YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – For decades, Idora Park was more than an amusement park — it was the heartbeat of Youngstown. And long before arenas and stadiums, its ballroom was the stage that mattered.

YOUNGSTOWN – Mahoning Valley Historical Society and Jim and Toni Amey, owners of The Idora Park Experience collection, signed an agreement on Monday for the donation of the beloved collection to ...

AP file photo Jane Walentas poses with one of her carousel horses. She spent years restoring the carousel from the former Idora Park in Youngstown and later reopened it in New York City. AP file photo ...

Jodi Mika has a reflective moment about many summer days she spent at Idora Park, while sitting in one of the cars that made up the Turtle, an iconic ride at the former amusement park. Mika, of Parma, ...

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In this Sept. 15, 2011 photo, Jane's Carousel, left, is shown on the East River shoreline in Brooklyn, N.Y. The carousel, built in 1922 by the Philadelphia Toboggan company of Germantown, Penn., was ...

Those traveling south on Glenwood Avenue are greeted by a 90-foot-long by 15-foot-high mural that represents the past, present and future of the Idora Neighborhood. Curtis Goldstein of Columbus ...

F.M. “Borax” Smith made his fortune in carving minerals, mainly borax, out of the Nevada desert. He then invested in trolley lines and real estate. In 1903, these two investments came together in one ...

After a fire destroyed a beloved Youngstown amusement park in 1984, a Canfield man collected pieces of Idora Park. Jim Amey and his wife Toni started sharing what they collected in 2013 through the ...