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^ Here's the proposed design:

Different Edwards. Edwards Companies is the dad Pete (apartments, student housing), Edwards Urban is son Jeff (neighborhood launch, downtown stuff).

Mid 80’s view of foundation excavation of the Huntington Center tower. The original Huntington building now being sold is on the right.

I love this building - Columbus' first steel frame high rise, 1898. Designed by Daniel Burnham's firm in Chicago.

The circled area is a parking garage serving the building to the left. I imagine something could be built on top of it.

It might have been reduced in size simply due to cost overruns. They might have encountered geotech issues with the foundation design (it is in the floodplain) that made a taller building cost prohibitive. We just don't know. I personally think the site should be part of the park.

I'll have to correct myself - this structure was built in 1967 as a telephone equipment building. I still think it's being used as a substation to power the AT&T (former Ohio Bell) exchange next door. I'm not sure if it distributes power elsewhere.

Agreed! Here's one at Gay and Lazelle downtown. Kind of a mid-century modern look, I guess.

It would be a huge job. I was in the basement of that substation years ago - it's stuffed full of gear and was really frightening. The hair on my arms stood up. There are a number of duct banks that terminate here as well. I think a better solution would be to enclose it in something nicer than the current precast wall. Here's the substation next to the stadium:

Post it here. It doesn't show up on the PSCP that aderwent posted.

What comments? Per the submitted PSCP the Broad St. access is part of the plan. The only City comments I see are to label street names and add a north arrow. I'm indifferent about a Broad St drive, there's one there now. I'd like to see the two tunnels utilized to the east but there may be clearance issues (both vertically and turning radii for deliveries).

Per the posted plan Broad St. access is happening.

Weird that they named it after Bob Crane.

Interesting. 33 S 4th used to be the location of the Dispatch printing press.

BLOV needs to rework their logo or their name...all I see is that their design blows....

On Highpoint I believe Weiler was a leasing agent and not involved in design. That was developed by Carter out of Atlanta who also developed the Banks in Cincinnati.

Interesting it's Weiler. They're known more as a suburban developer - they developed Polaris. They did have there hand in the Broad & High project (northeast corner) with Casto as I recall.

It's a seafood restaurant: https://614now.com/2023/food-drink/new-restaurant-inspired-by-iconic-charleston-south-carolina-eatery-planned-for-downtown-columbus

^I like your thinking but I think High St. would be a better location. I'm concerned the walkshed for the ORR BRT is pretty low as it is. For a subway, the ideal walkshed is 1/4 to 1/2 mile - the distance someone would walk to the station. At each of those locations listed above, there is a low residential population. Who would walk to these stations? Sure, in the future there may be T.O.D. that might fill that void.

That's the space OH uses as a warehouse

The speed limit downtown is 25mph - at that speed you should have plenty of time to react to bad parkers.

It's more than utility work. Looks like the City is updating the sidewalks to adhere to the Downtown Streetscape Standards. https://www.columbus.gov/publicservice/Design-and-Construction/document-library/Downtown-Streetscape-Standards/

OH also uses the western portion of the building as a warehouse.

^That's interesting, hopefully the project is successful. I'm hopeful the new zoning code will eliminate many of the hoops Arch City had to go through and create a more direct path to building something.

Maybe for you youngsters, but it's the go-to store for us older folks. I hate the fact that all stores like this are relegated to the I-270 corridor. Why can't central city folks have big box stores other than Target?