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That exact photo of the Greyhound Bus Station is my wallpaper! And thankfully, none of the places in the end have been torn down, and the floodwall has been turned into artwork with lots of murals.

Well the are moving up now. Painting the old buildings and putting little shops in and coffee shops. I was born in 1979 and I have yet to have seen true improvement. Would love to see this town as my parents and grandparents describe/described it. Where the Old Dayton Walters was seems they are storing old tires and now as of a few days ago seen what looked to be Train containers stacked there. Granted not sure I would use the land for much more other than Steel mill.

Woodrow Wilson wildcats are forever, lead blanket nuke strike drills are going to make a comeback it seems.

All because of oligarchs and Unions fighting, now China is worlds leading manufacturer.

Look up what things looked like in the early 1900s there. The little park in New Boston had a canal you could take boat rides in, walking bridges, oh and an actual world class amusement park with rides. The people were all dressed nicely to go to it. Apparently the flooding a few years later destroyed it. Those old photos actually blew my mind compared to the current state of decay.

You’re hilarious.

I dont Know I agree but some of it is off in Left field

I wish Portsmouth could have invested more into historic preservation. Go to Madison Indiana and they still have a majority of there old buildings and embrace preservation. It’s like walking back in time and I wish Portsmouth had done the same decades ago! There was no reason to replace PHS it was a solid building and could have been modernized and still have the vintage feel to it.

If this had actually happened there would have been global media coverage of it. Second of all... if this did happen... which the entire world knows it didn't... but if it did... why would the train come north up Chillicothe street... then make a right and travel god only knows how far only to have to do a complete 180 to come back and take the route that would take them past the jail? Not to mention... your photoshop skills SUCK! We all know this didn't happen. Why spread lies and misinformation about something like this?

Grew up at dreamland pool. And went to Martings with my aunt. We also got sweets downstairs. The treasures of Portsmouth are gone. The only nice thing we have left is the library.

BOOLSHIT !!

Dumb and infantile...

Part of the problem has been communists disguised as Democrats de-industrializing our country for the last 50 years!!!

I'm headed to Nokerdown city. I want some donuts

Holy Redeemer Church is still standing. The Methodist church next door was torn down and they built a bigger one.

Portsmouth is the most corrupt dump in America. Police, sheriff and courts are dangerously corrupt. The fools who have been in counsel over time has been very incompetent... I hope all of the evil bastards rot in hell...

Child hood memories 👍

Grant and McKinley were middle schools. I lived across from dreamland when I was a kid. Loved the summer back then

These small towns don't realise that once their historic buildings are all destroyed there will be nothing left worthwhile in these towns at all.

Maybe do another one now .. A decade later?

love seeing the old building again thank you

I grew up in rubyville and McDermott near Portsmouth. We never really went to Portsmouth unless we had to lol

This is bs portsmouth is nothing like you describe

Portsmouth failed in the late 80's when the Rich hierarchy, refused to allow new business's in the City.............They did not want the competition for the $$$

Holy Redeemer is still there. Trinity Church (next door) was torn down.

You can go to woodprix if you would like to make it yourself guys.

What a terrible shame. I grew up in here in the 1960s. Portsmouth has (had) some impressive architecture to tear down. Imagine the character the city/town would have if someone, anyone, had a bid of forethought.

I drove here about a month ago from Cincinnati and it looks dead, almost like a waste land

I am from South Shore, was born in Portsmouth is '65. Grew up there in the 70s. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. It was a wonderful time.

Eight years later and we still don't have a fucking monorail on the floodwall, wtf

That was sad to watch. I miss most of those places.

All the statues are fake and the murals are the only real thing and ontop was not real so stop making fun of my city.

my mother was born here in the 50's we used to live there back in the 90's early 2000

What's your name dude I live in Portsmouth to

I want to move there and help my mom who lives outside of it, but I wanted to be in civilization, but scared to live there. I would love to start a community group of anyone who wanted to participate to go to these areas and clean it up, without an agenda just clean it the hell up. Make more of the outside something that doesnt depress the folks 24 seven and that can help. Your enviorment effects you completely. If you live in shit you live it. But the things I noticed from living by there in lucasville, are as many have said there is a very small group of rich folks that hold a strangle hold on the development part, and there is a small group of trash that rules the poor and middle areas with drugs and crime. Noone see's a chance noone, you have churchs that are only for profit look at me im righteous buildings, you have so many folks who are trying to just live and survive they cant move as it cost to much. If an outsider comes in and tries to make it better, or change any flow of any money from the way things are run they wont last long. Its not safe for folks who are gay who want to contribute to the community and be apart of it, so you loose a ton of folks that would give a damn about property look. The worse part is most have apathy, they are beaten and feel like noone really can change it, actually it can be changed it would just take alot of the folks there stopping for the minute and saying ok what do we want, what do we as a community want to live in? What will we tolerate as far as crime and abuse, the medical industry is the number one thing there because folks are so sick, so it is profit to keep you sick. Be realistic know that there is always going to be drugs, junkies, crime, and assorted folks that you may look up or down on, but its not about that its about what do you actually want for not just yourself but your kids? I do think if a person can just go to each church, each community group, each public housing council, the city council and yes even the gangs that run many parts and come up with a plan to say listen we cant change it without you loosing a small bit of resource, or people, we know we cant get rid of you, all these groupings are part of it to much for now, but without improving then the long route plan for then to twenty years is mute. You will loose your people and incomes anyways, as the demand will die out because your root base is dead. The younger ones are leaving and the seniors, the majority property tax folks are leaving. You if you try to go to another community and start a church, your drugs, your hospitals and all the above will be impossible and you will loose even more there as the other areas that already have a copy of you and yours wont share. So its either fix your shit and clean it up or die out.

You have a few people in Portsmouth that are big fish in a little pond. If Portsmouth were to become a successful place, these big fish would be little fish in a big pond. These people are not going to let that happen. Portsmouth was a nice place to live. Not anymore.

I've been here one year and went through two cars, FIX THESE ROADS ! People are nice though, the nicest people I've known. Nice parks too, there's a river. Ambulances everywhere for some reason, scratching my head over that, and trains, too much noise at night, hard to sleep.

The world is about change. Why God even gave us seasons that change. Change is good. The people who run/ran Portsmouth didn't want change. They could have allowed a casino down on the river 10 years ago which would have helped with growth and created more jobs and tourism, but they didn't. They could have created a beautiful riverwalk, after all the Ohio River has always been there, but they didn't. They could have made a dying city updated and vibrant again. It only takes one person with ideas to get it started. One person, leads to two, two leads to three and so forth. Sometimes you just can't sit back and do nothing. Sometimes you are the change and change is good. Just a thought. My family was from that area. My grandfather worked in that steel mill his entire life. I never lived there, I am from Columbus. God Bless all of you.

Photo at 3:43 almost made me pee my pants

I grew up in Portsmouth from 63 to 77. I went to Lincoln, Roosevelt, McKinley and HS at West. It really doesn't matter where you grew up, there were good times during those years and many fond memories. I moved to California in 77 with my family and visited Portsmouth a few time after that and glad I got out when I did. Portsmouth began to die in the late 60's and never really stopped. Manufacturing companies realized decades ago that you can't do business there without the unions trying to price you out of the market. What happened in Portsmouth is pretty much what happened to thousands of cities and towns throughout the midwest. All of those great union jobs that created the middle class after WWII priced the US out of the world market. We turned from a country of producers into a country consumers who produce almost nothing. I went to high school with people who lived in the hollows of the west side that had been living on welfare or disability for many years, and that mentality has changed little in the nearly 40 years since I left. Thanks for the video and the pictures Frankhunter12. I loved growing up in Portsmouth and will always look back with a smile, but I'm glad I got out and joined the real world.

tourism mecca? i guess if you want vist ohios welfare capitol or look at homeless holding signs or check out the the drug pandemuc that has made internayional news epic lulz. its a shit hole and will always be a shit hole.

Cool I luv the music bum Bum Bum

I'm puzzled...This is a "spoof" video, right?

The A plant is near I'm not sure where because I'm only 15 but why go after one city? I'm sure there are worse city's.

This is stupid

I am from Portsmouth. I guess it's time to start saying I "was" from Portsmouth. Too painful to be there these days...

Love the banjo picken'.

Hey Frank, I will upload some REAL Lake Central footage later today. My dad flew Captain on the DC3 for about 11,800 hrs and 30,000 take-off and landings. He has two very short 8mm clips that I will post as "Lake Central DC3 cockpit clips".

Where did you find that pic of Lincoln Elementary? That was my old school.

with the recent murder that young mr staker bought his way out of portsmouth is past the point of no return.