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Downtown North East sees boom as new businesses open, old ones expand
NORTH EAST Michael Yori was still a teenager when he and his then-girlfriend, Lynn Yori, opened Michael s Pizzeria on South Lake Street in November 1987.
Yori, now 52, has seen a lot of businesses come and go from downtown North East over the past three and a half decades. He s got one word for what he s seeing now, though: A boom. I don t think we ve seen this in 20, 25 years, where it seems like all of a sudden everybody wants to do something nice and make North East the place you want to show up to and be here, said Yori, who also owns Yori Wine Cellars. The more businesses that come, the more people it attracts and that benefits all of us.
They ranged in age from 18 to 50. They were dancers and students, a singer and a bouncer, an accountant and an aspiring firefighter mothers, fathers, teenagers, couples and best friends.
They ranged in age from 18 to 50. They were dancers and students, a singer and a bouncer, an accountant and an aspiring firefighter mothers, fathers, teenagers, couples and best friends.
Memories came flooding back to Tricia Mahoney on Thursday as she sat quietly inside St. Mary s Chapel on the North East campus of Mercyhurst University.
Mahoney, 59, of North East, grew up in the church. Her parents were married there. Their funerals were held there, too. Her father coached the St. Mary s boys basketball team from the 1960s to the 1980s. She couldn t count the number of weddings and baptisms she attended in the iconic chapel that has played such an important role in her life. This place is home, said Mahoney. it is so much more than just a building.