{"id":4335,"date":"2020-01-25T17:43:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T17:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/?page_id=4335"},"modified":"2020-01-25T17:44:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T17:44:17","slug":"history-on-display-in-polskys-windows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/history-on-display-in-polskys-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"History on Display in Polsky&#8217;s Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From December 2019 to March 2020, our Round About Akron Walking Tour&#8217;s hub in the Polsky Building&#8217;s windows gave Akronites the chance to relive a bit of their retail history. Our displays gave tribute to the Polsky&#8217;s holiday windows that were so beloved by visitors during the department store&#8217;s heyday. At the same time, our window displays also served as a real-world anchor for our walking tour, showing passers-by what downtown spots we featured on a map and web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_1410-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4323\" \/><figcaption>La Vonne Evans&#8217;s homage to Polsky windows of the past.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_1413-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4331\" \/><figcaption>The Round About Akron hub at Polksy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_1399-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4315\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/img_1399-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-4315\" \/><figcaption>Katelynn Olsen straightens a historic sign in the Polsky&#8217;s window.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/files\/2020\/01\/fullsizeoutput_18f9-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4311\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/fullsizeoutput_18f9\/\" class=\"wp-image-4311\" \/><figcaption>Nicole Orchosky (front) and Katelynn Olsen working behind the scenes in the Polsky windows.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_1411-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4327\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/img_1411\/\" class=\"wp-image-4327\" \/><figcaption>La Vonne Evans adjusting holiday decor.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From December 2019 to March 2020, our Round About Akron Walking Tour&#8217;s hub in the Polsky Building&#8217;s windows gave Akronites the chance to relive a bit of their retail history. Our displays gave tribute to the Polsky&#8217;s holiday windows that were so beloved by visitors during the department store&#8217;s heyday. At the same time, our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1388,"featured_media":4315,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4335","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4339,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4335\/revisions\/4339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/roundaboutakron\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}