Toledo Blade Retirees Reflect on Nearly 100 Years in Historic Building

As the newspaper prepares to move out, former employees share memories of the Superior Street newsroom.

Feb. 4, 2026 at 6:15pm

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The Toledo Blade is preparing to move out of its longtime home on Superior Street, a downtown building that has housed the newspaper for nearly 100 years. Former employees gathered to reminisce about the memories made and history witnessed inside the building over generations of journalism.

Why it matters

The Toledo Blade's Superior Street building has been a constant in the lives of countless employees who covered the city's most defining moments. As the newspaper prepares to move, the building's closure marks the end of an era and the loss of a physical space that shaped the careers and camaraderie of generations of journalists.

The details

The Superior Street building served as the workplace for countless Blade employees, who covered events like the Great Depression, World War II, and the Vietnam War. Former sports writer Steve Junga said the sports department felt like a family within the larger newsroom, while copy editor Dennis Horger noted the building's layout and personalities made the work enjoyable, with "a lot of nooks and crannies" where people could get away.

  • The Toledo Blade has been housed in the Superior Street building for nearly 100 years.
  • The Blade retirees luncheon took place on Tuesday.

The players

Steve Junga

A former sports writer who spent 38 years with the Toledo Blade before retiring last June.

Dennis Horger

A former sports writer and copy editor who worked at the Blade for 37 years before retiring in 2009.

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What they’re saying

“There are a lot of things that took place at that time. We're talking almost 100 years, so it's just the imagining of when those things were going on. Like the Great Depression, for instance, and World War II, the Vietnam War, people changed. The building was the one constant.”

— Steve Junga, Former sports writer

“One of the things that helped make it good for us was there are a lot of nooks and crannies. There are a lot of different offices that you can get into. They're away from everything else, and that's part of what made it fun. Sports? We didn't have to be serious.”

— Dennis Horger, Former sports writer and copy editor

What’s next

The Toledo Blade will continue operating in a new location after moving out of the historic Superior Street building.

The takeaway

The closure of the Toledo Blade's longtime home on Superior Street marks the end of an era, as the building has been a constant presence in the lives of generations of journalists who covered the city's most defining moments. While the newspaper will continue operating elsewhere, the memories and relationships formed inside the newsroom will endure.