Reserve Square, Skyscraper in downtown Cleveland, United States
Reserve Square is a residential skyscraper in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, made up of two identical 26-story towers. The two buildings share a common base at ground level that holds commercial spaces.
The complex was built in 1973 to bring residents back to a downtown Cleveland that was losing people to the suburbs. It was part of a broader wave of urban renewal projects that tried to reverse the decline of city centers across the United States after World War II.
Reserve Square shows the hallmarks of Brutalist design: raw concrete surfaces, heavy geometric shapes, and bold vertical lines visible from street level. Walking around the towers gives a clear sense of how this style was used to bring residential life back into a city center.
The towers stand in central downtown Cleveland and are easy to spot from several blocks away, making them a useful reference point when exploring the area on foot. The exterior can be seen and photographed freely from the surrounding public sidewalks.
When the complex opened, its lower floors held a small shopping mall with restaurants and a movie theater. All of these closed in the late 1980s, so the building today feels quite different from what its designers had in mind.
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