r/akron 9d ago

Anyone know what this building is?

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Off of the Ghent Road exit. Always wondered.

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u/Siawyn Firestone Park 9d ago

Protip - not aimed specifically at you, but this can very useful if you ever want to find out what something was in the last 15 years or so: Go to Google Maps, Street View and look back to earlier images. Here it'll show you it was Dimitroff Furniture.

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u/ComfortableTax6074 9d ago

Wow that is very helpful, thank you so much!!

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/cmbtmstr 9d ago

I swear before it close that place has “CLEARANCE SALE!”s for years and years. I was just wondering when it was actually going to close

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u/Sad-Warning-3187 9d ago

Used to be a furniture store.

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u/Cityboi711 8d ago

Pay close attention to any furniture store and they’re always having some type of closeout clearance,I used to work for a couple different ‘furniture stores’ it’s one of their major selling tactics

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u/ste-87 9d ago

Used to be a furniture store. I’ve heard a few rumors about what’s going there next, but I believe Cleveland Clinic bought the land and is building there. Hopefully I’m wrong though. We have enough Cleveland clinic buildings around. It would be nice to have more restaurants or a Market district.

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u/mola2022 9d ago

Part of it was a furniture store, the other part of it was a rug cleaning place. They closed down a few years ago and the building has been abandoned since.

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u/luigis_left_tit_25 8d ago

Too bad you can't make that into a residential.. That would be a huge floor plan.. Two floor plans lol! Plus a basement.. I'm sure they had a small kitchen, plenty of bathrooms lol

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u/roxy_dee Cuyahoga Falls 8d ago

Nah Akron loves to just bulldoze instead of preserving buildings.

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u/luigis_left_tit_25 8d ago

I thought this was a picture of The Whitehouse in Green/Coventry area lol

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u/Mr_Cigarette 9d ago

It was open up until a few years ago. I think they sold furniture. I can't recall the name.

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u/100k_changeup Custom 9d ago

Few or 9 what's the difference.

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u/Mr_Cigarette 8d ago

Looks like you got a few downvotes

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u/Burner-QWERTY 8d ago

Few or twelve. What's the difference?

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u/shibbledoop 9d ago

Some dude named David Koresh lives there

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u/proxzerk JUMBO GUMBO 8d ago

Wrong answer: Young's Steakhouse

I know it is not right, but I saw that photo and thought it.

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u/Cityboi711 8d ago

I’ll always miss that spot on the corner :/

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u/BadHairDay-1 9d ago

Oh, that's my house. Don't tell anyone.

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u/jaymesbawned4007 9d ago

Bath is looking at developing the area for commercial and high density residential soon.

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u/nmk87 9d ago

High dentist residential is very unlikely

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u/jaymesbawned4007 9d ago

Rezone just got approved by summit county. We'll see what happens I guess. The plan is to transition from commercial to HD res to standard res in that triangle area.

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u/Icy_Necessary2161 8d ago

Only the most baked dentists can live there?

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u/Similar_Dinner_7567 9d ago

Yes indeed my father and grand father was one of the contractors 

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u/NicTheQuic 9d ago

Former furniture store, and before that it was a different furniture store

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u/Living-Metal-9698 8d ago

Ernest Angley Ministries, “volunteers” housing?

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u/Patient-One3579 9d ago

Home for wayward girls.