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The city's arts and entertainment weekly is the Toledo City Paper. From March 2005 to 2015, the weekly newspaper Toledo Free Press was published, and it had a focus on news and sports. Other weeklies include the West Toledo Herald, El Tiempo, La Prensa, Sojourner's Truth, and Toledo Journal.
Intrigued with the philosophy of the City Beautiful movement, officials determined that Beaux Arts planning principles suited their vision for a monumental government center. Toledo's 1924 master plan formalized the concept. By 1925, the city purchased the quadrangle bounded by Jackson, Erie, and Orange streets and Spielbusch Avenue.
The ODOT and the city of Toledo began planning the bridge in April 1999. The project consisted of building an 8,800 feet (2,700 m) span across the Maumee River and low-lying land on its banks. The community selected a "glass" theme for the bridge design, choosing to honor the region's heritage in the glass manufacturing industry.
As of 2020, the total population was 50,679, [4] making it the second most populous municipality of Lucas County, Northwest Ohio, and the 419 / 567 area codes (behind only Toledo). The township entirely encompasses the city of Sylvania. Excluding the city of Sylvania, the remainder of the township had a population of 31,668 in 2020.
In 1935, The Toledo City Council voted against the purchase of Point Place from Washington Township. [5] However in 1937, Point Place was annexed by the city of Toledo as they promised paved roads, sidewalks, city services, and better police protection to deal with the growing problem of prohibition and gambling problems that the area experienced at the time.
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DeGood's election made him the youngest mayor of a large city in the United States, at the age of 30. [2] On July 1, 1979, strained city finances and negotiation breakdowns with police and fire department unions led to an illegal two-day strike of safety workers. This resulted in numerous fires, destroyed property, and the murder of a city bus ...