SarahBeth

Aw, that's a shame.

Whoa, did this topic hit a nerve, JMeck? :lol:

Looks like a neat town. I like this building especially: (the one on the left)

link would not work for me :( edit: never mind!

Those are all pretty cool! I like the "wedding palace"... it almost looks like a church.

i think i would like it better if it were more symmetrical, but if the inside is lit up in different colors like the drawing shows it will be pretty

try target.com too?

someone needs to buy it & open up a quirky little shop... so people can actually see the inside of the place! or maybe urbanohio headquarters? :)

wow, I like the way that looks.

Festa Stuff has some fun tees for women, including a Midwestern Girl, Ohio Girl, Cleveland Girl, another Cleveland shirt with a US map (hard to explain), & Ohio State Girl. I've emailed them before to suggest that they add a Cincinnati Girl, but so far they haven't. I like this tee from Threadless.com too - it's not specifically Ohio, but it is groovy.

Thoughts: Between this project and the main library being shut down for 3 years, I am so glad I've already graduated. Not finished until 2010?! What a hassle for students. When will the construction abate? :shoot: I like the idea of using the old Long's space for some things temporarily - still hoping something will be done with that building more permanently (instead of it being torn down eventually). Sucks that there's going to be another student fee for this - didn't they already do that for the new rec center? I agree with the kid quoted in one of the articles who said he only goes there for the food and the bank - and the food offerings had gotten a lot worse in recent years... well, I'm still mad that Chick-fil-A left, for one :cry: but there ended up being all these no-name vendors and it was really depressing... and it always smelled gross in the food court too, like rancid dishwater. A 24-hour diner is a good idea.

I definitely didn't know about it. At all.

wow, that's really gorgeous!

Isn't Morrison's <i>Beloved</i> also set in Ohio... the parts that aren't flashbacks anyway?

hey, I'm still here! well not really... I miss this place, but ever since I started back at OSU I haven't had the time to keep up with any message boards like I used to. :oops: I do check in now and then for a quick browse, or if I want to search for info on something (because I know you guys always have the latest news!). But I noticed a tiny jump in visitors to my site around my birthday (coming from UrbanOhio), so I wanted to come back and say hi :) I like the new look of the forum! and wow lots of new members... take care folks :-D p.s. I just opened a Flickr account for photos (Ohio & otherwise) because I no longer have time to properly update my own site either! :oops: is there an UrbanOhio group on Flickr?

From today's Dispatch: (This actually sounds like it will be pretty nice... not just a regular Barnes & Noble.) CONSTRUCTION ZONE Bookstore’s opening will leave Michigan in the dust Monday, August 01, 2005 Mike Pramik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The hottest search at the new Barnes & Noble bookstore at South Campus Gateway isn’t for a subject, title or author. Construction employees have been trying to find out which one of their co-workers keeps scrawling "Go Blue" in the dust that accumulates daily inside the immense structure at N. High Street and E. 11th Avenue. General Manager Kathy Smith said the offending party has yet to be identified. But when the debris is swept up for the final time before the store’s Aug. 15 opening, the scribbling will be the last signs of the University of Michigan. Barnes & Noble — The Ohio State University Bookstore is a study in scarlet. Nods to the Buckeyes are everywhere, from the Block O’s in the ironwork to gray shelves with scarlet trim to a trademarked, 27-foot mural depicting university history and campus life. At 50,000 square feet, the store is Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc.’s second-largest of 550 university bookstores, smaller only than the one at Harvard University. More at http://www.dispatch.com

cool, I didn't even know the museum existed!

lol there you go, artists don't like doing anything that's going to be "obvious" to us normal folk

Wow, great finds Grasscat... especially that first one. wtf?!

Am I the only one not a big fan of the "open air" shopping? It sucks in the winter!

The Long's bookstore sign was taken down yesterday, I presume they moved it to the new location. And this article appeared in the Lantern: Gateway center changes traffic flow to south campus By Angela Davis Published: Thursday, July 21, 2005 The city of Columbus has implemented permanent traffic changes around the South Campus Gateway area. Crews began construction Monday to convert East 11th and Chittenden Avenues to allow two-way traffic flow between High Street and Grant Avenue. Grant Avenue will also be altered to allow for traffic flow in both the north and south directions. The goal of the changes was to provide better access from Interstate 71 to High Street, said Stephen Sterrett, director of community relations at Campus Partners. "As the Gateway opens and there are more people around, traffic should flow more easily throughout the area," said Amy Murray, spokeswoman for Ohio State. "Chittenden will eventually go back to more of a neighborhood street," Sterrett said. "East 11th will be a major connection between Interstate 71 and High Street." The plan is to eventually provide landscaping on East 11th, making it a more welcome entry to the campus area, Sterrett said. Traffic lights are being positioned on High Street at the intersections of 9th, 10th, 11th and Chittenden Avenues, which will allow for more pedestrian crossings, he said. "The lights will slow traffic to make it a more pedestrian-friendly environment," Sterrett said. More at http://www.thelantern.com

Yesterday I found this postcard-sized advertisement at a restaurant near campus. I scanned the front and back. I just went to the site and for the first time saw the price range for those apartments. No wonder they are only marketing to grad/professional students and faculty members. Those prices are way out of the range for undergrads. The studios are going for twice what I pay for mine, and I have to stretch to make that every month. That's cool though... that's cool... :whip:

My photo from this past Monday (7/11) And from the OSU student paper (The Lantern) today... Long's Bookstore moving to Gateway By Angela Davis Published: Thursday, July 14, 2005 Barnes & Noble, The Ohio State University Bookstore is set to open Aug. 15 in the South Campus Gateway and will integrate two existing campus bookstores into the new two-story retail area. Components of the existing Long's Bookstore and Health Sciences Bookstore will combine with Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc. in the new Gateway bookstore, said Stephen Sterrett, director of community relations at Campus Partners. Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Inc., which will run the new bookstore, operates more than 530 college bookstores throughout the country, said Kathy Smith, general manager of Long's and OSU Bookstores. The OSU Bookstore has been part of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc. since 2000, but will maintain its current location in the Central Classroom building, Smith said. Long's Bookstore was sold to Campus Partners in 2000 by the Long family and soon after was joined with Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc., she said. "One of the neat things about Starbucks is that our customers frequent many locations," Smith said. "The Barnes & Noble location provides a different atmosphere where people can drink our coffee." More at http://www.thelantern.com Because there were just not enough places to drink coffee...

Ohhhh wow. I hope that's not true...

I like it too. And maybe opening up the currently closed streets @ High Street will prevent the accumulation of beggars/loiterers. I got heckled by a group of them at 14th the other week while heading to campus in the evening... I felt so uncomfortable that on my way back I stayed in a restaurant until my boyfriend could come and walk me home :(