#idora park

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The windmill in Oakland - originally part of an amusement park (Idora Park), then later a record store. Now, it’s just a semi-famous landmark.

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Spring Polka Festival and Guy Lombardo at Idora Park

Youngstown Vindicator - Apr 30, 1976

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Idora Park Wildcat, 1930 - 1984, PTC

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National Merry-Go-Round Day brings us to the Brooklyn waterfront, home of Jane’s Carousel, a merry-go-round that’s been delighting riders for nearly a century. Its story starts in 1922, an era of speakeasies and flappers and a booming time in carousel history, when the rides were a symbol of a community’s prosperity. Jane’s Carousel was built in Idora Park in Youngstown, Ohio, a steel city. Like many carousels produced in that time, the ride eventually fell into disrepair. It was damaged in a fire and Idora Park closed to the public in 1984. That’s when New York couple Jane and David Walentas bought it for $385,000 at auction and shipped the carousel to Brooklyn for a waterfront restoration project. The carousel was painstakingly restored over a period of 27 years—a project overseen by Jane herself. It’s now housed in a glass ‘jewel box’ pavilion designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Jean Nouvel at Brooklyn Bridge Park. The cost of the entire project totaled $15 million—a testament to the love that Americans have for these nostalgic rides. (via Major Mike | Jane’s Carousel delights)

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The History of Idora Park (1899—1984)

Article by Rick Shale , Mahoning Valley Historical Society

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Growing Up in Working Class Youngstown -- Fireworks

Growing Up in Working Class Youngstown — Fireworks

By Fieldington at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28678368

Last night was our big fireworks display in Columbus–Red, White and Boom. We enjoyed it in the comfort of our living room but hundreds of thousands made their way to downtown Columbus for a half hour or less of ear-drum shattering pyrotechnics.

Remember fireworks growing up in Youngstown?…

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Growing Up in Working Class Youngstown--Buses

Growing Up in Working Class Youngstown–Buses

By AEMoreirao42281 (Own Work) via Wikimedia Commons

Remember when buses looked something like this? My first memory of riding a city bus in Youngstown was when I was staying with grandparents on the South Side and my grandmother took me downtown shopping. Later on, in my sophomore year in high school I started working at McKelvey’s. They were open late on Mondays and Thursdays and so I caught a…

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