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This is great stuff.  Loving these Youngstown tours.

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

These are great!  It looks like you took these Thursday, with that fantastic weather we had.

 

Last year, this neighborhood had a Christmas home tour.  They do one every few years. (too much work to do one every year)  It's semi-private, but if you hear about it, you definitely want to go.  Last year, I was invited to be a greeter by the owner's of the Goldcamp-Ford house. (it's on Fifth, south of Crandall Park)  So, I got to be part of a sort of dress-rehearsal tour held for the participants the night before.  They were all great, in their own way.  But, I was amazed how large some where.  I swear, the entire first floor of my house could fit in the living rooms of some of the largest of these mansions.

 

This neighborhood is/was the final millionaire's row, in Youngstown.  The first, during the Victorian era, was on Wick Ave.  You can see some evidence of it, (Wick-Pollock house, Arms museum, etc.) but most of it was swallowed up by YSU.  As wealth grew, it migrated through the Wick Park Neighborhood, and then up Fifth Ave.

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It's been a while since I posted! I haven't really had any proper photo tours, but I have taken some random pictures here and there over the past two months.

 

Garden District:

This building on Steel Street in the Garden District has always stood out to me. I like the design of it with the second story balcony, but the fact that the balcony looks to be leaning away from the building makes it all the more interesting! This building used to be a commercial building but was converted into apartments at some point. It appears to still be occupied. 

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Here's a picture of the commercial buildings on the corner of Mahoning Avenue and Steel Street. The Garden District is an interesting neighborhood that I hope to cover more in depth later on. It's still relatively stable and is one of the last neighborhoods in Youngstown that have the early 1900s working class housing styles which isn't completely blighted and unkept. The neighborhood reminds me a lot of working class neighborhoods in Cleveland and Akron. The area also retains some businesses meaning residents can walk to bars and restaurants. It's also within biking distance to Downtown and has amazing access to Mill Creek Park, specifically the Fellows Riverside Gardens, the namesake of the neighborhood. Sadly the neighborhood has been experiencing a lot of demolitions, but it's still pretty in-tact. There have been some efforts to rebrand the area as an arts district, but nothing has really come of it. It's also the most racially integrated neighborhood in the city and is relatively safe in my opinion. It's actually one of a few neighborhoods in the city I'd consider living in.

 

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In case you care, here's what a typical residential street in this area looks like.

 

Canfield Photo Tour:

Canfield is a small town around Youngstown which was originally the county seat of Mahoning County. Founded in 1849 and settled since the early 1800s, the village remains an example of a typical Connecticut Western Reserve village. I'm sure most of you know on here, but Northeastern Ohio used to be a part of Connecticut which means a lot of the architecture and town planning in the area has been inspired by New England - Canfield is no exception. But as time went on, and Youngstown grew, Canfield lost its status as the county seat, and has slowly become a suburb of Youngstown rather than its own entity. As a result, many overlook the history beneath the recent suburban developments. This "photo tour" is rather disjointed and not comprehensive, but here it is... I also hope to do one of Poland, OH soon which is a much better example of Western Reserve architecture.

 

This is the original Mahoning County courthouse built in 1848. It overlooks "The Green" which is a very New-England part of Canfield. Like towns in New England, Canfield has a town green which served as a public park space surrounded by various religious and governmental institutions in the town.

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Here's a well preserved Spanish-revival service station across the street:

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The street you see in the photo above is Court Street - it's one of the streets that has the most 19th century buildings on it. In fact, walking down the street definitely gave me some mild New-England vibes, but admittedly it wasn't anywhere near the most "New-Englandy" place in the Western Reserve. One interesting part about Court Street which I didn't photograph is that many homes still have stone horse-mounting blocks in front of them. This Greek Revival mansion is the Charles Ruggles House. Most Western Reserve architecture is rather simplistic but with a Greek Revival style to it - this building is an example of a more ornate Western Reserve home, something which is found all over the region if you know where to look. This 1846 home was built by a lawyer and is now being used as a personal residence and recording studio:

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This next house is another amazing example of Western Reserve architecture:

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Lastly, we have this simple but beautiful home which I suspect is from the early 1900s. Court Street has a mixture of housing from various eras which makes it quite interesting. You have some Pre-Civil War Western Reserve homes mixed with late 1800s Italianates, early 1900s Colonial-Revivals, and even some mid century ranch homes.

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This is the Canfield United Methodist Church.... not sure of the history of it, but it's on the same site as the oldest church in the village, from 1822:

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Next is the Mahoning Dispatch Building which served a long standing Mahoning County newspaper, founded in the 1870s. The building however has been around since 1866 when it served the village as a grocery store:

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Home Savings & Loan Buildings (Youngstown):

I regret to inform you all that the iconic Home Savings sign on top of the Home Savings Building will no longer be with us soon - in fact, they just removed three of the four signs yesterday. Home Savings, which has occupied this iconic building since it was built in 1919 has merged with Premier Bank, who will soon be displaying their new and less aesthetically pleasing logo on the building. I figured this was my last chance to take pictures of this building, which is arguably the most iconic part of Youngstown's skyline, before it changes forever. It's hard to imagine the Home Savings sign won't be illuminating the night sky anymore after 101 years of doing so....

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And because I am horrible at night photography, here's a picture someone else took of the building at night:

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Lastly, here's a surprisingly good picture I took out of my car window on Front Street, which shows a few of the city's skyscrapers from behind:

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Stay tuned, a Columbiana Photo Tour should be ready soon!

 

^Thanks for showing Canfield, the last county seat to lose its status as such.

LOVING these tours!

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Thanks!

 

I lived in the Garden District for over a decade, before moving to the north side.  I even served as the treasurer of the neighborhood organization for a few years! LOL.  It has so much potential!  But, I was drawn to the north side by the architecture.

 

I'm not too familiar with Canfield or Poland, as I've only passed through on 224, a few times.  I do like their historic centers, and look forward to more pics.

 

Finally, re: the Home Savings letters.  I saw something on FB today that made me feel a little better about their removal.  they were "only" installed in, IIRC, 1958.  Also, there is someone out there trying to start a Youngstown sign museum, similar to the Las Vegas Neon Museum https://www.neonmuseum.org/.  They would like these letters, along with the Uptown Theater letters, and any other old Youngstown signs that can be found, to be displayed and lit, under the Market Street bridge.  Right now, I think it's just someone with an idea.  We'll see if it gains any traction.

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Thanks!

 

I lived in the Garden District for over a decade, before moving to the north side.  I even served as the treasurer of the neighborhood organization for a few years! LOL.  It has so much potential!  But, I was drawn to the north side by the architecture.

 

I'm not too familiar with Canfield or Poland, as I've only passed through on 224, a few times.  I do like their historic centers, and look forward to more pics.

 

Finally, re: the Home Savings letters.  I saw something on FB today that made me feel a little better about their removal.  they were "only" installed in, IIRC, 1958.  Also, there is someone out there trying to start a Youngstown sign museum, similar to the Las Vegas Neon Museum https://www.neonmuseum.org/.  They would like these letters, along with the Uptown Theater letters, and any other old Youngstown signs that can be found, to be displayed and lit, under the Market Street bridge.  Right now, I think it's just someone with an idea.  We'll see if it gains any traction.

Wow, that's a really cool idea! There's a lot of potential for under the Market Street bridge and I think that's an interesting thing to do which could prove to be a good attraction. I still wonder what's going on with the Uptown Theater as I havent seen any work being done to it in months. Also, for the park around the amphiteahter, I know people keep trying to push for a skatepark down there - I think that would also be a really cool attraction to have down there. There's a ton of potential for the new park, but right now it's really only being used for the amphitheater and nothing else.

 

 

As for the Garden District, I think it would definitely be a "hip" neighborhood if Youngstown was a bigger city. I agree with you though, I like the North Side better due to its architecture. I would love to own a house in Wick Park and fix it up, but sadly I'm just a broke college student so I don't have the means to do that quite yet! 

 

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Abandoned Kroger Grocery Store in the South Side:

Here's a really quick post about the abandoned Kroger grocery store in the Uptown area of Youngstown's South Side. I went and took pictures here because it caught on fire earlier this week, and I was worried it might get torn down before I get pictures of it (It happens a LOT that buildings I meant to get photos of get demolished before I ever get around to it) - It turns out the fire only did minimal damage, and the city just doesn't have the money to tear down such a big building. Unlike more modern shopping plazas, this Krogers is set back from Market Street behind an old McDonalds at the end of a dead end street (E. La Clede Avenue) - In fact, it seems like most people don't even know this building exists! The Krogers shut down in 1982 and I believe it's been abandoned ever since, like most of the neighborhood. There is no future for this building, and until it gets demolished, it will likely continue to be used as nothing more than an illegal dumping ground.

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Also, I could have gotten better pictures, but I decided to not go too far away from my car. The neighborhood is pretty bad, and the building is sketchy as it not only abandoned and overgrown, but set far back from the road, away from any traffic. However, if anyone is more daring, I encourage you to go check this place out and get some pictures before it's gone! 

 

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Here's some quick pictures I took of the new Phelps Street Gateway project in Downtown Youngstown. Basically, the project converted a small alleyway into a smaller version of Cleveland's East Fourth Street. It looks great, and it'll look even better once restaurants use it for seating and events next year! There's also a new stage on the small block between Commerce and the staircase to YSU campus, but I didn't get any pictures of that.

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Now for some crappy iPhone pictures from my car showing the lighting 😁

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Here's the new State Theater mural. The State Theater has long been demolished and is now just a façade. This project aimed to make a mural of what the old entrance looked like: 

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Lastly, here's this street in the South Side that I always drive past, and I think it looks really nice with the fall colors and newly planted trees! It's Pinehurst Avenue in the Handels neighborhood, which is one of very few Youngstown neighborhoods to have a healthy neighborhood organization and is showing signs of growth. They recently installed really nice neighborhood banners, new lampposts, and planted these new trees for example.

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Happy April Fools Day from Youngstown!

As I'm sure we're all aware, Ohio had some interesting weather today! It felt like winter in the morning, then it got bright and sunny when I went to get a coffee, and next thing I know, it's a total whiteout! Because I missed out on getting any snow pictures this winter, I hurried up and got some Downtown while I was out. Sadly I didn't have my camera, just my phone, but I think they turned out well!

 

First off, I wish I had photos from earlier to compare to what it looked like only an hour before this! It went from spring to the middle of December and back in only about an hour or two! First off, I have a picture of the new Phelps Street Gateway project, which I'm super excited about. I'm hoping the restaurants get some outdoor seating out there soon - I know Suzie's Dogs and Drafts recently got a permit to put an outdoor seating area in, and I believe Gringo's next door may have as well. West 34 (formerly planned to be called Tequila Coyote) in Wick Tower also plans to open this summer with outdoor seating. I saw the inside off the restaurant through a window recently and it looks really nice in there! It's nice that Youngstown has some new projects and restaurants to bring people back Downtown once COVID restrictions ease up. There's also the new upscale "Prima Cucina Italiana" right by this pedestrian street:

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Next, we get a view of Downtown from the top of the Phelps Street Steps, which link Downtown to Youngstown State University. This is a big reason why Phelps Street has been getting improvements; it serves as the connection between Youngstown State, Downtown, and the new riverfront at Wean Park. In other words, YSU students walking Downtown will be first greeted by the restaurants and bars on the pedestrian mall. Anyways, you can also see across the street at the base of the steps, which is another section of the street that was redone. The small dead end street was torn up and replaced with an elevated pedestrian area which will be used as seating for OH Donut Company (formerly One Hot Cookie, still the same owners) as well as a stage for concerts and other events. I can already picture a concert going on there with people hanging out in the street out front and the bars down the street! Lastly, the big building to the left is 20 Federal Place, a huge office building with an indoor mall/food court which the city hopes to renovate soon. Check out my Youngstown development thread for more on that.

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This is looking down East Federal Street. The building on the left is the DoubleTree by Hilton, which came to this historic skyscraper a few years ago. It also houses TCF Bank and an upscale restaurant, Bistro 1907.

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Here's a view of Central Square, or Federal Plaza, or whatever the official name even is! The Chase Bank Building on the corner is up for sale currently and has a beautiful original bank interior perfect for a restaurant - so if anyone wants to put down a million or so to buy it, now's your chance 😁

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Lastly, here's a picture of First National Bank Tower, formerly Metropolitan Tower once it got a little sunnier out. This building is Youngstown's tallest skyscraper. Next to it to the left is OH Wow Science Center which will soon make this side their main entrance and will add a vehicle pull off on the plaza in front of it. They also plan to add one of the most god-awful designs I've ever seen to both this entrance and the West Federal entrance where they'll essentially paint the entire first floor with an "OH WOW" mural. It's so bad I refuse to post the rendering of it!

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Other Random Pictures:

One of my favorite things to do is to drive around Youngstown and gawk at the old houses and explore as much of the city's backstreets as I can, and now that I'm home from college due to COVID, I've had plenty of time to do that! I don't like taking pictures of houses from my car as I feel it's a bit intrusive, but I do take some of seemingly-abandoned ones. 

 

Here's one in the Oak Hill neighborhood. Oak Hill is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and was considered a slum decades before Youngstown's decline. Most streets in this area have been decimated, and it's a wonder any houses have made it this long. This house is one of the last ones on this once-dense block, and it's clearly holding on for dear life at this point:

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This "fixer upper" in the Idora neighborhood caught my eye.... This neighborhood is at the epicenter of the efforts of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, but as you can see, some blocks in the neighborhood, like this one, are still in desperate need of attention. Also, check out the new documentary "The Place That Makes Us" about the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, it's streaming for free starting today and is a great watch!

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This building on West Philadelphia Avenue in Uptown is an example of the type of multi-family residential buildings that used to be common across the city. Due to the high cost of maintaining them, most have now been torn down and only a handful remain, many of which are in the same shape as this building. It's a shame I'm not more daring or have a friend that would do it with me, or else I'd sneak inside those open windows to get some pictures of the inside! This small neighborhood actually used to be a fairly well off area. While most of the big houses are demolished, a handful of ornate bungalows, large colonial revivals, and tree-lined streets remain.

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Here's two houses on West La Clede Avenue in the same neighborhood. Again, you can sort of tell this used to be an upper middle class neighborhood:

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Next, we have a random view of Downtown from Ridge Avenue with the Mahoning River and Youngstown Foundation Amphitheater in the foreground. One of my grand visions for Youngstown, which will never happen, would be to tear out this vegetation and make Youngstown's version of the Irishtown Bend project. The views from here would be great!

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Last but not least, here's some shots from Market Alley, home to the famous "Furnitureland" pedestrian bridge. This spot is very popular for senior pictures and such.

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The vacant space between the buildings on the left used to be home to the State Theater, or as it was known later on, the Youngstown Agora. The theater saw many famous acts such as Joan Jett, AC/DC, Ramones, Judas Priest, etc. Most of these acts came here before they got big, and from what I've heard, it was quite the venue. Today, the facade of the building is preserved, and I'm hopeful it will eventually be incorporated into a new building.

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Lastly we have this view of the Home Savings Building, or as it's now called, the "Premier Bank Building" from the Alley. Much like Chicago refuses to call the Sears Tower the Willis Tower, I refuse to refer to the Home Savings Building as the Premier Bank Building 😁

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That was fantastic.  Thank you!

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Downtown Youngstown April 21, 2021:

Here's some random iPhone pictures I took today while visiting the new "Gringo's Tacos" in Downtown Youngstown!

 

Unfortunately, Downtown is still pretty dead. Sure, it's cold out and a weekday, but the lack of activity Downtown is just depressing. Pre-COVID, it was actually quite busy almost every day. Usually this block is pretty busy due to it being home to most of the bars along West Federal Street. Unfortunately, many of the bars pictured are closed due to COVID, hopefully they will reopen. The only bar that's open right now is Whistle and Keg and maybe the Federal and Suzie's. Two restaurants in this area, V2 Trattatoria and Prima Cucina Italiana are open as well. 

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Here's the Phelps Street Gateway pedestrian street, which is home to the brand new Gringo's Tacos! As you can see, Gringo's has already put some fencing out for an outdoor seating area (though it wasn't used today due to the cold weather) and Suzie's and Rhine Haus should be doing the same soon. Once the seating comes, the new pedestrian street will look a lot less barren.

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I'm glad to have Gringo's open a restaurants here, but goddamn did they completely mutilate an otherwise nice looking historic storefront! Here's what it looked like before. They have since taken our the historic storefront and replaced it with this god-awful mid-century-esque mess. I'm not sure how the hell that got past the Design Review Committee! I can't complain too much, but it really looks horrible which sucks consider the city's putting so much work into making this street look nice.

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At least the inside of Gringo's is done nicely! It looks sleek and modern, two things Youngstown desperately needs 😁 I wasn't actually going to try this place until I found out they had soft corn tortillas and al pastor tacos. I've been missing the authentic street tacos and tamales I can get in Columbus, so I just had to try this place even though it is far from authentic. There used to be an amazing authentic Mexican place on the West Side, but it looks like COVID closed them for good. Anyways, Gringo's tacos tastes pretty much like what you'd expect - similar to Barrio, Condado, and Bakersfield, except Gringos has a set menu rather than a build-your-own menu. It was very good, but definitely not as good as authentic street tacos! 

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Back to Phelps Street.... You might notice the new "West 34" sign on Wick Tower (the building on the left). This is where the new Wick 34 restaurant will be opening. I looked through the windows, and it looks really cool and modern. It almost reminds me of the Kitchen Post (RIP) from what I saw. They will also be adding outdoor seating to the left here - you can just barely see one of their retractable doors in this picture, which will open up to their outdoor seating all along Phelps. Also, I can never get over how beautiful the brickwork and fire escapes are on these two buildings!

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Lastly, I'll leave you all with an inspirational graffiti message below I-680 along the Mahoning River. Also, this street is where the new protected bike trail/lanes are being built which link Mill Creek Park to Downtown. I don't have pictures, but they seem to be nearing completion along the Mahoning Avenue portion of it. I can't believe it took until 2021 for Youngstown to get its first bike lane!

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^Nice pictures.  Are the bike lanes going to connect Tod Avenue or Glenwood to Mahoning Avenue from the very northern sections of Mill Creek Park?  Once you leave Fellows Riverside Gardens pedestrian access to the park is nonexistent.  

 

Also in regards to the authentic Mexican restaurant on the west side, do you remember the name?  I was doing some hiking on the western side of Mill Creek Park recently off of Bears Den Road and remembered seeing a restaurant along Mahoning Avenue that was authentic Mexican, and when I tried to Google Map it, the names that were showing up in the area didn't look familiar to what I had seen before.  I really wanted to try that place out.

Thanks for the pictures. Hopefully with the pandemic receding and the eventual redevelopment of the Strouss department store building, we'll see more vibrancy restored.

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I was going to remark about how this sign looks very similar to the Ithaca Commons sign but the style is different. The only commonality is the font.

 

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^Nice pictures.  Are the bike lanes going to connect Tod Avenue or Glenwood to Mahoning Avenue from the very northern sections of Mill Creek Park?  Once you leave Fellows Riverside Gardens pedestrian access to the park is nonexistent.  

 

Also in regards to the authentic Mexican restaurant on the west side, do you remember the name?  I was doing some hiking on the western side of Mill Creek Park recently off of Bears Den Road and remembered seeing a restaurant along Mahoning Avenue that was authentic Mexican, and when I tried to Google Map it, the names that were showing up in the area didn't look familiar to what I had seen before.  I really wanted to try that place out.

The authentic Mexican place is/was Taqueria la Huasteca. Again though, it appears to be closed unless the owners reopen after the whole COVID mess is over. If it ever reopens, I really recommend trying their Horchata - it's by far the best I've ever had!

 

As for the bike lane, it will start on Tod Lane below the gardens, go along Tod to Mahoning, and then along Mahoning to Downtown. It's a bit of a shame it doesn't go all the way down Mahoning to Glenwood and to the bridge to the West Side, but I think I might have heard someone say that's actually being planned out for the future. The new bike lane will link to Fifth Avenue's bike lanes, which will go up to YSU and Wick Park. They will also then connect to the Front Street bike lanes which will go all the way to South Avenue. There are also bike lanes planned for Rayen, which will link Fifth Avenue to Wick Avenue.

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With the talk of Mexican restaurants on Mahoning Ave., has anyone tried Casa Ramirez?  I'm not really into Mexican food, but I've eaten there a couple times, and enjoyed it.  I've heard they're pretty authentic.

 

Just spreading awareness, to help out a local business.

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With the talk of Mexican restaurants on Mahoning Ave., has anyone tried Casa Ramirez?  I'm not really into Mexican food, but I've eaten there a couple times, and enjoyed it.  I've heard they're pretty authentic.

 

Just spreading awareness, to help out a local business.

They're a great restaurant, but not really "authentic" actually. They sort of fit in with the majority of Mexican restaurants in the US which all have a very similar slightly Americanized menu. Like I don't believe you can get things like street tacos or tamales at Casa Ramirez. That being said, they are very good and I do recommend them! They just aren't quite what I'm looking for.

 

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Cascade Gorge, Mill Creek Park:

I usually don't post nature pictures, but I've been hiking a lot more this summer and have been working on hiking every trail in Mill Creek Park. One of my favorite places in the park is Cascade Gorge, which I recently discovered. It's a creek with a series of small waterfalls and rapids as it flows down a hill towards Mill Creek. The trail is pretty simple, and half of it is a boardwalk. But there is also a difficult off-shoot trail, which goes down a very steep hill to the bottom of the small waterfall - I did this yesterday, and it was a bit treacherous as it was quite muddy and I didn't have hiking shoes on! It's also possible to get to the bigger waterfall (the one in the first picture) from there, but it requires some tricky rock maneuvering which I wasn't in the mood to do. But it does have a nice pool at the bottom which people like to swim in. Overall though, this is an extremely hidden gem, most people in the area have never even heard of these waterfalls.

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East Cohassett Trail:

Here's a couple iPhone pictures from my favorite Mill Creek Park trail, the East Cohassett Trail. I enjoy this trail because it's one of the few that feel like you're truly in nature - While Mill Creek Park is an amazing urban park, it is pretty thin as it is sandwiched between dense urban neighborhoods, so it's often hard to get the full feeling of being in nature here. But this trail does a good job with that. It also has some cool lesser travelled side-trails that go up steep ravines. It has great views of Lake Cohassett as well as the waterfall at the Lake Cohassett Dam.

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^Great stuff. Mill Creek is an awesome urban park! 

A true gem.

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Fall in Mill Creek Park:

I was visiting home this weekend and decided to stop and get some fall pictures at my favorite spot in Mill Creek Park, Cascade Gorge! I posted about Cascade Gorge in my last post in this thread when I first found out about it this summer. It has become my favorite spot in Mill Creek Park and is by far Youngstown's biggest hidden gem. It is a narrow ravine with two small waterfalls and several smaller cascades that feeds into Lake Cohasset and Mill Creek. In the summer, some people actually climb down the rocks of Upper Cascade falls (pictured below) and swim in the natural pool below.

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The next few pictures are from the West Gorge Trail a few weeks ago:

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One of many historic inscriptions near Lanterman's Mill on East Gorge Trail:

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Lastly, here's the beautiful fall colors at Lake Glacier - it's hard to believe such a beautiful place is only a stone's throw away from Downtown Youngstown and the old factories along the river!

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Overall, my goal to finally explore Mill Creek Park this summer was successful and a really fun way to further appreciate the beautiful nature right in my hometown! I also made it a project to get GPS traces on each trail in order to put them on OpenStreetMap. I've done a ton of work editing the park on OpenStreetMap to make sure every trail, picnic area, stream, etc. is marked down since there has never been a very accurate trail map of the park made before. So if you ever visit the park, make sure to use OpenStreetMap or an app that uses its data such as AllTrails when hiking!

 

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Being there wasn’t another active Youngstown photo thread where I thought this would fit, I wanted to post these two photos to this thread... not trying to hijack dblcut3!

 

Here are a couple photos from last night’s Luke Bryant “Y-Live 2022” Concert at the relatively new Wean Park in Downtown Youngstown. JAC Management announced the crowd exceeded 20,000 people, easily one of the biggest single events in the history of Downtown Youngstown. 

 

Photos from JAC Management

 

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