SitemapAn effort was made Wednesday to
preserve Youngstown’s Lansingville neighborhood — which is on the south side
near Pemberton Park.
A house that was once blight has been renovated and made
livable again. The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation showed
off the house on Ivanhoe Avenue. Most recently, drug users and squatters used the house. Now
it has been fixed up and sold. The couple — who have lived next door for 59
years — are thrilled. "They’ve really done a beautiful job and we’re really happy
with all they’ve done,” said neighbor Gertie Gross. People living in the newer part of the neighborhood refer to
it as Lansingville Heights to distinguish it from older Lansingville. There’s a house on Detroit and another on Aberdeen that need
renovated. Officials with the development corporations are keeping an eye on
both of them.
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