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East 9th–North Coast station

East 9th–North Coast station (signed as North Coast) is a station on the RTA Waterfront Line in Cleveland, Ohio. The station is located west of East 9th Street and serves the North Coast Harbor area, after which the station is named. The station also serves the northern portion of Downtown Cleveland, including Cleveland City Hall.

North Coast

1180 East 9th Street
Cleveland, Ohio

41°30′23″N 81°41′38″W / 41.50639°N 81.69389°W / 41.50639; -81.69389

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

2 side platforms

2

Bus transport Laketran: 10, 11, 12

At-grade

Paid parking nearby

Racks[1]

Handicapped/disabled access Yes[1]

Unstaffed

riderta.com/facilities/northcoast

July 10, 1996 (1996-07-10)[2]

History[edit]

The station opened on July 10, 1996,[2] when light rail service was extended 2.2 miles (3.5 km) from Tower City along The Flats and along the Lake Erie waterfront. This extension was designated the Waterfront Line, although it is actually an extension of the Blue and Green Lines, as trains leaving this station toward Tower City continue along the Blue or Green Line routes to Shaker Heights.


The station was designed by the firm of Robert P. Madison International, founded by the prominent African American architect. It was designed to harmonize with the style of the nearby Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for which the Madison firm was also associate architects.

North Coast Harbor

and Museum

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Great Lakes Science Center

Steamship William G. Mather Museum

North Point Office Building and Tower

Willard Park

Cleveland City Hall

A 49-foot porcelain mosaic tile rug called "Welcome Mat" is set in the floor of the station's entrance. Designed by local artist , it resembles an Oriental rug with its multiple borders around a separately designed inner area. The images in the mosaic involve the hand, which the artist chose to symbolize the hands of craftsman and skilled workers who built the city. A palm makes up the inner-design of one half of the rug, and the mat's middle border consists of a string of hands in different flesh tones to denote Cleveland's ethnic diversity clasped in a handshake, which, according to Pozo, represent "the cooperation and working together that helped Cleveland get where it is."

Angelica Pozo

A sculpture named "Transit Relief" was designed by members of the RAM design group, comprising Kahlil I. Pedizisai, Kevin Jerome Everson, E. Dominique Brown, and Johnny Coleman. It is an aluminum, multimedia relief sculpture that is part RTA bus-part RTA train. The two halves meet in the corner of a wall, but each stretches out about 8 feet (2.4 m) in an L formation along perpendicular walls. The windows of the vehicles are video monitors showing passing images along Cleveland's streets, such as youths shooting basketball in a park, shoppers scurrying through Public Square and even the train and bus drivers in various poses. Pedizisai noted, "We're creating a visual bibliography of Cleveland."

The final piece of art is a glass wall designed by Henry Halem and Brinsley Tyrrell. The wall is 22 feet (6.7 m) wide and 10 feet (3.0 m) high. Four neon lights run within the wall and cast a soft glow on its image of an oil carrier. The carrier's body is made up of 14 panels, each of which depicts a story about Cleveland.

When the station opened, it included three separate art projects incorporated into the design:[3]

Station area

Station area

Station platform

Station platform

Station platforms from mezzanine

Station platforms from mezzanine

Bridge from East 9th Street entrance to mezzanine

Bridge from East 9th Street entrance to mezzanine

Turnstiles and fare booth on mezzanine

Turnstiles and fare booth on mezzanine

Inbound platform elevator

Inbound platform elevator

Station sign

Station sign

E 9th / North Coast Rapid Station (GCRTA)

Photos of North Coast Station from subwaynut.com

Images of North Coast Station by Robert P. Madison International, Inc.

Media related to East 9th–North Coast station at Wikimedia Commons