Many bricks fall off of downtown Youngstown building

YOUNGSTOWN

About 100 to 150 square feet of brick fell off the side of a downtown building forcing the closing of Hazel Street and an alley behind the structure today.

The bricks fell from an upper portion of the First Educators Investment Corp. building at 147 W. Federal St. FEIC Financial, a financial planner business, is located in the building.

The bricks fell either late last night or early this morning, and there was no one around when it happened, said Charles Shasho, deputy director of the city’s public-works department.

There hasn’t been a problem with the building’s structure before, Shasho said.

The two-story building is 105 years old.

The city closed the alley and Hazel Street, between West Federal and West Boardman streets, until the bricks can be cleared and the repair work done.

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