Toledo continues to be a viable supplier because of its location near the center of the nation. Leading automotive-related employers in the metropolitan area are DaimlerChrysler (Jeep vehicle assembly), General Motors (auto and truck transmissions), Cooper Tire and Rubber (hoses and seals), and the Dana Corporation (vehicular component parts). Major glass and related companies include Libbey Incorporated (glass manufacturing), Owens-Illinois (glass, plastics, and paper), Owens Corning (glass fiber, building products, and materials), and Libbey-Owens-Ford (glass). Other products manufactured in the region are processed foods, refined petroleum, furniture and cabinets, and plastics.

The fifth most populated urban place in Ohio, the Toledo metropolitan area spreads over Lucas, Fulton, and Wood counties for a total land area of 1,364.6 sq mi. Included in the metropolitan area are the communities of Oregon, Sylvania, Perrysburg, Maumee, and the important state university center of Bowling Green, 20 mi to the south.

The city of Toledo has a land area of 80.6 sq mi. The main section of the city extends along the northwest side of the Maumee River from where it broadens to form Maumee Bay on Lake Erie. The downtown core, about 5 mi from the bay, lies slightly back from the river. Between the downtown and the Maumee is an area called Portside, a redevelopment project of the 1980s. Initially a financial failure, in the mid-1990s the project was being redeveloped to house a science and industry museum and is considered a sign of the city’s rebirth. Numerous bridges connect East Toledo with the bulk of the city. To the west of the downtown are the principal residential neighborhoods, as well as the campus of the University of Toledo.

The Toledo region maintains a number of significant educational and cultural institutions. In the city are the University of Toledo (1872), a state-supported facility and a major regional university; and the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo (1964). In the metropolitan region are Bowling Green State University (1910), in Bowling Green; and Lourdes College (1958), an independent Roman Catholic school in suburban Sylvania.

The Toledo Art Museum possesses, in addition to its collection of paintings and statuary, one of the world’s finest displays of glass art. A symphony orchestra, ballet company, opera, and several theater groups stage regular performances. The Wolcott House Museum Complex preserves six historic and authentically furnished buildings to depict the life of 19th-century Maumee Valley residents, while the Wildwood Manor House opens to view an industrialist’s mansion. A unique underwater look at hippopotamuses is one of the attractions at the Toledo Zoo. The Toledo Botanical Gardens occupy a site at the western edge of the city.

Toledo’s lake and river setting provides ample opportunities for outdoor activities. The extensive Toledo Metroparks system includes trails along the towpath of a 19th-century canal, a water-powered gristmill, and an historic battlefield. Along the lakeshore is Maumee Bay State Park and the Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge.

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