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The Cleveland Guardians’ hot dog mascots — Onion, Ketchup and Mustard — have become one of the most popular parts of the Progressive Field game-day experience. | GUARDIANS
Guardians’ dogs a fan favorite
Team’s food-themed mascots have become immensely popular, both on and off the field By Joe Scalzo
The “Speak now or forever hold your peace” portion of a wedding ceremony dates to 1549, when the first edition of the Book of Common Prayer
was published during the reign of King Edward VI of England. Outside of movies like “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” asking if anyone present knows of any reason that a couple
should not be joined in holy matrimony is just a formality, something officiants say out of ritual rather than genuine concern. But there are exceptions, which is how Eric Gebhardt
‘It’s a disaster’
Pssst, buddy. Wanna buy a skyline? You just about could right now. Much of the skyline of downtown Akron, including several of its most prominent high-rise buildings, is for sale. One, the iconic 28-story, 242,000-square-foot Huntington Tower at the intersection of Main and Mill streets downtown, has been waiting years for a buyer. It went on the market in
early 2019 while Nick Browning, who retired in May, was still running Huntington in Akron. “That was almost five years ago. Isn’t that something? And the tower is still for sale,” Browning said. “And I don’t know what they plan to do with Cascade 3,” he added, referring to the 88,000-square-foot adjacent building, 3 Cascade, which he suspects Huntington will sell as well. See MARKET on Page 17
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heartfelt speeches of their lives just so the officiant could ask the key words, “Does anyone have any objections to this wedding?” See MASCOTS on Page 16
Corporate bankruptcy storm may be brewing
Akron’s office market emblematic of national woes By Dan Shingler
found himself inside a mustard-themed hot dog costume five years ago, standing outside a hotel reception room in downtown Cleveland, waiting for a bride and groom to finish the most
By Jeremy Nobile
The 28-story Huntington Tower is one of the downtown Akron buildings on the market. | COSTAR GROUP
As a veteran corporate restructuring specialist, Richard Szekelyi usually has plenty of work to do, but his phone has been ringing a bit more frequently these past few months. “We are definitely busy,” said Szekelyi, managing director for Cleveland’s Phoenix Management Services and president of the Northern Ohio Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association.
WORKPLACE Cedar Point and tacos are among interns’ favorite things about being in Cleveland for the summer.
REAL ESTATE The Wolstein family faces the potential loss of the Ernst & Young Tower at Flats East Bank in downtown Cleveland.
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“We were busy throughout the entire cycle of COVID and all that,” he said. “But we are seeing things pick up because what I think is happening in some regard is a lot of people received a ton of money from the government, and that shored a lot of businesses up. But now that money is starting to run out.” Struggling companies typically seek out restructuring experts See BANKRUPTCY on Page 18
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