Bryan2Cbus

Too many? We were at Boston’s after the Crew game Wednesday and they’re still so dependent upon events. Haley says they’re dead on non-event nights. She also mentioned that there’s been no events at Nationwide because of renovations and they would have had a huge day for Crew vs Miami if the owners hadn’t decided to reward themselves and Cleveland businesses (who, last I heard hadn’t invested $100MM on the team , but I digress). Then Nada closes this week. All this just to say I can’t help but wonder if there’s enough downtown population to support multiple groceries. And also to complain again about the money grab by the Haslim’s and Dr. Edwards families and how much that hurt Columbus.

That stadium is very fun and already packed with premium seating. Adding more is Massive! Good for them. I love the Crew and am a season ticket member. Maybe now they can keep Messi-mania games in Columbus, where the city and county invested $100,000,000 for the benefit and economic impact of the area, instead of diverting millions in economic impact to Cleveland and the Haslim and Edwards families’ pockets. I know, it’s not as simple as that, but it sure looks sleazy to me. That said, I’m thrilled the business metrics support additional premium seating. It’s says a a lot about the city.

Keep it that color. That would be fun 🙂

When building a 200 apartment complex, is a permit required for each residence (so, 200 permits), or is it a single permit but counted as 200 in the records, or is it one permit counted once and those 10,474 permits issued last year could result in 15,000+ new residences?

I’d love to see more effort throughout Columbus metro to add islands/margins In roads for trees. Look how nice that section of Main is while maintaining left turn lanes. Morse Road is a good example on a larger road. East Dublin Granville definitely needs them.

I saw the same thing on the facade matching the market, but wondered if that might be too much orange in the skyline since the Hilton is nearly the same color as the market.

Unsure if this is where you’re referencing, but these two views appear to show barriers (just above the yellow lines). So, maybe…

^ Very nice. Trees. Public art. Building variety. Checks off a lot of boxes.

And I love seeing all the pics you all post. Thank you. it’s amazing what nature adds. That middle pic is awesome. That top pic is also great and imagine how much nicer it’d be minus all those wires.

@CbusOrBust, You must rake in some decent mileage reimbursement writeoffs or dollars annually. 😉

I like it, colors and all. It’s not hiding it’s a convention center, yet fits in with the streetscape. It adds an artistic flair. Besides, it you paint it neutral, doesn’t it just become The Nicholas North? 😉

I’m curious as to why? Because of the type, brand, or size?

I’m amazed at the density changes in that area. In my 20’s I lived in the small white 2-story across from the park and across the alley from the original farm house (we aren’t the ones who stuccoed the house). It had no porch cover and an octagon window above the porch. The IV commission found old pics and we restored the outside look (except with stucco, which we couldn’t remove). We had our issues with the commission, but they were right to insist on some of the changes to restore the original look. Imagine looking at that pic and seeing a small octagon window. What I remember most was inside. Two fireplaces, each with beautifully ornate stone mantles that had been painted. We managed to restore them and the colors were beautiful. And we managed to keep the original plaster ceiling in the front room. It really speaks to a building quality that rarely is seen today. That house is over a century old now. Just before we closed on selling it, the city put a lien on the title stating that the home encroached the city easement of the alley. Ha. That house was there long before that alley. But we paid the fine so we could move on. I wonder how many times they’ve pulled that trick. Not sure the moral of this story. Times change? Governments steal? Ha. Italian Village was much different 30 years ago. I loved it then, but today’s young people have a fantastic “playground” to experience the city. If they can afford it. That house cost 8 times what it did back then.

Luvcbus posted this last July concerning a new Latitude buyer from Chicago. Is it the same project or developer?

No “sorry’s” needed. No fines needed either. Just an understanding and law that requires them to replace each tree with an equal size tree and maintain it until the roots take hold enough to sustain itself. Oh, and if that means digging up sidewalks and streets and moving infrastructure to accommodate the rootball hole then you get to pay for that work too. And you’re in charge of watering and fertilizing and pruning correctly. And if the tree dies in the first 10 years, you get to start over again. Its way too easy for people to decide to not care about an “oops” (whether intended or not) and beg forgiveness. Create adequate and fair consequences for the oops and the problem will cease. “You say you accidentally cut down a 60’ tree. No worries. We just approved A development off Trabue Rd and we’re letting them cut down some old growth trees so it’s easier to build where there aren’t any trees. Just go grab one of those to replace your mistake.” Win win. Sorry for the rant, but this is all starting to really upset me (different word choices in my head). We’re flat. We need trees to beautify our city and it seems we keep cutting them down. Ugh.