Cleveland temporarily closes traffic on stretch of West 29th Street in Ohio City to explore creating pedestrian area [Video]

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland City Planning Commission on Friday announced that a small stretch of West 29th Street in the Ohio City neighborhood would be temporarily closed to traffic as the city explores creating a permanent pedestrian area. 

From Saturday Aug. 24 through Sept. 8, West 29th Street will be closed between Clinton Avenue and Church Avenue, during which the area will be accessible to pedestrians as well as businesses and community institutions hosting “a number of free events,” the city said in a press release.

“The goal is for West 29th Street to become a Street for People — a street that is open for public use free of car traffic,” said Joyce P. Huang, director of the City Planning Commission. “Already, there are residents and …