Posts Tagged ‘CIC’

Ampco: no more parking needed downtown

John P. Coyne is vice president of business development for Ampco System Parking and owner of Coyne Investments Ltd. In a November article detailing the conversion of three downtown buildings to forty-one parking spaces, Coyne referred to himself as “almost a one-person wrecking ball.” Given...

December 24th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

Save the West End Artists and Tenants poster

I was very amused to find this poster by Shawn Kriech yesterday. I think Deb Weaver can probably provide more details about the campaign. What I understand is there were artists living in some of the buildings in downtown Youngstown as late as the 90s (right? I’m fuzzy on the dates) and they were...

April 3rd, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

25 Reasons Why Historic Buildings Should Not Be Demolished

I have been looking through some old papers with friends today, and we ran across a paper titled “25 Reasons Why The McKelvey/Higbee Complex (Six Historic Buildings) Should Not Be Demolished.” As I read through the list and considered the historic buildings that continue to be demolished...

February 1st, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

Logic and the CIC

Here’s what I don’t understand… The CIC “doesn’t want to demolish” the facade of the historic Kress building. Wouldn’t the best way to preserve the facade be to maintain the building? Yet, “A roof replacement has been needed for years, but CIC officials...