{"id":111714,"date":"2021-02-06T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T04:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=111714"},"modified":"2021-02-06T05:16:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T09:16:22","slug":"underground-youngstown-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=111714","title":{"rendered":"Underground (Youngstown, Ohio)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Underground-ban.png\" alt=\"Underground (Youngstown, Ohio)\" class=\"wp-image-111761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Underground-ban.png 1018w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Underground-ban-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Underground-ban-768x382.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Underground, now closed, was located at 169 S. Four Mile Run Road in Youngstown, Ohio inside the basement of <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=111715\">Split Level Niteclub<\/a>.  The space occupied by Underground would later become <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=111719\">Pulse Niteclub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The venue boasted no cover, a house DJ, male entertainment, shot guys and go go boys but also hosted drag entertainers as well.  <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=6164\">Samantha Styles<\/a> was the first show director for the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Though we don&#8217;t know the exact period Underground operated, we have located advertisements between March and May of 2010 which gives us some idea of a timeframe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Underground: The Location<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is the address and map of where Underground was located:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>169 S. Four Mile Run Rd.<br>Youngstown, OH 44515<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d12026.550424852832!2d-80.71457651703108!3d41.09876402510183!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x8833e484f6ecbd4b%3A0xd9143a591e4ac5f0!2s169%20S%20Four%20Mile%20Run%20Rd%2C%20Youngstown%2C%20OH%2044515!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1612578647478!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here is a August 2009 street view of the property.  <\/strong>In this image, we can see the Split Level signage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1612578714240!6m8!1m7!1sv0l-HWchY4meTF-LuHOkNg!2m2!1d41.09853472726107!2d-80.71435350440038!3f21.875401655767554!4f4.2971425930755345!5f0.7820865974627469\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This is a June 2011 street view of the property. <\/strong> As we can see from the shot, the location was still Split Level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1612578830015!6m8!1m7!1s4FsUGLVooSUMayy6sKRM4g!2m2!1d41.09851706924544!2d-80.71437895303838!3f21.875401655767554!4f4.2971425930755345!5f0.7820865974627469\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Underground: Archives<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The below show advertisement was found on the club&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/myspace.com\/undergroundniteclub\">Myspace<\/a> page.  Though undated, it indicates that the establishment was Youngstown&#8217;s newest gay club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/underground.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/underground.png\" alt=\"Ad | Underground (Youngstown, Ohio) | Undated Ad\" class=\"wp-image-111729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/underground.png 600w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/underground-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ad | Underground (Youngstown, Ohio) | Undated Ad<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Below are additional archives for this venue:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ad History<\/span><\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=111779\">Ads from 2010<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Underground: Entertainers Featured<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=111771\">Camryn SeVille<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=16572\">Reianna Ali<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=6164\">Samantha Styles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Underground, now closed, was located at 169 S. Four Mile Run Road in Youngstown, Ohio inside the basement of Split&#8230; <span class=\"gridview-grid-post-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=111714\">read more<span class=\"gridview-sr-only\"> Underground (Youngstown, Ohio)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-111714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-places","tag-ohio","wpcat-14-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}