Demolition projects underway to open up delightful new views of yonder art deco skyscraper.

Here was another of the U.S.'s numerous 1929 art deco skyscrapers. "In the U.S., why, it seems like we've got more 1929 art deco skyscrapers than we've got 1928 and 1930 art deco skyscrapers combined," I have occasionally felt tempted to assert.

 

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In downtown Youngstown, Ohio, on June 22nd, 2014, on Market Court east of South Hazel Street.

 

The First National Bank Building, formerly the Metropolitan Tower or Metropolitan National Bank Building, formerly the Metropolitan Savings Bank Building, formerly the Metropolitan Savings and Loan Building, formerly the Central Tower Building or Central Savings and Loan Building, is the tallest building in Youngstown, completed in 1929, 80003146 on the National Register of Historic Places.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Mahoning (county) (1002627)

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• 1920s architecture (Q7160080)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Art deco (Architecture) (sh85007995)

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