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Washington Mall is by far the worst dead mall I've ever seen that was still open. I scoped it out back in 2007. It was two days after Christmas and there was absolutely nothing going on. Most of the ceiling tiles were still in place then, but many had water damage. The furnace was set to like 47 and the place was musty as hell. The roof was leaking in several places. Only about 20% of the lighting was in use, so most of the light was coming from the skylights. The J.C. Penny had recently closed and there were still prices on the store fixtures from the store fixtures sale. which reminded me of when the Westalnd Mall Penny's closed. It was a memorable tour indeed. edit: Also, in the Not Fooling Anybody category, the outlot Cici's Pizza clearly used to be an Elby's or Denny's.

I'd say it's pretty handy having a fire station and library around, though, no? The library is a Carnegie. It's really tough to get good results out of school to apartment conversions. Makes me think of the old Ashville School that got turned into Hinkle Apartments a.k.a. Hinkle's Hatchery. In fact, I'd say the school was kind of a plague on Short Vine because of the huge asphalt lagoon around it. It only came in handy for Bogart's parking and dads tailgating before high school games on Fridays. Though that horrible '50s post office gives it a run for its money.

I always thought Dayton was really manly. Large military presence, very blue collar, lots of strip joints, guys working on cars and sports bars. Hara Arena, smokers, wood paneling, metal concerts. Sears.

Schools feel they have to keep up in the facilities and amenities derby that started in the '90s.

It probably used to be like Urbancrest. Back then, American Addition was probably as disconnected from the city as Urbancrest, figuratively speaking. A smaller government entity could probably be more in tune with what's going on in American Addition but certainly wouldn't have the monetary resources that the City of Columbus does.

Looks like it belongs next to I-70.

Here's The Great Kat. She is a classically trained violinist who went metal. Man she's fast, but it certainly doesn't sound normal for rock 'n roll.

The lawyer from the incident didn't get punched, just choke-slammed.

Yeah MTS, you should have used a Falcon Crest clip instead.

What, so the TV can make my blood boil one again?

Ha, that Hofbrau incident in the article happened right in front of me and my buddies as we were leaving. The guy kept saying, "I'm a lawyer!" We were laughing our asses off. All the guy's buddies busted out their camera phones and taped it.

Who would have thought that state-controlled media would have some advantages over for-profit enterprise?

Perhaps Forbes should move their office to Springfield.

The ongoing dream of a fully functional "A-Plant" continues to elude Southern Ohio.

Healthcare has everything to do with the fact that most jobs out there today are either 20 hours a week or 80 hours a week. Our ridiculous requirement that full-time employers provide health care rather than the government (or a lodge, or the person themselves) burdens organizations to such a degree that they can't afford to hire people. As the cost of health care continues to drastically outpace inflation in other sectors, companies have to fire more and more people. Rather than hire another person, the companies would rather pay all that overtime to one person -- even though they are paying 1 1/2 to 3 times as much an hour for someone who's productivity is in the crapper from working so many hours. You know what? Funding universal health care would probably be the best economic decision we ever made as a nation. You lower a company's cost of employing a person by 30% and all of a sudden all that overseas production, automation and computerizing that destroys jobs here at home becomes more expensive than hiring an American. People have full-time jobs, they aren't 80-hour-a-week work droids, their health is better, there's a lot fewer work related accidents, people have time to spend money and kids actually get to see their folks. Of course, people say, "look at Europe and all the unemployment there even though they have socialized medicine'. But, as most in this thread know, Europe reports unemployment much more realistically than we do. They can also stay on unemployment longer than we can and live in a culture where unemployment is not as shameful and devastating. In addition, it's practically impossible to fire someone over there unless they work in the service industry; companies are therefore extremely cautious about hiring the inexperienced and those with marginal skills.

Tetris, that's what!

^Ahaha, right under the RR bridge? I can see that happening there.

It seems that the way that they have laid out the phases allows them to stop after each one if money or support dries up. I know some phases are design/build, so I guess that's a side benefit of that approach.

I always wondered what that building used to be.

Diesel hasn't dropped as much as gasoline as well.

College, I suppose. I grew up right next to Old Groveport, so I could walk or ride my bike to do most stuff (except school early on because I went to school in Victorian Village). When we moved to semi-rural Pickaway County when I was 12, I was in a pissy mood until I got a car at 16. When I started attending Shawnee State in Portsmouth I could once again walk or ride a bike to accomplish most tasks, I was ecstatic. The car was once again reserved for fun rather than drudgery. What really sealed the deal was and internship in D.C. that i did in 2004. I felt so free being able to go out and do stuff in the evenings without getting a two ton, 75-square-foot killing machine involved.

>Amazing!! >The Inquirer is officially dead to me. How bout we quit posting links because lord knows this site gives them ALOT of hits. They are not going to print anything different than what they've printed within the past half decade. It's obvious they don't want to know any of the FACTS and wouldn't even print it if they actually researched them. They DON'T want the city to thrive, like other cities that have already committed and are well on their way with rail. >Read more: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,18957.new.html#new#ixzz1VEuePED8 Perhaps we should start calling them the National Enquirer.

Whoa, this is a drastic change. I like it.

I have moved from Bexley to 5xNW and can now BMX to work. Driving actually takes longer because I can't use the cut-throughs that I do on the BMX. It rox.

There's also the "van trucks" like the Econoline Pickup. Dodge had one too. Here's a modified Econoline in action: