There was an interesting article on page A1 of Wednesday's Wall Street Journal about a little-known Akron gem -- the model room at the Goodyear world headquarters.
The 8,400-square-foot room contains scale models of 50 current and former Goodyear facilities around the world. Officials are pondering what to do with its unique contents, since there are no plans to accommodate the models at the new Goodyear headquarters being built.
It would be nice to see them survive in an institution devoted to the history of Akron or the rubber industry.
Click on the headline to read the article and see photos of this unique slice of Akron's heritage.
Another sad reminder of how Akron lost "the smell of jobs," as Ben Maidenburg would say, and the rubber industry that propped up its economy. An interesting story, but it's like looking at the Ghost of Akron Past. Sigh!
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