Here’s how you can help Superman fly up, up and AWAY in downtown Cleveland

CLEVELAND. The goal is for Superman to fly up, up and away in the plaza outside the Huntington Convention Center.

But first, the developers have a big request from the community.

“We really need more funding,” said Siegel & Schuster President Gary Kaplan. “We hope the people of Greater Cleveland will support this project.”

The Society of Siegel and Schuster needs the community’s help to raise $1.7 million to complete their proposed Siegel and Shuster Tribute Plaza near the Huntington Convention Center.

“It’s coming to fruition. We still have some way to go,” Kaplan said.

While Kaplan said the project is moving forward, he said there is still a lot of work to be done to bring Superman home as early as March 2025.

“Two 11^thousand students from Glenville High School who came up with this fantastic idea, and they went to all kinds of publishers, but no one wanted to publish it because they thought no one would be interested in reading about a superhero. After five years of rejection, they did not lose hope. They never gave up and neither did we,” Kaplan said.

Earlier this year, News 5 told you about the David Deming project at the proposed Siegel and Shuster Tribute Plaza right outside the Huntington Convention Center.

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“When the county got involved, they came to us and said we have a plot. We can help you make it happen, it was very exciting,” said David Deming, project sculptor.

The venue will feature a nine-foot-tall Superman, cast in stainless steel, flying on a pedestal 18 feet in the air.

There will also be three bronze figures of Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster and Siegel’s wife, Joan Siegel, who was the original model for Lois Lane.

Then right behind the creators will be an empty phone booth, in which Clark Kent’s clothes and glasses will be discarded.

“There’s going to be a Clark Kent outfit strewn around inside, like he’s ripped it all off and he’s running,” Deming said.

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