The Old South End, first established in the mid 1840’s, is one of Toledo Ohio’s oldest neighborhoods, located just south of the original town founded in 1837. In subsequent years the neighborhood gradually grew, to produce an area that is triangular in shape and bounded by the Anthony Wayne Trail, the Maumee River, and an Interstate. Broadway, a major urban thoroughfare, bisects the neighborhood and is lined with commercial, institutional, and residential land uses.
The neighborhood is ethnically diverse of all age groups, and is strategically situated between the nationally renown Toledo Zoo and the Downtown Central Business District, thus being in an optimal location for redevelopment.
The Broadway Corridor Coalition is the organization formed around revitalization efforts and tasked with overseeing the creation and implementation of the Old South End Master Plan.
The planning process was facilitated by the Toledo Design Center in conjunctconjunction with the staff of the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commission
