Streetscape Design

In 2007, Cleveland Public Art (CPA) and Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization (DSCDO) commissioned Susie to collaborate with City Architecture on ways for integrating public art into a $3 million streetscape renovation in an area now known as Gordon Square.

Inspired by the topography of the nearby shoreline and the inner patterns of trees from the area, Susie developed decorative paving areas, outdoor seating, inlaid sidewalk elements, and a distinctive mark for the district’s new identity featured along 15 city blocks. Construction of the streetscape began in the fall of 2008 and will be completed in the summer of 2009.