Posted July 5, 200618 yr Capitol South seeks buyer, ideas for remnants of former deaf school Business First of Columbus, 6/26/06 Developers interested in revamping the remaining section of the former Ohio School for the Deaf complex in Columbus have until September 8 to present detailed redevelopment proposals for the property. Capitol South Community Urban Redevelopment Corp. on June 16 released its request for proposals to buy and redevelop the 107-year-old property at 400 E. Town Street. The city's desire to sell the downtown property comes after government officials determined in May that the cost of redeveloping the complex proved too high for the Columbus Department of Recreation and Parks and the city Department of Technology to proceed with the project. Capitol South has spent nearly $200,000 on capital improvements since the city directed the nonprofit affiliate to acquire the remaining leasehold interests in the property for $1.8 million from a Dallas developer in 2004.
January 6, 200718 yr FORMER OHIO DEAF SCHOOL Historic building may be redeveloped City consultants like Philadelphia group’s plans for upscale apartments Friday, January 05, 2007 Mike Pramik, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The historic Ohio Deaf School, a grand structure tucked along E. Town Street, is moving toward a luxurious rebirth. A plan by a Philadelphia developer to turn the building into upscale housing has gained the approval of the city’s top real-estate consultant, giving the project the likely momentum it needs to be completed. Campus Apartments Inc. has offered to pay the city $2.25 million for the former school for the deaf, at 400 E. Town St., and spend about $11 million to convert it into apartments. The acquisition would end the city’s 25-year ownership of the building and breathe new life into a structure that was built in the 1800s and stands just west of the city’s Topiary Park. Columbus recently scuttled plans to move some of its offices to the building. Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2007/01/05/20070105-G1-00.html Click link for the location, history & pics.
January 8, 200718 yr Author Housing aimed at Deaf School building Business First of Columbus - by Brian R. Ball Friday, January 5, 2007 A Philadelphia urban housing developer has tentatively won a three-way race to redevelop the former Ohio Deaf School building in downtown Columbus into housing. Campus Apartments Inc., which is redeveloping the former Seneca hotel building at East Broad Street and South Grant Avenue, would pay the city $2.25 million to turn the late-19th century school property at 400 E. Town Street into 71 rental units. Campus Apartments CEO David Adelman expects to spend $13 million on the Deaf School project, which would open in the 2008. The project would mark the next development phase for Campus Apartments in Columbus, where it has the 80-apartment Seneca project under way. Full article: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/01/08/story1.html
January 9, 200718 yr The more residential development for downtown Columbus, the healthier and more vibrant the downtown will become. I think this is a very good idea.
January 10, 200718 yr What I like about this is that more focus is on rentals, which are few and far between downtown. I'm guessing this might mean less people are buying condos.
January 11, 200718 yr I don't know if that is the case. This developer focuses on rental units, usually around urban campuses in central cities. They are not usually into the condo biz. Also, they are from the east coast, where the condo market is dipping, so they are most likely nervous to enter the condo biz. However, Columbus urban condo market is in the opposite mode and is still growing rapidly and units are selling. Nationwide, wouldn't be constructing a 20 story condo tower in downtown if the condo market in Columbus is soft. Im at odds right now over the details of this project, first this is a nice old building which has been used as offices for some time. This conversion is an okay idea because the Old Deaf School is located in the old town st neighborhood and has the deaf school park right next to it. Making it ideal for condo or rental. There is a lot of rentals already in the area, so it is a nice little collection of apartment dwellers already. However, the company that has been awarded the contract is already working on the Senaca Hotel (now sitting empty) into apartments, The Seneca sits on broad st (anyone have a pic) and is a grand old hotel brick structure like 8 stories i believe (somewhere around that) This same company (from Phili) announced that they would redo the Senaca into apartments over 2 years ago. Still today the apartments are not completed. Now the city or capital south , whoever, has awarded the same company, who hasn't fullfilled their existing rental conversion promises, another contract to convert a second historical building? I find that a bit odd, in urban condo or apartment conversion projects the most important aspect is the developers history, not just the initial plan. There were some other local developers with experience in Columbus not Phili. For instance, one was the developer who oversaw the construction of the Hampton Inn in the Short North.
November 27, 200717 yr From today's weekly column in the Dispatch by Mike Pramik, which covers Central Ohio construction projects and updates. • Campus Apartments of Philadelphia is planning to unveil to the Downtown Commission on Tuesday its initial plan for the conversion of the Ohio Deaf School building into 71 apartments. Campus Apartments said in January it wanted to spend more than $13 million to acquire and convert the historic building at 400 E. Town Street. The project will include reconfiguring the parking lot to build an entrance plaza to the adjacent Topiary Garden.
November 30, 200717 yr Looks like a cool structure, and in this market it is probably a good thing to go with apartments over condos.
November 30, 200717 yr This building has always been one of my favorites. Glad to see it being used for apartments/condo rather than government offices.
January 3, 200817 yr Deaf School apartments: Redevelopment under way Sunday, December 30, 2007 3:37 AM Mike Pramik, The Columbus Dispatch The redevelopment of the Ohio Deaf School, 400 E. Town St., into apartments is proceeding according to plan. Campus Apartments of Philadelphia plans to retrofit the 98-year-old building with 71 one- and two-bedroom apartments. Owner David Adelman is working with the Columbus architectural firm of Schooley Caldwell Associates on the project. Campus Apartments acquired the building in the summer from Capitol Square Urban Redevelopment Corp. for $2.2 million. Schooley Caldwell Chief Executive Bob Loversidge said the design has been completed and his firm is working on construction documents. Loversidge has worked on several planned reuses for the building over the years, including assisted living and offices. "Most of what was done to it in the past is going to be gutted," Loversidge said. "In some cases, we'll be taking it back to the bare building." Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2007/12/30/20071230-G1-00.html
January 24, 201312 yr More great news for Columbus' cultural institutions as the CML announces plans to purchase the former Deaf School building and associated property, which includes the Topiary Park: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/01/23/library-considering-purchase-of-former.html CU write-up and discussion of the aforementioned news can be found here: http://www.columbusunderground.com/expansion-of-downtown-columbus-library-proposed
January 24, 201312 yr Awesome. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 6, 201312 yr More about the Columbus Metro Library system purchasing the Old Deaf School building and property adjacent to the system's Main Library in downtown. As stated previously, the purchase would allow the Main Library to open up its currently blank eastern wall that faces the Topiary Park. Early renderings show a glass facade replacing the blank wall and a patio replacing part of the existing parking lot on the Deaf School property. The Main Library is undecided about the use of the Deaf School building. It might include some office space for the Main Library. It might also be leased or sold to the Chicago-based Christo Rey school, a network of Catholic college prep high schools that currently has a location in Franklinton. Or possibly some combination of the two. Below is the most recent Dispatch article about the Deaf School: Buying old Deaf School won’t hinder library upgrades By Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch Sunday, January 27, 2013 - 11:38 AM Library officials on Wednesday announced plans to purchase the former deaf school, allowing access to a parking lot that would be converted into an outdoor patio along the rear of the Main Library. Renovation costs of up to $11 million, in addition to the $2.1 million purchase price, would be necessary if the library moves its administrative offices into the turn-of-the-century building. More likely, the library would sell the deaf school portion of the property, possibly to a school. READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/01/27/buying-old-deaf-school-wont-hinder-upgrades.html
February 6, 201312 yr Renderings about the Old Deaf School building and property adjacent to the system's Main Library in downtown. As stated previously, the purchase would allow the Main Library to open up its currently blank eastern wall that faces the Topiary Park. Early renderings show a glass facade replacing the blank wall and a patio replacing part of the existing parking lot on the Deaf School property. The Main Library is undecided about the use of the Deaf School building. It might include some office space for the Main Library. It might also be leased or sold to the Chicago-based Christo Rey school, a network of Catholic college prep high schools that currently has a location in Franklinton. Or possibly some combination of the two. Below are some conceptual renderings:
July 28, 201311 yr Catching up on the redevelopment news for the historic Ohio Deaf School in downtown Columbus that was lost during the July server crash. The Columbus Metropolitian Library Board of Trustees voted to sell a portion of the property that included the historic school to the Cristo Rey catholic high school for $1 million. The Metro Library retained the portion of the property immediately east of the Main Library branch for a future redevelopment of the Main Library. Below are links to articles from Columbus Business First about the sale. The bottom two articles discuss the Ohio Deaf School's new owner - Cristo Rey. Library selling former Deaf School for $1M to Cristo Rey high school Rehab 35 years in the making for Cristo Rey Columbus High School Cristo Rey Columbus High School opening doors to underprivilged learners
July 28, 201311 yr And now some current news about the Deaf School renovation from Business First. Below is a link a Business First article from last week about the City of Columbus' Downtown Commission and Historic Resources Commission approving the exterior work to be done as part of the building's renovation. Exterior improvements to future Cristo Rey Columbus High School to begin in August Here are some photos and renderings for the Ohio Deaf School renovation. The first photo is an historic photo of what the Deaf School originally looked like. Here is a current photo of the Deaf School looking west from the Topiary Park. Note the elaborate tops of the two towers are missing from the building. In the Business First article, the project architect noted that the tops were removed for maintenance reasons quite a few years ago. Below is a rendering of the same view showing the renovation work that was approved. The project consists primarily of fixing the stone masonry and replacing the windows, roof, gutters and downspouts. The only major change to the outside would be a new at-grade ground-level entrance that would meet current accessibility and security requirements.
February 26, 201411 yr Business First had a slideshow of the construction taking place at the Ohio Deaf School. The 1898 building is being renovated for the new Cristo Rey Columbus High School. According to the Business First report, two floors are estimated to be completed by July 30, 2014 and the rest of the building by Dec. 31, 2014. Below is a view of the work being done to the side of the Deaf School building facing the Topiary Park. Part of the Columbus Main Library, which sold the building to Cristo Rey, is visible in the background. The full slideshow of the renovation work is at http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2014/02/14/cristo-rey-renovations-an-inside-look.html
May 21, 201411 yr Cristo Rey gets $10.5M in tax credits for rehab of Ohio School for the Deaf By Evan Weese, Staff reporter Columbus Business First - May 20, 2014, 2:38pm EDT Cristo Rey Columbus High School has received $10.56 million in low-income tax credits for its renovation of the historic Ohio School for the Deaf building. The project was awarded an $8 million federal New Markets Tax Credit and $2.56 million in state credits, said Finance Fund, which facilitates debt and equity financing to development projects in blighted neighborhoods. Cristo Rey – a work-study Catholic school for students from disadvantaged households – plans to have the facility ready by year’s end. ... The property served as the Ohio School for the Deaf from 1899 to the early 1950s, when the school’s operations were moved to a campus on Morse Road. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/05/20/cristo-rey-gets-10-5m-in-tax-credits-for-rehab-of.html
May 21, 201411 yr What was the building used for between the 1950s and present? I see mention of the city owning it for 25 years, but did they do anything with it? Here are some shots from the weekend.
May 21, 201411 yr I believe the state actually continued to own the property into the 70's. I am not sure if the city ever used the building, but it was converted by private developers in the early 1980's into office space. The 1980's rehab was cheap and the building was empty by the early 2000's. As I understand it, Mel Dodge, the former Director of Parks & Rec, called Governor Rhodes out of a meeting to stop the demolition of the building. Crews had started prepping to demolish the structure as they demolished the larger original Deaf School building (now the site of Topiary) that had burnt. There are still marks on the brick where crews damaged the building.
August 16, 201410 yr Cristo Rey, a Catholic high school for low-income families of all faiths across the Diocese of Columbus, is almost ready to open in the old Ohio Deaf School at 400 E. Town Street in downtown. More about this from the Dispatch: Cristo Rey brings students back to old Deaf School Catholic college-prep academy for low-income families opens new chapter for renovated, historic Downtown building By JoAnne Viviano, The Columbus Dispatch Monday, August 11, 2014 - 4:39 AM Cristo Rey is moving to the 88,000-square-foot Discovery District building that once housed the Ohio State School for the Deaf. That building, constructed in 1899 at 400 E. Town St., had been vacant for about seven years after housing state and other offices. The site is south of the Main Library, which purchased it from Pennsylvania-based Campus Apartments for $2.16 million in 2013. The library then sold the building to Cristo Rey for $1 million while keeping the land and part of a parking lot. Jim Foley, Cristo Rey president, said the school is undergoing $18 million in renovations, paid for through tax credits and a loan from the Columbus diocese. The building retains its ornate architecture and hardwood floors while being updated with the replacement of more than 300 windows and the addition of a chapel and state-of-the-art teaching tools and science and music labs. Students are preparing now for their work-study experiences. Classes begin on August 25, when the first three floors of the school will be open. The fourth and fifth floors are expected to open in November, Foley said. ... The school is part of the nationwide Cristo Rey Network based in Chicago, and it hopes to eventually admit about 140 freshmen each year. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/08/11/fresh-start.html
August 16, 201410 yr There's also a brief 1:50 video at http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/08/11/fresh-start.html showing the renovation of the old Ohio Deaf School and explaining the Cristo Rey School. Below are some photos of the renovation from the same link: Exterior of the building's short-side facing Town Street: Exterior of the building's long-side facing the Topiary Park: Interior finishing work in a hallway overlooking the school's gymnasium:
August 16, 201410 yr They should still put back on those turrets. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 16, 201410 yr They should still put back on those turrets. +1 The renovation looks great, and I know they have other priorities for funds, ... but restoring the turrets would be the icing on the cake for the project.
August 16, 201410 yr They should still put back on those turrets. +1 The renovation looks great, and I know they have other priorities for funds, ... but restoring the turrets would be the icing on the cake for the project. I agree with you on that!
October 8, 201410 yr When Columbus Metro Libraries (CML) purchased the Deaf School property and later sold it to Cristo Rey High School, they reserved a portion of the Deaf School property to allow them eastern access to the Topiary Park. At that time CML showed an conceptual rendering of what renovations to the Main Library might look like - posted previously here in this thread. Now CML has released more renderings of their renovation plans for the Main Library. There will be some renovation work done to the historic 1907 Carnegie portion of the downtown library. But the majority of the work will focus on the 1991 addition. Much of that work will involve adding windows to existing blank walls. Below is an exterior rendering of what this would like in the front facing Grant Avenue. In the back portion of the 1991 addition, adding windows will connect the library to the neighboring Topiary Park and outdoor reading space that will be built as part of this project. Below is an interior rendering of what this would look like. The renovations are scheduled to start in early 2015 and expected to be completed in several phases through 2016. Business First and Columbus Underground have more renderings at the links below. http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2014/10/first-look-main-library-renovation-plans.html http://www.columbusunderground.com/downtown-columbus-library-to-undergo-expansion-and-renovation-in-2015
October 8, 201410 yr I don't even know what goes on in the Carnegie part any more. It seems mostly off-limits. Haven't really been in it since the 1991 work. I remember working on a presentation about nosebleeds in the basement during the late '80s.
October 8, 201410 yr ^Much of the second floor is offices and meeting rooms. Much of the first is just circulation (building, not book).
October 21, 201410 yr Renovation plans for the Downtown Main Library received positive feedback in its first review before the city's Downtown Commission: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/10/21/design-team-shows-off-main-library-renovation.html
January 5, 201510 yr The city’s Downtown Commission approved the Main Library renovation design at its December meeting. Construction to start in 2015 and completion in 2016. More about it below and at the link: Renovation to link Downtown Columbus library to Topiary Park By Steve Wartenberg, The Columbus Dispatch Sunday, December 28, 2014 - 9:28 AM Soon, users of the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Main Library will be able to look up from their books and enjoy the shrubbery representations of people, dogs and even a monkey and cat strolling through the Island of La Grande Jatte. “The goal is to bring the library into the Topiary Park and the Topiary Park into the library,” said Brian Pawlowski, a project architect with Schooley Caldwell Associates. The renovation of the main branch is scheduled to start in February, be completed by the summer of 2016 and cost an estimated $30.4 million. Originally called the Carnegie Library, the marble and granite building opened in 1907. It underwent a major expansion in 1991. In this renovation, the rear/east facade of the 1991 addition will be replaced with glass and there will be an outdoor deck. A fence and surface parking lot between the library and the Topiary Park will be removed and the area landscaped, creating a seamless view to the sculpted shrubs that are a living representation of painter Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. “We wanted to make it look contemporary but were sensitive to its history,” Pawlowski said of the planned expansion. “The simple design of the glass and its transparency will be in contrast to the details of the Carnegie Library and make them stand out even more.” Columbus-based Schooley Caldwell is designing the library’s renovations with the Gund Partnership of Cambridge, Mass. Turner Construction is the construction manager for the project. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2014/12/28/renovation-to-link-downtown-columbus-library-to-topiary-park.html
February 11, 201510 yr Main Library Downtown prepares for big renovations Much of the building will be closed during the 18-month project By Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch Monday, February 2, 2015 - 8:00 AM “We’re Packing” signs throughout the three-story building at 96 S. Grant Ave. explain the emptying of bookshelves, removal of carpet and unfurling of caution tape. A video monitor at the checkout desk counts down the days, hours and minutes until the changes begin. “We want to make sure everybody knows what’s going on,” said Ben Zenitsky, library spokesman. “It’s going to inconvenience a lot of our customers ... but we know that it’s going to be well worth it when it’s complete.” Construction officially begins on Feb. 25, but preparing for it takes weeks. The $30 million project is part of plans to renovate or rebuild half of the 21 branches. ... The Downtown library celebrated its centennial in 2007. But it’s not the 1907 space, built with $200,000 from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, that’s outdated. What will be upgraded is the massive addition built in 1991. The first stage of construction will involve closing off the entire third floor. About 80 percent of the building’s materials will be in storage. The rest will be dispersed throughout branches. ... And 50 public computers, previously in the rear of the first floor, will move to the basement. Instead, that area will become a three-story open space with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Topiary Park and a new walk-out plaza. A minimal number of books, magazines and newspapers will remain, along with space for reading in the Carnegie boardroom during construction. However, more than 4 million items can be reserved and picked up at the Downtown library through the Central Library Consortium of 14 area libraries. ... The project is to be completed by August 2016. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/02/02/main-library-downtown-shrinking-to-allow-renovations.html
March 11, 201510 yr ^ "The Columbus Metropolitan Library has rethought its decision to keep its main downtown branch open while undergoing renovations. Concerns about safety, budgets and an aggressive construction schedule led to the decision by the library's board that the Main Library at 96 S. Grant Avenue will close on Sunday, April 12, 2015 until the $30.4 million project is finished, likely in August 2016." -- Main Library closing for 16 months to ease construction: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/03/10/main-library-closing-for-16-months-to-ease.html -- Main Columbus Library to Close for 16 Months of Renovations: http://www.columbusunderground.com/main-columbus-library-to-close-for-16-months-of-renovations
September 15, 20159 yr The Dispatch ran a feature today on the in-process renovation of the Downtown Main Library. The link below also has a 2:29 video tour of the demolition work currently underway in the building and on the grounds: - Main Library's $30 million renovation will lead to more open and inviting look: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/09/15/interior-design.html EDIT: Added the youtube version of the video tour
September 15, 20159 yr Photo of the interior demolition work in the Main Library from http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/09/15/interior-design.html. This is a view from the main stacks section looking toward the entrance atrium next to the original 1906 Carnegie section of the library: Two exterior demolition photos showing the formerly blank back wall facing the Topiary Park taken by Walker at http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/columbus-metropolitan-library-news-updates/page/4/#post-1093350. This is a view looking northwest toward Library Park, a side street that runs from Grant Avenue to Washington Avenue: This is a view looking southwest toward the Ohio Deaf School Building, which was recently renovated into the Christo Rey School:
November 2, 20159 yr I mentioned the recently renovated Cristo Rey School in my previous post. This was the former Ohio Deaf School building that is located next to the Main Library (currently under-going its own renovation) and the Topiary Park (which at one time contained another Ohio Deaf School building that burned down in the 1970's). Since before the time of that fire, the Ohio Deaf School program relocated to a location near the Clintonville neighborhood. After that fire, the State of Ohio transferred ownership of this downtown property to the City of Columbus. The location of the burned building later became a city park known as the Topiary Park. The remaining Ohio Deaf School building went through various office uses before the private Catholic High School, Cristo Rey, came along to do a complete renovation of the building and open last year. At Heritage Ohio’s Statewide Conference, held last month, the former Ohio Deaf School/now Cristo Rey School was named its “Historic School of the Year”. The project architect for the renovation, Schooley Caldwell, reports this at http://sca-ae.com/historic-school-of-the-year/ and also included this beautiful photo of the renovated building:
November 2, 20159 yr It's a wonderful renovation...except for...*fill in the blank* "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 2, 20159 yr ^Unfortunately, recreating the towers would have added half a million to the cost.
November 3, 20159 yr Hell, they could've bought one of the old Children's Palace turrets for $29.99. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 16, 20159 yr Hard Hat Tour: Columbus Metropolitan Library Renovation & Expansion From CU, a late October update of the renovation work going on inside the Downtown Main Library. Lots of removal of floor beams to open up the interior of the 1990's addition for a larger interior atrium that will face the original back wall of historic 1907 Carnegie portion of the library. Compare with the September 15 photos of the atrium interior posted previously. A few sample pics, with more photos at the above link:
November 16, 20159 yr Some front exterior photos and renderings from the project architect website at http://sca-ae.com/have-you-noticed-columbus-main-library-is-looking-a-bit-different/ and the previous hard hat tour at http://www.columbusunderground.com/columbus-metropolitan-library-construction: The original 1907 Carnegie front portion and the front plaza which is being completely redone: Portion of the 1991 addition facing the front plaza and Grant Avenue. This formerly blank wall is being opened up and will serve as a new handicap-accessible entrance: Rendering of this same area showing the new handicap-accessible entrance:
November 16, 20159 yr Some side and back exterior photos and renderings from the project architect website at http://sca-ae.com/have-you-noticed-columbus-main-library-is-looking-a-bit-different/ and the previous hard hat tour at http://www.columbusunderground.com/columbus-metropolitan-library-construction: Here's a view showing what the alley side and back side (facing the park) of the 1991 addition looked like prior to demolition. The alley side contains an entrance/exit to a lower level parking garage: Here's the back side facing the park prior to demolition and a little bit of the side facing Cristo Rey (historic Deaf School): Here's the same view showing the exterior wall being removed: And here's two renderings of the back side facing the park. The parking lot previously located between the 1991 addition to the Main Library and the Deaf School Park (Topiary Garden) has been replaced with exterior green space that blends into the park and an exterior terrace to extends from a new entrance to the library:
November 16, 20159 yr Below is a site plan for all the new entrances and exterior spaces for the Main Library from http://sca-ae.com/columbus-metropolitan-library-main-library-renovation/. Part of the new east terrace to be built between the library and the park is a fountain piece. This fountain will reuse materials being removed during the library's renovation process and includes marble, black glass and metal. Renderings of this fountain are shown at http://www.columbusunderground.com/fountain-design-approved-for-new-downtown-library-plaza:
March 10, 20169 yr Some late January 2016 construction photos of the Main Library renovation project from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-update-downtown: The original 1907 Carnegie front portion and the front plaza which is being completely redone: Portion of the 1991 addition facing the front plaza and Grant Avenue. This formerly blank wall is being opened up and will serve as a new handicap-accessible entrance:
April 29, 20169 yr Update from Business First on the Cristo Rey Columbus High School that renovated and moved into the former Ohio School for the Deaf building next to the Main Library: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/04/22/cristo-rey-high-school-on-track-with-enrollment.html
April 29, 20169 yr The Columbus Metropolitan Library system announced the reopening date for the renovated downtown Main Library - Saturday, June 25. The Main Library will celebrate its reopening with a free jazz concert and an outdoor screening of the Dr. Seuss movie 'The Lorax' on the new Park Plaza that is part of the renovation: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/04/27/main-library-to-host-outdoor-concert-and-movie-on.html
April 29, 20169 yr Late April 2016 construction photos of the Main Library from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown: New handicap-accessible front entrance (view from the front plaza under-going renovation): New handicap-accessible front entrance (view from side street): Back wall of the 1991 addition with the new glass wall installed and the parking lot removed between the Main Library and the Topiary Garden at the Deaf School Park. (Cristo Rey High School is located next door):
April 29, 20169 yr Here's more late April 2016 photos of the Main Library renovation from http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/04/27/main-library-to-host-outdoor-concert-and-movie-on.html: The new Park Plaza area facing the Deaf School Park. This is replacing a parking lot removed between the Main Library and the Topiary Garden at the Deaf School Park. Still lots of work left before the June 25 re-opening date: Inside the 1991 addition with the new glass wall installed facing the Deaf School Park: Inside the renovated central atrium with new staircase being installed. (Hopefully the beautiful Aminah Robinson mural will get re-installed here too):
May 9, 20169 yr More info and photos of the Main Library renovation from CU: http://www.columbusunderground.com/update-columbus-main-library-to-reopen-in-june
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