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Welcome to Toledo!
People had big dreams for Toledo. The city is set on some of the most inhospitable land in the Midwest: the Great Black Swamp. Early white settlers spent years digging ditches through the swamp and lining them with clay tiles, when they weren't catching mosquito-borne diseases. Michigan and Ohio briefly went to war (no shots were fired) over the land. Later settlers came over from Eastern Europe by the boatload, or up from down south, to work on the Erie Canal and in local factories that made cars and auto parts. Today, Toledo is a city of 315,000 with a big local university, an independent daily newspaper, and historic buildings downtown that are turned into artists' lofts. Toledo is also home to the legendary Toledo Mud Hens minor league baseball team. They play in the Fifth Third Field in downtown Toledo. There's a huge and beautiful neighborhood of Victorian mansions near downtown, a world-class art museum and a new glass museum, a world-class zoo, and a band in every garage. In the cities north end there is The Polish Village where it is very common to see store fronts written in Polish. The food is worth stopping for: not only Tony Packo's famous hot dogs, but also classy Middle Eastern food such as the Beirut, Hungarian baked goods, and a few good old diners.
Some of the top choices for visitors around the city include:
Toledo's Seagate Convention Center
401 Jefferson Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604
+1 419 255 3300/ +1 419 255 3300 x5007 (Box Office)
Welcome to what we believe is one of the most enjoyable places to live, work and play. Toledo and the SeaGate Convention Centre. We are a wonderful, modern facility; but we are much more. We are people. People who care. People who understand that we are in the people business and our personality and attitudes reflect our commitment to total customer service. We would be pleased and honored to host your event..
The Stranahan Theater
4645 Heatherdowns Boulevard, Toledo, OH 43614
+1 419 381 8851 / +1 866 381 7469
The Stranahan Theater is a 2,496 seat concert hall built in 1969 and was formerly called Masonic Hall. The theater's foyer is 3,000 square feet (300 mē) and the adjacent Great Hall features 10,000 square feet (1,000 mē) of meeting space. There is parking for 1,200 cars at the theater.
Toledo Museum of Art
2445 Monroe Street at Scottwood Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43620
+1 419-255-8000
The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally known art museum located in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio, United States. The museum was founded by Toledo glassmaker Edward Drummond Libbey in 1901, and moved to its present location, a Greek revival building designed by Edward B. Green and Harry W. Wachter, in 1912. The building was expanded twice in the 1920s and 1930s.
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