Akron, Ohio

Akron is located in Summit County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 217,074. It is the largest city in Summit County and is the county seat {{GR|6}}.

Shopping and Entertainment

Akron has a diverse and colourful heritage of old restaurants and places to shop. Quaker Square, located in the heart of Akron?s downtown, is a mall made out of the old Quaker Oats factory, which originally operated there. The oat silos have been transformed into hotel rooms providing a unique experience to the patron. The Trackside Grille, themed with railroads which run parallel to the building, provides a rich narrative of Akron?s history.

Related Topics:
Quaker Square - Quaker Oats

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There are two full-size shopping malls in Akron: Chapel Hill Mall on Brittain Road to the northeast, and Rolling Acres Mall at Romig Road to the southwest. Chapel Hill, once a very low-key mall, has transformed itself into a very successful enterprise, with vacancies nearing zero percent. Rolling Acres Mall is the largest mall in the region with 1.3 million square feet (120,000 m²) and was extremely popular in the eighties and early nineties when the other malls were not doing as well. As Chapel Hill Mall as well as Summit Mall in Fairlawn improved however, Rolling Acres began to fall apart. A reputation of violence surrounding the Rolling Acres area irrevocably hurt the mall. Today, the Romig Road / Wooster Road (Vern Odom Boulevard) area has vacancy rates surpassing fifty percent.

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Fairlawn - Vern Odom

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