tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post3880020058012145563..comments2024-02-20T10:34:28.922-05:00Comments on <center>Ambridge Memories</center>: Fourth Ward and the Economy schoolsNancy Bohinsky Knisley, AHS '67http://www.blogger.com/profile/11605598125276458027noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-75235954151882631012015-05-01T16:25:42.820-04:002015-05-01T16:25:42.820-04:00jd aka john domansky
oops, misread what you said ...jd aka john domansky<br /><br />oops, misread what you said about living on the 16th st side, gotcha now, your GPs faced the school from across the st. i was thinking 15th st.i bet they watched a lot of basketball games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-35627411885972266242015-04-17T17:16:00.790-04:002015-04-17T17:16:00.790-04:00hi bill,
jd aka john domansky
which side did yo...hi bill, <br />jd aka john domansky<br />which side did your GPs live on? merchant side or church st side, i am betting it was merchant side, what yrs did you play there?? my time was 1940 thru 1954, a full court basketball was there along the large swing set, & a seesaw. the swings were large & could fly high, then let go (standing on seat & jump off, tough landing on cement tho. only for the bravest to do. a large round sandbox near front, & i recall a fire escape going up to the 3rd floor?? 15th st side. there were picnic style benches near fence & was a nite time girl & boy spot. 1950s. spent many days shooting BBs, nick name was gunner. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-18625440163489896172015-03-04T12:11:10.203-05:002015-03-04T12:11:10.203-05:00My grandparents house bordered the playground on 1...My grandparents house bordered the playground on 16th street. Spent many summers playing there. Sad to see it destroyed for a visitor center that in no way looks like it belongs in old economy Gusindianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150541232501575229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-88684713789277794382014-11-24T19:43:07.530-05:002014-11-24T19:43:07.530-05:00Howdy, Friends. Having gone to the old Ambridge H...Howdy, Friends. Having gone to the old Ambridge High School, graduating in 1969, my memories are of football games, Police Station Pizza which you have to try if you get there, Pirate games, Steelers at old Pitt Stadium, etc. My childhood in the country was idyllic. The Ohio Valley had become a rust belt with the demise of the steel industry. Now it has made a comeback with the specialty steel fabricators who supply stamped sheet steel for the auto industry. Many of the communities are vibrant. You have to experience the ethnic identities extant from Polish Hill to Bloomfield, where many Italian immigrants settled. The 'Burgh is alive and well. Many folks live in Ambridge and commute 30 minutes to Pittsburgh. Still a good place to live. It is nothing like a big city, but close enough to many fine cultural and dining experiences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-25748604626276258662014-11-24T14:51:56.260-05:002014-11-24T14:51:56.260-05:00Interesting read. I've got a family connectio...Interesting read. I've got a family connection to the 'Blaine House' in that my grandparents purchased that property in 1949 and it remained in family hands until my aunt sold it in 2006. Certainly, I was aware that the building was part of the harmonist settlement, but had never heard that it had been moved from the other end of town.<br /><br />Christiana Knoedler, I knew as the elderly church organist at St. Johns, and somehow was aware that she had some connection to the Harmonist, but given 3 generations of separation never had a conversation with her.<br /><br />As it happens I was in the the Old Economy center just yesterday. Probably toured old economy village several times as a child, but never developed an appreciation for its history until recently. Thank you for all the work you do in preserving Ambridge history.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269743307175550695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-48300236152246390222014-11-23T20:10:30.336-05:002014-11-23T20:10:30.336-05:00Your blog entries make me wish I had grown up in A...Your blog entries make me wish I had grown up in Ambridge, although I know the Ambridge you grew up in is just as gone as the one above is.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340900443082805736noreply@blogger.com