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^ I remember one day (2010 or so) I was working in my Grandview store and someone came in asking, "Is there ANYWHERE that sells pizza by the slice or at least some way I don't have to buy the whole thing?" He meant in walking distance and I was like, "No, you gotta buy the whole thing." He started walking off exclaiming, "Everything is so family oriented here!" I take it that was someone used to those sorts of deals.

Those had to suck, my high/middle school had them for over 20 years until the MS opened in 1984. The older people used to talk about them if we would listen as teens. They also said that you couldn't really fire up, shut down and clean the kitchen twice in one day so they had open mealtimes.

There was really no need for that sort of discourse at that time considering how much more powerful and important Cleveland was than Columbus at the time in almost every single way except state government. Perhaps nowadays those sorts of feelings can be somewhat understood with Columbus getting a lot of the good stuff over the past 25 years (sometimes needlessly) while Appalachian and Northern Ohio lag. Then someone asks you where you get on the train here...

^Oh I had no idea Warner QUBE football was back.

That was an uggggggggglllllllyyy building that came down next to it in the picture.

At least the rest of their companies are in better shape than 3-4 years ago. That might help.

I dare Steve-O to walk across this

Right, everyone is in a bit of a holding pattern to see what Intel's effects are but this guy came across a little like, "Heeyyyyyy, check this ouuuuuuut guys!!!!!"

Huh, I thought it was just people stopped dedicating an entire room to "country" and switched to doing that for Mario and Link.

So no retention ponds then? I guess they did sort out the retention pond thing after all. Does that mean a huge new storm sewer?

I like it but I have bad taste.

I honestly don't envision a whole lot of the kind of development "we" like to come from this. There will be some here and there, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's pretty suburban. Look at Chandler, Arizona -- a city practically built by Intel. I'd love to be proven wrong, though.

I wonder what the current township zoning laws are like and if they are going to change.

Maybe the girl's not that hot and you get bored

I call those exposed brown "rafters" "'80s porno movie rafters".

Thing is, there is already miles of subdivision-type development in the vicinity so that aspect is already present in spades. There is already a node there, why spoil it with front parking and offices in converted single story SFH?

It has more than the last time I was there but for the way some people worship the area it's not enough. The infill where the old speedway was helped some I suppose but it's still got the parking lot way up front there. For something that was done that late that much setback is not what a lot of us want to see.

Powell is wack. Most of the other burbs at least have some realness in their downtowns to build off of. Powell has barns. I'd hate to go to one of their civic meetings. Screw you, Powell.

Sort of... those Big Darby Accord restrictions are not set in stone but some will still be enforced after they are relaxed.

It might not end up being that much cheaper if Intel and warehouses make a "moat" around the city.

Right, rich people's tastes and whims control the housing market leaving everyone else to fight over what they pass over.

The price is going to go up as more buildings go up. This is happening at Rickenbacker right now. Supply and demand. Also as more sewer and water lines go in and roads get beefed up.

The hot rod building would have been a bit of a strange layout for pizza.

Ginther is unaware of the existence of those neighborhoods