.justin

Yes, it appears they showed screening in that area on the right on their approved site plan.

Looks like their final approved site plan showed the trees as well. It also showed brick pavers in the parking lot.

Doesn't look like they left much room for the parking lot trees that were shown in the site plan included when they got their council variance, nor have they put in the new tree lawn with street trees that was also shown in that site plan... Also note that as a result of this variance they have approval for 24 residential units in the second building, including units on the ground floor.

The Downtown Commission approved demolition with a condition that within 2 years the property owner must come back with a plan to redevelop the site or, if they don't have a redevelopment plan by then, they must reconstruct the entire parking lot to meet current downtown standards (fencing/screening, landscaping, lighting, etc). Jared Schiff said they hoped to have a redevelopment proposal before the commission within the next 6-12 months or so. They also agreed to the 2 year restriction as being acceptable.

I think it would be on the other (long) sides based on these renderings from when they got approval from the Downtown Commission for the various stadium graphics.

Update: it appears the transformer is very much gone now (above picture was from yesterday, this one is from today)

Looks like they're working on getting that stuff out of the way... Also a couple of videos of the lights in the stadium from the Crew's twitter account:

It is somewhat isolated, but but the city does have a project to add sidewalks to both sides of Sinclair Road. There is also a COTA bus line (the 4) that runs along Sinclair Road, with stops about 500 ft north and 1400 ft south of the Alrosa Villa.

From this article a month ago- It's #6 on the map below (from here), though based on this Dispatch article I think only the section over Rich and Town would be elevated.

If you build west of the railroad bridge, then you would also have to build a bridge over the railroad tracks to get into Franklinton. It would probably be pretty difficult to go under the tracks since the levee/floodwall is also right there at about the same level as the tracks.

This was the graphic included in the 2010 Downtown Strategic Plan (available here):

From the Downtown Commission meeting today -- The city is working to implement a DORA for the Arena District. The DORA would begin 3 hours before the beginning of any sports games (Crew, Clippers, and Blue Jackets) and end at midnight.

The Downtown Commission tabled the demolition of the Main Bar building to next month's meeting. The city is having a third party assess the building and should have the report from that review back before the next meeting. I've passed by the LC building a couple times in the past few days and it definitely is not completely finished yet... it looked to me like they hadn't installed the mailboxes yet in the lobby. The entrances to the parking garage still have chain link fence in front of them (no gates/garage doors have been installed) and a few other things on the exterior weren't finished.

Actually the same report was included in their submission last month as well.

These are the general locations for the proposed public restrooms, subject to availability of utilities, space, and agreement of adjacent property owners and tenants: A lot of details are included in the conceptual review submission to the Downtown Commission: https://columbusohdev.app.box.com/s/7v923ussbe698k9x9te2ry16tteoq09v

This demolition is back on the agenda for this month's meeting, the plans appear to be unchanged.

New, updated brand marks just released by the club - Still not a huge fan of the new logo, but whatever. As we've seen, logos can change.

The new covered patio at the North Bank Park Pavilion appears to be mostly finished:

I don't think they have gone back to the Downtown Commission for final approval yet. So far they've only had conceptual reviews.

Yeah they probably deconstructed the facade and will reconstruct it later when the structure of the new building goes up. The elevator core is right at the front of the building so there was probably no way they could leave it up while building that. I imagine they had to spend a lot of time documenting each of the pieces before carefully removing them. If I'm not mistaken, this is how the historic facades on the Hampton Inn by the convention center were incorporated in the new building -- documented, carefully deconstructed, and reinstalled -- compared to the new AC Hotel around the corner where they were able to set the new building far enough back to keep the structure of the fronts of the existing buildings.

Quote from Dee Haslam after the Haslam and Edwards families bought the Crew: This is one of many reasons why Crew fans see this rebrand as such a slap in the face. (The new logo being absolutely terrible, especially in comparison to the logo it replaces, doesn’t help)

Cold formed steel was also used for the two LC buildings at High & Rich - https://www.allsteelmidrise.com/portfolio/beatty-building That website also says they can build up to 12 stories or 180 feet using this method - https://www.allsteelmidrise.com/advantages

Yes, it appears to be keeping that building. This site plan is from here: https://goodmanrealestate.com/properties/german-village-redevelopment.html Also, while that page says it's in German Village, it is not within the boundaries of the German Village Commission. It's within Schumacher Place and the South Side Area Commission boundaries.

On the agenda for the Brewery District Commission's May meeting is a conceptual review of a new sign for the South Wind...

The Jackie O's patio was approved by the Downtown Commission today. Also approved was a smaller temporary patio. The owner of Jackie O's said they were having some issues with a parcel that dates back to the 1830s that may delay the construction of the larger patio, and so they prepared plans for a temporary patio in the event that it would be necessary. It sounded like the temporary patio may not be necessary after all and that they would be able to go straight to building the full patio pictured above but they weren't completely sure yet (but should know soon).