The End of Toledo’s Streetcars
December 31, 1949, was the last day for Toledo’s last streetcar line, the Long Belt.
20th Century Toledo from the view of the Toledo Blade and Toledo News-Bee, with some personal recollections thrown in for no good reason 
Category: Gone But Not Forgotten
Toledo’s Westwood Art Theater
The Westwood Art Theater was a West Toledo landmark for all the wrong reasons. It’s gone from a theater to a “private club” to closed but now a neighborhood group is looking into the building’s possibilities.
Colony Shopping Center
Home to several landmark Toledo businesses in its 50-year heyday, The Colony Shopping Center was also know to catch on fire – a lot. Finally in 2013, what was left of The Colony was torn down.
Old Orchard School
I went back to Ohio, and my school had been totally rebuilt! The old one was gone forever.
Toledo’s old Union Station
Prior to its 1950 replacement, Union Station was a sore point with travelers and city officials. It was a dump.
Soybean Jesus visits Fostoria
Rusty tanks in Fostoria revealed an image of Jesus in 1986, some say.
Dr. Carlo and his Cavalcade of Mystery
Toledo magician Dr. Carlo, also known as Carlo Sommer, hits the road with his Cavalcade of Magic.