Youngstown moves on plans to demolish Wick business sites

YOUNGSTOWN

The city’s board of control approved a $49,412 payment to MS Consultants for designs and plans to remove asbestos and demolish two former Wick Avenue car-dealership properties.

The plan should be done by the Youngstown company in 30 to 60 days, said Abigail Beniston, the city’s code enforcement and blight remediation superintendent. The board approved the contract Thursday.

The properties are the former State Chevrolet, between Olive Street and Strausbaugh Avenue, and the former Barrett Cadillac, between Linden Avenue and Sycamore Street.

The two were among a group of new-car dealerships known as the Wick Six. As the area deteriorated, the dealerships left, with the last one closing in the early 1990s.

The city took ownership at no cost of the State and Barrett properties, leasing them to other businesses over the years, but they now are vacant.

Read more about the matter in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.