Updated: Jun 9, 2025 / 07:02 PM EDT CLEVELAND (WJW) — Over the weekend, seven teenagers and young adults were shot at the Lee-Harvard Plaza in Cleveland during a car meet-up at 12:03 a.m. on Sunday.

Honestly, you can’t miss it. It’s Lee Plaza, a 16-story abandoned hotel that has stood empty since it closed in 1997, casting a dark and deteriorating shadow over Northwestern High School.

Originally opened in 1927 as a luxury residential hotel developed by Ralph T. Lee, Lee Plaza will be transformed with 117 affordable housing units for seniors earning at or below 50% of the area ...