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Too bad Toledo doesn't do pride parade or festival. They have some get-together pride picnic in a private park in the boondocks east of Northwood, Ohio in the month of August. They have some events like catered food and music on the Boyer Ship which you have to pay $75 to get in; and there's Gay Day at Cedar Point on Father's Day. Although some bars and clubs celebrate pride within their establishment, but as far as going out to the public and enjoy--forget about it. I don't understand it. There are a lot of gays and lesbians in this region.

I was going to move in there several years ago, but they don't take big dogs. Poo on them! :x

Imagine this at night with the fireworks every Friday and Saturday home games.

Great synopsis of the Vistula neighborhood's history. I love reading everything about the history of Toledo, thank you! :clap:

I've read somewhere like the Holy Rosary Cathedral in Old West End and the County Justice Court Hall, that the city leaders and planners in the early 1900s wanted to replicate the architecture of Toledo, Spain which is our first, and most important "sister city". They wanted to construct many landmarks with the Spaniard-type architectures.

Originally, with the plans for downtown arena they wanted to tear the Fiberglass Tower but it was too costly. The current owner of the Fiberglass Tower is making profit on this empty building with all the satellite dishes, antennas, and radio/cell towers sitting on top of the building. The latest plans is to tear down the skywalk in between Key Bank and Toledo Edison Tower along with the TARTA Promenade Bus Station which would allow to expand Madison Street by connecting St. Clair and Summit Streets as it goes to the renovating Water Street Steam Plant. This will enable traffic to get off of Summit and venture into Madison Street in the heart of downtown. Then ideas were floating around to renovate Fiberglass Tower into market-rate condominiums as the new downtown arena gets constructed along Jefferson/Huron/Madison/St. Clair Streets. Latest rumor on the cost of the new downtown arena will go over $80 million; which will spin off other redevelopment projects such as Fiberglass Tower. We will be seeing more plans toward the end of this year.

That's why most Ohioans think Toledo is the second largest city in the state of Michigan.

The building next to the Pythian Castle is the Greyhound station. Their lease is up end of next year and the plans is to work with the Port Authority and TARTA to relocate the Greyhound to the MLK, Jr. Union Station where the Amtrak is. By virtue of creating an intermodal facility, TARTA will also be constructing a $10 million paratransit facility next to the Union Station as well which makes sense to use the Union Station to its full capacity. Who knows what the plans to do with the old Greyhound station, I would assume it would be part of renovating and redeveloping Pythian Castle while demolishing the ugly bus station. Time will tell.

Yes, there are some restaurants, dry-cleaners, bakerys, retail stores and social agency offices; in the Uptown area there will be a popular tavern opening up called Ottawa Tavern which was burned down back in 1999 from another part of the city and they wanted to reopen a legendary jazz-theme tavern up again. There are some that are empty but in my opinion I think it's the best location to open a small business since residential population is increasing and high energy costs.

Uptown, Lagrange (Polish) and Warren-Sherman neighborhood are located in between downtown and the Old West End neighborhood; here are some various photo shots of this area: Map of Uptown The former Hillcrest Hotel which is now the Hillcrest with a combination of apartments and condos Looking south on 16th Street in Uptown Mercy College in Uptown St. Vincent Mercy Hospital in Warren-Sherman and the time progression pictures of under-construction of the new Hearts Center Abele Funeral Home in Warren-Sherman Uptown's "mini" downtown along Adams Street Central Catholic High School in Warren-Sherman Beautiful restored house converted into law firm offices St. Mary's Assumption Church in Warren-Sherman The new Lagrange Library which opened in early 2005

With such a strong Catholic, Hungarian ethic background and history, I present you the East Toledo neighborhood which sits on the east bank of the river and consists with a population of nearly 35,000: Marina District's Former Acme Power Plant and other proposed plans This land is proposed to be the Marina District with a full view of the downtown on the east bank of the river Birmingham Catholic Church East Toledo Catholic Church St. Mark's Lutheran Church East Toledo's "mini" downtown and the second picture I like to give credit to one of the urbanohio member who's done pictures of Toledo as well Rowing Club in the International Park The Original Tony Packo's Waite High School and football stadium New Waite Middle School New Oakdale Elementary School St. Charles Hospital which is on the border of East Toledo and suburb of Oregon Anthony Wayne "Hi-Level" Bridge Anderson's Mill & Grain Elevators The Docks Proposed of the new I-280 Bridge from the East Toledo side Built in 1948 here's the Toledo Sports Arena, right now we are in the planning phases in selecting architectures and funding for a new arena which will be relocated in the downtown area near the Seagate Convention Centre and 5/3 Field

Here are some various shots of downtown Toledo that I've taken over this past year (2005-06) along with some historic pictures: Standing on the east bank of the river from "The Docks" Commodore Perry former hotel which is now apartments and condos Riverview Towers which is now apartments Standing in the lot of the Sports Arena on the east bank of the river Standing on the Cherry Street Bridge HCR Manor World Headquarters (Summit Place) Ohio Building Caesar Show Bar--a premier drag queen/gay bar Government Center COSi Children's Science Museum in the former Portside Marketplace Lucas County Court House Lucas County Offices in the former First Federal Bank building Looking east on Jefferson Avenue County Justice Court Hall Key Bank LaSalle Building which now has retails, restaurants, and apartments Pinklington/Hylant Insurance in the former Libbey Owens Ford building (LOF) Looking west on Madison Avenue Looking east on Madison Avenue Former Owens Corning Fiberglass Tower Historic Pythian Castle Building Riverside View Seagate Convention Centre Wyndham Hotel Water Street Steam Plant which is undergoing to be redeveloped as market-rate condominiums Valentine Theatre Historic Trinity Church Toledo Tower--city's very first skyscraper Toledo Edison Tower The Blade Newspaper Office/Publishing Building Looking south on Saint Clair Street Looking north on Saint Clair Street Looking south on Summit Street One Seagate Tower--tallest in Toledo Downtown Library Fifth Third Center Paula Brown Shops (similar to Pottery Barn setup) in the former Antique/Furniture Store Skyline Shot from Eastbound I-75 ramp Toledo Safety Building Toledo Catholic Diocese Offices Looking north on Water Street Looking south on 10th Street

LOL @ the Good Times statement. We moved into the RiverWest this past January and it was 6-months prior we walked into the model home as we were looking for a home to buy around the region. RiverWest had one thing that beats all the other homes we looked at; they have a 4th floor full rooftop patio with a full view of the skyline (360 degree wise) and we fell in love with it. RiverWest used the same exterior facade and materials as the 5/3 Field here in downtown and this development is all 4 floors for each unit ranging 1800-2400 sq. feet. Great walking distance to shops and restaurants, including the Rally by the River festivities and the rooftop view of various of firework events. There's a pizza place, an Irish Pub restaurant opening later this summer a block from us and two more housing developments which will come to fruitation as well. I share some photos of what I mean:

Vistula neighborhood is located north of downtown in Toledo and it has abundance of beautiful historic homes. It is undergoing a gentrification process of folks who's moving in that loves older homes and unique architectures. Various of shots around the 'hood Skyline shots from the Vistula area Old I-280 Bridge (Craig Memorial) I-280 New Glass City Skyway Bridge Project located on the northside of Vistula

This area has gone through a huge redevelopment change since the new ball stadium opened up (2002) in the Warehouse District that located south of downtown: Warehouse District Tony Packo's (opened April '06) View of downtown from the Warehouse District St. Patrick's Catholic Church Grumpy's Fricker's Huron Street Bronze Boar Berdan Building which is slated for a newly located UT Law School Bassett 5/3 Field where the Toledo Mud Hens play and this July 10-12, 2006 Toledo will be hosting the All-Stars International League Games/Festivities Farmer's Market Bartley Lofts View of downtown from the top of Bartely Lofts Ottawa Lofts Water Street skyline shots (1st one is the Warehouse District and 2nd one is downtown) Ontario Street Erie Street Market Huron Lofts RiverWest townhomes Saint Clair Street Shops Swan Creek Candle & Antique Shop Triangle Building which is planned to be converted into market-rate condominiums starting $200K Owens Corning World Headquarters Oliver House Great Lakes Warehouse Martin Luther King, Jr. Union Station View of downtown from the Union Station

This is my official first post since I'm a regular from the Skyscrapercity.com world. Here are some pictures of the Old West End neighborhood in Toledo (west of downtown) and the annual premier festival which was held yesterday and today (6/3 and 6/4): Collingwood Arts Center Holy Rosary Cathedral Museum Place Old West End "mini" downtown Park Lane Hotel Professional Building which now house the offices of Arts Commission and Toledo Symphony/Opera The Plaza Toledo Museum of Art Construction of the Glass Pavilion which will be making its debut this August along with the rendering of the new facility Arbor Place Executive Tower Gallagher Hall St. Martin de Porres Church Ashland Avenue Baptist Church Jessup Scott High School Robinson Junior High School