Downtown – Toledo History Box

The Waldorf Hotel

January 25, 2020 Buildings / Downtown / Gone But Not ForgottenLeave a comment

Yet another forgotten building, the Waldorf Hotel sat on Summit Street where Promedica’s headquarters is now.

November 29, 2018 Downtown / People2 Comments

Elaine Higgins was a fixture in downtown Toledo in the 1970s and 1980s.

January 11, 2017 Buildings / Civic Pride / Downtown / RestaurantsLeave a comment

The Fiberglas tower is seeing some new life, but a lot of hopes were pinned on its construction.

September 23, 2017 Downtown / TransportationLeave a comment

The West Toledo Expressway – an 8.8 mile section of Interstates 75 and 475 – opened in December, 1970. Sylvania felt snubbed.

August 17, 2017 Buildings / Downtown3 Comments

The Commodore Perry, still standing at Superior and Jefferson downtown, spent 53 years as Toledo’s top hotel.

July 17, 2017 Downtown / Gone But Not Forgotten / Special eventsLeave a comment

The aviation pioneer made Toledo one of his proving grounds for his lighter-than-air craft.

June 7, 2017 Buildings / Crime / Downtown / Law and Order / The Blade2 Comments

I started writing about the Lorraine Motor Hotel but somehow ended up at the Jefferson Avenue Circus.