North Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highland Square (I was a little disappointed in the commerial district, honestly, but the residential areas are spectacular)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Middlebury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodyear Heights

 

Odd little neighborhood square-ish area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing is quite like trash day in Akron

Disappointed in Highland Square's commercial district?  I thought there was a pretty interesting mix of businesses there... Square Records, Aladdin's, Angel Falls Coffee, etc.

Highland Square (I was a little disappointed in the commerial district, honestly, but the residential areas are spectacular)

 

I totally agree.  I expected Oregon District or Coventry.  Though I do like the residential, as you pointed out.  Akron is probably my favorite city in northern Ohio, as it is so damn comfortable and the topography sells it.

And here I thought the Oregon District was lacking the last time I visited (good number of "for rent" signs). Nice to see some Akron hoods.

Nice job!  Akron neighborhood pics were a needed addition to the site. 

 

Highland Square has always been a cool neighborhood, but the commercial strip is just not dense enough.  I know that most were not happy with the recent redevelopment of certain parcels...probably that boring set back building with Chipotle in it.  There was a forum:

 

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,6106.0.html

 

Got to love mary coyle's...  I remember when I use to go and get the RCC shirts in highland square.. I'd stop in for ice cream..

I think the fact that it appears to be a cold winter day, was part of the reason for the absence of activity. And there have been a couple business that have moved out, I heard. The neighborhood has always survived and I'm sure it will this time, as well.

The Market Path looks interesting... is that an organic grocer?

^Market path is a non-profit retailer of handmade mainly decorative goods from Third World countries.

 

I've never heard of "Middlebury" in Akron.  I'll have to look that up.  That's usually called East Akron..

 

I frequent Highland Square mainly at night and with the 4-5 bars that are there it has a lot more pedestrian traffic.  I don't check out the residential too much.  So that was pretty cool seeing those pics and a good find on Dopler St.  I had to google blue sky gallery to find that.  Never knew there were businesses over there.

 

Highland Square is still in the middle of a long transition  It lost its main diner, grocery store, Mexican restaurant, and several other establishments for a variety of reasons.  Because of the density of the area, new stores/restaurants will come back and replace those its just a matter of when.  Then people can start b!tching about lack of parking again.  Thats when you'll know Highland Square is back to normal.

 

 

Highland is a pretty good neighborhood business district, but the way it has been discussed, I was expecting more of city business district--something of a much larger draw. The businesses that are there are probably unique and fun, so that is a plus.

 

Really, however, my main disappointment was to the built environment. The "older" side is a couple one and two story nondescript buildings while the "new" side is a strip mall with the building at the street and parking moved to the side, but still visible. The theater is nice, but it has been mucked up a bit. Both sides are pedestrian friendly, but don't try to cross Market.

I've never heard of "Middlebury" in Akron.  I'll have to look that up.  That's usually called East Akron..

 

East Akron is technically a separate neighborhood. Information on Middlebury can be found here: http://ci.akron.oh.us/planning/cp/neighborhoods/Middlebury.pdf

Market Path is a fair-trade store along the lines of Ten Thousand Villages http://www.themarketpath.com/fair_trade_faqs.html

 

The commercial strip of Highland Square used to extend further east along Market - there used to be a lot of antique shops which 1. made for a longer stroll/district 2. added to the eclectic mix. I think if it was located closer to the university, it would be more built-up and have more pedestrian traffic.

 

For comparison's sake, here are some same-scale overheads of Coventry and Highland Square:

 

Note the HUGE amount of apartment buildings west of Coventry's commercial strip:

 

Note the lack of dense residential areas like Coventry. The blue area is where the antique shops used to be:

 

Great set, ink! :-)

Excellent Job and I live just east of Highland Square and I'm disappointed with what's gone on with the retail also. It's still a great neighborhood though.

wow we are sure under-repped for akron. great idea ink. jolly good work.

Has anyone considered taking some pictures around Five Corners and The Wahaven Area? There are some great neighborhoods north and south of West Market St., from Highland Square, toward the west, all the way out toward Fairlawn.

 

 

I haven't seen these neighborhoods in years, thanks for the shots.

 

This building was a meeting place for cubscouts back in the 1970s.  It had a large hall and a kitchen. Probably dates back to the 1920s or earlier.

I've never heard of "Middlebury" in Akron. I'll have to look that up. That's usually called East Akron..

 

East Akron is technically a separate neighborhood. Information on Middlebury can be found here: http://ci.akron.oh.us/planning/cp/neighborhoods/Middlebury.pdf

 

Middlebury is the area where Akron was founded. In the Case street/ Arlington/Exchange area.  I had a girlfriend who lived in the area, on Bank st. So called because it was next to the bank of the Little Cuyagoga river, which runs through the neighborhood. I remember the river smelled like chemicals back then.

Highland Square was my fave out of the set.  Although the name Goodyear Heights makes me chuckle.

A few pics from Goodyear Heights:

 

That building again-

 

Sieberling School, back side.

 

 

 

 

Goodyear Middle School:

 

 

East High School:

 

 

Building at Reservoir Park:

 

 

Linda Theatre on Goodyear Blvd.

 

Corner of Newton and Goodyear Blvd.

 

Near Newton and The Brooklands:

 

Near Brittain and Baur:

 

 

 

Approaching Goodyear Hall Going West.

 

 

Backside of Goodyear Hall:

 

Goodyear Hall facing East.

 

 

Preston Ave. homes:

 

 

Airport pics: This used to be an airport terminal/control building. Now its a restaurant:

 

 

 

Airdock:

More pics of the airdock:

 

Can you imagine the day they flew the Akron out of its hanger, driving to the airport in  your Model-T, to witness the event?

 

 

A more modern pic showing the immensity of the building:

Anyone who has never been up close to that airdock, has no idea how huge it is. It is the largest building in the entire world, without interior supports. It looks like it could just cave in at any minute. It is so big, it has it's own atmosphere and clouds form and it rains inside. I forgot how many football fields would fit in side. I use to know. Definitely more than one.

No, it WAS the largest building without interior supports at one time. Also, it doesn't rain inside - when the humidity is high, condensation forms on the upper part of the interior - if there's enough, the condensation drips.

Well, it's still big as hell and water drips on your head.