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City in Ohio, United States
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Youngstown is a city of 60,000 people (2020) in Northeast Ohio and is the county seat of Mahoning County. For Youngstown, it was all about coal and steel, until deindustrialization occurred in the second half of the 20th century.
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Museum chronicling the rise and fall of steel in Youngstown.
Former home of The Youngstown Symphony, it now serves as a more general event venue.
YSU
A university that is known for its musical talents, hosting one of the oldest non conservatory music schools in the US. Most of the students here are commuters. The campus is generally safer than the rest of the city, and is a good place to dip into if you feel unsafe.
First museum of American Art.
Contemporary art museum for Youngstown State University, it features both student/faculty works and traveling shows.
Mahoning Valley Historical Society
Home of the Phantoms and site of many major concerts.
Built in 1931 by the Warner Brothers. Home to The Youngstown Symphony.
America's Oldest ongoing community theater
The Oakland
The Oakland Center for the Arts (or the Oakland, as it is usually called) is an interdisciplinary arts center based in Youngstown, Ohio. The center was established in 1986 by Youngstown native Alexandra Vansuch and a group of local performers and civic-minded individuals, as a community venue for theater, film, music, literature, dance, and the visual arts.[1] The center specializes in performing locally written plays, as well as offbeat, obscure plays and musicals such as Bat Boy: The Musical, Baby, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Assassins. Their award-winning work has gained them local and regional acclaim. Reopened in 2016 for a new start with Kids First Theatre Initiative, a premier children's theatre company in Youngstown, and have 6-7 productions per year since reopening.
Minor A League Baseball
USHL
College Division NCAA I-AA: Gateway Football Conference
Located in the heart of Youngstown, OH. Mill Creek Park encompasses approximately 2,600 acres, 20 miles of drives, and 15 miles of foot trails, and a rare collection of gardens, streams, lakes, woodlands, meadows and wildlife for all to enjoy. Visitors will find a wide range of recreational opportunities such as hiking, biking, picnicking, boating, Par-3, or championship golf, tennis, sand volleyball and more. Many of the facilities can be found at the James L. Wick, Jr. Recreation Area. Universally accessible trails, fishing pier, playground and picnic areas are located throughout the Park. Cabins and pavilions for group events are available for rental year-round. Mill Creek Park is the largest metropolitan park in the country, more than three times larger than Central Park in New York City!
Has an outdoor theater and trails.
Downtown pizzeria
Ice cream chain based out of Youngstown
Steakhouse
Great beer selection. Located next to B & O Station
Tons of beer selections. Houses the Spacekat BBQ.
Boardman
By car
Youngstown is served by the following interstate highways:
By bus
There is also a taxi station next door to the Greyhound / WRTA station in West Federal Street.
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