The original Taffy’s was in the Arcade in Cleveland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R570SgJkY9U
On this episode of “Made in America,” host John Ratzenburger (yes that’s Cliff of “Cheers” fame) visits the Cleveland Arcade, America’s oldest indoor shopping mall that’s also home to a 293-room Hyatt Regency hotel. This landmark was acquired by Toronto-based Skyline International Development in December 2011.
A hub if the city since 1890, the Cleveland Arcade’s daring construction was inspired by Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and designed in the then-popular Victorian Romanesque Revival style. It encompasses a five-story, 300-foot skylit atrium connected to two 10-story towers. The original cost to construct the Arcade was financed by some of the city’s most prominent 19th-century businessmen including John D. Rockefeller, whose likeness is featured in a gold emblem on the building’s Euclid Avenue exterior.
The Arcade was the first building in Cleveland and only the ninth in the United States to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This unique downtown destination runs between Euclid and Superior Avenues, the two main thoroughfares in the hub of downtown Cleveland, within easy access of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the 4th Street Entertainment District and various professional sports venues, including Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians. It’s also home to the Downtown Farmers Market, Winterfest, a popular holiday tree lighting and other seasonal events.