- The Sideaway Bridge: In the forgotten triangle, crossing the Kingsbury Run from Kinsmen to the Hanson Park Neighborhood.

Terry: "It’s a beautiful bridge. It’s the only suspension bridge in Cleveland. You see it sometimes; if you ride the rapid from the eastern suburbs you get a glimpse of this strange bridge that looks like a hallucination, but it’s real! It caught on fire sometime in the 60’s, and has been closed to traffic ever since. It’s barricaded from both ends, but it’s beautiful! It’s one of those places hidden in plain sight. Thousands of people drive down the street and never even see it."
- The Battery Park Powerhouse: Part of the Battery Park development.


Terry: "They're working on turning it into a community center and retail space. But right now, the way that it is this very minute, it’s perfect! It’s so beautiful! It’s a big empty space, and I’m sure when they finish it will be nice and shiny and new, but I like it just the way it is!"
- The Quincy Board of Education Building: A building on Quincy that used to be the Board of Education building.


Terry: "It’s giant and brick, but it’s not used and the whole thing is covered with plants – completely, ceiling to ground. It’s totally green, like a Chia Pet building! And when the wind blows, the thing ripples! It’s just remarkable."
- The Poet Streets Neighborhood: Along Ashbury, which is just off of the intersection of Cedar and E. 55th Street.
Terry: "It’s this amazing neighborhood where there’s been a lot of demolition. It seems like it would be this heavenly place to live if it were revived. It’s beautiful! Along the edge of it, along Ashland Avenue, is the old Ashland Chemical Plant, which is this giant hulking edifice, which in New York would have been converted to artists’ lofts a long time ago. Apparently it’s pretty toxic. There’s a lot of stuff that’s been left behind, but together, it composes this perfect industrial neighborhood with low-scale housing. The industrial use tells the story of Cleveland with immigration and housing and industry and jobs. It’s a Cleveland that doesn’t exist anymore, but there are these remnants that are partially intact. It’s a pretty neat little enclave. All these places are hidden in plain sight. It’s tucked behind, and you don’t really know it’s there, but it’s pretty cool."
Terry's involvement in the Pop-Up City events has given her the opportunity to highlight some special areas in the region that are similar to these. Bringing these spaces to life through Pop-Up City has allowed many people, not just potential developers, to see not only that their city has the potential to be great with future development, but that it already is, and sometimes all it needs is to be noticed.
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