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I too live in S. Clintonville and commute from Downtown up High St. It's pretty smooth except in August and September when the students are back and haven't figured out how to get around yet. I don't see a speed reduction as an issue. North of downtown High is 35 roughly between Arcadia and Old Worthington. Perhaps 25 south of Torrance would be a start. I think it's a question of transportation engineering vs urban planning. Do we want High to be a street that's welcoming to all modes of transportation (bikes, peds, cars, transit) of is it a stroad (I maintain that's what good portions are now). It is in the public realm and should be usable safely by all modes, not just cars. As stated above, changing the speed limit sign won't reduce speed on it's own, there needs to be physical changes.

Absolutely!! And if that parking lot is more than 50 years old it’s a historic landmark!!

One more lane will fix it! There’s more in this thread:

Actually, cost is a huge factor. Everything adds up in building construction. I'd also venture to say that renters care more about the rent than if their building has an Indiana limestone dentil cornice. I do think 5 over 1s should have a nicer design but I think the biggest issue is the length of these buildings, taking up an entire city block. That is mostly driven by parking garage layout that is either underground or beneath the first level. You need a certain efficiency in laying out parking to make it cost effective. I hope the new Zone-In encourages developers to smaller, with less parking, freeing up a little more money for better architecture. I think incremental intensification will do more for the quality of our built environment than adding architectural flourishes to buildings.

That's nice and all if you can get away with charging $4000/month in rent in Columbus. Design professionals need to design to the budget at hand - do you think architects set their own budgets?

It's not necessarily lazy design - it's all cost driven. If you have any unlimited budget you can use superior materials. It's a balancing act between the cost of construction and rents the market can withstand.

The Clintonville Area Commission passed a resolution late last year to the City to lower the speed limit on High to 25. This cannot be accomplished by signage only - there needs to be physical changes to the street since it's current design makes you feel you can drive 45. The CAC held a capital budget meeting in May to present the neighborhood's priorities to the City - #1 on the list was a High St. study. Whether or not the City considers this is not up to the CAC. I feel there's a general consensus among the commissioners that High St. needs work. https://www.clintonvilleareacommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CAC-capital-budget-meeting-2024-minutes.pdf I you're a masochist, you can watch all the commission meetings on their YouTube channel.

Most definitely - If I'm driving 30-35 mph on High people are tailgating me and whipping around. The street is so wide that it seems natural to drive 45. Narrowing the lanes and bigger bump-outs at EVERY intersection would help would help. Something like what the City recently constructed at Summit and 7th.

I wouldn't be disappointed if the buildings to the south were restored. Plaza Properties owned these, along with the bank property, for years and just let them go.

The Deco is not that bad - it's just too long. The amount of wires on Indianola is crazy.

Art Deco like buildings proposed in Columbus: Hubbard and High - proposal stage Near East side - under construction The Deco - completed 2017

Unfortunately it looks like the curb cut stays.

The Weber & High project has been winding it's way through the building permit process. I found all the public documents easily through the City's development tracker page: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/39172d7e3b49461e80affb3e639dfc0b

The City of Columbus has a development tracker website. Click on the highlighted property on the map for more info about that particular project. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/39172d7e3b49461e80affb3e639dfc0b

They probably want to get rid of the people camping out on their patio. Of course, under the new zoning, they could build a 12 story building with a McDonalds as the retail.

Interesting - they're using tilt up precast panels similar to warehouse construction. I can't think of anything clever to say about about warehousing students.... Worthington's high school looks so much better.

That strip was not part of the commercial zone-in. Indianola north of Broadway to Cooke on the east side will be zoned for 5 story up to 7 with affordable housing. I don't see the Marzetti plant and warehouse and the two schools going anywhere soon.

I hope the zoning change encourages this type of development. 6 units, retail below, parking off the alley for the units. This would be great infill in the proposed Urban General 1 & 2 where 4 story is the max. I could see this popping up on High in Clintonville or on Parsons. The amazing thing is the construction cost of this is $1.68m - that doesn't include soft costs like professional fees or property acquisition. https://chicagoyimby.com/2024/06/six-unit-residential-building-nears-completion-at-1218-w-belmont-avenue-in-lake-view.html

Yes council has final say. They have voted against recommendations of area commissions in the past.

Per Zone-In, 5 story is allowed on this site, 7 story if there's an affordable component. If the developer would wait until August when this zoning change is enacted (I believe it will be passed by Council) they wouldn't need to go to the commission. Per the article, this project does have an affordable component so 7 stories would be OK. Wonder why they just don't wait until this fall to avoid all the rigmarole.

One more lane will fix it. Governor DeWine, ODOT Announce Safety Recommendations for U.S. 23 Corridor https://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/governor-dewine-odot-announce-safety-recommendations-for-us-23-corridor https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/OHIOGOVERNOR/2024/06/14/file_attachments/2908678/US 23 Recommendations One-Pager-FINAL (1).pdf In this PDF there are specific recommendations for 8 interchanges, This one caught my eye: By my rough estimate, this is nearly a two mile long elevated freeway from 315 to 42.

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They were forced to - looks like there's a stream protection corridor along the north side of the housing. If MI had there way they would have plowed over the entire site. The woodlot to the north, per the article, is to become a commercial development. Those trees will be cut down too.

You could build something like Torres on the site - just turn the building 90 degrees and chop it in half - voila!

Had an appointment today so I took a look out of the garage - it’s a huge project site!