{"id":990,"date":"2014-03-12T01:53:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T01:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/?p=990"},"modified":"2014-04-22T23:09:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T23:09:43","slug":"cascade-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/2014\/03\/12\/cascade-plaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Cascade Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-990 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/cascade-plaza-construction\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"97\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/2014\/03\/Cascade-plaza-construction.jpg?w=97&amp;h=120&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1046\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1046'>\n\t\t\t\tCascade Plaza under construction, 1965-1967\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/cascade-plaza-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/2014\/03\/Cascade-Plaza-2.jpeg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1014\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1014'>\n\t\t\t\tCascade Plaza, 2013\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>By Christopher Sector<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful Cascade Plaza is situated along South Main Street. Dedicated on June 26, 1970, it was one of three parts of a 43-acre downtown urban renewal project known as \u201cCascade Urban Renewal Project\u201d. The plaza itself is roughly 6.5 acres. It sits atop the city\u2019s $10 million \u2013 2,150 car parking garage. According to then Mayor John S. Ballard, the plaza\u2019s purpose was to be an \u201cinviting open space\u201d and \u201ccivic focal point\u201d. The block in which the plaza now resides was once the home to the Quaker Oats building (torn down in 1959) and the Flatiron building, which was situated on the corner of South Main street and South Howard street (which cut diagonally from West Mill street and came to a point intersecting with S. Main and West Bowery Street). The flatiron building burned down, bringing much needed restoration to the block. Cascade Plaza, in the heart of downtown Akron, consists of beautiful landscaping, picnic tables, an ice rink in the winter, and the Cascade Plaza Sculpture, which consists of a fountain as well. Recently, in October 2013, the city of Akron\u00a0approved a $3.2 million project\u00a0to improve the plaza. This\u00a0was at the request of First Merit, whose large office headquarters flank the northeast side of the plaza. First Merit\u00a0will finance\u00a0much\u00a0of the project, with the city\u00a0offering tax incentives to First Merit,\u00a0in an effort to spice up the surrounding property as they look to expand. First Merit projects the new improvements will create\u00a0150 new jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Christopher Sector Beautiful Cascade Plaza is situated along South Main Street. Dedicated on June 26, 1970, it was one of three parts of a 43-acre downtown urban renewal project known as \u201cCascade Urban Renewal Project\u201d. 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