Downtown Akron

Downtown Akron is a neighborhood in City of Akron, Summit, Ohio. Downtown Akron is situated nearby to the neighborhood Canal District, as well as near Hospital District.

Places of Interest

Highlights include 7 17 Credit Union Park and Akron Children’s Hospital.

7 17 Credit Union Park

Stadium

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7 17 Credit Union Park is a baseball stadium in Akron, Ohio, United States, that is the home field of the Akron RubberDucks of the Eastern League, the Double-A minor-league affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians.

Akron Children’s Hospital

Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital is a pediatric acute care hospital in Northeast Ohio that provides care to infants, children, adolescents, young adults, aged 0–21 and even some older adults.

Akron Art Museum

Museum

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The Akron Art Museum is an art museum in Akron, Ohio, United States. The museum first opened on February 1, 1922, as the Akron Art Institute. It was located in two borrowed rooms in the basement of the public library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akron and Rolling Acres.

Akron

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Akron is a city of almost 200,000 people in the Northeast Ohio region in Summit County. Akron is proud of its heritage as a center of industry, and now offers visitors a wide range of recreational and cultural attractions, food experiences, and shopping.

Rolling Acres

Neighborhood

Rolling Acres is a former shopping district in Akron, Ohio, surrounding the now-demolished Rolling Acres Mall. Planning for the area began in 1960s with Forest City Enterprises, a Cleveland real estate company and the powerful Buchholzer family, whose previous endeavors involved financing much of the Chapel Hill Mall area. Rolling Acres is situated 3 miles southwest of Downtown Akron.