[PRCo] Re: CVSR--Quaker Square

[Herb Brannon]

It's hard to tell who is in there now. Come to think of it, Ohio Edison did
move to a building abouit a half-mile south and on the opposite side of
South Main Street. My electric bill comes from 76 SOUTH Main St. The NOT&L
Building is on No. Main. I was always under the impression they still
operated some offices out of the NOT&L Building. Maybe not. It was really
never a prime consideration of mine where they operated from. They need to
move into cheaper quarters and lower their power bills.
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 22:22, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

> Herb
>
> I thought it was occupied by county offices--memory says the Welfare Dept.
>  Was I wrong or was that just history and if the latter, when did it change?
>
> I would suppose it is appropriate that the power company occupy if since I
> believe they are a lineal descendent of NOTL.
>
> Dwight.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Herb Brannon
>  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>  Sent: Wednesday, 27 April, 2011 20:24
>  Subject: [PRCo] Re: CVSR--Quaker Square
>
>
>  That is now the headquarters for Ohio Edison (a First Energy company) and
>  I'm sure that corporate American will have none of this sightseeing
>  interrupting their.............hmmm, I'm sure it would interrupt something
>  they might be doing.
>
>
>  On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 19:29, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>  >   Herb   Maybe they could add the former NOTL terminal building to the
> tour
>  > lis= t.  Do you know if the subways are still there?  Last I heard the=
> y
>  > were but were filled up with old records.   Dwight
>  >
>  > Apr 27, 2011 02:04:38 AM, pittsburgh-railways at dement= ia.org wrote:
>  > Quacker Squar= e was bought out (like everything in East/Central Akron)
> by
>  > Akron State = University (ASU). The hotel (formerly Quaker Oat Company
>  > grain
>  > elevators= ) is now a large dormitory, the old Railway Express Agency
>  > buildings are= now ASU facility maintenance offices, a couple
> restaurants
>  > remain but m= ore for the enjoyment of ASU faculty, staff and students
> and
>  > much of the= area is (what else) a parking lot, albeit a good looking
>  > parking
>  > lot. W= hen I used to walk the one mile from home to Spicer Elementary
>  > Demonstra= tion School every weekday in the 1950s I never dreamed that
>  > today
>  > that t= he one square block Akron University and it's supporting
>  > businesses woul= d some day take up all the land from that one square
>  > block, past my elem= entary school, to just a block short of where my
> old
>  > house used to stand= . Even more melancholy is that I never thought that
>  > the
>  > wonderful smell = of Quaker Oats being toasted in the Howard Street
> plant
>  > (after being rel= eased from the elevators up the Mill St hill to
> travel,
>  > by
>  > gravity, thro= ugh large pipes under the street) would also disappear.
>  > Cuyahoga Valley = Railroad (CVR), of course, uses the old B &O North
> Howard
>  > Street st= ation. There are several moderate and high priced restaurants
>  > within wal= king distance along North Main Street. Also, the public
> transit
>  > provider= in Akron (Akron Metro) operates a free bus from the train
> station
>  > runni= ng in a very large loop and hitting some of the points of
> interest
>  > in
>  > Ak= ron. Namely, the Mustill Store &Mill, Akron Zoo, the Restaurant &=
> Bar
>  > area (like a very small Carson Street) around South Main &Excha= nge
>  > Streets,
>  > the Spaghetti Warehouse in Goodrich Commons, the Akron Metr= o Downtown
> Bus
>  > Station (focal point of all Metro bus routes, Cantons' St= ark Area
>  > Regional
>  > Transit Authority , Portage Area Regional Transit Auth= ority
>  > and Greyhound Lines), the Civic Theatre, Lock 3 area and then back= to
> the
>  > train station. Akron always seems to have plenty of things going= on any
>  > time
>  > of the year and the people returning from the attractions s= eem to be
>  > happy.
>  > During the Summer months, upon request, a stop can be m= ade at what is
>  > called
>  > the "Big Bend Metro Park Area" where a small bus w= ill take passengers
> to
>  > Stan Hywet Hall, the mansion built by Frank A. Si= eberling, Sr around
> 1915
>  > (+-). The manor house and gardens are a real ge= m in Akron and are
> worth
>  > seeing.
>  >
>  > During the Summer when CVR runs = Canton service the same thing is
>  > available there. A Stark Area Transit b= us runs a route stopping at
> local
>  > Canton points of interest such as the = Pro Football Hall of Fame, the
>  > First
>  > Ladies Museum, President McKinley's= house and gardens and a couple
> other
>  > things.
>  >
>  > Like I said, there = is always something going on here and the railroad
>  > has,
>  > fortunately, cha= nged with the times and has become a part of the
>  > character
>  > of this regio= n.
>  >
>  > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 20:52, Dwight Long wrote:
>  >
>  > >
>  > >Herb I just learned that Quaker Square in Akro= n has closed and that
> all
>  > >the railway memorabilia are being auction= ed off this Saturday. A few
>  > >years
>  > >ago I spent a pleasant af= ternoon there between the inbound and
> outbound
>  > >trains of your railw= ay. What will it now use as an attraction in the
>  > Akron
>  > >area? Do you= know what caused the demise of the Quaker Square? Dwight
>  > >
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>  > Herb Brannon
>  > In Cuyahoga Valley Nationa= l Park
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>  Herb Brannon
>  In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park