Owner: City of Akron

Lock 3

Aerial view of a completed urban park with a large green lawn, curved concrete paths, and a modern performance stage.

Centrally located in the core of downtown, Lock 3 is the primary gathering space for Akron and its environs. Prior to the re-imagining of Lock 3, this ad-hoc space served as the City of Akron’s main public venue and functioned entirely as an event space whose primary mission is to bring people to the downtown. […]