Akron, OH Real Estate — Homes For Sale in Akron, OH

Akron is home to E. J. Thomas Hall, the largest of three Akron performance hall. 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 2,955, 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 Theatre, which opened in 1929 as the Loew's Theater. This atmospheric-style theater was designed by John Eberson and contains many Moorish features including arches and decorative tiles. It features elaborate wood carvings, alabaster statuary, and European antiques (worth a visit, beautiful place, supposedly haunted. Go for the tour). Behind it on the canal is the Lock 3 Park amphitheater, which annually host the First Night in Akron. The Akron Art Museum also downtown, features art produced since 1850 along with national and international exhibitions. It opened in 1922 as the Akron Art Institute located in the basement of the Akron Public Library. It moved to its current location at the renovated 1899 old post office building in 1981. In 2007, the museum more than tripled in size with the addition of the John S. and James L. Knight Building, which received the 2005 American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum while still under construction. Built between 1912 and 1915 for Frank Seiberling, Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens ranks seventh on the list of Largest Historic Homes in the United States. Located within the Sand Run Metro Park, the 104 acres (0.42 km2) F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm features a visitor center, hiking trails, three ponds, gardens, and an array of special programs throughout the year. The Akron Police Museum displays mementos including items from Pretty Boy Floyd, whose gang frequented the city. The city is home to several other galleries and museums including the Don Drumm Studios & Gallery. Plus your a stone's throw from many well-known national landmarks like the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame, the William McKinley Presidential Library/National Monument, and the National First Ladies Library and Research Center. Akron consists of 21 neighborhoods, with an additional three that are unincorporated but recognized within the city. The neighborhoods of the city differ in design largely because of expansions such as town merging, annexation, housing construction in various time periods, and rubber era. West Hill is roughly bounded by West Market Street on the north, West Exchange Street on the south, Downtown on the East, and Rhodes Avenue on the west. It features many stately older homes, particularly in the recently recognized Oakdale Historic District. Akron's suburbs include Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, Fairlawn, Green, Mogadore, Montrose, Munroe Falls, Norton, Silver Lake, Stow and Tallmadge, . Akron formed Joint Economic Development Districts with Springfield, Coventry, Copley, and Bath (in conjunction with Fairlawn) townships. ~Mayor Dan Horrigan *Akron is an endlessly interesting city, with a ton of relevant and exciting history as well as a bright future. Every neighborhood has a place or two at least, worth going to, and you could spend a month here looking at the architecture and barely scratch the surface. Chrissy Hynde and The Black Keys are from Akron, Thomas Edison married an Akron girl and on the hill at the incredible Glenwood Cemetery.Thats just a few of many examples of the famous folks who are from or transplanted in Akron. less

Great for summer and winter fun. - small concerts - ice skating - sled riding less

NEO stands to gain a great deal from the planned infrastructure projects for the country. Many of the projects are geared to start in NEO and then be placed in areas around the country. One of those projects will be the above ground Tram as a people mover connecting parts of NEO from Alliance to Canton to Massillon to Akron to Cleveland. This same Tram could parallel the new Rt #30 to the East Coast giving okays from leadership in Ohio. less