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dugdogmaster
Aug 27, 2008, 2:32 AM
Main Street

This used to be the old Police and Fire Stations, it is now a floral shop. It still has the hay lofts for the old horse drawn fire engines, brass pole and many pieces of antique police and fire equipment

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I had to put a pause to photographing for a while on one of my days of shooting to help extinguish a small kitchen fire, literally outside our station doors, these were taken after the fire was out, obviously:rolleyes:

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My home away from home


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Almost there...ooh

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I don't know what this building used to be, but it is now a Verizon switching center

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West Side Baptist

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My Uncle's barber shop

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"Augie The Barber's" home. It's a Dago thing;)

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Back to Main, Steeler Country:tup:

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I'm getting better at this night time photography thing, now if I just had a better camera:yes:

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Bluff, High, Prospect

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Don't care for the teams, but like the house

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Pear Tree in someone's front yard on Prospect St.

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The hills, 1st through 6th, Ridge, Pierce, Walnut

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Old Junior High, it is now mixed use apartments and gym

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Can anyone guess which home is my Aunt's?:haha:

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Saint Bartholemew's

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My friend Jim's home on the right

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First Presbyterian

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Very good food here, and I'm not just saying that cause it's owned and operated by a fellow firefighter:D

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Evergrey
Aug 27, 2008, 3:05 AM
I love how Western Pennsylvanians have so much pride in the Pittsburgh skyline... it's such a definitive symbol for the region...
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this is an awesome pic... looks like a very family-friendly community!
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this is disturbing
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the Redneck and Fatboy signs are hilarious

it's amazing how hilly Metro Shenango is... and then it gets dramatically flatter once you cross the Ohio line towards Brookfield/Hubbard/Girard/Y-town

nice gritty look at a special place ;)
dugdogmaster
Aug 27, 2008, 3:26 AM
I love how Western Pennsylvanians have so much pride in the Pittsburgh skyline... it's such a definitive symbol for the region...

I couldn't agree more

this is an awesome pic... looks like a very family-friendly community!

It is, there's always people out walking, jogging and riding their bikes


this is disturbing

Indeed, but then again this is just about the halfway point between Pittsburgh and Cleveland.


the Redneck and Fatboy signs are hilarious

it's amazing how hilly Metro Shenango is... and then it gets dramatically flatter once you cross the Ohio line towards Brookfield/Hubbard/Girard/Y-town

nice gritty look at a special place ;)

Redneck boy and the pitbull scared me, thus the blurriness, as I snapped it as I was still walking:haha: I know Fatboy, the sign is actually cause he has 4 Harley Davidson motorcycles, and he's actually pretty skinny:haha:

The geography of this area does dramatically change in just a very short drive to the west, or even just to the north a bit as well. And thanks:cheers:
JackStraw
Aug 27, 2008, 11:52 AM
Great thread and excellent photos. Looks like a nice town, as I never stopped through it.
TinChelseaNYC
Aug 27, 2008, 3:05 PM
Very nice. I love PA!
dugdogmaster
Aug 28, 2008, 1:55 AM
River Side Cemetery, one of the most beautiful I've ever set foot in

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I never realized these windows were off center until I took this picture. I wonder if it was a screw up or by design?

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Engineering Firm
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Buhl Park and South End. Buhl Park is a Legacy left by F.H. Buhl, a steel magnate who was in cahoots with Carnegie, Mellon, and the bunch. Three municipalities all own a piece of Buhl Park, the Cities of Hermitage and Sharon, and the Borough of Sharpsville. And it is believed to be the home of one of two free golf courses in the world, the only in the U.S. It spans 300 acres with an 11 acre man made lake.

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Views from Kite Field Hill. It's spectacular in the Fall

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That's Ohio in the distance

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Avalon Country Club, former Sharon Country Club, inside Buhl Park

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Odds N Ends

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That's it for this little dinky town folks, thanks
Wheelingman04
Aug 28, 2008, 8:43 PM
Amazing photos. I have never been there before. Looks nice.
10101000
Aug 28, 2008, 9:04 PM
Nice
shirrrl
Sep 19, 2008, 2:15 PM
Thanks so much for this, Dugdog! Sharpsville was my father's hometown and I have only visited it a handful of times. My dad died a while back and I've been curious about his early years and the community he was brought up in. Your terrific pix have been a window into his world.
10101000
Sep 19, 2008, 2:58 PM
Awesome
denveraztec
Sep 19, 2008, 3:53 PM
Looks like a great place to grow up.
dugdogmaster
Dec 1, 2008, 9:20 PM
Thanks so much for this, Dugdog! Sharpsville was my father's hometown and I have only visited it a handful of times. My dad died a while back and I've been curious about his early years and the community he was brought up in. Your terrific pix have been a window into his world.

You're quite welcome:cheers:
dugdogmaster
Dec 1, 2008, 9:25 PM
Fatboy's garage burnt down this past Saturday night, the 29th. He lost three of his four Harley's:(

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http://www.sharon-herald.com/local/local_story_335190454.html

Heater, gasoline ignite blaze, destroying Sharpsville garage, motorcycles


By Courtney L. Anderson
Herald Staff Writer

SHARPSVILLE —

Spilled gasoline and a kerosene heater sparked a fire Saturday night that destroyed a Sharpsville garage, Fire Chief Andrew Totin said.

Firefighters were called to 58 S. Walnut St. at 9:49 p.m. by Sandy Melius, who owns and lives in the home that is about 3 feet away from the garage, Totin said.

Totin said Mrs. Melius heard oxygen tanks exploding in the garage where her husband Dan and others were working on a motorcycle.

No one reported injuries, Totin said, but the men had singed clothing.

The garage, two motorcycles — one Melius’ Harley Davidson and another he was working on — and many tools inside were destroyed by the blaze, Totin said.

“Anything imaginable you’d think would be in a garage, I think they had it,” Totin said, noting that they had welders and cutting tools.

Firefighters were able to protect the Melius’ home and put out the fire, but it melted the vinyl siding on the house and another garage next door, he said. Several windows at their home were also broken by the fire.

Totin declined to put a dollar amount on the damage, saying he leaves that to insurance adjusters.

The Meliuses are able to stay in their house, Totin said.

Hermitage and South Pymatuning Township volunteer firefighters were on standby to cover the borough while Sharpsville firefighters were at the scene, Totin said.

They left the site of the fire at about 11:40 p.m., he said.


It was great, the acetylene and oxygen tanks from the welding equipment were exploding as we were trying to extinguish the fire. Yeah, real fun stuff.
Evergrey
Dec 8, 2008, 4:38 AM
that's horrible :(
Evergrey
Dec 11, 2008, 9:42 AM
It's spelled Sharpsville, SSP administrative leadership
dugdogmaster
Dec 11, 2008, 6:35 PM
It's spelled Sharpsville, SSP administrative leadership

Ha! I just noticed that the other day as well. I don't recall seeing it misspelled when I first posted, but....I easily could have.
Evergrey
Dec 11, 2008, 6:38 PM
Ha! I just noticed that the other day as well. I don't recall seeing it misspelled when I first posted, but....I easily could have.

no, you didn't misspell it... SSP administrative leadership has devised a new strategy to rename photo threads... this is an example of why that isn't a good idea