Goodyear Heights is a historic American neighborhood that was designed by the famous urban planner, Warren H. Manning. It is distinguished with classic architecture from Akron’s rubber era, plentiful parks, and recreation spaces. Art x Love was engaged by the R.I.G.H.T Committee (Residents Improving Goodyear Heights Together) to create a paintscape for Triangle Park (aka Gazebo Park) and reinvigorate this once flourishing community gathering place on Goodyear Boulevard.
The Triangle Park project was conceived before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, and evolved as a safe and responsible community initiative. Local artists Mac Love and Lindsey Jo Scott organized two days of socially distant collaborative painting with residents. Creative production of the murals was aided by neighborhood students from the Miller South School for the Visual & Performing Arts.
The Triangle Park paintscape features seven sidewalk murals that celebrate key points of neighborhood distinction:
Warren H. Manning
One of America’s most famous urban planners.
Neighborhood Streets
Named after Goodyear’s famous engineers, rubber plants, dirigibles, and innovators.
Parks
Beautifully integrated throughout the neighborhood
Steps
Providing quick access throughout the residential and recreation corridors.
Roses
Honoring the famous rose garden that was signature of Triangle Park in its heyday.
Water & Fruit
Celebrating the neighborhood’s natural springs and many private fruit trees.
Knowledge
An open book between Akron’s past and future.
To see more examples of Art x Love’s paintscape projects, click here.
