Toledo History Box – Page 2 – 20th Century Toledo from the view of the Toledo Blade and Toledo News-Bee, with some personal recollections thrown in for no good reason. WITH A NEW LOOK!

Woodward High’s “Gus” Benjamin

Toledo History Box, February 9, 2020February 9, 2020

“Gus” Benjamin was a fixture at Woodward, and its sporting events, for four decades.

Toledo History Box, February 3, 2020August 28, 2020

First there was Fort Miami Race Track, but very briefly, Maumee Downs was the place to see horse racing in Toledo.

Toledo History Box, January 29, 2020February 12, 2020

Washington Twp. is an afterthought now, but at one time it made up most of West and North Toledo.

Toledo History Box, January 25, 2020January 25, 2020

The Anthony Wayne Bridge, aka the High Level Bridge, is one of Toledo’s most enduring structures and probably always will be.

Toledo History Box, January 25, 2020July 15, 2020

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

Toledo History Box, December 20, 2018January 28, 2019

An stretch of exceptionally cold weather and low supplies of natural gas made the winter of 1976-77 one to remember.

Toledo History Box, November 29, 2018February 22, 2021

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