West Side Market

West Side Market in background, 'sculpture' in foreground by electric transit station (2011)

The West Side Market building in Cleveland is one hundred years old. From 1840 to 1912 the market was across the street. For the first few years that was Ohio City. It is a long yellow brick neo-Byzantine hall, with one great barrel vault, and an impressive clock tower. Along the back end, and most of the side away from Lorain avenue there are formerly outdoor vegetable stalls. It is now celebrating a centenary. It has become popular for tourists, not for the architecture, but for the concept. It has had effective public relations advertising.

In the front up high center there is an eagle statue with twin cornucopias, this theme is repeated elsewhere.
and a head of beef in the back with greenery

This face reads 10.10, the other three faces have different opinions.

some merchants add decorations to their stalls

Next to the outside doors are Walter Sinz's stone carvings of tasty animals, fruits, and vegetables.

On tiles there is a painted sign directing people to the 'euphemism' in the basement. That sign was there when Franklin Roosevelt was president, and probably before he was president.
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postscriptum: 1 February 2013. Sometime before 2 a.m. 30 January, an electrical fire began in the stand immediately adjacent to the one decorated with the steer head (pictured above). The resulting smoke damage has closed the market till complete cleanup of smoke damage, et cetera is approved. The local television stations have made it a central point, that the upcoming 'Super Bowl' weekend would have been a profitable Friday and Saturday.