A public process resulting in a plan for a park on Mall C was completed in the fall of 2002. The Cleveland Mall Plaza Beautification Fund approved total expenditures of $1.2 million to remove the current parking lot, adjust existing load weight issues on the Mall, and install a great lawn, walks, seating and plantings in the park.

Mayor Campbell joined Cleveland Foundation Director Steven Minter in December 2002 to announce the project. ParkWorks served as project manager, supervising all aspects of the project's design and construction and crews installed 116 trees and 4,000 mums for the dedication.

To celebrate this spectacular site, hundreds of people attended the dedication of Mall C, now known as Strawbridge Plaza, on October 8th to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Burnham Plan for the Malls.