September 27, 200717 yr Look at the condition of this street! My neighbor, who says he's lived on this block since the early 60's, claims that he's never seen this street repaved/resurfaced. Most of the side streets in this neighborhood are like this. Although, some are still brick. (All of these streets have brick under the blacktop. Does anyone know if the brick can be restored?)
September 27, 200717 yr Another cool site I came across.... http://todengine.blogspot.com/ A few years ago I found a site with extensive photos of the dismantling of a Tod engine. I can't tell if this is the same engine, but it looks like it may be a different one. It's hard to comprehend the massiveness of one of these things without seeing one, but the photo with the guy standing on it gives a pretty good idea. They drove rolling mills directly, running at low speed and producing enormous torque, and were equipped with Corliss valves, rotary valves that enabled precise speed control and maximum efficiency in use of steam. It's hard to imagine the size of the casting equipment and machine tools that were used to build them. </ :speech: > ( :oops: )
September 27, 200717 yr My neighbor, who says he's lived on this block since the early 60's, claims that he's never seen this street repaved/resurfaced. Most of the side streets in this neighborhood are like this. Although, some are still brick. (All of these streets have brick under the blacktop. Does anyone know if the brick can be restored?) Yes, it can. There were a number of brick streets in Cleveland that were restored using the original bricks. One that immediately comes to mind is Main Avenue downtown between the Warehouse District and the Flats East Bank. All the bricks were removed and stored. An underlay of concrete was poured and the bricks placed on top of the concrete. Sand was spread to immobilize the bricks in place. Damaged bricks that couldn't be reused were replaced with new ones. Surprisingly, most bricks were reused. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 27, 200717 yr The houses in that neighborhood look to be building in the 20's. I'm surprised they were still laying brick streets by then.
September 28, 200717 yr The houses in that neighborhood look to be building in the 20's. I'm surprised they were still laying brick streets by then. I think most of the homes in the area were built between 1915 and 1925, but there are some homes that were built as early as 1900.
September 28, 200717 yr Many of the streets in Cleveland's West Park neighborhood were laid out in the 1920s and into the 1930 with brick surfaces. Though development of the area was slow in the 1930s and early 1940s. Little things like the Great Depression and WWII got in the way. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 2, 200717 yr I agree, it looks cleaner than I would have thought. Let's clear something up, Youngstown is nothing like East St. Louis. Downtown East St. Louis:
October 2, 200717 yr ^ 5-10 years ago Downtown Youngstown was pretty awful but I don't think as ever bad as the photos above. Monte, is this from a photo thread? I would like to see more of East St Louis.
October 2, 200717 yr At that point, who is going to bother bringing the city back? It is still possible to love Youngstown.
October 2, 200717 yr ^ 5-10 years ago Downtown Youngstown was pretty awful but I don't think as ever bad as the photos above. Monte, is this from a photo thread? I would like to see more of East St Louis. There have been many threads with my East St. Louis photos but to not further pollute inkaelins thread, you can view the rest of my East St. Louis gallery here: http://www.pbase.com/cincyimages/east_st_louis_illinois It would take you a year to read all the comments in that Gallery.
October 9, 200717 yr Hello, I am new to the board and I thought I would share some pics. Most of these were taken on the North Side of the city in Wick Park. Takes creativity and imagination to look at these but plenty of potential in these old houses and buildings. Its not all abandoned factories in ytown.
October 9, 200717 yr Those old houses are fantastic! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 9, 200717 yr Thanks for the pictures. Wick Park has a lot of potential. I hope that it can be rehabbed. It could be a great location for professors and other staff from YSU to live in. Maybe many do already. YSU should do something like what Cleveland's University Circle institutions are doing and give employees a financial incentive to buy/rehab homes in the adjacent neighborhoods. But maybe YSU is more focused on Smokey Hollow?
October 9, 200717 yr It would be great if the university could partner with the Wick neighborhood. Its a shame to see all of those beautiful historic old houses fall into disrepair like that especially when they are so comparatively cheap. Also they are surrounded by the components of a great neighborhood (i.e. wick park, stambaugh auditorium, YSU, Ursuline High School, Several Religious Institutions) although some may need some work as well. There seems to be a lot of potential for that entire neighborhood.
October 9, 200717 yr Took a while to read this thread . . . Thanks for the tour Ink and everyone for all the additional info on here! Thanks for sharing your pics JW.
October 9, 200717 yr It is a bit spooky but lots of potential. These houses are all pretty solid large structures built in the early parts of the 1900's.
October 10, 200717 yr It is a bit spooky but lots of potential. These houses are all pretty solid large structures built in the early parts of the 1900's. Indeed...that particular pic just immediately made me think of a haunted house. Maybe I'm just in the mood...tis the season for hauntings. BOO! :-o
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