The big factories which are relatively near the centers of our cities -- the rubber factories in Akron, Chrysler's Detroit plants, U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh works -- often began on these sites at a time when that was the edge of the city, yet close to transport ( river ), storage ( piers ) and power ( river ).

Akron was originally named Newark by settlers from Newark, Ohio ; the name was changed to Akron in 1855, for the Ohio city.

The city of Akron, Ohio was willing to give full access to Route 59, the stretch of freeway known as the " Innerbelt ", for filming of the freeway chase when it was under consideration.

Due to Medina's location, approximately 30 miles south of Cleveland and 20 miles west of Akron, many residents of Medina work in the Cleveland and Akron areas and the city has acquired a somewhat suburban status.

Massillon is a city located in Stark County in the U. S. state of Ohio, approximately 8 miles to the west of Canton, Ohio, 20 miles south of Akron, Ohio, and 50 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio.

Akron is the fifth largest city in Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County.

The All-American Soapbox Derby, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, National Hamburger Festival, Founders Day ( Alcoholics Anonymous ), and Road Runner Akron Marathon are annually hosted by the city which is a venue for some events of the 2014 Gay Games.

Akron incorporated as a city in 1865.

Actually older than Akron, the city was founded in 1812 by William Wetmore and was originally named Manchester.

The impetus for Green to become a city arose in part out of controversy generated by a letter supposedly written by former Akron City Schools superintendent Conrad Ott.

The city of Green is adjacent to the southeast and Akron on the north.

In addition, the Akron Beacon Journal occasionally covers the city and Wayne County.

Akron is a city in the U. S. state of Ohio.

The team tied for the Akron city title in 1908, and later won the title outright a year later.

The Cleveland Metroparks are a system of nature preserves that encircle the city, and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park encompasses the Cuyahoga River valley between Cleveland and Akron.

Sisler was born in the unincorporated hamlet of Manchester ( now part of the city of New Franklin, a suburb of Akron, Ohio ) and played college ball for coach Branch Rickey at the University of Michigan, where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering.

On November 22, 1994, Agganis signed a lease agreement with the city of Akron to move the club to that city.

Akron-Canton Regional Airport is a commercial Class C airport located in the city of Green, in southern Summit County, Ohio ( a very small portion of both runways extend into Stark County ,) roughly southeast of Akron, northwest of Canton, and northeast of Massillon.

* In 1925, Hoover lost a race for a seat on the Akron city council.

The Akron Expressway, as the freeway is known within the city limits, heads up the east side of Akron.

I had come to New Orleans two years earlier after graduating college, partly because I loved the city and partly because there was quite a noted art colony there.

So the verdict was `` death at the hands of a person or persons unknown '', and the elite of the city, accepting Delphine's testimony, welcomed her and the doctor back into the fold.

It was to provide a safe and spacious crossing for these caravans, and also to make a pleasance for the city, that Shah Abbas 2, in about 1657 built, of sun-baked brick, tile, and stone, the present bridge.

Miriam had not yet goaded him into mentioning her directly, but one can feel the generalized anger in Wright's remarks to reporters when he was asked, one morning on arrival in Chicago, what he thought of the city as a whole.

That night a note written in Slocum's hand and dated from inside the captured city came to Sherman stating that the Twentieth Corps was in possession of Atlanta.

Samuel Gorton was born at Gorton, England, near the present city of Manchester, about 1592.

It was not until we had returned to the city to live, while I was still at Brown and Sharpe's, that I felt the full impact of evangelical Christianity.

It is remembered and has been commemorated by a bust in a park and a square in the city which was renamed Piazzo Lauro Di Bosis after the war.

The U.N.-chartered plane which was flying from the conference city of Ndola in Northern Rhodesia had been riddled with machinegun bullets last weekend and was newly repaired.

As we understand, this directive was given to all city and county employes.

The city was a center of manufacture, especially in textiles, and also because of the beauty of some of its surroundings, a residence for many owners of the great industries in north Alabama.

the rather pleasant white city was on the hill where the chief stores were.

For the old preacher who had been there twenty-five years was dead, and the city mourned him.

Port Jervis, basking in the foothills, was the city of God.

The city had recently given him a small salary, but it was not enough to supply even necessities.

The doctor sat down rather wearily, caressing the hen and remarking that the city was not the place for a poultry-loving man, but no sooner was the remark out than a knock at this door obliged him to cover the hen with his greatcoat once more.

But that year was different, for just as the city, in the form of my street clothes, had intruded upon my mountain nights, so an essential part of the summer gave promise of continuing into the fall: Jessica and I, about to be separated not by a mere footbridge or messhall kitchen but by the immense obstacle of residing in cruelly distant boroughs, had agreed to correspond.

From proud pool-owners to perpetual hosts and handymen was a short step -- no more than the change from city clothes to trunks.

It was reported to Welch's office that a thief in the city jail had attempted suicide.

There were lights glinting in the city, too, even though it was now dark enough for a few stars to become visible.

Left alone while her husband was miles away in the city, the modern wife assumed more and more duties normally reserved for the male.