Topping Out Ceremony for New Medical Building

A topping out ceremony was held April 2, 2014, for the new medical building on the downtown Akron campus of Akron Children's. Hundreds of hospital employees and construction workers watched as a pine tree and American flag were lifted to the top of the $180-million, seven-story structure.

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