Posted September 8, 200420 yr Findlay, Ohio population: 38,967. the seat of hancock county. they named it after colonel james findlay, but the town spelled it with an e instead of an a from 1821 until 1870 when they realized their mistake. county named after john hancock, and a statue of him sits 130 feet above the 1833 courthouse. sits on i-75 in the northwest part of ohio. called flag city usa. home of marathon oil, the big gas company. the art deco lookin' midrise belongs to 'em. home of the ohio bank(now sky bank) and has the university of findlay. and a parking garage downtown, yipee! here we go now, the first city of the day the hancock county courthouse
September 8, 200420 yr Interesting! Nice shots of that Marathon Oil adminstrative complex. Wow..a massive corporate HQ building right in the middle what looks like a fairly typical Ohio county seat town.
September 9, 200420 yr Well. That city is interesting. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 31, 200519 yr Wow, I am truely impressed. Could be the next Troy. I can't believe the scale of the Mararthon Building.
October 31, 200519 yr it's a nice place. they also have another big company hq--whirpool. i was an intern there for a year in grad school. i had to switch from my 20+ mile north commute from bg to toledo for my college job to my 20+ mile south commute to findlay. mostly all i recall is i hated that drive in the dead of winter, but one time there was a rare 'inversion sunrise' on the way and all the cars on the highway pulled over on I-75 to look at it. i'll never forget that, it was rare weather event-- the sun looked like an hourglass shape in the sky, very haunting, i've never seen anything like it since.
November 1, 200519 yr Could be the next Troy. sorry, but I think Findlay is Troy x2...except for the capitol building in troy
November 1, 200519 yr ^I meant Troy looks more alive, but Findlay looks like it has the potential, although I agree Findlay is much larger. The courthouse in Troy is ugly, thats for sure.
January 18, 200619 yr what a neat city, larger than I would have expected somehow. It is very tidy, and the architecture is 'substantial', well built, solid stock. thx for the many pix
January 19, 200619 yr I drove through Findlay a couple of years ago, and I thought the downtown was kinda nice. Thanks for reminding me about why I liked it. Nice pics. :-D
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