The first, last, and never-really-existent midsize city UrbanOhio meet...fabulous Youngtown!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah, I miss this place...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Youngstown has a Carnegie, but the entrance has been altered.

 

Interior snapped when the librarian stepped away

 

YSU

 

 

Wick Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cradell Park area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we'll leave with Newport in Boardman Township

Wick Park and Cradell Park look nice.

I must have missed any reports thus far. I take it the turnout for the meet was small to nonexistent? I've experienced that a couple of times, and it's disappointing.

 

Nevertheless, interesting photos. The bridge in the opening photo is wonderful!

 

Andrew Carnegie was a relentless, ruthless fellow during the years when he built his industrial empire and fortune, only a little more forgiving than his erstwhile pupil and later arch-nemesis, Henry Clay Frick. Were I the person responsible for desecrating one of his libraries, I'd be very afraid when the day comes to meet him in hell.

Abandonments. Galore.

 

If you excuse me...

 

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What is this hideous gold tower?

that tuxedo store looks cool

I must have missed any reports thus far. I take it the turnout for the meet was small to nonexistent? I've experienced that a couple of times, and it's disappointing.

 

The meet was semi-cancelled because of so many individual cancellations; I believe you told me that you had a memorial service that day. In the end, it just ended up being urbanforever and myself.

 

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16478.0.html

 

What is this hideous gold tower?

 

I believe it contains phone equiptment; the window-less building to the right is owned by AT&T (I'm pretty sure).

I must have missed any reports thus far. I take it the turnout for the meet was small to nonexistent? I've experienced that a couple of times, and it's disappointing.

 

The meet was semi-cancelled because of so many individual cancellations; I believe you told me that you had a memorial service that day. In the end, it just ended up being urbanforever and myself.

 

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16478.0.html

 

Yes. A long-time friend and retired railroader had passed away suddenly some time before, and his neighbors held a BBQ and open house in the little town of Pleasant Lake, Indiana, according to wishes he had expressed to them, and with money he had set aside a couple of years ago. I think almost a hundred people showed up, and it was a beautiful afternoon. I'm sorry I missed the meet, but I'm glad I went to the memorial. I had no idea how many lives my friend had touched, or in how many ways he had shared kindness with a very diverse group of people.

Cool, you got the Med-Art Building - see the statues on the roof? It used to have more on the front lawn - Dr. Richard Murray (plastic surgeon) was quite a prolific sculptor:

 

 

I wonder what happened to those statues? I remember he was at odds with the city because they thought they were a little too erotic for public display.

 

I have some great memories of the Uptown. We would catch a Saturday matinee and then walk up Market Street to Marhill Lanes for billiards and bowling. Not a care in the world, those were the days.

Ink,

 

In this group you've taken photos of the good, the bad, and maybe some ugly thrown in for good measure. The first two images are absolutely pefect for a calendar-so picturesque! Of course, being the Victorian architectural nut that I am, I really liked the reddish towered Queen Anne house-looks like it needs some TLC but it is architecturally impressive. Some of the other early 1900's houses looked impressive as well.  I hate to see grand old houses boarded up but that is a current sign of our times... Thanks for sharing.

^That Queen Anne is really a treasure; you don't see too much Victorian architecture in Youngstown (at least I haven't found it yet). Same story as Lima, I suppose.

grand!

grand!

 

:lol:

I wish I could've gone. That was in June, wasn't it?

 

Nice photos, though! I love those north-side neighborhoods.

Correct; you were helping your mother, I believe.

My friends used to live in that turquoise duplex while they went to YSU! Wow that brought back memories. Great pictures, sorry to hear that the meet up was a flop. 

Glad to see you made it around town alright.

 

I'd love to restore some of those houses on the north side.

Those first two photos really blow me away.  Beautiful.

I have some great memories of the Uptown. We would catch a Saturday matinee and then walk up Market Street to Marhill Lanes for billiards and bowling. Not a care in the world, those were the days.

I didn't catch it the first time around. This is the building that housed Marhill Lanes. This storefront was a sporting goods store. Marhill had a back entrance and was located in the basement.

^Did you ever make it to Joshua II?

Yes but only a couple of times, it was one of the nicest gay clubs in NEO. I didn't really experience the gay scene until I moved to Cleveland (go figure).

Now i'm hungry for a hot dog.

Nice!

Abandonments. Galore.

 

If you excuse me...

 

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What is this hideous gold tower?

 

I think it's WKBN's tv tower, but I may be wrong. Funny, I spent 7 years w/in a block of it @ YSU but never investigated it.

 

I was in Warren in July but didn't get to go around anywhere, sucks but I can't rightly tell my wife, "hey hon, you watch the kids while I explore, kthx?"

 

I drove around last August and the houses were depressing. Wick Park was nice even up to the early 90s, though the side opposite Stambaugh was already sketch. Too bad, 5th Ave. has some gorgeous cribs.

WKBN’s radio and TV towers are located near the intersection of South Ave. and Midlothian Blvd. on Yougstown's South Side.