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Best indoor mall in or near Cleveland?

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I have a 3 year old and hate to shop. I also have a wife who loves to shop. We are visiting Cleveland soon and I want to know if anyone can recommend a really big indoor mall, preferably with a park for the kid and me, that we can go and spend a few hours at just hanging around?

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i would recommend richmond mall or beachwood mall. those malls are near the suburbs so their a bit nicer and cleaner. i really wouldnt recommend tower city mall because its not that great imo.

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Well - Tower City Mall is right downtown so you wouldn't have to drive if you are staying downtown. Not as much to do with kids except shop and hang out at the food shops.

I really like Soiuth Park Mall in Strongsville if you can drive a bit, it's south of the city and pretty big, there is no park in the mall, but it's right next to the metropark system of Cleveland, so you could scoot over there and hang, great stuff to play on for kids.

I hope you are not visiting too soon, we still have leftover snow here.
If your wife shops downtown at Tower City, you and the little one can hop on the waterfront line and go to the Great Lakes Science Center. It's about ten minutes away, also there is an information desk in Tower City that will have info on interesting things going on downtown, other than that i agree with Kalanthy. Have fun!
Midway (Elyria), Southpark (Strongsville), and Great Northern (N. Olmsted) are all owned by the same company and all 3 have indoor playgrouds. My personal favorite is Great Northern. It has a good mix of stores and a wide variety of food selections in the mall and a wide variety of resturants. It is also very close to the airport and has easy highway access (480). There are also hotels near this mall.
Tower City, like everyone else stated, is your best bet. If the weather isn't too bad the basketball arena and baseball field are right next door. I you go upstairs in the mall, in the food court, there is a walkway(indoors) that leds all the way over to the basketball arena. The baseball field is right next to it. You could kill at least an hour with a 3 yr old walking over and back.
tower city mall is very nice, so is parmatowne mall.
Tower City is downtown and BEAUTIFUL. Other malls nearby are Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted, Southgate Mall in Strongsville. . I don't know of any malls with an indoor park. Southgate is probably the biggest, then Great Northern. Those two usually have something set up for kids.

Directions: From Downtown Cleveland take 71 S. to 480 W. exit at North Olmsted/Great Northern Blvd. Turn Right and it's on your left side.
71S. Get off at the FIRST Strongsville exit, Turn Right, then Turn Left on Howe Rd. Mall right there on your right.
Both malls can be seen from exit.
Tower City is downtown and anyone down there can direct you there. One of its sides is across from the Ritz Carlton.
The malls on the East side are far away (Randall, Beachwood, Richland) and the directions are tricky. Parmatown has tricky directions too.
Your three yr old is too young for the Science Center.