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Then and Now: Third St. Looking Towards Ludlow

December 2, 2020 By Andrew Walsh 1 Comment

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This post is a follow-up on our latest article which covered the history of Dayton's City Hall. We wrote that the current city hall building was formerly used as a YMCA before that organization moved to a new location in 1929. In 1940, the city of Dayton took it over for … [Read more...] about Then and Now: Third St. Looking Towards Ludlow

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Adkins' Coffee Pot, Callahan Building, City Hall, YMCA

Downtown Dayton’s YMCA Buildings: History and What’s Left

November 27, 2018 By Andrew Walsh 3 Comments

Today you can go for a workout at the downtown Dayton YMCA, a building which has stood since 1929. But this was far from the first place in Dayton that the YMCA called home, as it previously occupied four other locations, some of which still survive today while others have … [Read more...] about Downtown Dayton’s YMCA Buildings: History and What’s Left

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: City Hall, David Sinclair, Downtown Dayton, McCormack Baron Salazar, Robert Steele, Sinclair College, The Landing, YMCA

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