The city that I am going to examine is Toledo, Ohio. Toledo has gone through a lot of changes since World War II. It flourished with industry and grew out from there. Out of the many city models that the book covered, the model that a Toledo best fit into is the sector model. This essay will go into detail about the physical, economical, social, and political issues and changes that have faced Toledo in the past fifty years.As stated above, I feel that Toledo best fits the sector city model that was described in the book. There is a lot of evidence to support this statement. One example is that there is (was) a lot of manufacturing/light industrial that was centered in the downtown. With all of the good jobs based downtown, there was a need for mass housing around downtown. Over time, these housing areas became lower class housing and ethnic sectors arose within these areas. If you look at the sector model in figure 9.17 on page 258, this is the exact structure of Toledo. Just off the central business district, there is manufacturing that spreads up and down the Maumee River. Around these two areas, the lower class housing area persists. In Toledo, the lower class sector to the left of the manufacturing grew a large Hispanic population, which is isolated on the east of the river. The other lower class sectors to the right of the CBD refer to a majority Black population, with Whites scattered within the sector. This established the so-called "bad side of town" and higher-class developments moved outwards from the downtown. There is also a major street (Bancroft) that is a major road was in and out of the inner city that leads directly through the low class, through the middle class, and into high class neighborhoods and business districts and communities. Some examples of this include the high-class neighborhood of Ottawa Hills and the suburb of Sylvania. Around Bancroft and other major streets that lead to the high-clas...
