Wow...I had no idea that all those buildings were behind that facade!

Thanks Andrew. I enjoyed this presentation. I forgot about that penthouse until I saw this.

I really hope there’s something that can be salvaged! They don’t make things like they used to anymore, and it’s so sad. It’s definitely a lost art

Thank you for sharing the history and bringing awareness to these buildings!

The first picture you show, a drawing of the canal, in the background is my husband's great grandfather's company G. Stomps & Co Chair warehouse! Later the family also owned Stomps Chevrolet.

Born at Good Samaritan Hospital (gone now) June 1965.

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I was born in Dayton,Ohio in the 80s

I’m from Columbus and I don’t know if I ever realized there was a canal in Dayton. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Thanks for making this video please make more of them

This is great, Andrew!

I love this channel

Oh, please do not turn that barn into condos...

I've always wanted to know more about the canal and what parts of it are left so this is great. Thanks, Andrew!

I too loved the old classic library and the Arcade. There was no reason to destroy the old library - all they had to do was build an addition. The Arcade was a wonderful place - something for everyone. All gone, alas.

Great video!

I love how Dayton kept the old factories. Gives the city a unique look

I have your book! The high school is such a huge loss. 😢

Very professionally done commentary on Dayton history. As a high school history teacher, I know how difficult it is to make history interesting -- yours is a winner!

Where do you live?

Awesome Work Hey Could you do a history on 409 Monument? Its the original Dayton Power and Light headquarters But now houses 5 Rivers Metro parks ADAHMS Board Chapter 13 United Way .....

Excellent information, well presented. I now live in Washington state and for some reason unknown to me, I have a thirst for information about Dayton, the town I grew up in. Thank you for what you do.

Thank you for loving Dayton’s history and its current legacy. I am a native who lived most of my life within the Dayton City limits. Memories from what is the UD student area and NCR to the Five Oaks area and finally Shroyer Park fill me pride and sadness. I love watching!

Good work! Enjoyed your video!

It is my understanding that the street lights you see above the water on Main Street were created at locally owned (internationally known at that time) Kramer Brother's Foundry.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge of the Dayton Flood. I hadn't seen a few of those photos before. Considering the destructive fires, I'd love to learn more about the impact of the Dayton Fire Department and the equipment they used.

Very informative and interesting. Would love to see more of your video's. Very detailed. I love to see pictures and hear about past history. Keep up the great work.

Wow! What an interesting and informative site!

Fantastic job! Please create more!!

Born and raised in Dayton Ohio, very segregated City

Hello Andrew Walsh! Wow, I have been looking for the extensive historical information regarding early Dayton Ohio and how and when Dayton became "Dayton" and before. Do you have family that are teachers in Ohio? My spouse believes your relative may have been a favorite teacher in London Ohio? I am endlessly curious, I find all this historic information fascinating. I embrace the full spectrum of information as an autodidac, polymath I am forever curious. Do you make private appointments to speak about Ohio? I have spoken to librarians wherever I have chosen to live and never a librarian author! I really appreciate your videos on you tube. Thank you so much for your contributions. Please feel free to connect here or on Facebook. Do you make appointments, historical discussions etc? Regardless of your answer yes or no, Thank you for your dedication to sharing awareness and teaching the sourcing techniques in dependable knowledge research. Excellent gifts to share. Thanks again. Best wishes Luna

The name of the video has my name in there it shows steele my name is steele

I really enjoyed this experience I've learned so much history about Dayton what made me more interested in our city is the age of my great grandmother she is 96 and was Bron in 1928. Thank you. I just wanted to know more about what and where she lived in her day.

Born and raised in Columbus, Dayton has so much deeper and richer history. I would put it up against any U.S. city for historical background. It's biggest flaw by far though is it's current nearly total control of jobs by the Catholic Church and the Catholic University of Dayton. Truly evil.

Thank you for this video!

My hometown born and raised

That first library is much better than today’s leftist wokebrary

Born and growing up in dayton, I've seen how dayton has changed tremendously. Dayton Tire and Rubber company on Riverview, Metro Supermarkets was hugh in the 80s, Kon tiki Movie Theater on Salem Ave, Loews Ames Movie Theater on Main, Colonel White High School, Patterson High school was originally Downtown. Flying Pizza is still doing well. Island Park and Triangle Park were very popular in the summer. Mike Sells Potato Chip Factory. The Salem Mall was really popular in Trotwood in the 80s. . Elder Beermans department stores as well as Rikes Department store. RTA would bring out the christmas trolley every year with a Santa Claus in the back of the bus. County wide bus lines were added in the 80s. Route number 9 was changed to 20 for the riverview to gettysburg route. Route 5 used to stop about a mile pass hillcrest before they change it to go to where the salem mall used to be. Bus routes were shorter because the power lines for the trolley buses did not go as far. then RTA added more Diesal buses to the line and they started go all the way to centerville near the dayton mall. I always found it fascinating that the Dayton Mall is not in the Dayton City Limit. The Salem mall was actually in trotwood. My favorite store was Children's Palace when i was a child in the 70s. Dayton used to have Drive in movie theaters. Getting lost trying to find your car when you returned from the concession stand. Another unique building was the Ohio Bell telephone building on Catalpa. You could actually see the hugh switch board operators used. this is even before the 911 system. People actually had to dail zero and get the operator. Tell the operator to connect you to a police. fire or ambulance.

speaking of libraries, My favorite library I used to go to very often was the library on the corner of Salem and Niagara Street. Its no longer a public library. it would be nice to see a video on housing projects that were torn down and schools torn down. Every single school I went to was torn down. Van Cleve. Edison Valerie Elem, EJ Brown, and Colonel White High School. EJ Brown and Edison were rebuilt

Thanks!!!! I will be ordering the book online hopefully.

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I went to Sinclair in 1970 -72. I had classes at the YMCA, the Annex which was the house next to it and the Otterbein building down on 5th Street. Lots of walking. Crossing 2nd Street in the winter which was cobblestone was a great way to fall on your rear. Also had a class at Stivers high school. Lots of walking!

awesome presentation, thank you!

Hi Andrew!!...My daughter just bought LOST Dayton, Ohio for me....I grew up in Dayton...my Mother was really good at telling me the History of Dayton......Having been born in 1943 at MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL.....I have actually been inside many of the buildings in your book and remember the neighborhoods....I remember the neighborhood where Dayton Towers sits...it was dilapidated and run down.. they called it " Urban Renewal..."... those that lived there, moved further East to the East Dayton Neighborhood .. I grew up in East Dayton...first on Montgomery Street which is now Keowee Street ......the Fire Station #2 is still sitting on the corner on Third Street and Keowee...... the Firemen used to give us suckers...lol...we moved when I was 8 to N. Beckel Street which was off Third Street further East..there was a Shell gas station on the corner and my Dad spent many hours talking to the owner...AL ..It is now a used car lot......Estridge Market was on the other corner...a neighborhood grocery store... he later moved to the Valley Street area...and that neighborhood was all torn down...nothing now but empty lots..I attended Emmanuel Baptist Curch at Terry and E Third .... many nights after church on Sunday evening I was treated to an Ice Cream Cone or Sundae at Dafler's Drug Store across the street from the church....I get the most feedback if I post a pic of Dafler's...everyone in East Dayton knew of Dafler's ....the owners were from Eaton Ohio...I started school at Huffman....now a Senior Citizen Center....Then we moved further up East Third to Irwin St across from Burkhardt Center ....I was in the 6th grade and transferred to Franklin School...another victim of the wrecking ball...I have pics of myself in period clothing as a teacher in the school play honoring the 50th Anniversary of the school..... The last move I made was to McGee Street...1 block west of Irwin....I got married and moved to Huber Heights after my husband's Military stint in MA ... but when my Mom was 72 years old, she bought the house across the street on McGee and lived there until she passed at 80 years old....Miller Valentine bought it from me because they wanted to raze it and put up a new home...it is very nice... a nice tribute to my Mom and Dad... I have such great memories of going shopping downtown when all of the initial stores were there....we went to the old market on Main Street, then headed to the Arcade thru McCoy's.. went to Kresgee's, Grant's, Green's...of course RIKES ...I remember the old City Jail right behind the old Courthouse on Third Street...ate at Culp's Cafeteria, my Dad bought all of his clothes at the Metropolitan ..better known as " THE MET"... What brought me to this post was Eleanor Brown.... I graduated from Wilbur Wright HS.... You said in the book, that she taught at Wilbur Wright until 1953 when she retired......I graduated in 1961.....at that time, she was a substitute teacher... She had a guide dog named Miss Effie....she would appt one of the boys to take Miss Effie out for a " stroll "... .. We were all terrified of her because of her amazing capabilities...she had a 6th sense....you are right...she knew exactly who was chewing gum where they were sitting AND the flavor of the gum....... She was an Icon.... If she retired in 1953, she came back as a part time substitute.....I have a Newspaper clipping from DDN memorializing her after her death.... unfortunately, Dayton started cross town bussing...I think that was the demise of the City....they called it " White Flight" .... people moving to Huber, Kettering, out of Dayton to keep their children from waiting on a bus on cold winter mornings to take a trip across town........We had African American students at Wilbur Wright when I was in school....they lived in a small community in the Springfield/N.Irwin Street neighborhood...it was a Political move that backfired on the City of Dayton...such a shame.. I was always proud of growing up in Dayton with its History ..... Look at it now... reminds me of the lyrics.." they took Paradise and put up a parking lot".... Thank you for listening to my memories of the GOOD OL DAYS ...

Andrew I loved your fact- finding information on the city of Dayton my home 🏠 town where I grew up and graduated from the Dayton Art institute one of Dayton's historic buildings and having lots of friends still living there one of my favorite places to still visit

What a great video, thank you.

As someone who has lived on W.P.A.F.B, it has seen its been days, you could see F15,F16,F4,A10,KC135 sitting on the tarmac, then when Clinton started to close bases most of it left, personally I think the space command headquarters should be established their

My dad's family owned several businesses around E. Third and W. 5th / Linwood before the turn of the century. I would love to know more about the area. .

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I’d love to see some videos on the malls