Long before Toledo earned its name, before the rumble of streetcars and the hum of glass making filled the air, there were just two scrappy settlements clinging to the muddy banks of the Maumee River: Port Lawrence to the south, and Vistula   to the north. These weren't booming towns—more like hopeful outposts carved from the wilderness, built by people who saw potential in the swampy lowlands and river access. But for all their ambition, they were little more than neighbors

Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral  Collingwood Boulevard—the Avenue of Churches.  That nickname has deep roots in Toledo history and speaks volumes about the city’s architectural and religious legacy. The story begins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during a period of rapid growth and civic ambition in Toledo. As the city expanded westward, Collingwood emerged as a prominent north-south thoroughfare, stretching from the downtown core into what was t