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Adrienne Miller
Adrienne Miller (born 1972) is an American writer. From 1997 to 2005, she was the fiction editor of Esquire.
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Ara Parseghian
Ara Raoul Parseghian (born May 21, 1923 in Akron, Ohio) is a former American football player and coach of Armenian descent. He served as the head football coach at Miami University (1951–1955), Northwestern University (1956–1963), and the University of Notre Dame (1964–1974), compiling a career college football record of 170–58–6. During his 11 seasons as head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, known popularly as "the Era of Ara," Parseghian tallied a mark of 95–17–4 record for a .836 winning percentage. His teams of 1966 and 1973 won national titles. Parseghian was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1980.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) is the former 42nd President of the United States and served from 1993 to 2001. At 46 he was the third-youngest president. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby boomer president. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is currently the United States Secretary of State. Each received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Yale Law School.
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Bill W.
William Griffith Wilson (November 26, 1895 – January 24, 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), a fellowship of 100,800 mutual aid groups world-wide of alcoholics helping other alcoholics achieve and maintain sobriety. In compliance with AA Twelfth Tradition of anonymity, Wilson is commonly known as "Bill W." or just "Bill."
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Chrissie Hynde
Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde (born 7 September 1951, Akron, Ohio) is an American rock musician, best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band The Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant member of the band throughout its history.
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Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the greatest male stars of all time.
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David McLean (actor)
David McLean (May 19, 1922 – October 12, 1995) was an American film and television actor, best-known for appearing in many Marlboro television and print advertisements, starting in the early 1960s.
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Don Plusquellic
Donald L. Plusquellic (born July 3, 1949) is the current mayor of Akron, Ohio. First elected in 1987, he became the 59th Mayor of Akron after previously serving 13 years on Akron City Council. Plusquellic is currently serving his sixth term, making him the longest-serving mayor of the city.
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Elizabeth Franz
Elizabeth Franz (born June 18, 1941) is an American stage and television actress.
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Ferdinand Schumacher
Ferdinand Schumacher (1822–1908), aka The Oatmeal King, was a German immigrant, an American entrepreneur and one of the founders of companies which merged to become the Quaker Oats Company.
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Frank Dicopoulos
Frank Dicopoulos (born January 3, 1957, Akron, Ohio) is an American actor. He is the oldest of three children. Dicopoulos played the role of Frank Achilles Cooper Jr. on Guiding Light, a character he has played since 1987, until the show's cancellation on September 18, 2009.
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Frank Seiberling
Franklin Augustus Seiberling (October 1859 – August 1955) was an American inventor and founder. He is most famous for founding the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and the Seiberling Rubber Company. He also built Stan Hywet Hall, a Tudor Revival mansion, now a national historic landmark and historic house museum.
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George Costanza
George Louis Costanza is a middle age man in the American television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. He has variously been described as a "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" (by Elaine Benes and Costanza himself), "Lord of the Idiots" (by Costanza himself), and as "the greatest sitcom character of all time". He is friends with Jerry Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, and Elaine Benes. George appears in every episode except for "The Pen" (third season). The character was originally loosely based on Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, but surnamed after Jerry Seinfeld's real-life New York friend, Mike Costanza.
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German American
German Americans comprise about 51 million people, or 17% of the U.S. population, the country's largest self-reported ancestral group. California, Texas and Pennsylvania have the largest numbers of German origin, although upper Midwestern states, including Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and The Dakotas, have the highest proportion of German Americans at over one-third.
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Gorilla Jones
William Jones (May 12, 1906 – January 4, 1982) (better known as Gorilla Jones, was an American boxer and Middleweight boxing champion of the world.
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Harvey Firestone
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Henry Arthur Callis
Henry Arthur Callis (January 14, 1887 – November 12, 1974) was one of the (commonly referred to as The Seven Jewels) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. Callis co-authored the Fraternity name with Eugene Jones and became the only Jewel to become General President of the fraternity. Callis assisted in the organizations of several chapters, including Theta Chapter (1910) in Chicago and later, Xi Lambda Chapter (1924), also in Chicago.
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Irish American
Irish Americans () are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. An estimated total of 36,278,332 Americans—11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey. The only self-reported ancestral group larger than Irish Americans are German Americans. In addition another 3.5 million Americans identify more specifically with Scots-Irish ancestry. The Irish are widely dispersed in terms of geography, and occupations. Irish American political leaders have played a major role in local and national politics since before the American Revolutionary War; eight Irish Americans signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and 22 American Presidents, from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama, have been at least partly of Irish ancestry. (See "American Presidents with origins in Ireland" below.)
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Italian American
An Italian American ( singular, plural) is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship. Italian Americans are the fourth largest European ethnic group in the United States.
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James Ingram
James Ingram (born February 16, 1956, Akron, Ohio) is an American soul musician. He is best-known as a vocalist. He is also a self-taught musician who plays piano, guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. Additionally, he is a producer and songwriter.
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John R. Buchtel
John R. Buchtel was an American businessman and philanthropist, most famous for being the founding figure of Buchtel College, the predecessor of the University of Akron. Buchtel High School, a public high school in Akron, Ohio, is also named in his honor.
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Judith Resnik
Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L.
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Lebron James
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Michael Symon
Michael D. Symon (born September 19, 1969) is a James Beard Foundation Award-winning American chef, an Iron Chef, restaurateur, and author.
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Mildred Burke
Mildred Bliss (August 5, 1915-February 14, 1989) was an American professional wrestler, who wrestled under the name Mildred Burke. She is a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame as well as the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. Her heyday lasted from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s, when she held the World Women's Championship for almost twenty years. Burke started out in 1935, wrestling men at carnivals. She was managed by her second husband, promoter Billy Wolfe.
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Nate Thurmond
Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond (born July 25, 1941, in Akron, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player, feared and praised by legends including Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Wilt Chamberlain. His nickname during his playing years was "Nate the Great".
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Pretenders (band)
The Pretenders are an English-American rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). The band has experienced drug-related deaths of the members, and numerous subsequent personnel changes have taken place over the years, with Hynde as the sole continual member.
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Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934) was an American bank robber. He operated in various parts of the Midwest and his criminal exploits gained heavy press coverage in the 1930s. Like several other outlaws of that era, he remains a notorious figure in American popular culture.
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Richard Smalley
Richard Errett Smalley (June 6, 1943 – October 28, 2005) was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas. In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene ("buckyballs").
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Rita Dove
Rita Frances Dove (born 28 August 1952) is an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1993, the first African American to be appointed, and received a second special appointment in 1999. Dove is the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
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Rosario Borgio
Rosario Giuseppe Borgio (January 18, 1861 – February 21, 1919) was an early Italian-American mobster establishing one of the first organized crime operations in the Midwest during the early 20th century.
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Simon Perkins
Simon Perkins was an early settler and surveyor of the Western Reserve of Connecticut, which would later become northeast Ohio. He played a large role in the founding of Akron, Ohio.
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Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was the self-given name, from 1843, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York. Her best-known speech, Ain't I a Woman?, was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
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Thurman Munson
Thurman Lee Munson (June 7, 1947 – August 2, 1979) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played eleven seasons from 1969 to 1979 for the New York Yankees of the American League. A perennial All-Star, Munson is the only Yankee ever to win both the Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player Awards.
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W.E.B. DuBois
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Wendell Willkie
Wendell Lewis Willkie (; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was a corporate lawyer in the United States and was the dark horse Republican Party nominee for the 1940 presidential election, where he crusaded against the policies of the New Deal, which he thought were inefficient and anti-business, but waffled on the issue of intervention or isolation in the world war that Nazi Germany was winning. His opponent Franklin D. Roosevelt won a third term, with 55% of the popular vote and 85% of the electoral vote. Roosevelt found Willkie to be a compatible liberal and brought him aboard as a special ambassador-at-large. Willkie criss-crossed the globe, bringing home a vision of "One World" freed from imperialism and colonialism. His liberalism lost him supporters in the GOP and he dropped out of the 1944 race, then died of a heart attack.
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World War I
World War I was a military conflict centered on Europe that began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918. This conflict involved all of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed, due largely to great technological advances in firepower without corresponding ones in mobility. It was the second deadliest conflict in history.
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Akron Art Museum
The Akron Art Museum is an art museum in Akron, Ohio, USA.
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All-America Bridge
The All-America Bridge in Akron, Ohio is a viaduct carrying Ohio State Route 261 over the Little Cuyahoga River that splits into a one-way pair. Constructed 1981–1982, the bridge was named in recognition of Akron's past All-America City Awards and is also locally known as the Y-Bridge. The bridge is 134 feet tall in its highest location.
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Barberton, Ohio
Barberton is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,899 at the 2000 census. It is a commuter town close to Akron and is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP code for Barberton is 44203.
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Beaver, Pennsylvania
Beaver is a borough in and the county seat of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the confluence of the Beaver and Ohio Rivers. As of the 2000 census, the borough population was 4,775, having dropped from 5,641 in 1940.
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Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati () is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. The municipality is located north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border. The population within city limits was estimated to be 333,200 in 2009, making it the state's third-largest city. According to a 2008 Census Bureau estimate, the Cincinnati metropolitan area had a population of 2,155,137 making it the largest MSA in Ohio (surpassing Cleveland, which ranks 26th), and the 24th most populous in the United States. Residents of Cincinnati are called Cincinnatians.
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Cleveland
Cleveland () is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles (100 km) west of the Pennsylvania border. It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location at the head of numerous canals and railroad lines. With the decline of heavy manufacturing, Cleveland's businesses have diversified into the service economy, including the financial services, insurance, legal, and healthcare sectors, though the city's population has continued to decline. Cleveland is also home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 49,374. It is currently the second largest city in Summit County. It is a suburb of Akron and Cleveland and part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area. Actually older than Akron, the city was founded in 1812 by William Wetmore and was originally named Manchester. Cuyahoga Falls is named after the Cuyahoga River (which flows into Lake Erie) and the series of falls that run through the middle of the city.
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Detroit
Detroit () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city where Canada can be viewed by looking to the south. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. Its name originates from the French word détroit () for strait, in reference to its location on the river connecting the Great Lakes.
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Elyria
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Fairlawn, Ohio
Fairlawn is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. A suburb of Akron, its population was 7,307 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Firestone Stadium
Firestone Stadium is an historic baseball and softball stadium located in Akron, Ohio, United States.
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FirstMerit Tower
FirstMerit Tower, also known as the First National Bank Building or the First Central Trust Building, is a skyscraper in Akron, Ohio that has remained the tallest building in that city since its completion in 1931. The building is art deco in style and is covered in glazed architectural terra-cotta. It sits at the corner of South Main Street and East Mill Street. It rises 27 stories to a height of . It is the centerpiece of downtown Akron. The building headquarters the eponymous FirstMerit Corp. and others. The lobby is built with Tennessee marble, white brick, and terra cotta, and features a large banking hall with arched windows. The tower was built on the former site of the Hamilton Building, completed in 1900 in the neo-gothic style. Near the turn of the millennium the tower was given a $2.5 million facelift, including a $1.8 million restoration of the tower's terra-cotta, brick and limestone. The painstaking process involved the removal of some 450 blocks weighing up to 75 pounds each for cleaning and reassembly. Over 1,100 other pieces of the masonry and tilework were repaired on site. In 2007, the tower was again undergoing a restoration. Completed by Cleveland-based VIP Restorations, it includes repointing of all masonry and terra-cotta joints, repairs to the windows, structural restoration, and a restoration of the 13th floor parapet. VIP Restorations also helped to get the building placed within the Nation Register of Historic Places upon the completion of the project.
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Greater Cleveland
Greater Cleveland is a nickname for the metropolitan area surrounding Cleveland, Ohio and is part of what used to be the Connecticut Western Reserve.
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Green, Ohio
Green is a suburban city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,817 at the 2000 census. It is located almost exactly midway between the cities of Akron and Canton, although it is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Kent, Ohio
Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeastern Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 27,906 at the 2000 United States Census and 27,983 in the 2008 estimate. The city is counted as part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area and the larger Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area.
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Kiryat Ekron
Kiryat Ekron or Qiryath Eqron is an Israeli town located on the coastal plain in the Central Region of Israel. Kiryat Ekron is named after the biblical Ekron, a major Philistine city that once existed at nearby Tel Mikne.
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Marietta, Ohio
Marietta is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Founded in 1788, Marietta is the state's oldest city and the county seat of Washington County. The municipality is in southeastern Ohio where the Muskingum River joins the Ohio River. The population was 14,515 at the 2000 census. It is the second-largest by population of three principal cities of and included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio (part) Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Medina County, Ohio
Medina County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the population was 151,095. The 2004 projected population was estimated at 165,370. Its county seat is Medina, and it is named for Medina in Saudi Arabia, though the "I" in it is pronounced instead to rhyme with "dine.".]
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Mogadore, Ohio
Mogadore ( ) is a village in Portage and Summit counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Akron and is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,893 at the 2000 census.
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Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,
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Portage County, Ohio
Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 152,061. Its county seat is Ravenna. Portage County is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers. Portage County is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Saxony
The Free State of Saxony ( ; ) is a state of Germany, located in the southeastern part of present-day Germany. It is the tenth-largest German state in area (18,413 km²) and the sixth largest in population (4.3 million), of Germany's sixteen states.
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Silver Lake, Ohio
Silver Lake is a village in Summit County, Ohio, United States of America. It is an affluent suburb of Akron and is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,019 at the 2000 census. Silver Lake is located between, and surrounded by the cities of Stow and Cuyahoga Falls.
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Stark County, Ohio
Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the population was 378,098. It is included in the Canton-Massillon, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Stow, Ohio
Stow is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 32,139 at the 2000 census and 33,899 as of 2008. It is a suburban community that is part of the Akron metropolitan area. Stow is located adjacent to several other suburban communities in Summit and Portage Counties. It is bordered on the south by the cities of Tallmadge and Munroe Falls and the village of Silver Lake, on the east by the city of Kent and Franklin Township, on the north by the city of Hudson, and on the west by the city of Cuyahoga Falls.
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Summit County, Ohio
Summit County is an urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In 2007 the population was estimated to be 543,487. Its county seat is Akron. It was named "Summit County" because the highest elevation on the Ohio and Erie Canal is located in the county.
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Tallmadge, Ohio
Tallmadge (, not "tall") is a city in Summit and Portage counties in Ohio, United States. It is also a suburb of Akron and part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 16,390 at the 2000 census. Tallmadge was founded in 1807 and is the second-oldest city in Summit County, following Hudson, which was founded in 1799.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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USA
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West Virginia
West Virginia () is a state in the Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
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Akron, Ohio
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- Duration: 1:40
- Published: 19 Sep 2007
- Uploaded: 04 Dec 2011
- Author: peterphilip
one day in Ohio
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Akron, Ohio - Downtown area .. nice visuals..
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- Duration: 5:25
- Published: 17 Apr 2009
- Uploaded: 07 Nov 2011
- Author: linkmonologue
akron, ohio .. I grew up there.. not much there, however there is a good music scene, the music scene was much bigger back in 80s and 90s. It not much of a buckeye town, that a good thing. kind of progressive because of the music scene, and there are people there that go out out of the way to make akron cool. I live somewhere in michigan now.
http://wn.com/Akron,_Ohio__Downtown_area__nice_visuals
Abandoned Rolling Acres Mall, Rolling Acres/Akron, Ohio Footage 2009
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- Duration: 5:30
- Published: 10 Dec 2009
- Uploaded: 07 Dec 2011
- Author: masbiturbo85
The gigantic Rolling Acres Mall has been shut down for about 4 years now. My dad does some demo/reconstruction work and he was offered anything he wanted inside the mall by the Demo company. I had the opportunity to ride my bike through the inside with my Camcorder. I didn't get any footage of the lower level. I was down there, but I couldn't take the bike. This once gorgeous late '70s mall has seen better days. Leaky roof has been the main source of problems. Also, thieves have stolen all the copper wiring so there is no possible way for the mall to be lit unless it was completely re-wired. Kinda creepy, with an eerie breeze throughout the whole place. Another freaky thing is that all the plants on the lower level are totally green. They are not fake. Totally healthy but overgrown. I think the roof is so leaky, the plants survive. Sears and JCpenny dpt. stores are still operating. I have no idea what's going to happen to the mall.
http://wn.com/Abandoned_Rolling_Acres_Mall,_Rolling_Acres/Akron,_Ohio_Footage_2009
Car Chase - Akron, Ohio (The Instructor 1983)- Part 1
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- Duration: 9:42
- Published: 04 Jun 2007
- Uploaded: 12 Oct 2011
- Author: Blimpcity11
Anyone familiar with Akron, Ohio should like this car chase from the movie "The Instructor". Chase stretches from Upper Deck, Waterloo Rd, Firestone Park, Downtown Akron, and the Valley. "From: donbendell I am the writer, producer, director, co-star, of the film. I directed all this and was doing some of the driving. Somebody said it was filmed in 1983, but it was not. It was shot in 1980, we did some re-shooting (the beginning of the film in Colorado in 1983) and it was released worldwide in 1983. It was sold to and shown in 164 countries and was out on Vestron video. Blessings, Don Bendell"
http://wn.com/Car_Chase__Akron,_Ohio_The_Instructor_1983_Part_1
LeBron James in Hometown, Akron (Ohio)
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- Duration: 3:03
- Published: 05 Jun 2008
- Uploaded: 23 Nov 2011
- Author: lebronjameschannel
LeBron James talks in barber shop, reading espn magazine in hometown.
http://wn.com/LeBron_James_in_Hometown,_Akron_Ohio
LeBron James' House - Akron, Ohio off Rte 18
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- Duration: 2:02
- Published: 18 Mar 2010
- Uploaded: 21 Jun 2011
- Author: gofetchgifts
I live 20 miles from LeBron. The Cavs' brand new practice facility is in the same town I work in. But, I can't afford to go see them play. So I have to settle for driving past his house and posting it here for your stalker-ish enjoyment. More about me: www.LeighVA.com
http://wn.com/LeBron_James'_House__Akron,_Ohio_off_Rte_18
Akron, OH Freeway & Street Tour
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- Duration: 7:08
- Published: 17 Oct 2010
- Uploaded: 06 Nov 2011
- Author: FreewayAndrew
This video takes us on a freeway and street tour in Akron.
http://wn.com/Akron,_OH_Freeway_Street_Tour
Joe Biden: Akron, Ohio
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- Duration: 7:05
- Published: 18 Sep 2008
- Uploaded: 06 Oct 2011
- Author: BarackObamadotcom
You should be with us in 2012, join now: my.barackobama.com Joe Biden spoke to LIUNA Local 894 in Akron, Ohio. He said that one of the most defining things between the Obama-Biden ticket and the McCain-Palin ticket is how they view labor. John McCain and the Bush Administration have declared a war on labors house. Joe went on to say that Labor Unions are the only thing that has protected the middle class from being trampled. He concluded that the right to work is about more than a paycheck. It is about dignity, respect and pride.
http://wn.com/Joe_Biden_Akron,_Ohio
Hiking in Akron Ohio
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- Duration: 2:33
- Published: 24 May 2009
- Uploaded: 01 May 2011
- Author: CacherDavid
Some cool areas in downtown Akron. The Ohio and Erie Canal goes through the middle of Akron. In the 1800's it was a major transportation route from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. Also, some hiking at the Bath Nature Preserve located near Akron.
http://wn.com/Hiking_in_Akron_Ohio
Jail Abuse Summit County Jail Akron, Ohio
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- Duration: 9:50
- Published: 04 Oct 2007
- Uploaded: 09 Nov 2011
- Author: pastorsagainst
The sister's name is Sounder James. She is clearly saying that she doesn't want the deputies to inject her with anything. We believe the initial injection is to induce behavior that is then justified for using force. The fact that they do these things to women should wake up a few people. The deputies are known as the extraction unit. They work for the Summit County Jail here in Akron Ohio. They are used to tranport inmates who have allegedly been mishaving. Inmates are injected with a drug cocktail many times by the deputies NOT by nurses. As you can see some times they are naked. Once moved they are tied down with leather restraints. We have reason to believe that the deputies inject them to make them act "crazy" and then the nurse comes and gives a counter injection. You can see how the woman gets really wild and pulls off the restraint. I learned about this practice from a former inmate who was kept naked for weeks, tied down in 4 point leather restraints and injected. He was also beat, kicked, hit with a metal pole and raped. Last summer a 28 year old man was killed by this team. He was injected and when they went to check on him he was dead. He was beat so bad the family kept the casket closed. They didn't have the courage of Emitt Till's mother. The skin was peeled off his face. The autoposy showed "unspecified anal injuries". This guy weighed 300 lbs. Many times they take the inmates to the mental health ward because they have mental illness. This doesn't seem <b>...</b>
http://wn.com/Jail_Abuse_Summit_County_Jail_Akron,_Ohio
FLAVE TV PRESENTS: AKRON OHIO HOOD DOCUMENTARY
IN THE STREETS OF AKRON OHIO(BEHIND THE SCENCES OF THE WE ON NOW VIDEO)
http://wn.com/FLAVE_TV_PRESENTS_AKRON_OHIO_HOOD_DOCUMENTARY
In Flight Video - Landing Akron, Ohio
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- Duration: 3:40
- Published: 18 Aug 2011
- Uploaded: 09 Nov 2011
- Author: basicbill1
A view from the cockpit while landing at the Akron Fulton airport on August 17, 2011. A clear, summer morning in northern Ohio. The airplane is a King Air 300. Watch for the large black hangar that dates from 1929. This is where several dirigibles were assembled for the US Navy. It continues in use to this day and is owned by Lockheed-Martin. It's been a while since I've produced one of these videos. Which I've previously titled "Fast Flight" due to having some sped-up video in each. I decided not to speed up any part of this one. And may simply drop that title from now on. Sped up or not. Also, I've figured out a simpler camera mounting rig. So I may produce these flying videos more often.
http://wn.com/In_Flight_Video__Landing_Akron,_Ohio
Joe Bonamassa - Reconsider Baby @ Tangier, Akron, Ohio
Joe Bonamassa Band @ Tangier in Akron,Ohio,10-23-2004, performing - Reconsider Baby
http://wn.com/Joe_Bonamassa__Reconsider_Baby_@_Tangier,_Akron,_Ohio
I-77 South: Akron, OH
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- Duration: 4:37
- Published: 30 Jul 2010
- Uploaded: 27 Sep 2011
- Author: FreewayAndrew
This video follows I-77 South through Akron, OH.
http://wn.com/I-77_South_Akron,_OH
Devo - Beautiful World - Live @ 2010 Olympics
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- Duration: 7:40
- Published: 14 May 2010
- Uploaded: 29 Nov 2011
- Author: blondertong
Very nice guest vocals by Booji Boy! The whole concert is on my channel. Check it out.
http://wn.com/Devo__Beautiful_World__Live_@_2010_Olympics
money train akron ohio
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- Duration: 4:04
- Published: 01 Sep 2007
- Uploaded: 23 Aug 2011
- Author: LarryGladden
video
http://wn.com/money_train_akron_ohio
Westside HillTop(7714)-BIG JAZ(akron,ohio)
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- Duration: 3:41
- Published: 08 May 2008
- Uploaded: 30 Nov 2011
- Author: LarryGladden
music video directed byLarry O. GladdenJr/ellgee live in akron ohio home of lebron james
http://wn.com/Westside_HillTop7714-BIG_JAZakron,ohio
Blockbuster in Akron, OH
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- Duration: 0:47
- Published: 24 Feb 2008
- Uploaded: 03 Oct 2011
- Author: BarackObamadotcom
You should be with us in 2012, join now: my.barackobama.com The line prior to Barack's speech at the John S. Knight Center.
http://wn.com/Blockbuster_in_Akron,_OH
Akron, Ohio May 13th, 2011 Flood - Waterloo Rd.
I filmed this on Friday the 13th 2011 in Akron,Ohio right by where I-77 crosses over Waterloo Rd. The wake that truck caused caught me by surprise.
http://wn.com/Akron,_Ohio_May_13th,_2011_Flood__Waterloo_Rd
Deer Shot, Suffocated, Suffering in Akron, Ohio
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- Duration: 9:31
- Published: 30 Jan 2007
- Uploaded: 07 Dec 2011
- Author: SHARKonlineorg
In Akron, Ohio, deer are being gunned down because some people say there are too many of them. But is that any reason to have incompetents leaving these beautiful animals to suffer? Undercover footage reveals a shameful scandal of animal abuse.
http://wn.com/Deer_Shot,_Suffocated,_Suffering_in_Akron,_Ohio
WAKR TV 23 News Akron Ohio Sept 22 1981 Part 3
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- Duration: 9:13
- Published: 06 May 2009
- Uploaded: 24 Sep 2011
- Author: wksufreshair
Part 3 sports (Akron Zips) with commercials
http://wn.com/WAKR_TV_23_News_Akron_Ohio_Sept_22_1981_Part_3
LFO Live Reunion Tour Akron Ohio- Girl On TV
LFO performing The Girl on TV live for their reunion tour at Akron's The Musica on 7/11/09. Members of LFO: Rich Cronin, Devin Lima, and Brad Fischetti Kiernan McMullan was also singing and playing guitar in the background.
http://wn.com/LFO_Live_Reunion_Tour_Akron_Ohio_Girl_On_TV
LFO Reunion Tour Concert Live Akron Ohio- West Side Story
LFO performing West Side Story live for their reunion tour at Akron's The Musica on 7/11/09. Members of LFO: Rich Cronin, Devin Lima, and Brad Fischetti Kiernan McMullan was also singing and playing guitar in the background.
http://wn.com/LFO_Reunion_Tour_Concert_Live_Akron_Ohio_West_Side_Story
Akron, Ohio - Downtown area .. nice visuals..
Akron, Ohio - Downtown area .. nice visuals..
5:25
akron, ohio .. I grew up there.. not much there, however there is a good music scene, the music scene was much bigger back in 80s and 90s. It not much of a buckeye town, that a good thing. kind of progressive because of the music scene, and...
Abandoned Rolling Acres Mall, Rolling Acres/Akron, Ohio Footage 2009
Abandoned Rolling Acres Mall, Rolling Acres/Akron, Ohio Footage 2009
5:30
The gigantic Rolling Acres Mall has been shut down for about 4 years now. My dad does some demo/reconstruction work and he was offered anything he wanted inside the mall by the Demo company. I had the opportunity to ride my bike through the...
Car Chase - Akron, Ohio (The Instructor 1983)- Part 1
Car Chase - Akron, Ohio (The Instructor 1983)- Part 1
9:42
Anyone familiar with Akron, Ohio should like this car chase from the movie "The Instructor". Chase stretches from Upper Deck, Waterloo Rd, Firestone Park, Downtown Akron, and the Valley. "From: donbendell I am the writer, pro...
LeBron James' House - Akron, Ohio off Rte 18
LeBron James' House - Akron, Ohio off Rte 18
2:02
I live 20 miles from LeBron. The Cavs' brand new practice facility is in the same town I work in. But, I can't afford to go see them play. So I have to settle for driving past his house and posting it here for your stalker-ish enjoy...
Jail Abuse Summit County Jail Akron, Ohio
Jail Abuse Summit County Jail Akron, Ohio
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The sister's name is Sounder James. She is clearly saying that she doesn't want the deputies to inject her with anything. We believe the initial injection is to induce behavior that is then justified for using force. The fact that t...
In Flight Video - Landing Akron, Ohio
In Flight Video - Landing Akron, Ohio
3:40
A view from the cockpit while landing at the Akron Fulton airport on August 17, 2011. A clear, summer morning in northern Ohio. The airplane is a King Air 300. Watch for the large black hangar that dates from 1929. This is where several dir...
Deer Shot, Suffocated, Suffering in Akron, Ohio
Deer Shot, Suffocated, Suffering in Akron, Ohio
9:31
In Akron, Ohio, deer are being gunned down because some people say there are too many of them. But is that any reason to have incompetents leaving these beautiful animals to suffer? Undercover footage reveals a shameful scandal of animal ab...
LFO Live Reunion Tour Akron Ohio- Girl On TV
LFO Live Reunion Tour Akron Ohio- Girl On TV
5:26
LFO performing The Girl on TV live for their reunion tour at Akron's The Musica on 7/11/09. Members of LFO: Rich Cronin, Devin Lima, and Brad Fischetti Kiernan McMullan was also singing and playing guitar in the background....
LFO Reunion Tour Concert Live Akron Ohio- West Side Story
LFO Reunion Tour Concert Live Akron Ohio- West Side Story
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LFO performing West Side Story live for their reunion tour at Akron's The Musica on 7/11/09. Members of LFO: Rich Cronin, Devin Lima, and Brad Fischetti Kiernan McMullan was also singing and playing guitar in the background....
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| {{infobox settlement|official name | City of Akron |
|---|---|
| Settlement type | City |
| Nickname | The Rubber City, City of Invention |
| Image seal | New Seal of Akron.png |
| Map caption | Location within Summit County, Ohio, USA |
| Pushpin map | USA Ohio |
| Pushpin label position | right |
| Pushpin mapsize | 250 |
| Pushpin map caption | Location within Ohio |
| Coordinates region | US-OH |
| Subdivision type | Country |
| Subdivision type1 | State |
| Subdivision type2 | County |
| Subdivision name | United States |
| Subdivision name1 | Ohio |
| Subdivision name2 | Summit |
| Leader title | Mayor |
| Leader name | Don Plusquellic (D) |
| Area magnitude | 1 E8 |
| Area total sq mi | 62.4 |
| Area land sq mi | 62.1 |
| Area water sq mi | 0.3 |
| Area total km2 | 161.6 |
| Area land km2 | 160.8 |
| Area water km2 | 0.9 |
| Elevation m | 306 |
| Elevation ft | 1004 |
| Coordinates display | inline,title |
| Population as of | 2010 |
| Population | 199110 (110th in U.S.) |
| Population metro | 703200 |
| Population density km2 | auto |
| Subdivision type3 | Demonym |
| Subdivision name3 | Akronite |
| Area code | 330, 234 |
| Timezone | EST |
| Utc offset | -5 |
| Timezone dst | EDT |
| Utc offset dst | -4 |
| Latitude | 41°4'23" N |
| Longitude | 81°31'4 W |
| Website | http://www.ci.akron.oh.us |
| Blank name | FIPS code |
| Blank info | 39-01000 |
| Blank1 name | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 info | 1064305 |
| Established title | Founded |
| Established date | 1825 |
| Established title2 | Incorporated |
| Established date2 | 1836 (village) |
| Established title3 | Incorporated |
| Established date3 | 1865 (city) }} |
Akron (), is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area covers Summit and Portage counties, and in 2010 had a population of 703,200. Akron is also part of the larger Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a population of 2,780,440.
Co-founded by Paul Williams and surveyor of the Connecticut Western Reserve General Simon Perkins, Akron was settled in 1825 as a strategic point at the summit of the developing Ohio and Erie Canal. Williams arrived in the area during 1811 and suggested the settlement to Perkins who had been in Ohio since 1807. Due to Eliakim Crosby founding "North Akron"(Cascade) in 1833, "South" was added to Akron's name until they unified in 1836 becoming incorporated later that year. In 1840 Summit County formed from portions of Portage, Medina, and Stark counties. Akron replaced Cuyahoga Falls as its county seat a year later and opened a canal connecting to Beaver, Pennsylvania helping to birth the stoneware, sewer pipe, fishing tackle, and farming equipment industries. In 1844 Abolitionist John Brown moved into the John Brown House across the street from business partner Colonel Simon Perkins whom lived in the Perkins Stone Mansion. Numerous Congregational, Baptist, and Presbyterian churches erected between the 1870s and World War I were built using the Akron Plan.
During the 1910-1920 decade Akron was the fastest growing city in the country and experienced a 201.8% population increase becoming a boom town. World-renowned industries including the cereal, lamp, toy & marble, and tire & rubber were flourishing in the city at the time. It became "The Rubber Capital of the World" owing to its location along canals, railroads, and interstate. Having landmarks such as the All-America Bridge, Akron is one of the nation's pioneer cities producing the first championship teams for the American Professional Football Association (National Football League) and the National Basketball League (National Basketball Association). The University of Akron which has both the Goodyear Polymer Center and the National Polymer Innovation Center on campus, is the center of the Polymer Valley which is a leader in polymer research and production. In 2001 for its contributions to the Information Age Newsweek named Akron 5th on the list of ten high tech havens. It was also granted awards by World's most livable cities, the National Civic League, and the National Arbor Day Foundation. Akron is also host to the All-American Soapbox Derby, the National Hamburger Festival, Founders Day(Alcoholics Anonymous), Road Runner Akron Marathon, and will be the venue for some events of the 2014 Gay Games.
Residents of Akron are referred to as "Akronites". Nicknames for the city include "The Rubber City" and "City of Invention".
1850s-1890s: Summit City
When the Ohio Women's Rights Convention came to Akron in 1851, Sojourner Truth extemporaneously delivered her speech named Ain't I A Woman?, at the Universalist Old Stone Church. Associated with the church, John R. Buchtel founded Buchtel College in 1870, renamed the University of Akron in 1913. Purchasing a mill in 1856, Ferdinand Schumacher mass-produced oat bars which the Union Army were supplied with during the American Civil War, becoming high in demand afterwords. Akron incorporated as a city in 1865. Philanthropist Lewis Miller, Walter Blythe, and architect Jacob Snyder designed the widely used Akron Plan, debuting it on Akron's First Methodist Episcopal Church in 1872. Numerous Congregational, Baptist, and Presbyterian churches built between the 1870s and World War I use it. In 1883, local journalist began the modern day toy industry by founding the Akron Toy Company. A year later, the first popular toy was mass produced clay marbles made by Samuel C. Dyke at his shop where Lock 3 Park is now located. Others popular inventions include rubber balloons; ducks; dolls; balls, Baby Buggy Bumper, and Little Brown Jug. In 1895, the first long distance electric railway, the Akron, Bedford and Cleveland Railroad, began service. On 25 August 1889, the Boston Daily Globe referred to Akron with the nickname "Summit City". To assist local police, the city deployed the first police car in the U.S. running on electricity.
1900s-1990s: Rubber Capital of the World
The Riot of 1900 resulted in city officials being assaulted, two deaths, plus Columbia Hall and the City Building burning to the ground. The American trucking industry was birthed through Akron's Rubber Capital of the World era when the four major tire companies Goodrich Corporation (1869), Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (1898), Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (1900), and General Tire (1915) were headquartered in the city. The numerous jobs the rubber factories provided for deaf people led to Akron being nicknamed the "Crossroads of the Deaf". On Easter Sunday of 1913, Akron's total rainfall was recorded at 9.55 inches resulting in a flood which killed five citizens and destroyed the Ohio and Erie Canal system. From 1916-1920 10,000 school girls took part in the successful Akron Experiment, testing iodized salt to prevent goiter in what was known as the "Goiter Belt".Rubber companies responded to housing crunches by building affordable housing for workers. Goodyear's president, Frank Seiberling, built the Goodyear Heights neighborhood for employees. Likewise, Harvey Firestone built the Firestone Park neighborhood for his employees. During the 1910-1920 decade Akron became a boom town being America's fastest growing city with a 201.8% increase in population. Of the 208,000 citizens, almost one-third were immigrants (also Clark Gable) and their children from places including Europe and West Virginia. In 1925 Goodyear's subsidiary Zeppelin Company began manufacturing airships used in World War II and eventually blimps for advertising purposes. Akron again grew when Kenmore was annexed by voter approval on November 6, 1928. Found hiding under a bed at one of his hideouts in the city, notorious bank robber Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd was arrested under the name "Frank Mitchell" in March 1930. Goodyear became America's top tire manufacturer after merging with The Kelly-Springfield Tire Company in 1935. Lasting five weeks and consisting of roughly 5,000 strikers including union sympathizers from other factories and neighboring states, the Akron Rubber Strike of 1936 successfully used "sit-down" tactic being organized by the United Rubber Workers. During the 1950s-60s Akron surged as use of the automobile did. The historic Rubber Bowl was used by the National Guard of the United States as a base during the racial Wooster Avenue Riots of 1968. Like many other industries of the Rust Belt, both the tire and rubber experienced major decline resulting from multiple labor union strikes occurring from the 70s-80s. By the early 1990s, Goodyear was the last major tire manufacturer based in Akron.
2000s: City of Invention
Despite the number of rubber workers decreasing by approximately half from 2000–07, Akron's research in polymers gained international notoriety. and the all-time record low of −25 °F (−32 °C) was set on January 19, 1994. Normal yearly precipitation based on the 30-year average from 1971-2000 is 38.56 inches (979.4 mm).
Cityscape
Architecture
As a result of multiple town merging, and industry boom, Akron's architecture is diverse. Originally a canal town, the city is divide into two by the Ohio and Erie Canal, with downtown being centered on it. Many of the city's government and civic buildings, including City Hall, the Summit County Courthouse, the Akron-Summit County Public Library, and John S. Knight Center. The First Methodist Episcopal Church first used the Akron Plan in 1872, the plan later gained popularity, being used in many Congregationalists, Baptists, and Presbyterians. For remodeling all public schools to serve as community centers year round, the city was awarded with the City Livability Award in 2008. The National Arbor Day Foundation designated Akron as a Tree City USA for the 14th time, the latest being 2009. The city is home to one of the last remaining civic theaters. Along the locks, the city has a path paved with rubber. Completed in 1931, Akron's tallest building, the FirstMerit Tower, features the art deco style and is covered in glazed architectural terra-cotta. Standing , it is built on top of the Hamilton Building, completed in 1900 in the neo-gothic style. Near the turn of the millennium the tower was given a $2.5 million facelift, including a $1.8 million restoration of the tower's terra-cotta, brick and limestone. The top of the building has a television broadcast tower, formerly used by WAKR-TV (now WVPX-TV) and WAKR-AM. The antenna reaches .Located on the University of Akron campus, the Goodyear Polymer Center, is glass twin towers connected by walkways. The university also utilizes the former Quaker Oats factory as a hotel shopping centers called Quaker Square. The Akron Art Museum, remodeled in 2007, is divided into three parts known as the “Crystal”, “Gallery Box”, and the “Roof Cloud”. The contrasting neighborhoods of Goodyear Heights and Firestone Park, were built during the rubber industry to house workers and their families.
Neighborhoods
Akron consists of 24 neighborhoods, with an additional 3 that are unincorporated but recognized within the city. The neighborhoods of the city differ in design largely due to expansions such as town merging, annexation, housing construction in various time periods, and rubber era.Maple Valley covers the west end of Copley Road, before reaching I-77. Along this strip are several businesses using the name, as well as the Maple Valley Branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Spicertown falls under the blanket of University Park, this term is used frequently to describe the student-centered retail and residential area around East Exchange St. and Spicer, near the University of Akron. West Hill is roughly bounded by West Market on the north, West Exchange on the south, Downtown on the East, and Rhodes Ave. on the West. It features many stately older homes, particularly in the recently recognized Oakdale Historic District.
Suburbs
Akron's suburbs include Fairlawn, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Tallmadge, Silver Lake, Green, and Mogadore. Akron formed Joint Economic Development Districts with Springfield, Coventry, Copley, and Bath (in conjunction with Fairlawn) townships.
Culture
Akron is home to E.J. Thomas Hall, the largest of three Akron performance halls. Regular acts include the Akron Symphony Orchestra, Tuesday Musical Club, and Children's Concert Society. World-class performances events include Broadway musicals, ballets, comedies, lectures, entertainers, attracting 400,000 visitors annually. The hall seats 2955, divided among three tiers. To maintain top-notch acoustic sound, the counter-weighted ceiling is adjustable, altering the physical dimensions of the hall. Located downtown is the Akron Civic Theater, which opened in 1929 as the Loewe's Theater. This atmospheric-style theatre was designed by John Eberson and contains many Moorish features including arches and decorative tiles. It originally featured elaborate wood carvings, alabaster statuary, and European antiques. The theater got its current name in 2001 after remodeling. Behind it on the canal is the Lock 3 Park amphitheater, which annually host the First Night in Akron. The Akron Art Museum also located downtown, features art produced since 1850 along with national and international exhibitions. The Akron Armory is used as a venue for a female wrestling team in ...All the Marbles (1981). More Than a Game (2009) documents National Basketball Association player Lebron James and his St. Vincent – St. Mary High School high school basketball team's journey. In Drake's music video to Forever (2009) off the More Than a Game Soundtrack (2009), the iconic Goodyear's logo on top the company's theater is shown. The city has been the subject of many different portrayals in media, from "Hell on Earth" in the television series I'm In Hell (2007), Henry Spivey of My Own Worst Enemy (2008), travels to Akron through the series many times. To reflect Akron's decline during the 80s, Native Chrissie Hynde wrote the Pretenders song "My City Was Gone". Akron serves as a setting in the first-person-shooter PC platform video game, No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way. The beer, BORIS The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout, brewed by the Hoppin' Frog Breweing Company located in the city, won 1st place in the Imperial Stout category of the 2008 Great American Beer Festival, and the company was named the 24th best brewer in the world for 2010 by RateBeer.com Native singer Chrissie Hynde owns The VegiTerranean restaurant in the Northside Lofts, and other notable eateries in Akron are Talamos Pizza with its famous jojo's and garlic dip recipe by mama Talamo. Other places include: Luigi's, Mary Coyle Ice Cream, Metro Burger, Swenson's, Ken Stewart's, The Diamond Grille, Tangier, Menches Brothers Restaurant, Louie's, Duffy's, New Era, The Office Bistro, Strickland's Frozen Custard, and Hamburger Station. The rivalry between Swenson's and Skyway, aired on Iron Chef Michael Symon's Food Feuds, which Swenson's won.
Spoken dialects
Although Akron is in northern Ohio, where the Inland North dialect is expected, its settlement history, puts it in the North Midland dialect area. It was announced that Akron will host some of the events of the 2014 Gay Games including the marathon, the men's and women's golf tournaments at Firestone Country Club, and softball at Firestone Stadium. The All-American Soap Box Derby taken place each year at the Derby Downs since 1936. The Firestone Country Club, annually host the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and in the past hosted tournaments including the PGA Championship, American Golf Classic, and Rubber City Open Invitational. The Akron & National Marble Tournament was created in 1923, by Roy W. Howard, being owned by the Akron District Marbles Tournament and the Akron Beacon Journal sometime before it ended permanently in the 1960s. On January 7, 1938, Akron became the birthplace of women's professional Mud Wrestling, in a match including Professional Wrestling and Wrestling Observer Hall of Famer, Mildred Burke. The Professional Bowlers Association started in the city during 1958. LeBron James' King for Kids bike-a-thon feature James riding with kids through the city each June. In November, the city host the Home Run for the Homeless marathon.
Past sports teams
Former teams of Akron include the Akron Professionals (National Football League), Goodyear Silents (deaf semi-professional football), Akron Black Tyrites (Negro League), Akron Americans (International Hockey League), Akron Lightning (International Basketball League), and the Akron Wingfoots (National Basketball League), who won the first NBL Championship and the International Cup three times. The Akron Firestone Non-Skids (National Basketball League), later won the title consecutively, in 1939 and 1940.
College sports
As home to the University of Akron, the city is also home to the Akron Zips, who compete in the NCAA in a variety of sports at the Division I level. Before completion of the InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field, the football team played at the historic Rubber Bowl, former home of the 1920 National Football League Championship winners, the Akron Professionals. The men's basketball team appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 1986, 2009, and 2011. In 2009, the Zips men's soccer team completed the regular-season undefeated, then won the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship in 2010. Zippy, one of the eight female NCAA mascots, won the Capital One National Mascot of the Year contest in 2007.
Parks and recreation
Major parks in Akron include Lock 3, Firestone, Goodyear Heights, the F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm (or Naturealm), and part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Several of the parks along on the locks of the canal. Lock 3 Park in downtown Akron is the city's hub for entertainment. It is commonly used as an outdoor amphitheater hosting live musical entertainment, festivals, and special events year-round. The park was created in the early 21st century to provide green space within the city of Akron. The Ohio-Erie Canal can still be seen flowing behind the stage where there was once a boat yard and dry dock. Later, a pottery factory stood there until the O’Neil’s parking deck was built in the current location. More than 65,000 guests use the park for recreation annually. During Lock 3 Live, it holds concerts for almost every musical genre, including alternative, R&B;, reggae, gospel, country, pop, jazz, and classic rock. Some festivals the park hosts throughout the year include Soap Box Derby opening ceremonies, firefighter competitions, charity events, tournaments, and animal events. From November through February, Lock 3 Park is transformed into an outdoor ice-skating rink. Adjacent to the Derby Downs race hill is a 19,000-square-foot (1,800 m2) outdoor skatepark. The park features concrete ramps, including two bowls going as deep as 7 feet (2.1 m), a snake run, two hips, a stair set with handrail, many smaller quarter pipes and a variety of grind boxes. Positioned just a few feet from the Akron Skatepark is a Pro BMX course where organized races are often held in the warmer months.The Ohio and Erie Canal towpath is a regional bike and hike trail that follows the canal. A bridge was completed in 2008, crossing Route 59/The Innerbelt, which connects the towpath proper with bike routes painted onto streets downtown, thus completing another step towards the connection of Cleveland and East Liverpool with a hike and bike trail.[citation needed] The State of Ohio plans to reconstruct the trail which once ran completely through Ohio, to New Philadelphia from Cleveland. The trail features a floating observation deck section over Summit Lake. It is a popular tourist attraction, as it attracts over 2 million visits annually.
Media
Akron is served in print by the daily Akron Beacon Journal and the weekly West Side Leader newspapers and the monthly magazine Akron Life & Leisure. The Buchtelite newspaper is published by the University of Akron.
Akron is less than from Cleveland, and forms part of the Cleveland-Akron (Canton) media market, the 18th largest market in the US. However, WAOH-LP, WEAO (PBS), WVPX (ION), and WBNX-TV (CW) are licensed to Akron. WAOH and WEAO serve the city of Akron specifically, while WBNX and WVPX identify themselves as Akron/Cleveland, serving the entire Northeast Ohio market. Akron has no native news broadcast, having lost its only news station when the former WAKC became WVPX in 1996. WVPX and Cleveland's WKYC later provided a joint news program, which was cancelled in 2005. Bridgestone is building a new technical center, with state-of-the-art R&D; labs, where its operation will relocate to by 2012. The city has a free WiFi corridor centered in downtown. Neighborhoods in range include Goodyear Heights, East Akron, North Hill, Firestone Park, Kenmore, and West Akron. Some frequented locations in the area include, Akron-Summit County Public Library, John S. Knight Center, and the Intermodel Transit Center.
Polymer Valley
Polymer Valley is in the northeastern part of the Ohio, centered in Akron. The area holds forty-five percent of the state's polymer industries with the oldest starting the 19th century. It is considered the polymer manufacturing center in the country, due to the educational, mineral, and transportation resources of the area. During the 1980s and 1990s, an influx of new polymer companies came to the region. In 2001, more than 400 companies manufactured polymer-based materials in the region. Many University of Akron scientists became world renowned for their research done at the Goodyear Polymer Center. The first College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering was begun by the university. In 2010, the National Polymer Innovation Center opened on campus.
Hospitals
Akron has designated an area called the Biomedical Corridor, aimed at luring health-related ventures to the region. It encompasses 1,240 acres of private and publicly owned land, bounded by Akron General on the west and Akron City on the east, and also includes Akron Children’s near the district’s center with Saint Thomas Hospital to the north of its northern boundaries. Since its start in 2006, the corridor added the headquarters of companies such as Akron Polymer Systems. Akron Children's Hospital is an independent entity that specializes in pediatric care and burn care. the top private sector employers in the city are:
| ! # | ! Employer | ! # of Employees |
| 1 | Summa Health System | 5,669 |
| 2 | Akron General Health System | 4,532 |
| 3 | University of Akron | 4,427 |
| 4 | 3,388 | |
| 5 | Akron Public Schools | 3,131 |
| 6 | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | 3,000 |
| 7 | Akron Children's Hospital | 2,680 |
| 8 | Time Warner Cable | 2,440 |
| 9 | FirstEnergy | 2,316 |
| 10 | Sterling Jewelers | 2,045 |
Government and politics
The mayor of Akron is elected in a citywide vote, the city has reached its 59th mayor. They city is divided into 10 wards, each elect a member to the Akron City Council, while an additional 3 are elected at large. The mayor's cabinent currently consist of directors and deputy directors of administration, communications, community relations, economic development, intergovernmental relations, labor relations, law, planning & urban development, planning director - deputy, public safety, and public service. The city adopted a new charter of the commissioner manager type in 1920, but reverted to its old form in 1924.The current mayor of Akron is Don Plusquellic, who is currently serving his fifth term and was the President of the United States Conference of Mayors during 2004. Plusquellic is also a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, a bi-partisan group dedicated to making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets. In 2008, he was selected along with other mayors, by President Barack Obama to work on solving the Global financial crisis of 2008–2009 at the local level. He defeated a recall attempt in 2009.
Humanitarian affairs
Aside from city founder, Simon Perkins, negotiating a treaty with Native Americans to establish a mail route from the Connecticut Western Reserve to Detroit in 1807, others partook in historic humanitarian affairs in Akron. Aside from being part of the Underground Railroad, when active, John Brown was a resident, today having two landmarks (John Brown House) (John Brown Monument) dedicated to him. During the 1851 Women's Rights Convention, Sojourner Truth delivered her speech entitled "Ain't I A Woman?". In 1905, a statue of an Indian named Unk was erected on Portage Path, which was part of the effective western boundary of the White and Native American lands from 1785 to 1805. The Summit County chapter of the Ku Klux Klan reported having 50,000 members, making it the largest local chapter in the country during the 20th century. In 1905, the sheriff, county officials, mayor of Akron, judges, county commissioners, and most members of Akron's school board were members. The Klan's influence in the city's politics eventually ended after Wendell Willkie, arrived and challenged them. Race took part in two of Akron's major riots, the Riot of 1900 and the Wooster Ave. Riots of 1968. Others giving speeches on race, in the city include Dr. W.E.B. DuBois (1920)The city is home to the University of Akron, which the Princeton Review listed among the Best in the Midwest, in 2008. Originally Buchtel College, the school is home the Goodyear Polymer Center and the National Polymer Innovation Center. All Akron Public Schools are currently going through a 15-year, $800 million rebuilding process. In recent times the city’s schools have been moved from “Academic Watch” to “Continuous Improvement” by the Ohio Department of Education. Akron also has many private, parochial and charter schools. Akron Public Schools made headlines in 2004 when a freshman student of Akron Digital Academy, the district’s own online charter school, was not allowed to participate in extracurricular activities, an event later covered and satirized by The Daily Show. National Basketball Association player LeBron James, attended St. Vincent - St. Mary High School.
Transportation
Airports
The primary terminal that airline passengers, travelling to or from Akron, use is the Akron-Canton Regional Airport, which in 2010, had its busiest January of all time with nearly 107,000 passengers. The Akron-Canton Airport is a commercial Class C airport located in the city of Green, roughly 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Akron operated jointly by Stark and Summit counties. Two low-fare airlines, Frontier Airlines and AirTran Airways, have begun serving Akron-Canton in recent years, making it an alternative for travellers to or from the Cleveland area as well. Akron Fulton International Airport is a general aviation airport located in and owned by the City of Akron that serves private planes. It first opened in 1929 and has operated in several different capacities since then. The airport had commercial scheduled airline service until the 1950s and it is now used for both cargo and private planes. Preliminary Ohio crime statistics show aggravated assaults increased by 45% during 2007. Akron became the first city in the United States to train and equip officers with the CornerShot, to aid them in fighting crime. The city invented the first patrol cars to assist officers.Historically, organized crime operated in the city with the presence of the Black Hand led by Rosario Borgio, once headquartered on the city's north side in the first decade of the 20th century and the Walker-Mitchell mob, of which Pretty Boy Floyd was a member. Akron has experienced several riots in its history including, the Riot of 1900 and the Wooster Avenue Riots of 1968.
Methamphetamine history
The distribution of methamphetamine ("meth") in Akron greatly contributed to Summit County becoming known as the "Meth Capital of Ohio". The county ranks third in the nation in the number of registered meth sites. During the 1990s, motorcycle gang the Hells Angels sold the drug from bars frequented by members. Between January 2004 and August 2009, the city had significantly more registered sites than any other city in the state. Authority believe a disruption of a major Mexican meth operation, attributed to the increase of it being made locally. In 2007, APD received a grant to help continue its work with other agencies and jurisdictions to support them in ridding the city of meth labs.
Notable people
Akron has produced and been home to a number of notable individuals in varying fields. Its natives and residents are referred to as "Akronites". The first postmaster of the Connecticut Western Reserve and president of its bank, General Simon Perkins co-founded Akron in 1825. His son, Colonel Simon Perkins, while living in Akron during the same time as abolitionist John Brown, went into business with Brown. Noted athletes to have come from Akron include National Basketball Association players LeBron James and Stephen Curry, Basketball Hall of Famers Gus "Honeycomb" Johnson and Nate "The Great" Thurmond, Baseball Hall of Famer Thurman Munson, International Boxing Hall of Famer Gorilla Jones, and former Northwestern University and Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian. Performing artists to come from Akron include bands such as Devo and The Black Keys, singers Chrissie Hynde and James Ingram, David Allan Coe famous outlaw country singer, actors and actresses Frank Dicopoulos, David McLean, Melina Kanakaredes, and Elizabeth Franz. Owner of over 400 patents, native Stanford R. Ovshinsky invented the widely used nickel-metal hydride battery. Richard Smalley, winner of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering buckminsterfullerene (buckyballs) was born in the city during 1943. Another native, the second female astronaut in Outer space Judith Resnik died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and has the Resnik Moon crater named in her honor.
Sister cities
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