As the small article from the Sept. 4, 1970 Journal above notes, the new facility was dedicated on September 13, 1970.
Photo from the Sept. 11, 1970 Journal |
“The new Y offers a multi-purpose room which can host dances, banquets, movies and large meetings. There is also a kitchen off this room and there is a smaller meeting room across the hall.
“The gymnasium has facilities for basketball, volleyball, badminton and contains gymnastic equipment. There’s also two regulation handball courts.
“The lower level of the Y houses the Health Club and an indoor track.
“The initial planning for the new Y began in 1962 and in 1967 the first fund raising campaign was held. It fell short of the goal and a completion campaign was held in 1969.”
(A feature of the new YMCA's pool was an observation area at one end, where parents and friends could watch the swimmers. I hope no one was watching when I unsuccessfully took swimming lessons there one summer.)
Anyway, today the former YMCA on Tower Boulevard is home to the Church of the Open Door Lorain Campus.
2 comments:
I remember that the Welfare Department's Summer Youth Program took us underprivileged youth swimming at the Tower Boulevard Y, and at Lorain Catholic's Aquatic Center.
Appreciatte you blogging this
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