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in downtown Cleveland (late 1960s)]] An arcade is a passage or walkway covered over by a succession of Arch es or Vault s supported by columns, or else it is a covered passage fronted by a series of arches. In cities, buildings along their street-level fronts, the interior faces of City Wall s, and Bridge s covered by arcades all became popular locations for small shops and stalls. They were protected from sun and weather and attracted considerable, guaranteed foot traffic. Over time, the term "arcade" came to be used specifically for streets lined with small vendors. (Roofed-over arcades, known in Italy as Galleria s, later developed into Shopping Mall s.) The term was also adopted by Carnival s and Amusement Park s, where the row of shops selling food and other goods were joined by those offering Game s of various sorts and were called "amusement arcades" or "midways". Amusement arcades were later opened as permanent establishments called Penny Arcades . The games came to be known as Arcade Game s, and since the explosion of electronic games in the 1970s these establishments became known as Video Arcade s. , Wales ]] NOTABLE ARCADES
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