Window installation at Stambaugh starts next week

YOUNGSTOWN —Work to install windows to the historic Stambaugh Building will begin next week.

Louis A. Frangos, co-owner of the East Federal Street building, along with top officials of his companies met in private for about 45 minutes today with city officials to discuss his plans. City officials, including Mayor Jay Williams, approved Frangos’ proposal and the time frame for completing the work.

After the meeting, Frangos said he would hire All American Window and Door, a Cleveland company, to repair windows and window sashes at Stambaugh and put them back in place.

If any of the windows are beyond repair, Plexiglas would be installed.

The work should cost about $75,000, he said.

It will start Wednesday or Thursday and take four to eight weeks to complete.

Frangos had employees from his companies — USA Parking Systems Inc. and the Frangos Group — remove windows from the Stambaugh Building on May 28 without city permission. This began after two windows fell from the rear of the building located in the heart of downtown.

City officials realized the windows were being removed June 5. A window crashed onto East Federal Street as Brenda Williams, the city’s chief building official, watched. By then, 370 of the 531 windows on the upper 12 floors of the 13-story building were removed.

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