I know Youngstown brick show up now and then, but while inspecting some acreage on the Eastside, I stumbled on a small hill of Bessemer block, Youngstown, O brick in some woods. All the brick are clean and should be reclaimed and used for a project in Youngstown. So if any of you die hard Youngstown inhabitants want to build something using Youngstown brick, let me know.
ok
I have about 500 of them, but still not enough to do anything of any size at the Tod Engine. With a few hundred more I could put in a nice walkway. So let me know and I'll come out and get them.
Maybe we can devy them up, need to talk to my associates to hear their inputs.
Are you thinking of bringing in a machine? There also are 10" cinder blocks.
ytown pride ctr can use them to complete their one garden dedicated to people who lost their lives from aids.
Iwasthere.
Sounds novel, maybe we can donate some in memory of my wife's cousin Dr. Phil Ginnetti?
the ytown pride centre accepts your generous offer.
Ron, let them have whatever they need and I'll take whatever is left. If I can get a few strong backs to help load the truck I'll deliver the blocks to the Youngstown Pride Center.
i will put out a shout out for assistance to the members. thank you ytown shrimp and rr for your help in this matter.
Thanks Iwasthere.
Rick, I don't believe many will act on this especially when most in Youngstown are foreign to manual work, not to be insulting, I am just stating a fact. So, if we hear nothing here, I'll show you the site. We will need my backhoe to pull the brick up since they sat in a pile for decades. Come to think of it, your backhoe might fit better through the woods.
OK I'll hold tight and see what happens.
Apparently, this hill of Youngstown block pavers, came out of an entire road on the old Sharon line. I'm beginning to have big project ideas for this block as reclaimed.
Does that mean I'm not getting any?
I'm sure there are more brick than ideas or willpower.
Rick,
Seems like you and I will be the only ones using Bessemer block, no takers here or in all of Youngstown.
I'm going to haul these antiques to Poland and use them for sidewalks, just like I hauled all those stone in the middle of Poland from Youngstown.
Ron, there would be plenty of takers if we would load the bricks up, clean them, move them to where they want them, then laid them down. And then there would be nothing but complaining about how we did not do it to their satisfaction, or that there was a rut left in their yard from the truck.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ;D ;D ;D That sounds like what the west side folks would do. ;D ;D ;D :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
So...........Iwasthere, time is running out, where's the project you mentioned requiring Youngstown Block?
ytownshrimp the ytown pc decided to take another directions with the AIDS memorial garden. we discussed it the other nite, thank you for your offer.
Okay.
I'm still very interested in enough to do a 15' x 40' area at the Tod Engine.
Rick,
Can you get your backhoe close to the new McGuffey Dollar General? I could bring the dump truck, my backhoe is on my job in Poland.
Rick,
Getting ready to move into the site , have some logging going on over there.
Don't have the backhoe any more. Figured that I wasn't using it much and that it didn't work so well on my small lot anyways. I can always get other equipment for a day or two. Give me a call when you plan to be on site and I'll stop by to take a look. Thanks
Ron, are the Bessemer bricks still available? If i could fill my pickup with about three loads I think I'll have enough for what I need to do, which is to lay a brick floor inside the Tod Engine building around the engine.
How would you load them? The mounds of these bricks,are overgrown with saplings interspersed with fill. We would need to loosen them up. I do need to pull up a lot of them for my brick patio too. Let's work on them together.
I have no problem digging through the piles and pulling out what I need, but if you want to get out a bunch as well we will need something to dig with. Let me first take a look at the location and then figure out what equipment we will need. I'll bring in a bobcat for a day if there is nothing else available.
Getting Yellow creek theatre ready for July, how about middle of July?
OK works for me. I'm not in a hurry but would like to strike while they are available.
Are any still available? Would love some for a project downtown. Thanks! You can text or call me 330.509.one-four-four-three.
Rick,
Excellent idea with the red paving bricks....I think the old brick streets were much nicer looking
than modern concrete or blacktop - and it will add yet anotherpiece of history to the museum.
Amazing how DURABLE the old brick pavement was.....lots of streets in the city still have the
bricks, a few layers under the asphalt. I can only imagine the amount of back-breaking labor
involved in laying down all that brick, back in the day. Must have been VERY time consuming as
well.
Nicholas,
YSU is demolishing the old Rayen building at the corner of W. Rayen and Elm Street. I drove past today. There are loads of pavers that were part of the brick exterior. Most of the pavers did not even have mortar on them.
Sounds like we have three projects now. We need to organize a small excavator to load the pavers.
Speaking of projects has there been any new developments at Buckeye Park?
For the new folks that may not know what I'm referring to.
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Ron just give the word and we can get started on harvesting the pavers.
TT, A business person purchased the corner lot and store and has secured permits to develop the property as a restaurant. The other parcels are owned by my associates with a wait and see position on what happens to the corner store.
Rick, We should meet and look at the target so we have a better understanding on the removal. I take it, that you have a mini excavator lined up?
Quote from: jay on July 19, 2014, 04:39:55 PM
Nicholas,
YSU is demolishing the old Rayen building at the corner of W. Rayen and Elm Street. I drove past today. There are loads of pavers that were part of the brick exterior. Most of the pavers did not even have mortar on them.
Sad that the building had to be torn down... my mother and I ran the upper two floors (apartments converted into sleeping rooms
only) as "The Rayen Dorm" in the late 1970's... Tony's and Pogo's Pub were two bars located on the first floor at that time... I
remember that I never got to sleep before 3 a.m. because of the music from downstairs.
I was 15 years old at the time....
Quote from: jay on July 19, 2014, 04:39:55 PM
Nicholas,
YSU is demolishing the old Rayen building at the corner of W. Rayen and Elm Street. I drove past today. There are loads of pavers that were part of the brick exterior. Most of the pavers did not even have mortar on them.
Thanks for the tip. Checked it out today and did not see any "Bessemer Blocks".
Ron, I'll be around on Wednesday, Friday and over the weekend. Give me a call. My buddy who now owns my old backhoe should be able to drive over to the lot and dig out the brick for us.
Rick, Just got my differencial on dup truck back from Margala. As soon as the trk is finished next week, will be in position to haul brick.
Nick, what kind of project do you have and how much brick do you need?