Posted June 24, 201212 yr I walked around Kent today. Here are my Pictures of Downtown. It starts with the new construction: Acorn Alley (Phase I & II), The Kent State Hotel, the PARTA center, the rehab of the old Hotel, and the new development on water street. Then it jumps around a bit. It is of S. Water st., then Main St., back to S. Water, to Franklin, finally to N. Water. If you want to see something in more detail, I can go out again. I may walk around campus soon and hit y'all up with a remix (if you want it.) 1. DSCN1503 by mmurph46, on Flickr 2. DSCN1518 by mmurph46, on Flickr 3. DSCN1520 by mmurph46, on Flickr 4. DSCN1517 by mmurph46, on Flickr 5. DSCN1459 by mmurph46, on Flickr 6. DSCN1493 by mmurph46, on Flickr 7. DSCN1460 by mmurph46, on Flickr 8. DSCN1461 by mmurph46, on Flickr 9. DSCN1462 by mmurph46, on Flickr 10. DSCN1496 by mmurph46, on Flickr 11. DSCN1464 by mmurph46, on Flickr 12. DSCN1494 by mmurph46, on Flickr 13. DSCN1467 by mmurph46, on Flickr 14. DSCN1466 by mmurph46, on Flickr 15. DSCN1465 by mmurph46, on Flickr 16. DSCN1468 by mmurph46, on Flickr 17. DSCN1469 by mmurph46, on Flickr 18. DSCN1470 by mmurph46, on Flickr 19. DSCN1471 by mmurph46, on Flickr 20. DSCN1475 by mmurph46, on Flickr 21. DSCN1474 by mmurph46, on Flickr 22. DSCN1480 by mmurph46, on Flickr 23. DSCN1482 by mmurph46, on Flickr 24. DSCN1488 by mmurph46, on Flickr 25. DSCN1476 by mmurph46, on Flickr 26. DSCN1477 by mmurph46, on Flickr 27. DSCN1478 by mmurph46, on Flickr 28. DSCN1479 by mmurph46, on Flickr 29. DSCN1453 by mmurph46, on Flickr 30. DSCN1484 by mmurph46, on Flickr 31. DSCN1485 by mmurph46, on Flickr 32. DSCN1489 by mmurph46, on Flickr 33. DSCN1490 by mmurph46, on Flickr 34. DSCN1487 by mmurph46, on Flickr 35. DSCN1495 by mmurph46, on Flickr 36. DSCN1473 by mmurph46, on Flickr 37. DSCN1472 by mmurph46, on Flickr 38. DSCN1451 by mmurph46, on Flickr 39. DSCN1452 by mmurph46, on Flickr 40. DSCN1450 by mmurph46, on Flickr 41. DSCN1449 by mmurph46, on Flickr 42. DSCN1514 by mmurph46, on Flickr 43. DSCN1513 by mmurph46, on Flickr 44. DSCN1512 by mmurph46, on Flickr 45. DSCN1511 by mmurph46, on Flickr 46. DSCN1510 by mmurph46, on Flickr 47. DSCN1509 by mmurph46, on Flickr 48. DSCN1508 by mmurph46, on Flickr 49. DSCN1507 by mmurph46, on Flickr 50. DSCN1506 by mmurph46, on Flickr 51. DSCN1505 by mmurph46, on Flickr 52. DSCN1504 by mmurph46, on Flickr 53. DSCN1502 by mmurph46, on Flickr 54. DSCN1501 by mmurph46, on Flickr 55. DSCN1519 by mmurph46, on Flickr 56. DSCN1500 by mmurph46, on Flickr 57. DSCN1499 by mmurph46, on Flickr 58. DSCN1498 by mmurph46, on Flickr 59. DSCN1497 by mmurph46, on Flickr 60. DSCN1516 by mmurph46, on Flickr 61. DSCN1492 by mmurph46, on Flickr 62. DSCN1491 by mmurph46, on Flickr 63. DSCN1486 by mmurph46, on Flickr 64. DSCN1458 by mmurph46, on Flickr 65. DSCN1457 by mmurph46, on Flickr 66. DSCN1456 by mmurph46, on Flickr 67. DSCN1455 by mmurph46, on Flickr 68. DSCN1454 by mmurph46, on Flickr 69. DSCN1448 by mmurph46, on Flickr 70. DSCN1447 by mmurph46, on Flickr 71. DSCN1446 by mmurph46, on Flickr 72. DSCN1445 by mmurph46, on Flickr 73. DSCN1444 by mmurph46, on Flickr 74. DSCN1443 by mmurph46, on Flickr 75. DSCN1442 by mmurph46, on Flickr 76. DSCN1441 by mmurph46, on Flickr 77. DSCN1440 by mmurph46, on Flickr 78. DSCN1438 by mmurph46, on Flickr 79. DSCN1439 by mmurph46, on Flickr 80. DSCN1437 by mmurph46, on Flickr 81. DSCN1435 by mmurph46, on Flickr 82. DSCN1434 by mmurph46, on Flickr 83. DSCN1433 by mmurph46, on Flickr 84. DSCN1432 by mmurph46, on Flickr 85. DSCN1436 by mmurph46, on Flickr 86. DSCN1431 by mmurph46, on Flickr 87. DSCN1430 by mmurph46, on Flickr
June 24, 201212 yr Great set! Documents the downtown revitalization progress pretty well. But more IDs of what we're seeing will help people who are unfamiliar with Kent. BTW, it always amazed me how quiet and empty Kent is in the summer. I had an apartment off-campus in the late 80s and stayed there year-round. You could always get a table at your favorite bars and restaurants without waiting! Any construction starting yet on the extension of the Esplanade? I did a Google search but no news. However in GoogleMaps you'll see something interesting. Check out the third house on Willow Street north of College Avenue. Where is it going?? :-o "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 24, 201212 yr Thanks for sharing, I haven't been to Kent since graduation, nice to see everything coming along. KJP - At the end of the school year they had started to make way for the esplanade extension, so I would hope construction has begun now.
June 25, 201212 yr I'm diggin' it! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 25, 201212 yr Thanks for sharing, I haven't been to Kent since graduation, nice to see everything coming along. KJP - At the end of the school year they had started to make way for the esplanade extension, so I would hope construction has begun now. I had heard that too, which is why I was hoping there might be some photos of any construction. It actually looks on Google like they're moving houses and tearing up some dirt along SR59. And I'd seen plans showing a traffic circle next to the new PARTA center, but I wasn't sure if that was just a proposal or if it actually made it into final design with funding for that. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
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