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Title
Youngstown
-
West
Front
Street
aerial
view
Subject
Hotels--United States
Foundries--United States
Railroad stations--Ohio
Churches, Methodist
Pick, Albert, 1895-1977
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Youngstown (Ohio)
Mahoning County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
the an
area
of
downtown
Youngstown
,
Ohio
centered
on the
intersection
of
North
Front
Street
and
South
Phelps
Street
, with the
rolling
hills
of the
suburbs
in the
distance
. The
station
for the
Youngstown
&
Suburban
Railway
as
well
as the
Pittsburgh
,
Libson
&
Western
R.R
.
could
be
found
21
North
Front
Street
, and
is
probably
near
the
left
side
of the
photograph
.
Trinity
United
Methodist
Church
,
located
at
30
West
Front
Street
,
is
just
visible
at the
bottom
left
corner
of the
photograph
. The
Falcon
Bronze
Company
(left
of
center
in the
photograph)
,
located
at
218
South
Phelps
, was
incorporated
in
1895
. The
brass
founders
were
manufacturers
of
brass
,
bronze
, and
copper
castings
for
rolling
mills
,
steel
plants
and
blast
furnaces
. In
front
of
Falcon
Bronze
is
a
sign
for
“Parking”
for a
“
?
‘s
Super
Service
Station”
in the
100
block
of
West
Front
Street
. The
Hotel
Ohio
(also
called
The
Ohio
or
Ohio
Hotel)
,
visible
on the
far
right
side
of the
photograph
, has been a
fixture
in
downtown
Youngstown
for at
least
a
decade
. In
1912
, a
new
building
was
built
with
400
rooms
at
131
West
Boardman
Street
at the
southwest
corner
of
South
Hazel
Street
.
Before
1947
, the
name
was
changed
to the
Pick-Ohio
Hotel
, and
while
having
always
been an
excellent
hotel
, was
now
one
of the
Albert
Pick
Hotels
;
famous
for
hospitality
and
service
and
complete
with
convention
and
banquet
facilities
.
Since
the
early
1980's
, the
building
has been
home
to the
Youngstown
Metropolitan
Housing
Authority
.
Renamed
Amedia
Plaza
, the
12-story
building
,
which
houses
YMHA’s
corporate
offices
, also
features
92
senior
apartments
managed
by
YMHA
.
Renovations
costing
$6
million
dollars
were
completed
in
2002
by
architects
Ricciuti
Balog
&
Partners
which
replaced
windows
,
lighting
and
plumbing
, and
updated
the
heating
and
cooling
system
,
making
the
building
more
energy
efficient
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B08F03_048_001.tif
Image Height
1812
Image Width
2841
File Size
20613868 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2010-04-30
Date modified
2011-08-09
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