Toledo

By World War I, Toledo's prosperity paralleled the growing popularity of the automobile, which transported citizens to impressive homes along the Maumee River, Ottawa Hills, Westmoreland, and Old Orchard. After World War II, stores, theaters, and businesses migrated out of 19th-century city boundaries as well. Toledo in the 1920s and 1930s boasted elegant department stores, the Commodore Perry Hotel, the towering new Ohio Building, and the legendary Paramount Theater. Great expressions of faith, Rosary Cathedral and Doc Hettinger's "Garden of Eden," were built. Depression years saw the Zoo, the University of Toledo, and the Peristyle at the Art Museum built. Toledo innovations, glass block and vitrolite, were used to great effect at the new Main Library building.

Pana la Primul Razboi Mondial, prosperitatea Toledo a fost in paralel cu popularitatea tot mai mare a automobilului, care a transportat cetatenii catre case impresionante de-a lungul raului Maumee, Dealurile Ottawa, Westmoreland si Old Orchard. Dupa cel de-al doilea razboi mondial, magazinele, teatrele si companiile au migrat si in afara granitelor orasului din secolul al XIX-lea.