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Portside Festival Marketplace

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtToledo, OH

Reinhabited in 1997. · from the fields below

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On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/142110817296 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://www.imaginationstationtoledo.org/ overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 kmThis site: 1,233 units in 11 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 88 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
National Register place within 500 mThis site: Spitzer Building; Trinity Episcopal Church nps-nrhp · all sites with this
Opportunity ZoneThis site: 39095002800 hud-oz · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -0.8% census-acs · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 18.2 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: Reinhabitation: science museum record · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

OH, Toledo: Portside Festival Marketplace/The Imagination Station, 1997
• Reinhabitation: science museum

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
StrategyReinhabitedauthors' map
What is there nowReinhabitation: science museumauthors' map
Retrofit year1997authors' map

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m17: ALEXANDER & CO; CORPORATE FLEET; FIRST ENERGY TOLEDO EDISON CO; HANSEN-MUELLER TOLEDO ELEVATOR; OHIO BUILDING AUTHORITYEPA FRS
Census tract 390950028001,422 people, 3,003 per sq mi; median gross rent $850; 98% renters; 14.3% vacant units; 0.6% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 18.2 of 20; 137 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 134 m; land-use mix 0.69; 55,984 jobs within 45 min by car, 5,635 by transit; 50% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)5 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 2 schools, 40 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 9 civic, 44 food and drink; 88 cycleway segments, 184 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zoneyes, tract 39095002800 (rural)HUD
National Register places within 500 m8: Spitzer Building; Trinity Episcopal Church; Secor Hotel; Brand, R., and CompanyNPS
Housing permits, Lucas County (OH), 2024122 units in 5+ unit buildings, 4 in 2–4, 287 single-family; 2023: 336 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.57; socioeconomic 0.74; housing and transport 0.78; 52% below 150% of poverty; 44% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 3 within 25 km: Woodville Mall (7.9 km); North Towne Square (8.2 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Imagination Station (science_museum, confidence 0.99, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 5,425 m², 13.479510307312012 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.imaginationstationtoledo.org (alive); archived 2009–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023population +18% (1,208 → 1,422); median income n/a; renters 100% → 98%; median home value n/aCensus ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively low overall (score 29.7); expected annual loss $956,971; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km11 LIHTC properties, 1,233 units: Greenbelt Apts (176 units); Madonna Homes (171 units); Commodore Perry Apts (156 units)HUD LIHTC
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 52.8%; median family income $25,583; 409 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsToledo City School District (PK-12); 11 public schools within 1 mile: Toledo School For The Arts; Glass City Academy; Maritime Academy of Toledo The; L. Hollingworth School for Talented and GiftedNCES EDGE
Elevation587 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20231,333 establishments (-8%); 22,356 jobs (-3%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $176,069 (+5% 1 yr, +32% 5 yr); typical rent $1,198/mo (+6% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)16,001 vehicles a day on CHERRY ST (principal arterial, 2 lanes); 36 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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History and original facts

Now called / also known asThe Imagination Station
CountyLucas County
Census division3 · East North Central

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  1. 1997 Retrofit: reinhabit

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