SlipperyFish

SO YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING BONG HILL ABLAZE LAST THURSDAY! haha, just kidding. oh, and Y-Cityguy, I can see my window from that picture! beat that! :-P Drop me a line, i havn't seen you around for a while.

I like the pics! Keep them comming. :-D

if it were too risque, it would probably have been removed. :-P

Have you ever driven by, through, around, or past Atlanta? Even with all of its office parks it is a mess. It's nightmare driving in that metro area.

These towers, although they are impressive and look cool, would undermine our central cities as they would pull business away from the downtowns and promote sprawl. Bad! Columbus also has this problem, but to a lesser extent. There are many office buildings along 270 going along the northern outerbelt from Hilliard to Gahana.

what's written on your arms?

I don't know too much about Toledo, so I can't comment too much on it. But I am under the assumption that Columbus may have more venues than that of Toledo. I also just remembered that Columbus has Scioto Downs, perhaps that could be used for equestrian events? Something else also just came to mind. With all the venues in the Sate, including the stadiums in both Cincinnati and Cleveland, perhaps we could be the first venue to ever host the Olympics and Paraolympics simultaniously? That way those in the Paraolympics may possibly get just as much recognition? It seems to me that once the main olympic events are over, the paraolympics are just forgotten. Some here think we can do it, others think it is not likely. But what will it take to get the olympics here? So:mething lilke this takes time and a lot of planning, and that is what most of us here do, plan urbanly :-P

The thing is, Columbus has plenty of room to grow and plenty of area's within the city that can be infilled! Also, if Columbus were to get the olympics, it wouldn't be for another 20 or 30 years I am sure, I mean London just won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics and people are already working on the bid for the 2016, so Columbus, at the earliest would be able to host hte 2020 olympic games. Also, Port Columbus is planning more than a billion dollors worth of expansion projects. They have the new tower already and they are planning to build two new terminal buildings and adding a new runway. Remember too that Rickenbacker is also a comercial airport. Who has ever heard of Torino? They are hosting the olympics in February, I never heard of the city and had to do a google search to find that it was located in Northern Italy. Who, out side of the United States and a Morman, has ever heard of Salt Lake City!? People didn't think much of Atlanta or even Sydny<I can never spell that right>. The thing is, they proved themselves at the games. As far as transportation, heck, even cities like London have to make major improvements to there public transit. I have more to say but I have to get home for Christmas and i am already running late! Peace

WOW! That is absolutely amazing! When and where was this and does it still exist!? I have always wanted to do that!

I once had someone throw a penny back at me when I was working the drive-thru at Dairy Queen. His change was $6.66

Yeah, I have family that live in Salt Lake City, they havn't told me much about what the after affects are like but they did tell me that there was A LOT of construction prior to the games being hosted. My Uncle told be about the light rail system that was put in. He said before it was built, a lot of people didn't like the idea of a train, but after it opened they had to start expanding the lines because it was so popular! Anyway, we could all get involved with planning the event,to make sure things are done right. We could encourage growth (such as hotels, residences, sporting venues) along multiple train lines to discourage the need for wider highways or even build temporary structures to avoid the white elephants. As to the smog thing in Salt Lake City, they have that problem because they are in valley surrounded by moutntains on all sides so, to my understanding, it doesn't take very much to get a smoggy day there.

I was just looking through the forums online because I was bored and then I came to wonder something that I have often wondered about in the past. How do we get columbus in the race for hosting the Summer Olympic games? I really think that Columbus could host the games, we have two arenas, a huge football stadium, a soccer specific stadium, a small baseball stadium with a second one in the works. There would be a lot of work to do in order to prepare Columbus for the Olympics, but every city needs help. Also, with Columbus' proximity to other major ciites such as Cleveland and Cincinnati could allow the whole state to participate in one way or another. Having the Olympics would be a great excuse to build the high speed passanger train between Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland that people have been only dreaming about for decades. I think Columbus has a lot of potential. When the Olympic Committee came to look at Columbus when Cincinnati was making an Olympic bid, they liked what they saw. So, what does everyone else think? Is it possible, and if not, what needs to happen to make it possible?

To my understanding, there was a big light in one of the posts of the arches and fiber optics were used to light the bulbs. Water would collect in the posts and short the system out. At the turn of the 20th Century, Columbus was known as Arch City (this was long before the Arch of St. Louis was even concieved) because arches like those now in the Short North District once ligned the entire downtown stretch of High Street. I forget exactly why they were moved, but I think it may have had to do something with the Trolly System they once had. I am really looking forward to the new LED lights because of the flickering that they are able to do. If anyone has ever been to Paris and seen Le Tour Eiffel at night, you know what I mean. Hopefully the same thing will happen on High Street, that would be awesome. Although, it would create quite a distraction for drivers.

Hey mtg1255, congratulations on the new job! You must be happy. Columbus is booming with new places to live within an urban setting, but most that I know of are only condominiums. If you want to be close to work, and only have to walk, there is this website <http://arenadistrictliving.com/> you may have already found it. I would live in Arena Crossing myself if I was not in school and poor. They are some relatively new apartments directly accross from Nationwide Arena. It's also within walking distance of the Short North District and the North Market. You may also want to check out <downtowncolumbus.com> and check out the rental properties in and around downtown.

Okay all, sorry about that. You should be able to find me now. I had to where only people from my school could see my profile.

Neither are these adds in downtown columbus, and they don't have to be a highway, they just have to be roads that are funded by the federal government, and that includes US routes. High Street is US Route 23 and Long Street is US Route 33 and then there are others. Also there are buffers around these routes. I don't think there are any "highways" near or around Times Square, but there must be a federally funded route near-by, I am sure.

Sorry, I thought it was on my profile. The name is Jeremy Miller. Send me a message that you are on Urban Ohio, because if I don't know you, I will most likely reject you. :-D

This is so true! We need to protect the lakes. I know that we are all a part of the same country, but it is rediciulous to pump water out to Pheonix and LA. They shouldn't be building in areas that can't support a large population. Already, LA is taking water from areas in Northern California, and I think there are even talks of diverting or siphoning off water from the Columbia River. Again, these arid areas need to put a limit on how much they grow.

Another thing that I think may have been mentioned before, but how does New York's Time Square get away with this?

Oh, and if any of you guys want to be my friend, go ahead, it would be cool. And don't worry, won't ask to stay the night at your place :-P

I got facebook! I like it. I admit, at first, you spend a lot of time on it, and when you are board you spend a lot of time on it. I like it because you can keep in contact with friends from high school and or college. You can be like, "Oh, bob is now living in Irland! That's awesome!" It's like your personal phone book too. I might be heading to chicago, and a friend of mine lives there now, I havn't talked to him in a while, but I am sure he wouldn't mind letting me stay there for the night.

I am seeking a Bachelor of Science Degree at Ohio University in Urban Planning. I am projected to Graduate in the summer of 2006. Currently, I am looking into Graduate School possibilities either in architecture or urban planning.

dude! that would have been awesome! what did you go as? I forget

okay, i went to OSU today to check out there Architecture program, well as much as I could, it was a busy day for everyone there. I didn't get to do much, I met with a woman there, she explained a few things to me, and I basically walked around. So if you saw a guy with dark short hair with glasses wearing a red longsleave shirt, that was me! Anyway, I found it to be a little intimidating. It seems a little to artistic and abstract for me and I have never done anything like what I saw today in the studios. Anyone on here a part of the Architecture program there at OSU? If so, I would like to get some insight on what it is like and what you think of the program. Is there a college thread on this board?

I don't have picture of myself yet, but I will. I am new here and have only recently found this site and I think it is awesome! I am currently at OU in Athens trying to obtain a degree in Urban and Regional Planning. Hopefully will be going to OSU next year for a masters in Architecture or City Planning, which everone I am accepted into. Anyone have any advise on OSU? Peace!