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Pahl Home, 3219 Moffat Rd.

Built c1944. Demolished 2004. Names associated with this property: Pahl and Matty.

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Author retrotoledometroPosted on August 30, 2025September 1, 2025Categories HouseTags Demolished

Food Town, 3946 Alexis Rd.

Opened in late 1965. Renamed Kash N’ Karry in 1988. Renamed Food Town again c1992. Became Big Lots c1993.

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Author retrotoledometroPosted on August 30, 2025Categories Grocery StoresTags Big Lots, Drug stores, Drug Town, Food Town, Lane's, Peoples, Pure, Rite Aid, Soda Fountain

Turner Home, 3214 Marsrow Ave.

Built c1945. Some early names associated with this property: Turner, Lloyd, Harkless and Koepfer.

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Author retrotoledometroPosted on August 26, 2025Categories House

Henning Home, 3214 Piero Ave.

Built c1945. Some of the early names associated with this property: Henning, Cole, Klopfenstein, Grodi and Reeves.

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Author retrotoledometroPosted on August 26, 2025Categories House

Central Avenue Park – Residential to Commercial

This blog post regards the area of the Central Avenue Park neighborhood located north of Central, west of Holland-Sylvania, south of Goodhue, and east of I-475. Of particular interest is the shrinking residential zoning in this area.

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Author retrotoledometroPosted on August 26, 2025Categories Central Avenue Park

Churchill’s, 2849 W. Central Ave.

Opened by Walter Churchill c1947 as Churchill Frozen Food Lockers & Super Market. Closed in 2012.

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Author retrotoledometroPosted on August 21, 2025Categories Grocery Stores

Sylvania Township Fire Station No.2, 6448 W. Central Ave.

1998
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Author retrotoledometroPosted on August 21, 2025Categories Fire Station

Ries Home, 3240 Fairbanks Ave.

7-17-1977
1949
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Author retrotoledometroPosted on August 20, 2025Categories House, Residential/Commercial Line, Transition Area

White Home, 3148 Marsrow Ave.

Built c1940s. Demolished c1975.

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Author retrotoledometroPosted on August 19, 2025Categories Demolished Houses, House, Residential/Commercial Line, Transition Area

Megadeth Was Here!

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Author retrotoledometroPosted on August 17, 2025Categories Musicians

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