Description
The author, Sean T. Posey, writes about the history of Youngstown, Ohio. The city was once a thriving metropolis due to its steel mills. However, in 1977, the mills closed, causing a lot of economic and social problems for the city. Today, most of the buildings in the city have been demolished, and the only remnants of the city are its ruins and abandoned neighborhoods.
The massive steel mills of Youngstown once fueled the economic boom of the Mahoning Valley. Movie patrons took in the latest flick at the ornate Paramount Theater, and mob bosses dressed to the nines for supper at the Colonial House. In 1977, the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company announced the closure of its steelworks in a nearby city. The fallout of the ensuing mill shutdowns erased many of the citys beloved landmarks and neighborhoods. Students hurrying across a crowded campus tread on the foundations of the Elms Ballroom, where Duke Ellington once brought down the house. On the lower eastside, only broken buildings and the long-silent stacks of Republic Rubber remain. Urban explorer and historian Sean T. Posey navigates a disappearing cityscape to reveal a lost era of Youngstown.
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