YOUNGSTOWN OHIO THEN AND NOW

[@jamieaxelson3706]

I left Youngstown 40 years ago and still think about the memories and good times...

[@DeepDishPizza]

Good. We don’t want you back either. Biden 2024!

[@wendycampbell5099]

​@@DeepDishPizzahow rude! Oh we will be back!! Trump 2024!!

[@billmckee-d5d]

@@DeepDishPizza You must be one of the current negatives there, I remember Youngstown's positives back when people were civil.

[@cherylsmith9272]

What a wonderful tribute to our lil town I was born in 1945 and remember the way it was the hustle the crowed streets I remember dressing in your very best to go downtown it was a class act back then woman with their dresses skirts hats gloves high heels men in suits and ohhhh those Stetson hats loved a man in a hat lol I still love our city we our still blessed in many ways but!!!! I would sure go back to 50’s in a heartbeat The decorations at Christmas the socializing people were different back then You could walk the streets late spend the day in our beautiful Mill Creek Park all day as long as you were home for supper we lived on west side in late 50s the park was our playground as was Rocky Ridge Borts pool the list is endless When growing up on Eastside I live in a neighborhood full of many different ethnic people on North Pearl st it was wonderful!!!!! we shared food from Gardens played under street lights till dark families slept on grass in summer we had block parties everyone was family they shared were polite and fun no one knocked on doors we were family regardless of race religious beliefs etc ahhhhhh I long for those days Ty so much for this beautiful walk down memory lane God bless you for the work and time you put into this and the love and dedication and yes I loved the music perfect !!!!! Cheryl Smith

[@michaelferreri1256]

Technically I was born on the East Side. But we moved to the West Side while I was still in diapers. So my beloved memories are all early 60s-70s West Side. I can relate to every wonderful thing you pointed out in your comments. When people had dignity and didn't show up downtown wearing their pajamas and shocking pink hair. Oh and the ethnic foods! I was never aware of anyone's origin. Who cared? Yes, growing up in Youngstown truly was special and I have a lifetime of fond recollections.

[@revalees]

We left Youngstown over 20 years ago and my youngest Daughter wasn't even born yet. Thanks to videos like this my children see where I am from and what I was able to grow up around. Thank you for making and sharing this.

[@thespeedster7700]

💯

[@unclefester6033]

in the late 60's early 70's Uptown area was still alive, I worked @ Idora in the mid 70's still safe!

[@snagy6777]

Youngstown is nothing but a ghost town now Everyone left or moved to Boardman.

[@christineperez7562]

Youngstown is coming back Jim Tressle and the Mayor of Youngstown are doing a wonderful job. You will not recognize YSU.

[@christineperez7562]

@@snagy6777 Downtown looks amazing right now.

[@christinanapier878]

Wonderful look back in time , I enjoyed the music as well , Well done Nape1962 .

[@normandocaban1817]

Grew up there , left in 1977 and remember going to down town in the late 50’s and 60’s during the Christmas Season, mesmerized by the department stores displays , my dad taking my brother and I to Mill Creek Park and getting sky scraper ice cream cones, Idora Park . Good days, sad to see what it has become.

[@trh55]

I left the same year and have the same memories from the fifties and sixties. As a small child I can remember looking out from the back seat at a bright orange Mahoning River over Market Street. (but everyone had a good job)

[@druwoodland7471]

I left the same year for university in OK. After that I went to CA where I still am. My sister and I often talk about Youngstown. So many good memories and school friends. Have gone back to a funeral in Akron. Family is all dead or moved away. Sad!

[@crystallove9721]

It was really refreshing seeing Youngstown being talked about/seen in such a positive light

[@Espiel78]

Beautiful, poignant and very well produced. Thanks for sharing this and your other videos of our old hometown, Nape!

[@unmarkedmayhem]

Nice work @Nape1962 I love history, Ytown was such a beautiful city from the 20's through around the late 60's. Then the mills started shutting down just downhill from there. Hopefully one day Ytown will thrive like it once did!

[@washingtonpamela76]

Youngstown ohio was beautiful back then thank you for sharing the photos, Youngstown will never be the same so sad the community torn all apart it's down to nothing.

[@r.pres.4121]

Youngstown is just like my native Niagara Falls NY, declining, deteriorating, and pretty much torn apart.

[@gameconsumer2517]

Well with that attitude you’ll never see the good in anything. GOD BLESS THE YO

[@christineperez7562]

When was the last time you were in Downtown Youngstown? Check it out and you will see major improvement and it looks wonderful. The mayor and Jim Tressle did a great job.

[@robertcampbell8027]

Nape. So very nicely done, sir. Wonderful collection of old photos and the accompanying music was an excellent choice. It had to be quite an undertaking to get some of the current photos to compare the past and present for each one. Thank you for your considerable efforts. Brought back a lot of memories and I also saw several photos I’d never seen before. I noted the nice pics of your beloved South High.

[@Nape1962]

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[@wendycampbell5099]

Thank you! Historical, sad, renovating, memories, joy and it all brings tears to my eyes. Love Youngstown! The great city Y-town!

[@marieboyle6183]

Born and raised there, I miss it so..thank you sir for this video..

[@wendycampbell5099]

Thank you for the video. We should all move back and restore Youngstown...a great place to live...I miss it terribly!

[@bonniebluebell5940]

God Bless You for taking the time to make such a poignantly nostalgic video. Love the historical photographs and music. Girard was such a thriving place at one time...so Americana. So much has changed and not for the better these days. Our close-knit communities are gone. My daughter has married someone who is originally from there but his family pulled up stakes and moved out West quite a few years ago. I happen to know that even though they have moved on, they are still very proud of their roots which go all the way back to "The Mayflower". They still seem very connected to their home town in particular.

[@lowellvillerailfanproductions]

I live about 30 minutes away from this city in a tiny village called Lowellville. Its nice to see how much has really changed over the year and yet very sad. I am 19 years old and i havent cry since i was 8 when my dog died but the music and the history made me shed a tear. Always respect the history where you live as it is not only your citys history but its also your history. Every day we breathe everyday we walk we talk no matter what we do we always make history. We respect our heritage and one day we become a part of that heritage. I thank you for making this video as it is truly special

[@legocat0306]

Lowellville is 20 mins to Youngstown maybe 15 lmao

[@lowellvillerailfanproductions]

@@legocat0306 depends on the route you take

[@wendycampbell5099]

Well said! I cried too!

[@danielstamp3301]

I took a video production class at YSU in the early 90s. I distinctly remember the professor saying to the effect, "nothing will kill a good video than bad audio" but man oh man. The music in this clip makes this good video great and soooo much better and heartfelt. Well done sir! Well done indeed.

[@Nape1962]

AS CITIZENS OF ANY COMMUNITY WE MUST REMEMBER THAT A CITY OR TOWN IS MUCH MORE THAN IT'S GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OR POPULATION , IT'S MADE UP OF PEOPLE , FAMILIES , MEMORIES AND HOPEFULLY GOOD EXPERIENCES , HOME WHEREVER THAT MAY BE IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS .

[@danielgbgibson]

GOOD CALL BROTHER GOTTA KEEP IT ON THE REAL

[@stephengerish6978]

I will forever call Youngstown home. No matter what it takes, I WILL buy an old mansion near mill creek park.

[@dannyh8288]

Why are you shouting?

[@grandmasfavorites]

Nice video. I moved to Yo in 2005 and have seen many improvements.

[@legocat0306]

Yes definitely but the south side needs to be rebuilt. It’s horrible. Not a good look when you’re driving down the Youngstown part of Market and there’s absolutely no businesses just abandoned buildings and lots. It’s fucking sad especially the old movie theater next to the old GE building.

[@allanyoung8231]

@@legocat0306 - The G.E. Lamp Plant was torn down a while back. When a city goes from a population of ~175,000 at its peak in the 1930's, to ~55,000 people living in the city today - there is GONNA be lots of empty housing stock, etc because there are no longer enough people to PUT into all the vacant properties. The city has really caught up with demolitions the last several years... but without sufficient population to SUPPORT new businesses along Market Street (South Side) how would you propose to PAY for "Rebuilding the South Side" ? Best the city can do is to continue removing un-needed homes and buildings and SHRINK the city back to a built environment that matches the CURRENT population and TAX BASE that must pay to maintain said infrastructure.

[@michelleg4346]

💗☮✝💗 lovely music. Fascinating, thank you. 💗☮✝💗

[@jeffreyknight3884]

My mother was born in youngstown, Ohio in 1916... Lived on harmony St. It's no longer there... 680 highway took the land. Great to see the then and now photos. Very nicely done with the beautiful violin music.

[@quiltr141]

Wonderful video

[@josephpeluchette191]

Grew up there moved away for college went back after bought a home tried to have a family and succeed 10 years watching my city home families around town rust into ground as a young man I rode the jackrabbit still have that popcorn box and danced in the ballroom went shopping downtown had a coke and a hot dog at hills on McCartney rd two weeks ago I went home to the funeral of a friend the people of Youngstown are easily the best hard working caring people in the US but I'll never miss the feeling of doom that hangs over the city that fills everything I love my people but I'm not sorry I left nice job on video showing the best of what I hope can break free and shine once again

[@punothebear]

Very attractive and impressive older buildings. Sad to see how the city shrunk.

[@r.pres.4121]

Most older northern US cities have shrunk some have lost over half their population due to declining economy, rising crime, widespread urban decay, faltering schools, crumbling infrastructure, and crooked politicians.

[@allanyoung8231]

@@r.pres.4121 - The Rust Belt. Economic decline due to the death of the Steel industry in the midwest.

[@jimpirko5941]

Beautiful Tribute to our city!

[@mikek3951]

So sad. Grew up there. It was great then over time it started to fall apart. 35 years spent there and left and when I go back it’s more heartbreaking to me.

[@DeepDishPizza]

How is it heartbreaking? They have really built it up. Oh you mean in the surrounding with the blacks? You could have just said that.!

[@HoodRichSWERVE]

@@DeepDishPizzaughh if you say so

[@WalterHolokai]

Super nice video. I'm still here in Youngstow. I moved here when I was 15 and love it. I was an Uber driver before Covid and after my retirement. The people of this city are excellent from the poorest to the rich. I'll never leave.

[@Nape1962]

THANKS WALTER FOR VIEWING THIS VIDEO IT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE I MADE 43 OF THEM IN 2020 A RECORD FOR ME , FEEL FREE TO CHECK OUT MY FIRST ONE OF 2021 .

[@johnnybravo5081]

Im from Campbell ohio, born and raised! 1979! One love to all the yo family!

[@cynthiapickett7403]

Much unlike central Los Angeles (too many landmarks have long been replaced or renamed, thanks to earthquakes, for example); Youngstown has managed to survive with their vintage landmarks pretty intact.

[@cynthiapickett7403]

I was born in Warren (just to the north); save the small airport; barely ventured during visits.

[@r.pres.4121]

A sluggish local economy along with a lack of demand for new construction enabled Youngstown to remain an older more elegant and historic city.

[@davis7099]

A fine city in many ways with strong buildings forming its streets. There was a lot more buzz about cities in the earlier times. People walked more and did their shopping in the town centres. This pattern of empty streets without pedestrians accelerated in the LBJ days and the Mall boom ( now collapsing thankfully) during the 70s. :Lets hope city centres come back to life. People , accommodation, businesses and shopping.

[@yadediuburekyolu8481]

And less cars, probably.

[@povertyspec9651]

Humans were not made to live in dense cities! Noisy, crowded, dirty. Shopping is extremely overrated as well.

[@johntaylor996]

I Left Youngstown Ohio 40 years ago, watching this presentation brings back alot of memories, of the ytown of the old generation, I don't listen to negative criticism of ytown, those of us old enough to remember, know We all had good community and church leaders, Watching the steel mills and rubber plants close was devastating, Our city public schools were very good! EHS Alumni.

[@patcook4010]

The video is wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[@barronrh1964]

Nice work, well done. I recall how grey everything was when I was young and the steel mills and factories were cranking around the clock.

[@wendycampbell5099]

But the architecture inside and outside of the buildings were(are) awesome!

[@Susan-z8j]

Thank you for the video..really enjoyed it

[@hollyh1969]

I lived in Niles Ohio from 1989 to 2003. All my kids are Ohioian. I married a nice boy from Liberty. Great place to be from, it is the heart of America.

[@gloriamosure9184]

I'm proud to have grown up in Youngstown. Have never left!

[@johnniezimmerman6015]

Very well put together. I believe it's important not only to see where you are but where you've been and this video is excellent in putting that together. Thank you for the video.

[@janisanderson4856]

I still live in the area. All the buildings were still recognizable to me. However for the ones who have left the area it might not be so easy. Captions for the buildings would have been helpful. Thanks for showing South High School. GO WARRIORS!

[@allenhonigberg7780]

Dear South, to thee we'll ever sing...

[@billmckee-d5d]

The Rayen School 1962 grad here, great memories.

[@justinthrush8806]

You can take the person out of Youngstown but you cant take the Youngstown out of the person. Were just built different and This will always be Home.

[@janellechadrick6685]

Love videos like this! I wish someone would do Dayton, Ohio!

[@jackempson3044]

My wife went to elementary school there. Her father was an accountant for GM. She says the economy was very good there then. I'm, not from there but worked there in the seventies repairing power plants as a boilermaker. I saw it mostly from a nasty powr plant view. Other than that it seemed like a nice place. I remember seeing the steel mills.

[@JleeA314]

Very nice; you did a great job!

[@Nape1962]

Thank you very much!

[@pablotupone4190]

Ed Oneill and Boom Boom Mancini are from Youngstown

[@phuchyouh7171]

Thank you for the great upload! Just discovered your channel and subscribed.

[@oliviaturay3892]

Youngstown (#330)..My hometown that will always hold a special place in my heart ❤

[@billmckee-d5d]

I'm proud to have grown up in Youngstown. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.

[@jorgelynch2872]

Thanks for doing this. I grew up on Sherwood Ave and haven't been back in 40 years. Nice to see some familiar sights.

[@muhammadhameedahmed6619]

Looks like a pretty nice and clean city still if you ask me

[@brandon-tb6eu]

it slowly gets worse and worse when you get further from the university. burned down houses and gunshots.

[@Nape1962]

YOUNGSTOWN IS SLOWLY CHANGING , NEW EMPLOYERS AND INVESTMENTS WILL HELP IN THIS CAUSE , I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO DEVELOP A NEW MINDSET , WE CAN CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY , REAL CHANGE BEGINS WITH US .

[@r.pres.4121]

Exactly, the only way most of these older northern US cities are going to turn themselves around is to get out of the past and develop a new mindset and focus on the future. Militant NIMBYs are a major problem for most of these cities because they oppose any new ideas, concepts, and development. My native Niagara Falls NY is facing similar problems and challenges and the mindset there remains gloomy and depressing like the city can never be turned around.

[@labrador3231]

Even though I’m living in the United Kingdom, I can see and how sad and moving this film is. Will the good times ever come back ?? I sincerely hope so.

[@cherryandmax624]

Man, this is sad. Downtown was so magical at Christmas as a child.

[@triciaadams1456]

It certainly was..us kids would sell butterflies on a stick that our Mom made ..in front of Higgbee In the 60s

[@wendycampbell5099]

​@@triciaadams1456do you have a pic of the butterfly on a stick?

[@triciaadams1456]

We had so much fun at Idora Park in the 60s

[@annkosa7454]

Well done.

[@robertturosik416]

Nice video brother. Do you have any more?

[@Nape1962]

Yes I do , Please feel free to checkout my Nape1962 Channel enter Nape1962 in the search bar and enjoy

[@Cecilya20115]

Dang this got me knowing my hometown historical history.

[@thespeedster7700]

🤧💯

[@fearsomename2745]

Mob town USA and I'm proud of my hometown. Lived in several states but came back to Youngstown.

[@leonahearted2585]

Thank you for your video

[@Nape1962]

Thanks for watching!

[@jajajaja2624]

Coming from Cincinnati I missed bus went out for a drink there was no one on the streets besides me at 7pm . I dam stayed the night in the next city over . Walk there to the Greyhound bus station there some the biggest homes ever seen for one family but most of them was run down. Look at a very nice place to live at one point.

[@eddie4132]

My dad retired from sheet and tube, by the time I graduated from SOUTH HIGH in 1978, you couldn't fine a job at McDonald's, so the Marines was my next option...still have family there also one of my nephew is a State Representative...LONG LIVE YTOWN...

[@metromonthly]

Nice job!

[@Nape1962]

Thanks For The Review Of My Latest Nape1962 KZbin Presentation .

[@Abdul_Wakeel_Ghuraba]

I was in Youngstown for a good portion of my kid life. A lot of memories there. I actually don't think it was Youngstown but like a city right next to it, I think it was called Poland.

[@unclefester6033]

Poland was where the money was before Canfield

[@johntaylor996]

​@@unclefester6033 Boardman township undisputed, The Southern Park Mall, and The Boardman plaza, Mr Edward j De bartolo!

[@nordland2235]

When we were kids...my dad used to take my brothes n sisters to Idora Park....we loved it.

[@thespeedster7700]

Im from there but it’s still best place on Earth 💯

[@scortez99]

@@lisashelton4718 ?

[@stevew4421]

It mighta been great at 1 time, it's just broken and severely beaten now

[@stefanniewilson4134]

We can't be mad for how they feel about dead youngstown,if they think so shame,that music fit's youngstown..

[@JuiceBoxx_627]

@@stefanniewilson4134 don't get me wrong, I'm proud to be from Yompton 🤣 but it's not the "best" of anything 🤣

[@stefanniewilson4134]

@@JuiceBoxx_627 I still go back to the Yo I have family their,I was their last Saturday,it's nothing to ever do.

[@gailspaw5521]

Wow❤

[@imperfectxennial3008]

I’m glad I’m leaving Youngstown in the next couple of months. Been here for almost 20 years.

[@jimb6781]

The air is so clean,housing is cheap,work from home who needs a factory,very historic and people very nice.

[@rickgrozinya3680]

i left for trucking in 2020. i came back for local work in 2023, this place is a ghost town, vacant but kinda sweet

[@patriciamiller4547]

I think we need this video updated to 2023

[@MaileytheMorkie]

Thank you

[@Wa3ypx]

Anybody know what the name of the Swedish club was on Park Hill Drive by Millcreek Park? Its now owned by the AME Church

[@splitinfinitygemini9830]

Grew up in Youngstown in the 90s and early 2000s I miss it but the crime is horrendous

[@robertbritton7556]

10/24/23 I grew up in Canton Ohio and live in Vegas 🇺🇸 great place to grow up theñ

[@brendangillis2449]

The old photos are more beautiful even in black and white.

[@shealuvm]

My hometown..... I miss when it was so beautiful too bad the crack era of the 80’s and 90’s killed it. And crooked politicians

[@neilpuckett359]

No it wasn't crack that hammered Youngstown it was the loss of good middle class jobs.

[@josephliptak]

It was much better then, than it is now.

[@r.pres.4121]

The exact same could be said about my native Niagara Falls NY and most other older northern US cities.

[@monsta3038]

Roslyn drive in Youngstown was named after my mother my family is all over ohio too bad it looks like it does now .she called it goonieville 😂

[@Audii555]

Update this video

[@marioncountysirens5290]

2:41 Thunderbolt 1000T siren

[@creamcheese6662]

Still a long way to go to find it’s nich in modern times, everything left the area

[@lawrenceahart1578]

Youngstown’s Finest

[@adamlewis6532]

go guins

[@legocat0306]

Sucks my town used to look so beautiful. They tore all of those buildings just to put parking lots down. Downtown is getting better but they need to fix the south side. It’s horrible. Also had no clue Isaly’s owned that U-Haul building that I see driving on I-680 (I was born in 1999).

[@wendycampbell5099]

U+Haul bought out the Isalys building in the '70's. In the third grade our school took a tour of the Isalys plant there. It was amazing to see how ice cream was made and packaged. We all got an ice cream cone at the end of the tour. When I was 19 (I am now 65), I worked there in the office at the U-Haul building. Very upsetting to see the change but I am glad U-Haul has continued with the building for such a long time.

[@DanielHigbee-j8c]

I still live here in Youngstown. I want to love it but kind of hate it there is not alot of good paying jobs. Im a carpenter and have to drive about 1 1/2 hr or more for work every day. Just tired of it. I know there are a lot of people in the same position.

[@Melanie-nq9tv]

It is normal and okay for things to change within a lifetime. Enjoy the memories but Jesus said don't live in the past or future live in the present.

[@deadcorpert619]

Idk how anyone could look at this and not think cars are the problem

[@r.pres.4121]

Over dependence on the automobile is the problem along with racism, and our wasteful throwaway society. Our biggest mistakes made in the 50s by encouraging suburban sprawl and building interstate highways help bring down the older northern US cities. Devastating urban renewal in the hearts of these cities just made them more unattractive and uninviting.

[@deadcorpert619]

@@r.pres.4121 well said :)

[@povertyspec9651]

@@r.pres.4121 Interstate highways are the lifeblood of the US economy.

[@aurorialgaming1935]

I was born here. I might not be old enough to remember its golden age, but I'm still proud to live nearby.

[@jetfan9586]

GUNGA

[@DatHoodCook]

You showed my South High!!! Go Warriors!!!

[@lblough9881]

Nice job!