tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post899066498350845865..comments2024-02-20T10:34:28.922-05:00Comments on <center>Ambridge Memories</center>: Merchant Street: 800 block, circa 1948 - 1955. Plus the WRYO mysteryNancy Bohinsky Knisley, AHS '67http://www.blogger.com/profile/11605598125276458027noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-46598989441247333872019-10-20T16:43:41.114-04:002019-10-20T16:43:41.114-04:00Does anyone have pictures of the building at 815 M...Does anyone have pictures of the building at 815 Merchant St. I have been working on renovating it over the last year.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12518089550668766318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-57649780963291745462016-02-18T12:43:25.256-05:002016-02-18T12:43:25.256-05:00The owners of what radio station bought 761 Mercha...The owners of <i>what</i> radio station bought 761 Merchant Street in 1945? According to all the information I have, WRYO didn't exist until 1949.<br /><br />There's no porch on the Gift Basket building, 811 Merchant St. What building are you referring to? The one with all the ads on the end of the 700 block?Nancy Bohinsky Knisley, AHS '67https://www.blogger.com/profile/11605598125276458027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-9752243265434046162016-02-17T18:55:54.754-05:002016-02-17T18:55:54.754-05:00The owners of the radio station bought 761 Merchan...The owners of the radio station bought 761 Merchant Street from my grandmother in 1945. We lived in the rear building and were evicted. If you look through the upstairs porch of the Gift Basket building you can see our former home. The new owners were not very nice people. They forced us to move into our uncompleted new house with no heat, water, or plumbing.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660485178072244165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-26142543210239388822016-02-17T06:54:20.399-05:002016-02-17T06:54:20.399-05:00See the 1949 WRYO ads above listing an Ambridge st...See the 1949 WRYO ads above listing an Ambridge studio.Nancy Bohinsky Knisley, AHS '67https://www.blogger.com/profile/11605598125276458027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-12199816965732098432015-07-04T23:31:04.127-04:002015-07-04T23:31:04.127-04:00jd aka domansky
the mihalik twins were the mihale...jd aka domansky<br /><br />the mihalik twins were the mihaleow twins grad 1950 AHS, I was buddies w/3 sets of boy twins in ambridge.<br /><br />the 6g ss welder means stainless steel, & 6 positions, thats like making hot steel stick to a ceiling, it can be done, always thought of weldind as an art, smoky at times but good to look at when it was done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-81650184068551771802015-04-15T21:31:53.846-04:002015-04-15T21:31:53.846-04:00jd aka john domansky
above note was written by me...jd aka john domansky<br /><br />above note was written by me. our family lived in this big building for a few years, in back 1st floor was a cold water flat, w/a backyard on an alley behind ambridge hotel, behind us was a dr. office in a home, name ??? have some pics of family in 1930s early 40. across alley towards 7th st was a shoe maker shop an italian family, near that balcony you talk about lived the mihalik family, twin boys i went to ahs with grad in 1950, look in yearbook. across that building was a flrist w/a flying shoe logo ftd i think, next door towards 9th was a tavern, a restaurant down or up more, other side was a heating air store that had journeymen plumbers that taught me a lot, towards my fitter welder & mechanic career. ended up a 6G welder SS pipe. bowling alley further down (up) my 1st job w/a soc card 12 yrs old. I had contact w/walt wacht for many years until 2015 & we emailed & talked many times, a great guy & jet pilot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-61643074681953627252015-03-14T10:13:59.164-04:002015-03-14T10:13:59.164-04:00bus should be ambridge area bus, other bus line w...bus should be ambridge area bus, other bus line was aliquippa to pittsburgh, came from aliquippa on 11th up to duss then to 8th & down to merchant on east to pitt. cost 15c to go to osborne from ambridge, mom worked osborne many years. i caddied at country club 4 yrs or so & caddied in a lpga womens tournament 1954, then left for chicago area. i lived next to the ambridge hotel 1930s late. had many friends 7 family brecks, otrahalics durbins etc, anyone know me or family??????????????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-53673164814062790792015-03-14T10:05:53.276-04:002015-03-14T10:05:53.276-04:00lived at 293 14th no radio sta. there from 1940 th...lived at 293 14th no radio sta. there from 1940 thru 1954Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-3890791505079929162014-09-18T23:24:42.563-04:002014-09-18T23:24:42.563-04:00From "A History of Rochester in Words and Pic...From "A History of Rochester in Words and Pictures, 1849-1999" ; <br /><br />RADIO. STATION. W.R.Y.O.. 1949. Rochester, for a time, had a Radio Station. It began in 1949, with its transmitter tower located at Cleveland Avenue, North Rochester. It also maintained studios in Ambridge and Aliquippa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-19684021930768000652014-05-06T22:42:17.401-04:002014-05-06T22:42:17.401-04:00No, WRYO was not the forerunner of WMBA which bega...No, WRYO was not the forerunner of WMBA which began broadcasting in 1957. WRYO stopped broadcasting in 1955 and became WBUT. <br /><br />WMBA started at 309 Duss Avenue above the tire store. While I don't remember it being anywhere else before I moved away, online information about the station says it was at 291 Fourteenth Street before it moved to 761 Merchant.<br /><br />So the WRYO mystery continues.Nancy Bohinsky Knisley, AHS '67https://www.blogger.com/profile/11605598125276458027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7386243187863820022.post-78206682649243239292014-05-06T18:13:53.351-04:002014-05-06T18:13:53.351-04:00Maybe WRYO was the forerunner of WMBA Radio, which...Maybe WRYO was the forerunner of WMBA Radio, which was also located in one of the buildings on Merchant Street. Can't remember exactly if it was the corner of Merchant and 7th or Merchant & 8th.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com