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Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. at Regency Mall Opening Photograph
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Title
Edward
J
.
DeBartolo
Sr
. at
Regency
Mall
Opening
Photograph
Subject
Business and Labor
Shopping centers
Stores & shops
Rites & ceremonies
DeBartolo, Edward J.
Place
Youngstown (Ohio)
Mahoning County (Ohio)
Augusta (Georgia)
Description
This
7.7
" by
10
"
(19.8
by
25.4
cm)
image
depicts
Edward
J
.
DeBartolo
Sr
. The
photograph
was
taken
at the
grand
opening
of the
Regency
Mall
in
Augusta
,
Georgia
in
1978
.
DeBartolo
was a
Youngstown
business
leader
who
amassed
one
of the
nation's
largest
business
conglomerates
. He
constructed
the
early
malls
and
shopping
centers
in the
suburbs
around
Youngstown
, to
which
some
attribute
the
demise
of
downtown
Youngstown
.
Twice
Forbes
magazine
named
him the
wealthiest
man
in
Ohio
.
Edward
J
.
DeBartolo
Sr
. in the
Smokey
Hollow
section
of
Youngstown
,
Ohio
. His
father
,
Anthony
Paonessa
, an
immigrant
from
Bari
,
Italy
,
died
two
months
before
he was
born
. In
1914
, his
stepfather
Michael
DeBartolo
started
a
construction
company
in
Youngstown
,
where
Edward
worked
from an
early
age
. He
graduated
from
South
High
School
in
Youngstown
in
1927
and from the
University
of
Notre
Dame
in
1932
with a
degree
in
civil
engineering
. In
1935
, he
began
building
a
series
of
innovative
single-family
residences
in a
Youngstown
suburb
.
After
serving
in the
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
during
World
War
II
, he
married
Marie
Patricia
Montani
and
founded
the
Edward
J
.
DeBartolo
Corporation
. By
1949
, the
company
built
the
first
shopping
plaza
in the
greater
Youngstown
area
, the
Belmont
Avenue
Shopping
Center
.
Boardman
Plaza
, an
Austintown
shopping
center
, and
Southern
Park
Mall
followed
.
DeBartolo
also
developed
properties
in
Pittsburgh
and
Akron
. In
1976
he
opened
the
world's
largest
mall
at
Richmond
Park
,
near
Cleveland
. In
1987
DeBartolo
bought
the
Higbee
Company
for
$165
million
and
Federal
Department
Stores
,
Inc
. a
year
later
. In
1994
, the
DeBartolo
real
estate
investment
trust
,
DeBartolo
Realty
Corp
.
made
its
debut
on the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
.
Edward
DeBartolo
also
owned
sports
venues
and
teams
,
starting
with
Thistledown
racetrack
near
Cleveland
in
1959
.
Balmoral
,
outside
Chicago
, and
Louisiana
Downs
in
Shreveport
followed
. The
company
added
the
Pittsburgh
Civic
Arena
,
three
professional
sports
teams
in
Pittsburgh
, the
San
Francisco
49ers
, and
52
video
game
parlors
.
Date of Original
1978
Collection
Edward
J
.
DeBartolo
Sr
.
Photograph
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Youngstown State University Archives & Special Collections
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
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
Om2141_1907082_007.tif
Image Height
3006
Image Width
2304
File Size
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Format
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