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I don't think it's the teams, but the players. The NBA is a star league, not a team league. And they like high flying west coast fun guys KD and Curry. They hate blue collar rust belt guys like LeBron. Mostly because they know he'll succeed without them anyway, as he has. He's been allowed to be hacked and bowled over his entire career because he can take it. If he got the same treatment as toothpick KD or hand slap Curry I'm sure he would have 7 championships by now. Remind me again of the free throw discrepancies of last year's WCF?

How are the NBA's ratings this year? I stopped watching when it was clear the league would do anything to have the Warriors win starting 5 years ago. Just this year I've seen multiple late game calls/no calls go in favor of the Warriors it's almost laughable. Like the most egregious calls/no calls I've ever seen. Once KD was 3 feet out of bounds to retrieve a ball and they didn't call it with the ref staring right at him. Took Harden heroics to win that one. Which by the way the Rockets should have been playing the Cavs last year. Completely jobbed by the refs for the entire WCF. This is just from highlights. I can't imagine watching something so clearly rigged.

Note that those are annual figures, not total. Strange to see Chicago losing 13,757 per year. The homers over on Skyscraperpage will assure you that Chicago is losing population overall, but it's because baby boomers are leaving and being replaced by fewer millennials and/or college educated young people. And that that is actually good for them. Their tax and pension problems are really starting to come to a head, and I feel the three Cs can capitalize. Looks like Cleveland is starting to turn things around, with Cinci doing well and Columbus way ahead of its peers here. But man, Akron-Canton, Youngstown, Dayton, and Toledo must really be losing their young people for Ohio to be losing that many per year when the three Cs combine to gain 4,804 per year. That means the other big cities and rural Ohio are combining to lose 8,122 millennials every year outside of Ohio. Ouch!

Approval of OSU medical center ‘very important moment’ for Powell "After a long process of development and negotiations, the path is now clear for the biggest project in Powell’s history. At its Feb. 5 meeting, Powell City Council approved multiple ordinances that allow plans to move forward for a massive ambulatory-care facility operated by Ohio State University. The facility would sit on about 30 acres at 3315 Royal Belfast Road, at the northeast corner of Home Road and Sawmill Parkway, across from Liberty High School. The outpatient facility is expected to employ up to 500 people with a payroll of up to $50 million in its first phase, followed by another 125 to 500 employees and between $9.4 million and $37.5 million in payroll during its second phase." https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190205/updated-approval-of-osu-medical-center-very-important-moment-for-powell

The Chainsmokers have been added to the dole for The Schottenstein Center. October 13th. https://www.10tv.com/article/chainsmokers-5-seconds-summer-bringing-tour-columbus

My favorite albums from 2018: 1. Twenty One Pilots - Trench 2. Brent Cobb - Providence Canyon 3. Various Artists - Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin 4. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour 5. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts 6. Cat Power - Wanderer 7. Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel 8. Neko Case - Hell-On 9. Ashley Monroe - Sparrow 10. Carrie Underwood - Cry Pretty So far this year I really like Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten. I was hyped for Ariana Grande's thank u, next considering the raving reviews. I listened to it a handful of times last weekend. Great album, but I need to revisit when my expectations aren't so high. I'm back now to Mike Posner's A Real Good Kid. That I've listened to probably 30 times already...

Dublin's Bridge Park lands Cincinnati menswear retailer "The owner of two premium menswear retailers in Cincinnati is expanding his reach to Columbus, with plans to open a third shop in a new development. Chuck Hellman, owner of Blaine's Fine Mens Apparel in Montgomery and Hellman's Clothiers in the Carew Tower downtown, hopes to open Hellman's in the Bridge Park development in Dublin by July or August." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/02/11/exclusive-premium-cincinnati-menswear-retailer.html?ana=e_mc_prem&s=newsletter&ed=2019-02-12&u=8jkupSw9zIRhc%2BySqW4WOQ0354f4c7&t=1549974875&j=86614021

246-home subdivision proposed in Delaware "Powell-based developer Bob Grden, through Artlington Builders, has proposed rezoning over 102 acres of now rural land at 1241 Peachblow Rd. and building about 246 single-family homes. This land is next to two recently approved developments – Belmont Place and The Communities at Glenross – that have planned for similar housing densities. The size of the houses and their materials are expected to be similar, too, according to the application. Grden said he has approached homebuilders including Ryan, Rockford, Westport, Pulte and Homewood about the project, but sizes aren't final. The property would have to be annexed into Delaware." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/02/12/246-home-subdivision-proposed-in-delaware.html?ana=e_mc_prem&s=newsletter&ed=2019-02-12&u=8jkupSw9zIRhc%2BySqW4WOQ0354f4c7&t=1549974874&j=86614021#i/11217249

Ohio's first True Food Kitchen to open at Easton Town Center "True Food Kitchen will be opening its first location in Ohio as part of Easton Town Center’s new expansion. The restaurant is set to open in 2020 in the currently under construction development in the area between the Town Center and Easton Gateway. “We’re very pleased to offer the first True Food Kitchen in the state of Ohio,” said Jennifer Peterson, Chief Executive of Easton. 'It is an extraordinarily popular destination restaurant serving Gluten-Free, Vegetarian and Vegan dishes for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch along with a full array of spirits, including beer, wine and seasonal cocktails. There is tremendous demand for this category of dining among our customers so we fully expect them to develop a strong following from the minute their doors open at Easton.'" https://www.10tv.com/article/ohios-first-true-food-kitchen-open-easton-town-center

Some pretty major concerts coming through Columbus this year. Seems more big names than we've ever had sans Germain. Nationwide Arena: February 10th: Cher March 11th: Mumford & Sons March 16th: KISS (March 22nd-24th: NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 1st & 2nd rounds) March 29th: Dierks Bentley March 31st: Justin Timberlake June 13th: Josh Groban June 16th: Pentatonix June 23rd: Outlaw Music Festival June 29th & 30th: Twenty One Pilots July 12th: Tom Joyner July 30th: ELO August 13th: Queen & Adam Lambert August 26th: Shawn Mendes October 2nd: The Black Keys Schottenstein Center: February 22nd: Luke Combs February 24th: Travis Scott March 19th: Weezer & Pixies March 31st: Tobymac May 10th: Alan Jackson May 11th: P!nk June 22nd: New Kids on the Block July 1st: Ariana Grande July 21st: Michael Buble August 3rd: John Mayer October 13th: The Chainsmokers Ohio Stadium: June 8th: Buckeye Country Superfest Mapfre Stadium: May 17th-19th: Sonic Temple Festival Last year had Jay-Z/Beyonce and Taylor Swift @ the 'Shoe, but no Buckeye Country Superfest. We'll see if any other big names announce, but that's quite the haul already. Mind you I'd pay to see only two of those names, but still...

Historic lofts coming in 3...2...1...

Yeah, the density here is great. With so much retail nearby and on its way I don't see the need for this to be filled with mixed-use. More green space would be nice though. A Goodale Park for Italian Village should have been built here, and the residential buildings oriented to it.

Yep. Mulberry is also building that cheap, hideous condo building at Ohio and Bryden in OTE.

Clintonville is a joke. Not sure where the appeal is.

Not the Hilton expansion site. The NW corner of the CC aka the SE corner of Goodale and High. Edit. There was an RFP that I think three or four developers applied to. The convention authority chose none of them.

Looks like the usual suspects will be building this. Turner and Smoot. Schedule is still on track. Two more approvals to go. As an aside one of the idiotic reasons they didn't choose the two 15 story towers was because they were afraid the proposed hotel would compete with this Hilton (the original publicly). If it were to be built on their land, why wouldn't they own the hotel like they own the Hilton? Or they could have had them make it a boutique hotel which wouldn't have competed directly. And now supposedly that small sliver next to the new garage is to be a hotel possibly? How is that any different? And how would a single hotel at 15 floors compete with a 1,000 room hotel anyway? Another reason is because they wanted more of an expansion instead of retail/apartments. First, the apartments were to be above a garage. Second, the retail could have been reworked into lobby/meeting/event space just as the expansion did. Sorry for the rant, but Columbus should be so much further ahead than it is, and hearing about the failure of Market Tower made me upset about this two years later lol. Edit. Holy cow four years later. Still bitter. SMH.

Isn't Market Tower getting the land for ultra cheap/free? And being built on a lot with no underground parking/engineering to have to worry about? Columbus again takes what it can get with an RFP instead of choosing a capable developer. I'm glad the word is finally getting out about Columbus. Outside developers are starting to emerge, but they're not playing on even ground with city council insiders. The public-private partnerships that are so lauded in Columbus also have their disadvantages.

A couple pictures from the top of Hubbard Park Place from Instagram: Facing 800 North High: Facing 711 North High (and you can see the Bollinger retail addition has started):

Yeah, been looking at houses for a couple years now. In the areas I prefer these "small" houses are the ones I can actually afford. Except people bid way over or can pay "California Cash" for the houses to just knock them down, build additions to double the square footage, or worse, use it as an Airbnb. I would actually prefer to just live in the 1,000 square feet. So much easier to maintain inside and out. It's no wonder houses built in the last 20-30 years look like shit already. They're not just poor build quality, but people can't afford the time or money to upkeep them properly.

Yes, it is almost certainly part of the urban area now, but those maps are from 2010. Edit: Here is a map with the orange being 500+ ppsm, and 1,000+ being brown:

I guess I don't get these maps. Columbus' urban area did not include the City of Delaware in 2010, but the map shows it as being included.

Yes, I much prefer urban areas. It generally lines up with peoples' anecdotal feelings. I wish there were somewhere/someone who put together census estimates for urban areas using the city/township/zip code etc estimates they release. Going ten years between counts sucks! Somewhat related I made this post at Skyscraperpage: "Columbus has an overall Walkscore of 41. That's due to its 217 square mile size. According to Walkscore there are 216 neighborhoods in those 217 square miles. They break down into: 21 (9.7%) are Very Walkable+. Only one (1%), the Short North at 92, is a Walker's Paradise. Some peer cities: Indianapolis: 30 overall at 362 square miles. 93 neighborhoods listed. One (1%) is Very Walkable; Downtown at 77. Zero are a Walker's Paradise. Cincinnati: 50 overall at 78 square miles. 47 neighborhoods listed. Eight (17%) are Very Walkable+. Two (4%), the CBD and OTR, tie at 93 for a Walker's Paradise. Cleveland: 60 overall at 78 square miles. 36 neighborhoods listed. Six (17%) are Very Walkable+. One (3%), Downtown at 91, is a Walker's Paradise. Pittsburgh: 62 overall at 55 square miles. 80 neighborhoods listed. 23 (29%) are Very Walkable+. Downtown is the most walkable at 95 with a total of five (6%) at Walker's Paradise. Nashville: 28 overall at 504 square miles. 168 neighborhoods listed. Six (4%) are Very Walkable. Zero are a Walker's Paradise. The East End and Downtown tie at 82, the high for the city. Charlotte: 26 overall at 305 square miles. 159 neighborhoods listed. Six (4%) are Very Walkable. Zero are a Walker's Paradise. The high for the city is the Sixth Ward at 86. Kansas City: 34 Overall at 315 square miles. 200 neighborhoods listed. 21 (11%) are Very Walkable+. One (1%), Old Westport at 92, is the only Walker's Paradise. Austin: 40 overall at 298 square miles. 68 neighborhoods listed. 15 (22%) are Very Walkable+. One (2%), Downtown at 90, is the only Walker's Paradise. So according to Walkscore Charlotte, Indianapolis, and Nashville are three "major cities with few walkable neighborhoods."" I think that generally meshes with peoples' "in person" feelings of urbanity, too.

Good points. I guess I just see distance as a necessity, and density as a preference. Therefore, I don't think there'd be much of an impact. Of course there's no way to really know.

But that density isn't just forced out further. It's more focused further in as well. There's no reason to think that if Cleveland could develop where the lake is that it would have any more than a negligible amount of additional people in a given radius. That would only be the case if density were so insane it forced people out due to not being livable. Seeing as Cleveland was just over 12,000ppsm at its peak that is definitely not the case. What you're arguing is that people were forced to move further out (East-West in this case). Were people in Cleveland willing to live further out from the jobs center than people in e.g. Columbus? Doubtful. They had the same restrictions as everyone in every other city. They could only live a certain distance away. The lake forced all these people to live in half as much area in that "distance away".

If it doesn't affect total population, how does it affect total population in a given radius?