Posted May 14, 200619 yr I found this shot on wikipedia today... I had never seen it before, and I thought it would be nice to share... It's pretty sweet if you ask me... btw: according to wikipedia, the copyright owner granted the release to anyone who wishes to use it... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Columbus-ohio-downtown-night.jpg
May 15, 200619 yr Cool ass pic although it looks like it's been so photoshopped it almost looks like a rendering. Nationwide is beautiful at night when blue light is casted on the side.
May 15, 200619 yr I enjoy the nightime image...however this view of Cbus really emphasizes its lack of quality density. :|
May 15, 200619 yr ^ yea, this is true, even though this view looks odd to me. its almost as if this isnt a real view or something but, like David said, it looks photoshopped. I dunno.
May 15, 200619 yr I'm not sure which building the photo was taken from, but you are look north-northwest (towards OSU/Upper Arlington), thus "the lack of quality density." If there was any photoshoping done, it was adding in glow from the lights, but I'm pretty sure there was no cutting & pasting of buildings.
May 15, 200619 yr Yeah this looks like it might have been taken from the Borden bldg or the Adam's Mark hotel (is adam's mark still around?)... I used to be security at the Motorists bldg, and can attest to the city looking like this at night... I actually always loved the orange hue that surrounded the city... You could see it all the way down in Lancaster driving up, and you knew you were about to hit the city by the glow... Someday they'll put some apartments up in that area... Truthfully, Columbus' downtown area is huge... If it ever got built up all the way, it would rival most any city except the big 3....
May 16, 200619 yr ^yes and Cincy's is twice as dense (once one of the densest populated areas in the country). Comvine this with the extreme amount of jobs located in such a tight area....I love it! Its not about quantity (total area) but rather quality!
May 16, 200619 yr ^Yeah, but once Columbus gets built to its potential it'll be another story. Besides, everyone knows bigger is better. :lol:
May 16, 200619 yr Yeah this looks like it might have been taken from the Borden bldg or the Adam's Mark hotel (is adam's mark still around?)... the link says it is from the renaissance hotel, which is the new name for the adam's mark hotel
May 16, 200619 yr Not wanting to start/contribute to a pissing match, just throwing some data I ran across out there: http://www.demographia.com/dm-uscbd.htm Data from 1990, showing the total metro employment, the CBD employment, and the percent of total metro employment in the CBD: Cincinnati 828,139 77,198 9.3% Cleveland 1,271,745 106,899 8.4% Columbus 706,215 39,852 5.6% ...that's 1990 data, and things have obviously changed since then, but I think it illustrates pretty much everyone's points thus far...would be interesting to see how this has changed in the last 15 years...
May 16, 200619 yr Not to dump on Columbus, but this is not very good picture. The buildings are generic and the density screams "small city." Quality-wise, it looks like one of those photos that you find in an airport that has been imposed onto a back-lit plastic surface and advertises some chain hotel.
May 16, 200619 yr Not to dump on Columbus, but this is not very good picture. The buildings are generic and the density screams "small city." Quality-wise, it looks like one of those photos that you find in an airport that has been imposed onto a back-lit plastic surface and advertises some chain hotel. Again! The photographer was looking north, away from the CBD. This would be akin to someone photographing Ohio City from Lakewood, or following I-71 north from Mt. Adams. We can debate the quality of the photo, but the Columbus bashing just shows some people's defeatism around here.
May 16, 200619 yr You have to have patience with the Clevelanders and Cincinnatians. Columbus is the red-headed stepchild of the Three C's in their eyes, and every topic concerning the city (assuming it lasts 24 hours on the first page) is an opportunity for quip remarks. I've gotten used to it.
May 16, 200619 yr WOW...people are pretty brutal on Cbus in this forum! In MY opinion, all three cities have some really cool qualities and all have some self loathing issues as well. Columbus...BIGGEST city, bragging rites, but spread out..it might be hard to ever fill in the CBD because of space available throughout the city. It IS a nice city, clean, and rather upscale for the most part(at least from what I have seen) Cincinnati..pretty dense looking from certain views(even NOT counting NKY), cool looking rowhouses, great looking river...coolest looking of the big three (for now)....smallest population of the big three so it may have the small guy syndrome. Cleveland...the middle child...second in population, tallest buildings in the state, but tall ones are too far apart from the east half of downtown. Erieview Tower is almost as tall as Cincy's tallest, and that side of downtown is pretty dense, but the visual makes it seem otherwise. Cleveland has an ocean....I mean Lake Erie..nice plus. Lack or rowhouses sucks, but the large apartment buildings are a nice plus. Lakewood(right on the border) is the densest area between NYC and Chicago..pretty cool and TONS of bars..even better. Centralized entertainment areas in Cleveland are a nice plus as well. The lack of ability to seem to get things done here seems to be a big MINUS! Will half of these project ever get built? That would DEFINITELY add density to the downtown. Leadership bickering, lack of any championship sports teams, being dubbed one of the poorest cities (stats are deceiving) and of course..we can never seem to NOT be reminded that our river(creek to those down in Cincy) actually caught fire MANY years ago! When it came to national jokes...you never heard Cincy or Columbus mention...guess who was! lol Anyway, point is....all three cities have their bad points...and their good points (Even though I KNOW Cleveland is the best! lol had to be said) As long as people are willing to take pictures, post articles, and promote Ohio and it's cities....we should be happy and NOT spend so much time ripping on other places or efforts. I am NOT picking on anyone...just stating my thoughts. I would hate to see the posts on here turn into what I read on Cleveland.com THAT is why I chose to come here! Good day all....
May 16, 200619 yr The competition between Cinci and Columbus never ends... This pic doesn't do much justice for Columbus. I love Cinci's density but Columbus still has a lot of room for growth in their CDB. As far as skyscrapers, Columbus' tallest buildings are generally taller than the ones in Cincinnati, which equals more density. I do think Cincinnati has a better looking downtown and it's definately better preserved but it shouldn't discredit Columbus from it's great qualities. I hate to say it but I can't think of anything in Cincinnati that rivals the Hyatt in downtown Columbus. If you think small buildings spell small town then you'd be very mislead by a picture of D.C.
May 16, 200619 yr All you need to be wowed by Columbus are ColDay's threads, especially these two: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=350.0 http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=351.0 Please don't interpret my earlier post as in any way knocking Columbus. I'm definitely a fan, of all three C's...
May 16, 200619 yr Not to dump on Columbus, but this is not very good picture. The buildings are generic and the density screams "small city." Quality-wise, it looks like one of those photos that you find in an airport that has been imposed onto a back-lit plastic surface and advertises some chain hotel. Again! The photographer was looking north, away from the CBD. This would be akin to someone photographing Ohio City from Lakewood, or following I-71 north from Mt. Adams. We can debate the quality of the photo, but the Columbus bashing just shows some people's defeatism around here. Magyar, You misread my post entirely. I commented on the picture, not the city. The picture is a poor representation of Columbus. That's all.
May 17, 200619 yr Cincinnati 828,139 77,198 9.3% Cleveland 1,271,745 106,899 8.4% Columbus 706,215 39,852 5.6% These numbers are skewed... I'm not sure what they are representing, but it looks like only Columbus' numbers are for the actual city; while Cleveland and Cincinnati's are for a much larger area of the metropolitan area... Check that, it said Central Business District... Still though, where are the boundaries?... Again, Columbus city proper (2000) = 712,000 Cleveland city proper = 461,000 Cincinnati city proper = 317,000 It looks to me like they drew from suburbs for cin and cleveland, but not columbus... Not sure how they work that out... Why would it be that Columbus would not get to include the million more people that live around it, while the others do? Also, re: the comments of how this looks poor for density... Well I suppose if you thought this was the whole downtown region, then it would... But considering this only shows the least dense area of downtown, then not so much... I thought it looked good for reasons other than density... As another commentator said, if we based a picture's strengths on height of buildings etc, then boston, d.c., baltimore, detroit, etc... would all be pretty poor cities to look at... And every european city... Not to mention the only reason Columbus is full of parking lots and the ugly crap is because it was actually growing in the 60's and up... For some reason, the architects of the 60's and 70's thought that they needed to destroy everything to build things... Columbus was very dense before that, and should have stayed that way... Damn the growth... Pics taken from: http://www.skylinepictures.com/Columbus_Ohio_col13_full.htm http://pix.epodunk.com/OH/oh_columbus04.jpg
May 17, 200619 yr ^ The numbers you're wondering about... they're metro-wide employment, not population. BTW, I liked the picture. Thanks for posting it!
May 17, 200619 yr Yeah, it's employees in the entire metro, then employees in the Central Business District, then a simple percentage of CBD employees vs. the metro employees. ...and those shots kick ass...any idea on the year of the B&W one? ...I guess I should have just said, "what PigBoy said."
May 17, 200619 yr Lord folks. Enough with the "C vs. C." "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 17, 200619 yr Yeah, I have the inferiority complex from growing up in Columbus... Its always Cleveland this or Cincinnati that... I live in Seattle now, and people still only know about cleveland and cincinnati... So I suppose I just take up the issue as a default reaction... Either way, living in Seattle now, makes me appreciate Ohio a lot more... I'm rather proud of my heritage now... yay Ohio... very rich history
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