Youngstown, Ohio: 1973 - A look back

These are images of Youngstown, Ohio that were featured in a Chamber of Commerce publication from 1973.

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[manly427]

What's the song i want it

[rondiscscinema]

"Why Can't We Live Together" by Timmy Thomas...it's on iTunes...

[yoganandarita]

youngstown is gone down but its not that bad, you don't have to hire a body guard unless you are afraid of black people which most white people are afraid of black people, youngstowns crime is drug related and they kill each other those that owe them something, i was in youngstown last year and walked downtown and im still alive..oh is it because im black?

[tetashari]

I guess If some people had the guts to stay and help us help this city - but I guess the easy way is to move.

[maverick19421]

This is a really sad video. I grew up on the north side of Youngstown on West

Federal street by the B & O railroad that was my back yard. Once the steel

industry went bust well that was the beginning of the end of once great city.

My father came here from Italy work in the steel mills as did many other immigrants.

I graduated from Rayen in 1960 and was fortunate to get a football scholarship

to Kent State which enabled me to leave and start a new life and family.

[801liveable]

that was then..this now..and now reveals a shooting almost everyday in youngstown..blight..hack politicians and basically a blind population who get a kick out of the so called "TOUGH GUY" image of the "MAHONING VALLEY"..there are more winos in youngstown than MAFIA members..excuse me more crack addicts..FRANKIE RACK..that's short for RACKET..i'll see you in BRIER HILL.. chow baby..

[TubeVisionDotCom]

For several years, Youngstown, Ohio was my favorite vacation destination. Starting in 1999 I attended about 10 different music festivals at the Nyabinghi. The biggest of these was the annual Emissions from the Monolith festival held over Memorial Day weekend. I always enjoyed my times in Youngstown and the surrounding areas.  Now that the Nyabinghi is gone I wonder if I'll ever have another reason to visit.

[tzkelley]

@tetashari I was one of the one who moved away.  I decided to help myself; maybe you should do the same (regardless of whether you stay or leave).

[mmbasement]

well v and m star is proble the only place that doesint have spray paint on it haha like most of younstown did it wasnt always like a getto tho

[JohnnyRocker65]

All these pics are from a time when Youngstown was still fairly a nice place to be, now it's just one big ghetto. It's a sad thing, driving down Market Street now almost looks like a third world country!

[blabblab1212]

That's the nice thing about a sound economy. It keeps everything from deteriorating.

[blabblab1212]

Is this news blurb true?  I heard that even though Jim Traficant was freed from prison, his haircut was re-sentenced to a double life term.

[Grapes428]

Akron- Rubber, Cleveland- Oil and Electric, Youngstown- Steel, Toledo- Glass, Cincinnati- Steel, all gone now.

[LizzyxDarcy]

If My people who are called by My name...