What Could Be - The Salvation Army Building

[yfdgricker]

How about the old Southside Hospital (Oak Hill Renissance Place).

Let's hope that if the agencies there are forced to vacate the building, the same fate that happened to the Salvation Army building doesn't happen to Oak Hill Renissance. Some of those rooms overlooking Downtown would have some beautiful views of the city!

[jay]

The Former Ward Bakery building, located on Mahoning Avenue about a half mile west of the Salvation Army building, is also constructed of reinforced concrete.   The Ward building is an example of how an old building can have multiple uses.  Various tenants occupy the space inside.  Occupants include a furniture manufacturer, a mail sorting company, a recording studio, and many art studios such as the Artists of Mahoning Commons. 

The Ward Bakery building is pictured below.

[ytowner]

It's gone whether you all like it or not. WRTA has the land and will expand its operations!

[Mary Krupa]

Money is secondary. If you read the literature or go to seminars about rehabbing buildings you see that it is done often and mainly because someone had the will and attitude to see it through. They found the money somehow. Rehabbing is often cheaper than building new. It can and has been done.

This area suffers from an attitude of tear it down and cut it down. Tear down the old one of a kind buildings and put up ugly poorly-made boxes. Then put them in a see of concrete and asphalt with a couple of out of scale ornamental trees and shrubs that do nothing to alleviate the sheer hideousness of it all.

Butcher the tops of our trees off, that's okay, too. I can't even look at these poor trees without getting depressed.

[Anonymouse]

Didn't WRTA already buy the building to demolish it and expand their operations?

[ytowner]

Folks.. First off it will never happen since its going to be demolished but nevertheless who do you actually think is going to come forward with that kind of money to redo it next to a railroad?

Looks nice but like always it BOILS DOWN TO MONEY.
Our area doesn't have a bulk of money, with that being said its a dream we will never see.

I am so excited that building is being torn down. Couldn't take it anymore.. Makes the Mahoning Commons UGLY.

[Allison]

This could definitely fit into the Youngstown 2010 plan if the "powers" really had a vision.

A renovated building like that would be absolutely beautiful and it would show that we really are serious about improving our community.

[jay]

This is a photo of the Salvation Army Building taken in February of 2004 shortly after the theft of the windows started.  The building still looked good at that time.

WHAT COULD BE!

This architect's sketch of a redevelopment project in Kentucky shows what will be done to a similar warehouse building with the use of some creativity.

The redevelopment of the Youngstown Salvation Army Building could be a shining example of what a city on the rebound could do.  Many warehouse buildings in the Flats of Cleveland have been converted into apartments.  Getting more people to live in downtown Youngstown has been one of the goals of Youngstown 2010.  We must not miss this opportunity