JohnOSU99

As an engineer, I find old, hand-written plans facinating. I don't think I could have been an engineer back then before CAD programs were created.

I only skimmed the article, but I didn't see who wants to tear it down and why?

Hey! I grew up in Riverside and it's not all bad!

Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada

More about College Corner's unique location and the school system: http://www.hoopshall.com/magazine/collegecorner.html

I remember reading in a Dispatch article that the half-court line in the elementary school ran along the state border so as the kids would play basketball they would be moving back and forth between Ohio and Indiana (and time zones). The Dispatch had a picture of the school which has two entrances; over one entrance it said "INDIANA" and over the other it said "OHIO". College Corner was even more interesting when Indiana didn't use DST. If someone wanted to meet with friends or whomever they would have to add a qualifier to the time they wanted to meet: e.g. Let's have dinner at 6:00 - Ohio Time or 7:00 - "Slow Time" (as they would call Indiana Time).

Democracy in action, I love it!

The perfect pet for small urban spaces is a Ferret! They're easy to take care of like a cat, but are more sociable like a dog. I have 3 of them and they're the best pets I've ever had. The Japanese are going nuts for the little guys because they don't require a lot of space and you don't have to take them on walks like you do a dog.

I was at the game last night and the Jackets looked better than I've ever seen them! The cannon was a great addition to the atmosphere of the game, along with the guys dressed up in Civil War uniforms. The pre-game scoreboard video also stressed the connection between the Blue Jackets and the Civil War.

You own a UC and a XU hat? Isn't that like rooting for Ohio State and Michigan (or do I not understand the Queen City rivalries)?

^ lol, I never thought of it that way.

Another New York Times article about Columbus....from 1981! How times have changed! What’s Doing in Columbus, Ohio By MICHAEL CULL Published: March 29, 1981 THURBER'S TOWN - James Thurber made millions laugh and himself famous in part by mining experiences gained in the Ohio state capital, now a city of 562,000. Thurber, who died in 1961 and whose ashes are buried in Columbus's Greenlawn Cemetery, grew up in a turnof-the-century town where people rode trolleys, endured summers on wide porches and attended picnics. The fragile second son of a government clerk played, read and began drawing forever-childlike sketches in homes and schools just east and south of downtown Columbus. In Columbus Thurber had many eccentric relatives, including a grandfather, William M. Fisher, who had a habit of going about with a red rose clamped between gold-capped teeth. He became the inspiration for the ''Thurber Album'' piece ''Man With a Rose.'' From tales of a ghost in a rented home on Jefferson Avenue, Thurber created ''The Night the Ghost Got In'' as part of ''My Life and Hard Times.'' In a house on South Champion Avenue that was full of dogs, rabbits and guinea pigs Thurber's father Charles once accidentally locked himself in an animal cage. CHANGES - The house Thurber was born in on Parsons Avenue has given way to an expressway. The house on South Champion is no longer at the city's edge. Marzetti's Restaurant, where Thurber and newspaper colleagues gathered, has given way to a fast-food shop. More than anything else, Columbus is a city built on paper. The state capital has grown as government grew, and if there is a rival, it is the insurance business. The modest Columbus skyline is dominated by insurance and government buildings, from the massive Greek-style Capitol to a 40-story state office tower and the 39-story Nationwide Insurance building. Approximately 20,000 government employees live in the Columbus area and, besides Nationwide, nearly 50 other insurance companies make this their corporate home. GETTING THERE - Trans World Airlines has four flights daily from La Guardia Airport in New York. A round trip is $292, but if you get your tickets two weeks ahead and stay over a Saturday, the price is $169. USAir has three daily flights, one in the morning from Newark, one in the afternoon from La Guardia and one in early evening from Kennedy International. Round-trip coach is $260, or $169 if you buy the ticket two weeks ahead and stay over a Friday. GETTING AROUND - A car is not a necessity but a great convenience for this spread-out city. Hertz, Avis, National and Budget provide cars at the airport and at downtown offices. Taxis cost 90 cents the moment you sit down and 80 cents a mile thereafter. Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) buses cost 60 cents and serve the main routes in town fairly well. Drivers do not make change, and frequency of service drops after 6 P.M. After 10 P.M. buses are scarce, and after midnight they are not available at all. ACCOMMODATIONS - Hotel rooms are almost always available, but a convention coupled with the recent closing of the venerable Neil House might force you to take a short drive outside downtown. The newest and most luxurious hotel is the Hyatt Regency (614-463-1234) in the Ohio Center three blocks north of the city's main intersection at Broad and High Streets. The Hyatt offers 660 rooms ranging in price from $67 to $98 for two people. The Sheraton Columbus (614-228-6060) at 50 North Third Street, is closest to the center of downtown - just a block east of Broad and High - and has rooms from $59 to $67. The Holiday Inn Centre (614-221-3281) at 175 East Town Street, has 249 rooms starting at $46 a night. The cylindrical Christopher Inn, 300 East Broad Street (614-228-3541), has rooms starting at $43. The Hilton Inn Columbus, near Ohio State University at 3110 Olentangy River Road (614-267-7461) offers rooms for $40. Across the street, Stouffer's University Inn (614-267-9291) provides rooms starting at $41. SIGHTSEEING - A tour of the city should start at the Capitol, occupying a city block bounded by High, Broad, State and Third streets. An example of Doric architecture, the great gray building was completed in 1861. About 120 feet above the elevated rotunda floor is the dome containing a painted representation of the state seal. Discover Columbus (614-262-8531) provides a three-hour guided tour at 9 A.M. Monday to Saturday. Afternoon tours begin at 1:30 P.M. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For $6 a person, the small tour service, operated out of the northside residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. Jack Jones, shows visitors downtown, German Village, Ohio State University and other points of interest. GERMAN VILLAGE - A half-mile south of the city's center lies about 200 acres of restored late-19th-century brick homes and shops. The village -actually a neighborhood rescued from urban renewal - consists mainly of low-slung brick residences close to the street and behind walls or fencing. It is one of the country's first examples of gentrification - the movement of moneyed people back to the inner city. A drive along the narrow brick streets reveals shops and restaurants catering to the young professionals who have restored the houses. You can get the feel of German Village with a stop at Juergen's Backerei and Konditorei at the corner of Fourth and Jackson Streets. Dinner begins at $4.95 for bratwurst and potato salad. Duck Pierre is $8.50. What makes Juergen's special is a bakery that turns out European-style pastries - tortes, cheesecake and strudel. Juergen's (614-224-6858) is closed Monday but open from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. Tuesday to Thursday, 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. Friday and Saturday and 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. on Sunday. SCIENCE AND HISTORY - Children will especially be interested in the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), called ''Coe-Sye'' by residents, at 280 East Broad Street. There are four floors of exhibits devoted to inventions and industrial techniques, among them a simulated coal mine and a space capsule. There also are exhibits on the workings of the human body. COSI (614-228-6361) is open from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday to Saturday and from 1 to 5:30 P.M. on Sunday. Adults are charged $3.50; students and those over 65 pay $2. The Ohio Historical Center (614-466-1505), a few minutes' drive north of downtown at Interstate 71 and 17th Avenue, holds a horde of mastodons and sabre-tooth tigers and a score of historical and archeological displays. It is open without charge from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday to Saturday and from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. on Sunday. The adjacent Ohio Village is a reconstructed county seat, circa 1850. The village is scheduled to open Wednesday and will charge adults $1.50 and children 50 cents to visit a one-room schoolhouse, a doctor's house and shops for making long rifles and horseshoes. CAMPUS - Ohio State University is one of the country's largest, with almost 58,000 students on several campuses. Most of the students on the 3,255-acre main campus do not play football although it sometimes seems that the sport dominates the university and the city. Thurber came to this land-grant university in 1913 when it had 4,435 students. One of them was Elliott Nugent. The pair later wrote the play ''The Male Animal,'' set on the campus of a large Midwestern university. OTHER ATTRACTIONS - The Columbus Zoo, with more than 7,000 inhabitants, is not in Columbus but 16 miles northwest on Riverside Drive. Among its residents is Colo, the first gorilla born in captivity. The zoo is open year round, and the admission fee is $2 for adults and $1 for children. Those interested in plants can visit the Franklin Park conservatory (614-222-7447) at 1777 East Broad Street. The conservatory, built in 1895 of limestone, offers more than 400 species of tropical plants. Its hours are 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. daily. Admission is free. DINING - Columbus is not known for exceptional food, but good meals can be had at many restaurants. One that typifies this city of government and white-collar business is One Nation (614-221-001) on the 38th floor of the Nationwide Insurance building. It specializes in American dishes representing different sections of the country. Dinners start at $6; lobster costs about $19. Among the specialties are a New England shore dinner, country glazed ham and Southern fried chicken. Ziggy's Continental (614-488-0605) at 4140 Riverside Drive serves pheasant and smoked salmon and has an extensive offering of wines, about 85 percent of them French. Dinners start at about $20. Engine House No. 5 (614-443-4877) at 121 Thurman Avenue in German Village specializes in fresh seafood. The Gothic firehouse was turned into a restaurant in 1968 and serves dinners beginning at $7.25. It has energetic waiters who slide down a fire pole to deliver birthday cakes. L'Armagnac (614-221-4046) at 121 South Sixth Street offers classic French cuisine for $22.50 without wine. This small restaurant is a former private residence and specializes in medallion de veau Florentine. Reservations are suggested for dinner at 6, 7, 8:30 and 9:30 P.M. In the Ohio State University area, A la Carte (614-294-6783) at 2333 North High Street offers East European and Mediterranean dishes beginning at $6.50, including dessert. This small restaurant with a courtyard for warm-weather dining has a good wine and imported beer shop. The Old Spaghetti Warehouse (614-464-0143) at 397 West Broad Street serves Italian food amid antiques and stained-glass windows. One dining room is a full-size streetcar. The waiting area offers coinfed electronic games. Dinners begin at $3 and are served from 5 to 10 P.M. Monday to Thursday and from 5 to 11 P.M. Friday and Saturday. It is open from noon to 10 P.M. on Sunday. SPORTS - Baseball fans can spend a pleasant spring evening watching the Columbus Clippers, the New York Yankees' International League farm team. Franklin County Stadium at 1155 West Mound Street (614-462-5250) is the last stop before Yankee Stadium for many ball players. The Clippers are league champions and provide quality play in a remodeled stadium seating 15,000. The Clippers play their first home series of the season against Richmond at 7:30 P.M. from April 14 to 16. Tickets start at $2. Racing can be viewed a few miles southwest of the city at Beulah Park (614-875-3434). There are three seasons: March 14 to April 27 for thoroughbred racing, June 19 to Aug. 9 for quarterhorse racing and Sept. 30 to Nov. 30 for thoroughbred racing. Post time is 1:30 P.M. Wednesday to Sunday. Minimum bet is $2. Grandstand seats are $1.50; clubhouse seats are $2.50. Five miles south of downtown, at 6000 South High Street, is Scioto Downs, where the harness-racing season begins May 8 and goes through Sept. 15. Grandstand seats are $1.50, and post time is 7:45 P.M. every night but Sunday. For information, call 614-491-2515. ART - The Columbus Museum of Art, 480 East Broad Street, offers works by Rubens, Van Dyck and Raeburn as well as such 20th-century Americans as O'Keeffe, Marin and Demuth. Picasso and Matisse are represented, and the museum has a sizable collection of paintings and lithographs by George Bellows, who grew up not far from the museum. Admission is $1.50 for adults and 50 cents for students and senior citizens. It is open from 11 A.M. to 5 P.M. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, and from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Saturday. Wednesday hours are 11 A.M. to 8:30 P.M. Closed Monday. ON STAGE - Columbus has many performance facilities, among them the Ohio Theater (614-469-0939) on State Street and the Palace Theater (614-469-9850), 34 West Broad Street, which draws professional touring companies and stars. Ohio State University has three performing halls: Mershon Auditorium (614-422-2354), 15th Avenue and High Street; Weigel Hall (614-422-2295) and the Drake Union Theater (614-422-2295). In addition, the city has a ballet company, a chamber orchestra and a symphony orchestra. Information about the Pro Musica chamber orchestra can be had by calling 614-261-76-26. The Ballet Metropolitan number is 614-263-1034. The Columbus Symphony ticket office is 614-224-3291. The singer Cliff Richards is scheduled to appear at 8 P.M. April 8 at the Palace. Tickets are $7.50 and $8.50. Liza Minelli is set to be at the Palace April 24 and 25. Tickets are $19.75. ''Annie'' will be at Mershon April 7 to 18 with tickets at $8 to $17.50. ''Oklahoma'' will be at the Palace from April 28 to May 3. Samuel Beckett's ''Ohio - An Impromptu'' is to open at Drake Union May 9 as part of a threeday conference on the Nobel Prize-winning playwright beginning May 7. From 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. on May 9 on the South Oval at Ohio State University there will be a Medieval and Rennaisance Festival. Plays and mock battles will be staged and unusual foods will be served. Admission to the grounds is free. Also on May 9 at 8 P.M. a jazz festival will be held at Mershon Auditorium. Tickets: from $5 to $10. SHOPPING - Lazarus, the largest retail establishment in Ohio, is the closest thing to Macy's that Columbus has. Situated on South High Street, Lazarus is a part of Columbus tradition, having been the city's department store since 1909. The eight levels of its main building are staffed by helpful sales people. Across High Street is Halle's, a Cleveland-based clothing store that competes with Lazarus for the middle- and upper-income shopper. Bargain hunters will want to drive to either of Schottenstein's stores for a chance to get clothes with well-known labels at discounts. The stores are on the city's south side at 1887 Parsons Avenue and on the north at 3251 Westerville Road. Bargains can also be had on the city's east side, at Woolen Square, 3900 Groves Road. Operated by the Mid States Wool Growers' Cooperative, the store offers fabric and men's and women's clothing from Woolrich and Pendleton. Pipe smokers should not fail to visit Smoker's Haven, 47 East Gay Street. The store has more than 9,000 pipes in stock, more than 4,000 on display, ranging from $2.95 to $4,000. For an unusual shopping experience, try the shops at the French Market, Busch Boulevard and State Route 161, about 10 miles north of downtown. There you will find a fish market, a wine shop, cheese merchants and shops specializing in French and Greek pastries. http://travel.nytimes.com/1981/03/29/travel/columbus.html?pagewanted=1

Speaking of football history....The site of OSU's first football game has been located: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/football/stories/2007/09/18/osu_first_game.ART_ART_09-18-07_C1_3O7U4UR.html?sid=101

It's amazing how much Harvard's stadium looks like Ohio Stadium and Yale's stadium looks like Michigan stadium.

Where did you grow up? Where do you live now?

One of my favs too. I seem to remember hearing that the length of the sculpture is the same length as the Wright Bros. first flight.

^can you elaborate?

Has anyone seen the new and improved fountains in person yet?

Looks like they have most the kinks worked out: I found this image at http://daytonblogs.mostmetro.com/dayton_topics/2007/08/our-fountains-a.html RiverScape fountains may finally work as planned Latest repair in the starter mechanism of one of the world's largest fountains may do the trick. By Joanne Huist Smith Staff Writer Sunday, August 26, 2007 DAYTON — — The six-year saga of the often malfunctioning fountain at the RiverScape MetroPark may finally conclude this summer with a happily-ever-after ending. The fountain — touted to be one of the largest in the world — was turned off, again, this summer for repair of the starter mechanism, an electronic piece that turns on the fountain motor... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/08/25/ddn082607riverscape.html

HaHa, when's the last time the UM-ND/MSU/PSU game meant anything to anyone??? The Big Ten Championship and National Title hopes are usually on the line during the OSU-UM game so if UM fans are too bitter to see the Buckeyes as their most important rivalry than that's too bad. P.S. I work with ND alums and they don't care about UM, it's all about USC. AND UC just beat Oregon. What poll are you looking at??? Oregon is not in the top 25 in either national poll. (prior to UM-UO game) ^ Correction, UO is now ranked No. 17, damn ESPN.com hasn't updated the rankings yet.

Cool pics...I miss London. I had to ask someone how to get to "Lye-kes-ter" Square and they said you "do you mean 'Lester' Square?" Dumb American :-D

I've bought 2 shirts from these guys and love 'em. They use American Apperal t-shirts and the graphics are well done.

Rob, have you seen the documentary "Devil's Playground"? It's filmed in Northern Indiana and documents what happens to some Amish youth when they are allowed to leave the Amish lifestyle, temporarily, to decide if they really want to devote their lives to the Amish faith or become "English".

If you don't want to wait, "Bodies" is on display now in Columbus at Easton Market Center. http://www.museumtix.com/venue/program.asp?vid=707&pid=158009

The Time Warner building does look nice at night from SR 315