Canton, Ohio - 2006
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All Photographs Copyright © 2006-2011 by Robert E Pence
Headed for Pennsylvania, I took a wrong exit in Akron and ended up in Canton, several miles out ofmy way. The event made me aware that I should take a break and exercise my legs, brain and
camera. Dreary afternoon and all, here are the photos.
Canton looks better than I expected; in fact, not so bad at all. My last previous visit was more than
twenty years ago, and left me with a not-so-great impression, and I was pleased to see that the
downtown is looking a little better. There are a lot of big holes in the downtown fabric, but that's fairly
common in old midwestern industrial cities. The streets and sidewalks are clean, there's a decent
amount of greenery, the remaining buildings seem mostly to be maintained, and it looks like there's
some resurgence of business.
This place has character; the outside is newly-done contemporary design, but the musty smell of myriadold books on closely-packed shelves permeates the inside and caged parakeets keep up a noisy chatter.
St. John the Baptist
St. Peter
St. Chocolate
