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The owner of the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland plans to landscape the 0.11-acre property where the Stanley Block building once stood and to ornament the small park with a gaming-themed sculpture.

(Cleveland City Planning Commission)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The owner of downtown Cleveland's casino plans to spruce up a barren bit of land on Ontario Street with a small park and gambling-themed artwork.

Documents submitted to the Cleveland City Planning Commission show green space where the old Stanley Block building once stood. The centerpiece of the park would be a sculpture of a red die, perched atop a stack of poker chips and surrounded by plants.

The Stanley Block building, pictured in mid-2012, was demolished late that year. An affiliate of casino group Rock Ohio Caesars LLC bought the cleared land in May at a public foreclosure auction.

The 0.11-acre property was the subject of a bitter battle between gaming group Rock Ohio Caesars LLC and members of the Maloof and Anter families, who owned the stone-faced Stanley Block for decades.

Citing safety concerns, the city razed the historic building in 2012. Rock finally gained control of the property in May, after bidding $350,000 for the land at a public foreclosure auction.

In an email late Wednesday afternoon, a Rock spokeswoman described the project as a "temporary installment" and said the gaming group doesn't have a long-term plan for the site. She noted that the designs include a horseshoe-shaped path -- a nod to the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland across the street -- benches and synthetic grass.

The Stanley Block land is wrapped on three sides by the casino's welcome center and valet-parking garage, which was built during the legal battle between Rock, the Maloofs and the Anters.

Earlier this year, Rock commissioned a pair of murals that line the interior walls of the welcome center. The landscaping project should be finished this fall.

Michael Prochaska of the C.W. Courtney Co., an engineering and land-planning business based in Mayfield, is scheduled to present the park plans to a city design review committee and the Planning Commission this week. Prochaska did not return a phone call Wednesday.