City's Xmas Gift

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It is being submitted to the Mahoning Valley Historical Society.

[Peggy Gurney]

This good suggestion needs to be made to either the Mayor or the historical society (I think?).

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Rick makes a good point. This 10 acres does have historic value, and I would suggest that it be officially named The Tod/United Plaza, and a historic marker be placed at it's Phelps Street entrance. Regardless of what use it eventually goes to, we must never forget the role it played in history.

[Rick Rowlands]

How about we treat it with respect as the hallowed ground that it is.  That piece of property made the machines that built America's steel industry, and by extension many of the great strides we as a country made over the last 150 years all began as raw iron and steel on this small piece of land. 

The engines that drove the mills that rolled the beams in the Golden Gate Bridge originated here.
The gears that open the gates of the panama canal were machined here.
One of the two forging presses that make all of the landing gear for our military jets was made here.
It is more than likely the steel in your American made car was rolled on hot strip mills made here.
Parts of the first Ferris Wheel were made here.

And it is all completely forgotten.   

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The area in better days

[Peggy Gurney]

There ya go. Fantastic idea Jay.

But we all know, that will never happen.

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Great idea Jay.  

[jay]

How about using the land to make living quarters for the homeless?  Ten acres could accommodate all of the people living in the existing tent cities.

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 Free 10 acres

http://www.vindy.com/news/2014/dec/25/youngstown-receives-gift-riverfront-prop/

What say you as to how the city should use this land? I say that it should be turned into a 10 acre FREE PARKING LOT, or a PARK where the Anti-Frackers can protest to their heart content ... or a free zone where the environmentalists can put up a windmill to power a big protest sign saying ... BAN XMAS TREES or where Susie and her group can gather to bemoan the state of affairs ... or ... how about a park named THE GILLAM MEMORIAL PARK?

To one and all ... XMAS BAH HUMBUG!