File:City plan for Akron, prepared for Chamber of commerce (1919) (14779100305).jpg

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Title: City plan for Akron, prepared for Chamber of commerce
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Nolen, John, 1869-1937 Akron, Ohio. Chamber of Commerce
Subjects: Art, Municipal
Publisher: (Cambridge, Mass., The University press?)
Contributing Library: University of British Columbia Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of British Columbia Library

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close to 330 feet.The uplands extend Ijack indefinitely to the east and west, but to the northwe have the narrow valley of the Cuyahoga with its rough and broken sides,and to the south the open coiuitry of the Portage Lakes. The river valleys are deep and steep-sided, forming natural walls thatprevent the easy extension or merging of the developed areas. This isparticularly true of the business district of Akron, which is unfortunatelyshut in by steep slopes on the north, west, and east. This wall-like effect isreflected in the steep grades that occur on many of the streets leading fromthe center of the business district. North Howard and Quarry Streets fur-nishing good exajiiples. The city already has under definite considerationthe construction of two viaducts whose purpose is to provide an easy outletfrom the business center to the residential hills across the vallevs. 11 Pfan prepared /a/ AkronChamber ^^ Commerce ■ City Imprct^tmewt CoFhank H. Adams. Chaim C ITY OF Summit Countv
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Akron State of Ohio BMLPOAD-^INDIOTIALPPOPD?mS DIAGPAM Showing Tlypaj ujod aiPrx>jon ? /hr Pdiirrjad and Railroad and Industrial Properties I HE railroads and, because of the facilities they afford, the industriesA also have followed the valley lines through the city and in additionhave crossed the city on the higher level, rounding East Akron hill and cross-ing to North Hill above the deep part of the river Ijottom. The result is that the entire central section of the city is bound in byrailroad and industrial properties, a sitiuition still further conij)licated onthe east by the Akron, Barl)erton Belt Line with its adjacent manufacturingplants. This area l)etween the main lines and the Belt Line is at present ofa mixed character with jiractically every class of occupancy represented.The permanencj of the railroads will in all probability draw in here, as thecity grows, other factories and industrial concerns, so that this area willundergo a continuous change tending toward an ind

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