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Ohio.com – Akron mayor tells rocker Hynde her city ”is back”
Rocker and Akron native Chrissie Hynde stood outside her new restaurant this morning to trumpet the vegetarian lifestyle and the resurgence of downtown Akron.Hynde, who turns 56 on Friday and was dressed in blue jeans and a VegiTerranean T-shirt, stood at a podium next to Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic and traded friendly ribbing about the city.
Hynde has had great commercial success with ”My City Was Gone,” about the decline of Akron and other American towns.
”Welcome home Chrissie Hynde, your city is back,” Plusquellic said.
Hynde’s VegiTerranean restaurant will occupy a corner of the first floor of the new Northside Lofts at the corner of Furnace and Howard streets at the north edge of downtown Akron.
