrial one. Perched on the Abbey Avenue overlook above the Flats, framed by the Innerbelt and Shoreway bridges with Terminal Tower and Key Tower behind.

    Address
    1502 Abbey Ave, Cleveland, OH 44113
    Parking
    Small free lot across the street, tucked under I-90.
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  4. 4

    Euclid Beach Park

    North Collinwood, east side

    2017

    The only sign on the far east side, standing on the old Euclid Beach amusement park grounds with the lake in front and downtown a distant smudge across the water.

    Address
    16301 Lake Shore Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44110
    Parking
    Ample free parking; reach the sign by the pedestrian bridge near the boat ramp.
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  5. 5

    Cleveland Hopkins Airport

    Baggage claim, Carousel 1

    2018

    The indoor one, down by the restrooms at Carousel 1. It sits landside in baggage claim, so you can photograph it without a boarding pass — usually the first and last sign visitors see.

    Address
    5300 Riverside Dr, Cleveland, OH 44135
    Parking
    Airport garages and the short-term lot.
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  6. 6

    The Foundry

    Flats West Bank

    August 2018

    Newest of the six. Behind the Foundry rowing and sailing centre at the end of the Columbus Road Bridge, right down on the Cuyahoga where the river bends.

    Address
    1831 Columbus Rd, Cleveland, OH 44113
    Parking
    The Foundry lot, or street parking along Columbus Road.
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