Born in Toledo 1957, and left in 1980. I've traveled much of the world but my heart and values are still with this city I love. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Thanks for the memories.
Thanks for uploading this, It brought back a lot of memories I grew up in Toledo and it was a great place to be as kid in the 50s 60s and 70s those were the days.
I was born and raised in Toledo, graduated from Whitmer High School 1980 and worked at Janney's Ace Hardware. Loved the collection of pictures thanks for the memories.
I didn't expect the emotions that this video made me feel. I felt like I was 5 years old walking around town with my Dad. So sad to see what is left in Toledo today.
Yes it is! Driving on roads that feel like you're in Appalachia! Gutted out houses that need to be torn down, gangs, prostitues and drug dealers, no matter what side of town you live in! Mayors that waste money on studies instead of improving our highways. Saď 😢
@@MarcyC48 I agree :'( Although I grew up in Temperance,MI Toledo wasn't far and my mom and I would go to Lion store, Kmart etc. I moved to Toledo around the age of 19-20 and it's definitely not the same :( I think it's time to move on...
Thank you for posting this. My father 1915-2000 lifelong resident of Toledo retired from Sunoco. I was born at Flower Hosp.1948 but left 1953-54 after parents divorce so only visited briefly through the years until I was with Dad in his final months of 2000. Very moving for me to see so many things through my father's eyes via your generosity.
Grew up 18 years in Toledo and left for Texas for a year now. Is that ice cream igloo on Douglas not still there? I'll be back in a week and it was one of the childhood places to think of going.
Woah...After having grown up in Toledo, then moving to Southern California and living there for nearly 30 years, and then returning to Toledo this past November, this video totally brought back SO many things I'd forgotten! Not just a few long forgotten sites and landmarks, LOTS of them! I've been trying to find a photo of Kewpee's on-line, finally saw one in this montage. Many years ago I managed to save a piece of signage from the kid's play area from the Jesse James Drive-In when it was being torn down; wondered if anyone else but me cared about Toledo history. I was very, very, very moved by the whole video. Can't wait to share it with my elderly mom!! Thanks for bringing back great memories. Time marches on, doesn't it?
My girlfriend is from Toledo and we almost bought a home there in 2019. I only visited twice but, it felt like a place I would want to grow up in if I had another lifetime lol. I am originally from North Dakota so the Midwest-ish part felt similar. Time does march on indeed brother.
OMG, I used to live just down the street from Jugs bowling alley , my grandmother used to work at Jugs Tavern back in the 50's, Thank you so much for this video! :D
Very cool...Thank you!...My Mom worked at Bischoff's for 25 years..Very cool to see that picture,,,You can still get Bear Claws....Have some in the freezer now..lol....again that's for the look......
I remember seeing Return of the Jedi with my parents at that theater. 2:19 I remember the line going out the door and we're standing next to those windows.
Thanks for posting this excellent video. I was born in Toledo hospital in 1950, went to Glenwood Elem. and DeVilbiss HS. Left for Tucson AZ in 1970. Brought back lots of fond memories.
Sylvania ave and Willys Pkwy was my hood from 84’-97’. My room overlooked the 5 points and could watch fights at the Green Rooster biker bar! So much was happening on Sylvania ave back then. Sneak into Westwood theatre, Batters box trading cards, Hollywood Dream Factory, almost every store has arcade games, go down to Woodlawn Cemetery and explore, ride bikes everywhere, play Homerun Derby at Holy Cross or St.Catherine’s, North Towne Mall was the place to be all day Saturdays with the arcade and $1 dollar movies! Man our kids have no idea of the memories back then! Really miss em
Haha shit I'm still in the hood from 82-NOW ...Sylvania ave was always popping. Shit lucky duck one eyed rose tattoo parties at the shop all the time fights and all that lol memories on sylvania
Hollywood Dream Factory was my favorite!!! My cousin lived in W. Toledo and when we came over to see them we would ride bikes there to get the latest Motley Crue pins for our jackets. LOL Good times man.
I remember so many of these places!! I clicked this video for the thumbnail. When I was young grandma & grandpa lived around the corner from Carrothets magic. They would give me a few bucks & I would go to the magic store & buy a new trick. The guy would spend a half hour teaching me how to do the trick, then I would head back to GGs house to amaze my family. Great way to spend an afternoon in the mid 70s
I grew up there. Went to Little Flower and Hawkins for grade school…Mctigue for JR high and Rogers HS. I haven’t been back in 20+ years. Got into medicine and settled down south. Maybe it’s time to go visit. The Magic shop photo drew me in…I went to school with the owners son. He was such a cool dude to hang with in high school. He introduced me to flash paper and a fake thumb lol! I can’t remember his name . Damn, hope he is doing well for himself.
Thank you so much for including photos of my high school (Roy C Start). It doesn't exist anymore like that. And I too am crying. I was born in Florida in 1982 but I moved up here in 1985 and have been here since my memories existed. I really wish I wasn't crying now. 😢
I was born and raised in toledo...so sad to see what it is now especially after seeing everything is gone and remembering all those places...its nutts how many ppl lived there and left but as the years passed toledo really deteriorated and drugs along with crime turned it to what it is today and It hurts because growing up on the north end it was family and friends to now just junkies and danger smh
VERY COOL VIDEO I DO MISS THE OLD SPORTS ARENA GREAT TIMES FOR HOCKEY AND CONCERTS PLUS AUTO RAMA,LOVED THE MA N PA RESTAURANTS AND OLD STORES LIKE OTTOS ON SECOR N GLENN ST IN DOWNTOWN TRILBY, FOND MEMORIES INDEED.
Lots of great memories ! You should have had one of the demolishing of the high school named after a Toledo industrialist, who was an icon, who without him, Toledo would not have been know as The Glass Capital of the World! I'm referring to the tragic tearing down of Edward Drummond Libbey High School, it's field house and industrial arts center!That land remains vacant, a large barren strip of Western Avenue! Thanks Toledo Board of Education!
I lived across the street from Libby at 1133 Western, only house with 2 pine trees in front. Yes, those were the days, they are too handy at tearing things down.
I've been to Toledo twice last year. I don't recognize it any more. The neighborhood I grew up in has changed. Looking at today? I prefer these images and my memories. Thanks Leonard!!!! Awesome!!
Very nice job. I was a kid in Toledo, Dad being an O-I guy. I remember when The Ohio Building became the O-I Building. The Tivoli Theatre, Don Whitfield Pontiac, Jermain Park, Nathan Hale Elementary School, The Toledo Museum of Art and The Peristyle, Ten Mile Creek (now Ottawa River) along South Cove Blvd., Longfellow School, sledding hill near Upton and Bancroft, the YMCA downtown, Ottawa Hills High School (On Green Arrows), Westgate Shopping Center, Miracle Mile Shopping Center, Jesse James Drive-In, Southwyck Mall, Swayne Field. Thanks for the memories.
Can't delete this one, trying to reply to someone else. We could all write our own book about life then, we won't be seeing it again, if people only knew what they have missed, an outlook on life that sadly cannot be passed on.
Thanks for clearing up the Ten Mile Creek/Ottawa River confusion. I grew up playing on that creek - Blaine Ave./So. Cove. I saw from Google Maps it is called Ottawa now and thought maybe it was scrapped or diverted when the freeway came in.
@@billeckle They start calling it Ottawa river in the Wildwood metropark when Schlicker ditch merges with Ten Mile creek, otherwise Ten Mile goes west all the way past county rd 10 south of Lyons , OH
Thank you...that took me back. I've lived out in Kansas City now for about 25 years but that made me homesick. I remember the blizzard of 78! They dumped snow at Joey Brown Park and turned it into a kids paradise that winter!
My parents went to Secor Cinema's when it opened. It was a formal attire venue and you would tour the Art gallery on the second floor prior to seeing a movie. I've seen dozens of movies there in the 80's and 90's and my sister worked there before they closed. What was annoying is that it was two separate buildings with no indoor access which meant if you went to the wrong building to see a movie you would have to go back outside and walk to the other end.
@@-NateTheGreat LOL that is right- I totally forgot about it being two buildings. HAHA went in the wrong building a few times back then and yeah it was annoying.
Brings back great memories from 1940's-50's Toledo. Streetcars, Tiedtke's and LaSalles, Miracle Mile, Adams Street Woolworth's and Kreske's, the Bargain Barn, the Toledo Zoo and so much more.
I believe the wrecked bridge and ship are when in April of 1957 the ship broke loose from its moorings and crashed into the Fasset Street Bridge. As I have been told by my grandmother and mother: My grandmother, my mother (8 years old) and her sister, my aunt Robin (10 months old) were driving over the bridge to pick up my grandfather, who was just off work from the old Toledo Terminal Railroad. Both my grandmother, and mother told me that they were half way over the bridge, or maybe a little more than half-way, when people got out of their cars and were waving frantically for my grandmother to speed up. She claimed that she didn't know why they were doing that, but after she was the last car over the bridge to Fasset St., she pulled over, got out of the car, and saw what was happening. I don't claim it as fact, merely the story I was told several times when I was a young man in the mid to late 1970's. If 100% accurate, and they had not made it across, and the car fell into the Maumee River on a cold April day, I assume all 3 would have died, which means I never would have been born. To me, personally, I find this story interesting. I hope that you did, too.
Thank you for this video, I am 38 and I live in Dayton and the 2 cities mirror other in every way possible, if somebody told me this video was not here in Dayton, I would have a hard time believing it. Both cities have had everything in common through the good and bad years
This brought back so many memories both good and sad. I have spent my whole life here,grew up on willis parkway and live about a mile from there now. Does anybody remember the Rollercade on Berdan ave? Or the AandP on Sylvania ave? Ugh,you should see that building now! So sad.
I’m surprised there weren’t any photos of the Toledo Scale Company, or Brondes Ford. My grandfather was a millwright for the Scale Company, my father worked the line, and my mother worked in the office. My dad went from there to Brondes as a salesman until 1983.
This video shows a lot of the businesses and events, many of which are long gone. Periods of growth, before the decline, recession, and the present day plethora of vacant and abandoned buildings and lots.But this video by no means shows the best and all of what Toledo area still offers today. We have lots to do and see everytime we visit. From the Toledo Museum of Art, Maumee Bay State Park, Rosary Cathedral, Toledo Zoo, Mudhens Stadium, Sky Bridge, The Docks, Wildwood Park and the many other metroparks, Old West End Festival and the many others, UT Rockets, The Mighty Maumee River, Walleyes Hockey, many restored and preserved historic structures, tons of restaurants including unique classics like Tony Packos, Valentine Theatre, neighboring communities like Sylvania and Grand Rapids, there is always affordable housing, many good schools, and much more.
+SunDiegoRockStar You could name off just as many places of Detroit. The only thing that hits me is that it's really nice to see the Rockets tearing up the MAC. But, those things mentioned do not come near overcoming the god awful state the city is in. The only thing you could say about Toledo is: It could be worse, much like a third world city could be worse too.
It's a real shame how the local government has gutted our city. Nothing is better than it used to be. What will our kids have to look back at when they are older? Costco? Give me a break.
OMG...what an amazing trip down memorie lane...I was born at The Toledo Hospital in 1953, I remember almost all of those places in the pictures. My mom attended Libby High school, she passed in 2002. I was on a few bowling leagues at Miracle Lanes, I shopped at the Woolco's on the East Side, attended many events at the Toledo Sports Arena -even did overnight catfishing off the banks of the Maumee river behind the sports arena, I'm a cake decorator and purchased many of my supplies at that cake supply place on the East Side, as a kid and teenager many Friday and Saturday nights were spent at the Jessee James drive-in theater before the cinamas were built....tears rolling with the memories. I moved to Atlanta in 1983. The last time I was in Toledo was in 2002 when Mom passed. Thank you sooo much for this video 😂
Wow, he messed my head up with this one, I was born and raised in Toledo I left at the age of 18 to live in Atlanta, Ga. before things really got bad in Toledo, this put me in tears dude I went to Start HS & Scott those where the days, and its only going to get worse before it gets better.
This video had the same affect on me! I can totally relate. I wasn't expecting the emotions it brought up. Southern Cal, where I moved to in '87, has a lot of great things, yes, but Toledo shaped me in SO many ways...
I graduated from Devilbiss High in 76', and had to move out in 78' The economy was going belly up. Anyone remember the name of the big store with the big arches that got torn down before Cinema 123 went up?
I lived in Toledo, Old Orchard, for six years earning a doctorate in history as an international student, being Canadian. When I started in 1997, it seemed much of the rust belt decline was already a done deal, so I never got to experience this nostalgic time when downtown Toledo wasn't a ghost town where the workers, however few, leave for elsewhere at the end of the day. When I would travel home to Toronto for holidays, I would take the Greyhound and it sometimes felt like one could fire a cannon downtown and not hit anyone. Thought it was fascinating that the city peaked in population among American cities in the 30th-40th largest range, over 300,000, then began a steady decline down to wherever it is now, maybe 70th to 80th with far less than 200,000. No regrets about living there however, and certainly none about my educational experience at UT, very lucky to have been a Rocket.
The downtown has made a comeback. I worked downtown for a few years 1999-2001 and it was a ghost town after 5. Rocket grad here and a Rocket 4 life. I am blessed to be a Rocket- never wanted to go anywhere else.
Yes sir. Fellow Rocket grad here. You should come back to downtown Toledo now. Things have changed for the better and downtown is really booming. I was down there a few weeks ago and I was shocked to see so many people. So many new restaurants and bars. Nothing like it was in the 90's.
Christopher Sobieniak they did the same with Rogers. My father started there his sophomore year. He was sent all the way to Woodward for freshman year because Rogers wasn't completed yet. Approximately 1955. I went there in the early 90s. Very overcrowded when they closed Macomber and DeVilbiss my sophomore year.
And they had to tear down the YMCA to make way for the new Start H.S......then rebuild the new Y behind the new school. I wondered where the 3 totem poles went when I didn't see them put back up in front of the new Y.......I called and asked about it.......I since learned they were replaced at the other YMCA in the south end. Should have left them at the Tremainsville Y. ........
What can I say😥! Brought back memories of a completely different world. It was a good place to raise a family then. I'm officially old cause I remember🙂
I moved her from Michigan when I was 19-20 and I'm outta here the first chance I get. I agree there's just way too much crime and not a place I want to raise my kids.
Nice variety of photos. Some places still exist; many do not. Suggestion: please extend the duration of the photos by a few seconds - especially those with a lot of detail. Reduce the number of special effects or transitions between them. It takes away from the story. Thank you all the same for producing it.
Churchills. I had a friend as a kid and he was ..well…from a family with more income lol. His mom used to take us to the grocery store and churchills was so nice compared to the store my parents had to shop at.
If I had the money, I'd actually put up with the blight in some of the rest of Toledo, and buy property in the Old West End... I had friends of the family that resided there back when I lived in the nearby Detroit Area... Both their children were graduates of Scott HS...
I realize this is a 4 year old video. But the Anderson's, timko's. If you went back Franklin Park was an ice cream parlar and airport. Things always change, with Amazon,may only have pharmacy's,walmart and hospitals left 40 years from now.
Not gone: Sundance Lid (though that sign has been replaced with an uglier one) GM Powertrain General Mills (only putting out biscuits instead of cereal).
Born in Toledo 1957, and left in 1980. I've traveled much of the world but my heart and values are still with this city I love. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Thanks for the memories.
Thank you for the memories. My first job was at the Lion store wrapping Christmas presents. I was 15. Best job ever. Miss the "old" days.
You probably wrapped one of my Christmas presents! My Mom was a mall rat lol!
Thanks for uploading this, It brought back a lot of memories I grew up in Toledo and it was a great place to be as kid in the 50s 60s and 70s those were the days.
I was born and raised in Toledo, graduated from Whitmer High School 1980 and worked at Janney's Ace Hardware. Loved the collection of pictures thanks for the memories.
I gruand from Wait high school 1987
I too was born and raised in Toledo (1953 to 1974, when I joined the Air Force) and also graduated from Whitmer (class of 1971). GO PANTHERS!!!😉😄😄
Made me cry, didn't expect that. Toledo a great place to be from.
I agree. A great place to be from, but not to return to.
I'm not even from Toledo, and this video made me a little nostalgic. God, but I miss America.........
This is how life was when I was growing up as a kid. I miss those days, thank you for the nice memories.
My mother took that picture of Ted Carothers Magic Studio sometime in the 1980s when I worked there after school!
I didn't expect the emotions that this video made me feel. I felt like I was 5 years old walking around town with my Dad. So sad to see what is left in Toledo today.
Yes it is! Driving on roads that feel like you're in Appalachia! Gutted out houses that need to be torn down, gangs, prostitues and drug dealers, no matter what side of town you live in! Mayors that waste money on studies instead of improving our highways. Saď 😢
@@MarcyC48 I agree :'(
Although I grew up in Temperance,MI
Toledo wasn't far and my mom and I would go to Lion store, Kmart etc.
I moved to Toledo around the age of 19-20 and it's definitely not the same :(
I think it's time to move on...
@@MarcyC48 and those are just a few of many reasons im moving out of toledo--i dont know what it was like then, but its a cesspit now......
Thank you for posting this. My father 1915-2000 lifelong resident of Toledo retired from Sunoco. I was born at Flower Hosp.1948 but left 1953-54 after parents divorce so only visited briefly through the years until I was with Dad in his final months of 2000. Very moving for me to see so many things through my father's eyes via your generosity.
Grew up 18 years in Toledo and left for Texas for a year now. Is that ice cream igloo on Douglas not still there? I'll be back in a week and it was one of the childhood places to think of going.
Hiya!
My Uncle Jug owned the bowling alley & tavern next door.
Thank you for posting this it brought me to tears! God Bless
Who owns it now?
@@anthonyharder1469 I really dont know they sold it a long time ago.
@@tonyamoony for sure. Thank you for the reply. Do you still live in the toledo area?
@@anthonyharder1469 I do....for 64 years! Right along the shore of Lake Erie. Born and raised here!
@@tonyamoony 38 here rep rep
Woah...After having grown up in Toledo, then moving to Southern California and living there for nearly 30 years, and then returning to Toledo this past November, this video totally brought back SO many things I'd forgotten! Not just a few long forgotten sites and landmarks, LOTS of them! I've been trying to find a photo of Kewpee's on-line, finally saw one in this montage. Many years ago I managed to save a piece of signage from the kid's play area from the Jesse James Drive-In when it was being torn down; wondered if anyone else but me cared about Toledo history. I was very, very, very moved by the whole video. Can't wait to share it with my elderly mom!! Thanks for bringing back great memories. Time marches on, doesn't it?
My girlfriend is from Toledo and we almost bought a home there in 2019. I only visited twice but, it felt like a place I would want to grow up in if I had another lifetime lol. I am originally from North Dakota so the Midwest-ish part felt similar. Time does march on indeed brother.
It sure does 😢
My daughter did the same thing
Loved the Jesse James. Miss my mom😔
Ty my mom just passed away and it was nice to look back thru our city's history and reminisce
OMG, I used to live just down the street from Jugs bowling alley , my grandmother used to work at Jugs Tavern back in the 50's, Thank you so much for this video! :D
Are you by chance related to Mark Cupp? He was a classmate at Whitmer, class of ‘71. Just curious…😊
Very cool...Thank you!...My Mom worked at Bischoff's for 25 years..Very cool to see that picture,,,You can still get Bear Claws....Have some in the freezer now..lol....again that's for the look......
So did mine!
Ray Bischoff was my uncle. Rays party store. He's been gone for a number of years and it will always be called that.
I remember seeing Return of the Jedi with my parents at that theater. 2:19 I remember the line going out the door and we're standing next to those windows.
Is that where the Toledo Goaldiggers played? 4:14 I remember my aunt and uncle taking me to see the games in the early 80s.
This brought back memories and reminded me of places I forgot about. Nostalgic and a little sad.
Thanks for posting this excellent video. I was born in Toledo hospital in 1950, went to Glenwood Elem. and DeVilbiss HS. Left for Tucson AZ in 1970. Brought back lots of fond memories.
Sylvania ave and Willys Pkwy was my hood from 84’-97’. My room overlooked the 5 points and could watch fights at the Green Rooster biker bar! So much was happening on Sylvania ave back then. Sneak into Westwood theatre, Batters box trading cards, Hollywood Dream Factory, almost every store has arcade games, go down to Woodlawn Cemetery and explore, ride bikes everywhere, play Homerun Derby at Holy Cross or St.Catherine’s, North Towne Mall was the place to be all day Saturdays with the arcade and $1 dollar movies! Man our kids have no idea of the memories back then! Really miss em
Haha shit I'm still in the hood from 82-NOW ...Sylvania ave was always popping. Shit lucky duck one eyed rose tattoo parties at the shop all the time fights and all that lol memories on sylvania
Hollywood Dream Factory was my favorite!!! My cousin lived in W. Toledo and when we came over to see them we would ride bikes there to get the latest Motley Crue pins for our jackets. LOL Good times man.
I remember so many of these places!! I clicked this video for the thumbnail. When I was young grandma & grandpa lived around the corner from Carrothets magic. They would give me a few bucks & I would go to the magic store & buy a new trick. The guy would spend a half hour teaching me how to do the trick, then I would head back to GGs house to amaze my family. Great way to spend an afternoon in the mid 70s
Good old days wish I could go back!!!! THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES !
Same here
I grew up there. Went to Little Flower and Hawkins for grade school…Mctigue for JR high and Rogers HS. I haven’t been back in 20+ years. Got into medicine and settled down south. Maybe it’s time to go visit. The Magic shop photo drew me in…I went to school with the owners son. He was such a cool dude to hang with in high school. He introduced me to flash paper and a fake thumb lol! I can’t remember his name . Damn, hope he is doing well for himself.
Thank you so much for including photos of my high school (Roy C Start). It doesn't exist anymore like that. And I too am crying. I was born in Florida in 1982 but I moved up here in 1985 and have been here since my memories existed. I really wish I wasn't crying now. 😢
Really great video thank you. The south end of Toledo is where I grew up and the 60's and 70's were great
I was born and raised in toledo...so sad to see what it is now especially after seeing everything is gone and remembering all those places...its nutts how many ppl lived there and left but as the years passed toledo really deteriorated and drugs along with crime turned it to what it is today and It hurts because growing up on the north end it was family and friends to now just junkies and danger smh
VERY COOL VIDEO I DO MISS THE OLD SPORTS ARENA GREAT TIMES FOR HOCKEY AND CONCERTS PLUS AUTO RAMA,LOVED THE MA N PA RESTAURANTS AND OLD STORES LIKE OTTOS ON SECOR N GLENN ST IN DOWNTOWN TRILBY, FOND MEMORIES INDEED.
Nice nostalgic images to go with a sad sad tune. Thanks Toledo Memories.
The Titanic tune.....
Lots of great memories ! You should have had one of the demolishing of the high school named after a Toledo industrialist, who was an icon, who without him, Toledo would not have been know as The Glass Capital of the World! I'm referring to the tragic tearing down of Edward Drummond Libbey High School, it's field house and industrial arts center!That land remains vacant, a large barren strip of Western Avenue! Thanks Toledo Board of Education!
I went to Libbey...es,it was one hell of a building
It sucks 😔😞
I lived across the street from Libby at 1133 Western, only house with 2 pine trees in front. Yes, those were the days, they are too handy at tearing things down.
WOOOOWWWW THE FRIGGIN MEMORIES!!!! THANK YOU!! JUST WOW!!!!!! IN MY FEELS NOW.
Totaley awesome!! Used to go to T town with my girl friend shopping who is now my wife!!! Internet is killing all the malls and stores!! Wow!!
I've been to Toledo twice last year. I don't recognize it any more. The neighborhood I grew up in has changed. Looking at today? I prefer these images and my memories. Thanks Leonard!!!! Awesome!!
I liked this. Photos changed a bit quickly for my elderly eyes. Thank you.
Very nice job. I was a kid in Toledo, Dad being an O-I guy. I remember when The Ohio Building became the O-I Building. The Tivoli Theatre, Don Whitfield Pontiac, Jermain Park, Nathan Hale Elementary School, The Toledo Museum of Art and The Peristyle, Ten Mile Creek (now Ottawa River) along South Cove Blvd., Longfellow School, sledding hill near Upton and Bancroft, the YMCA downtown, Ottawa Hills High School (On Green Arrows), Westgate Shopping Center, Miracle Mile Shopping Center, Jesse James Drive-In, Southwyck Mall, Swayne Field. Thanks for the memories.
burton48 Best years of my growing up, went to the Paramount, the Esquire, and the Rivoli downtown, never heard of the Tivoli.
Can't delete this one, trying to reply to someone else. We could all write our own book about life then, we won't be seeing it again, if people only knew what they have missed, an outlook on life that sadly cannot be passed on.
Thanks for clearing up the Ten Mile Creek/Ottawa River confusion. I grew up playing on that creek - Blaine Ave./So. Cove. I saw from Google Maps it is called Ottawa now and thought maybe it was scrapped or diverted when the freeway came in.
@@billeckle They start calling it Ottawa river in the Wildwood metropark when Schlicker ditch merges with Ten Mile creek, otherwise Ten Mile goes west all the way past county rd 10 south of Lyons , OH
It's all the ghetto now....it's sad
Thank you...that took me back. I've lived out in Kansas City now for about 25 years but that made me homesick. I remember the blizzard of 78! They dumped snow at Joey Brown Park and turned it into a kids paradise that winter!
omg!! I loved the movie theater on Secor
Fallon Edwards I think that's the theater where we first saw Grand Prix
My parents went to Secor Cinema's when it opened. It was a formal attire venue and you would tour the Art gallery on the second floor prior to seeing a movie. I've seen dozens of movies there in the 80's and 90's and my sister worked there before they closed. What was annoying is that it was two separate buildings with no indoor access which meant if you went to the wrong building to see a movie you would have to go back outside and walk to the other end.
@@-NateTheGreat LOL that is right- I totally forgot about it being two buildings. HAHA went in the wrong building a few times back then and yeah it was annoying.
Well that was super sad. Everything is gone. :(
@Amie...By any chace did you have family that lived on Prouty Ave,...The corner of Prouty & Congress?
It sure is Amie ...hope all is well with you and yours...not many people I grew up with still remain there its beyond sad
Brings back great memories from 1940's-50's Toledo. Streetcars, Tiedtke's and LaSalles,
Miracle Mile, Adams Street Woolworth's and Kreske's, the Bargain Barn, the Toledo Zoo and so much more.
I believe the wrecked bridge and ship are when in April of 1957 the ship broke loose from its moorings and crashed into the Fasset Street Bridge. As I have been told by my grandmother and mother: My grandmother, my mother (8 years old) and her sister, my aunt Robin (10 months old) were driving over the bridge to pick up my grandfather, who was just off work from the old Toledo Terminal Railroad. Both my grandmother, and mother told me that they were half way over the bridge, or maybe a little more than half-way, when people got out of their cars and were waving frantically for my grandmother to speed up. She claimed that she didn't know why they were doing that, but after she was the last car over the bridge to Fasset St., she pulled over, got out of the car, and saw what was happening. I don't claim it as fact, merely the story I was told several times when I was a young man in the mid to late 1970's. If 100% accurate, and they had not made it across, and the car fell into the Maumee River on a cold April day, I assume all 3 would have died, which means I never would have been born. To me, personally, I find this story interesting. I hope that you did, too.
Thank you for this video, I am 38 and I live in Dayton and the 2 cities mirror other in every way possible, if somebody told me this video was not here in Dayton, I would have a hard time believing it. Both cities have had everything in common through the good and bad years
Times sure have changed since then , I wish we could all go back to those times, when there were no cell phones.
This brought back so many memories both good and sad. I have spent my whole life here,grew up on willis parkway and live about a mile from there now. Does anybody remember the Rollercade on Berdan ave? Or the AandP on Sylvania ave? Ugh,you should see that building now! So sad.
What was a&p? Remember zach's place? And the bingo hall on sylvania by the corner of lewis and sylvania?
I’m surprised there weren’t any photos of the Toledo Scale Company, or Brondes Ford. My grandfather was a millwright for the Scale Company, my father worked the line, and my mother worked in the office. My dad went from there to Brondes as a salesman until 1983.
I was born in 1955 at Mercy Hospital, a baby boomer. Thanks for those memories!
This video shows a lot of the businesses and events, many of which are long gone. Periods of growth, before the decline, recession, and the present day plethora of vacant and abandoned buildings and lots.But this video by no means shows the best and all of what Toledo area still offers today. We have lots to do and see everytime we visit. From the Toledo Museum of Art, Maumee Bay State Park, Rosary Cathedral, Toledo Zoo, Mudhens Stadium, Sky Bridge, The Docks, Wildwood Park and the many other metroparks, Old West End Festival and the many others, UT Rockets, The Mighty Maumee River, Walleyes Hockey, many restored and preserved historic structures, tons of restaurants including unique classics like Tony Packos, Valentine Theatre, neighboring communities like Sylvania and Grand Rapids, there is always affordable housing, many good schools, and much more.
+SunDiegoRockStar You could name off just as many places of Detroit. The only thing that hits me is that it's really nice to see the Rockets tearing up the MAC. But, those things mentioned do not come near overcoming the god awful state the city is in. The only thing you could say about Toledo is: It could be worse, much like a third world city could be worse too.
I rember just about every place in this video,but I cant see to type because I am crying remerbering how our city used to be!
It's ok, Richard, no one can take our wonderful Toledo memories away from us....it is sad to drive around some parts here..... ♡♡♡
It's a real shame how the local government has gutted our city. Nothing is better than it used to be. What will our kids have to look back at when they are older? Costco? Give me a break.
Anyone remember the Toledo Goaldiggers playing there? 4:12
I knew Ted Carrothers as a kid. His widow played the piano for my grandmother's funeral. She was also the piano teacher for both my sisters.
I went to school with his son. What a great family they all were.
OMG...what an amazing trip down memorie lane...I was born at The Toledo Hospital in 1953, I remember almost all of those places in the pictures. My mom attended Libby High school, she passed in 2002. I was on a few bowling leagues at Miracle Lanes, I shopped at the Woolco's on the East Side, attended many events at the Toledo Sports Arena -even did overnight catfishing off the banks of the Maumee river behind the sports arena, I'm a cake decorator and purchased many of my supplies at that cake supply place on the East Side, as a kid and teenager many Friday and Saturday nights were spent at the Jessee James drive-in theater before the cinamas were built....tears rolling with the memories. I moved to Atlanta in 1983. The last time I was in Toledo was in 2002 when Mom passed. Thank you sooo much for this video 😂
We miss you, too ♡♡♡
Thank you. This was amazing
Wow, he messed my head up with this one, I was born and raised in Toledo I left at the age of 18 to live in Atlanta, Ga. before things really got bad in Toledo, this put me in tears dude I went to Start HS & Scott those where the days, and its only going to get worse before it gets better.
This video had the same affect on me! I can totally relate. I wasn't expecting the emotions it brought up. Southern Cal, where I moved to in '87, has a lot of great things, yes, but Toledo shaped me in SO many ways...
Yes, your right.
If it ever gets better.
I graduated from Devilbiss High in 76', and had to move out in 78'
The economy was going belly up.
Anyone remember the name of the big store with the big arches that got torn down before Cinema 123 went up?
@@manuelmontiel5418 McDonalds? 🤣🤣🤣
I lived in Toledo, Old Orchard, for six years earning a doctorate in history as an international student, being Canadian. When I started in 1997, it seemed much of the rust belt decline was already a done deal, so I never got to experience this nostalgic time when downtown Toledo wasn't a ghost town where the workers, however few, leave for elsewhere at the end of the day. When I would travel home to Toronto for holidays, I would take the Greyhound and it sometimes felt like one could fire a cannon downtown and not hit anyone. Thought it was fascinating that the city peaked in population among American cities in the 30th-40th largest range, over 300,000, then began a steady decline down to wherever it is now, maybe 70th to 80th with far less than 200,000. No regrets about living there however, and certainly none about my educational experience at UT, very lucky to have been a Rocket.
The downtown has made a comeback. I worked downtown for a few years 1999-2001 and it was a ghost town after 5. Rocket grad here and a Rocket 4 life. I am blessed to be a Rocket- never wanted to go anywhere else.
Yes sir. Fellow Rocket grad here. You should come back to downtown Toledo now. Things have changed for the better and downtown is really booming. I was down there a few weeks ago and I was shocked to see so many people. So many new restaurants and bars. Nothing like it was in the 90's.
Just a beautiful and very meaningful video collection of so many memories. Thank you!
So long ago. And so changed but memories still constant
Amen
That was nice, made me a bit sad.
Thanks that was heartfelt
It was kind of annoying when they tore down Start and moved that over where Bowman Park's pool was. That building wasn't THAT old.
Christopher Sobieniak they did the same with Rogers. My father started there his sophomore year. He was sent all the way to Woodward for freshman year because Rogers wasn't completed yet. Approximately 1955. I went there in the early 90s. Very overcrowded when they closed Macomber and DeVilbiss my sophomore year.
And they had to tear down the YMCA to make way for the new Start H.S......then rebuild the new Y behind the new school. I wondered where the 3 totem poles went when I didn't see them put back up in front of the new Y.......I called and asked about it.......I since learned they were replaced at the other YMCA in the south end. Should have left them at the Tremainsville Y. ........
I miss the pool myself. Great memories. And we also went to the pool by point place and the yacht club . Manhattan?
Bowman pool was awesome in the 80's!
@@TrustNone35 I bet.
Ted's Hamburgers On Monroe Street Down Town Toledo,
Can Still Be Seen Today,
December 2024
What can I say😥! Brought back memories of a completely different world. It was a good place to raise a family then. I'm officially old cause I remember🙂
Born in Toledo Ohio 1967 spend all my life here besides my military excursions
It's all gone. The best of times. It's amazing to look back and see what Toledo had to offer. I can't say that now. So sad. Goodbye, old friend.
Thanks for the memories. Did I miss seeing the Hostess Bakery on the East side of Toledo, or was that not included in your video?
All of this..fabulous
I'm proud to tell people I am from Toledo. But with all of the crime, I would never return.
I moved her from Michigan when I was 19-20 and I'm outta here the first chance I get. I agree there's just way too much crime and not a place I want to raise my kids.
Thanks for sharing!
Nice video! Is there any way that I could have a copy of the Ted Carrothers Magic studio photo? I took voice/piano lessons from his wife, Cindy.
Nice variety of photos. Some places still exist; many do not. Suggestion: please extend the duration of the photos by a few seconds - especially those with a lot of detail. Reduce the number of special effects or transitions between them. It takes away from the story.
Thank you all the same for producing it.
Churchills. I had a friend as a kid and he was ..well…from a family with more income lol. His mom used to take us to the grocery store and churchills was so nice compared to the store my parents had to shop at.
What year was the Fasset st bridge destroyed????
What was 5:24 ??? I can't remember that for the life of me. Many of these places are gone but a few are still there
The Toledo Zoo playground
Born in 1955, raised in Toledo. 1973 graduate Scott High School. TIEDTKE’S FOREVER!
I remember the $1 movies at northtown square mall
Great, I am and grew up in Toledo, went to cchs😎
My parents owned Mr.Pizza 4 doors down. I spent everyday there as a kid!! God bless Mr.Crothers
Time's sure do change
I wish i could get a White Tower Double Bacon Butterburger!
Was that the Churchill's next to the University on Bancroft, or were they a chain throughout the city?
That was the Churchill's on Sylvania Ave....there were 2 or 3 .... Starlight Plaza and another?
Brought me to tears
Thank you for the wonderful video. The music is perfect. Ignore anyone who can't appreciate this video. They're dead.
I remember Churchill's on Alexis road as a kid in the late 70s, early 80s !
Same here 🤗😊
I was born there in the 50's. I moved back in 96 and 2 yrs later not the same.
1993 Toledo Ohio baby🥳❤️
i wish they would bring back cable cars
What happened to all the cool stuff they had even a record building
Woodward has alumni?
Toledo University
Thanks for sharing. #HamiltonPark
If I had the money, I'd actually put up with the blight in some of the rest of Toledo, and buy property in the Old West End... I had friends of the family that resided there back when I lived in the nearby Detroit Area... Both their children were graduates of Scott HS...
I realize this is a 4 year old video.
But the Anderson's, timko's. If you went back Franklin Park was an ice cream parlar and airport. Things always change, with Amazon,may only have pharmacy's,walmart and hospitals left 40 years from now.
My ex's dad was driving his corvette late one night in the 80s and hit that snow cone building, drunk lol
Classic- and yeah that wasn't the first or last time that place got hit.
Is the Bobs Big Boy on Summit still there?
The building is still there.....something else moved in (do you mean the one by the Hi-Level Bridge?
@@oneitalia2312 Yes,Sue...What high school did you go to?
@@MrDougpro hi doug - I went to Central Catholic....you?
@@oneitalia2312 Libbey...I heard they tore it down.
@@MrDougpro .... tore down the Big Boy? I was around there last month, it was there then.........
The hinkles made me cry. So long Toledo.
My dad took me there to get bear claws for my mom when she finally got home after cancer. I was 6 but have vivid memories.
Not gone:
Sundance Lid (though that sign has been replaced with an uglier one)
GM Powertrain
General Mills (only putting out biscuits instead of cereal).
May I ask where you got your pictures?
Randomly here and there...
My daughter took piano lessons next door there, from his wife.
Thanks!
The good ol'days 😥
Uncle Sam's, cherry st?
This bring back to memories
Good old T-Town.
rl1800. 👍👍👍!