This one took me a little while. You may notice a certain transparency about it. I want all the buildings to have some degree of transparency as I'm overlaying them on the image of the portion of The Mona Lisa I'm working on. I arranged the position of The Home Savings and Loan Building to fit over a tree-line. If I were political, I might say something like, "The transparency represents the vanishing of, "Old Youngstown", as the powers that be would like to see it go away, and be replaced by parking lots, and, "green spaces" landscaped by prisoners of society under the direction of The Community Corrections Agency." Happily, I hate politics. Here's some facts about The Home Savings and Loan building courtesy of www.clevelandskyscrapers.com Home Savings and Loan Building - 1919 One of Youngstown’s foremost architects, Charles F. Owsley, designed the headquarters for the Home Savings and Loan Company in 1919. The Home Savings and Loan, which is still a Youngstown institution, began as the Home Building and Loan Company in 1889. The bank was originally located on the Central Square, before moving into this ten story landmark building. Its Colonial Revival clock tower is brightly lit at night, highlighting the Youngstown skyline. There are some exterior alterations from the 1950s including a glazed brick facing over the original façade and an arched entrance canopy. The original building had yellow brick veneer on the lower stories. |
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