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Historic Hanni law building closes in downtown Youngstown
TweetYOUNGSTOWN — Unable to keep up with high building maintenance and utility costs, the Hanni law firm is moving out of its downtown office and relocating to Boardman on Saturday..
In doing so, it is leaving behind fond memories of the 37,000-square-foot, 1937-vintage building, which housed the office of Atty. Don L. Hanni Jr.
The late Atty. Hanni practiced law there for about 37 years until shortly before his death in July 2008 at age 82. The two-story brick structure at 219 W. Boardman St. once housed 15 lawyers.
Originally an Arthur Murray dance studio, the building was the headquarters of the Mahoning County Democratic Party while Hanni was party chairman from 1978-94.
His daughter, Atty. Heidi Hanni, who practiced law there with him for seven years, said today the building is in “dire need” of major repairs and its gas bills for the upstairs law offices run as high as $1,200 a month.
For the complete story, see Saturday's Vindicator and Vindy.com
Comments
"Dire need" translates to 37 years of disrepair and neglect. Keeping every last cent of profit away from repair and insulation. What more could a 72 year old building ask for. What more could a city need than another vacant building with owners unwilling to do the upkeep that all buildings require.
I wonder who owns the building. No such listing is on the Auditor's web site. Is anyone paying property taxes on this property?
I will never forget the infamous incident where Don Hanni Sr. was involved in a traffic accident while drunk and ran into a bar so he could have a few more so that the police couldn't prove he was drunk when they came to get him at the bar. That will always be one of the most inventive ideas ever to avoid conviction.
Sad to see more inner city urban job losses by Y-town and another empty building.
"the Hanni law firm is moving out of its downtown office and relocating to Boardman on Saturday."
This is further proof that Youngstown's economy is sinking . Not many are coming to downtown Youngstown . Heidi read the handwriting on the wall and decided to go where the money is .
Stan, Why do you want Youngstown to continue to deteriorate? Why not contribute something positive to the city? What are your suggestions to revitalize the areas economy? What would you do to improve the downtown core? I am asking you some serious questions and I as well as many other readers of this paper deserve serious answers from you, so if you feel the only way to respond is racist, snarky commentary then please don't bother responding at all.
What a shame. Isn't there any financial incentive the city can give them to rehab the building and stay? They gave all that money to the overpriced reality tower. Why not a business that has been downtown for almost 40 years!?
Rehabbing old, oversized, inefficient, deteriorating buildings is a lost cause. The only way that anything will ever happen in downtown Youngstown is if the old carcasses are scraped away first. Time to bring in the 'dozers!