Posted March 27, 200718 yr The neighborhoods west of downtown Springfield contain some great buildings and homes, also some astonishing abandonment and blight. The city is clearing much of the area west of downtown in hopes of developing a suburban medical complex centered around a new united city hospital. The Clark County Memorial Building I don't know anything about the building except that it is abandoned. A google search found that graffiti has been a problem. Some flickr photos: http://flickr.com/photos/fischink/102831176/ What a wonderful way to honor veterans! Careless demolition of a beautiful historic block without promise for redevelopment Former Bushnell School And, to end on a more positive note, Snyder Park :-o SPRINGFIELD '07 Downtown - http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=12278.0 East High Street - http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=12318.0 Fountain and Limestone Streets - http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=12319.0
March 27, 200718 yr Snyder Park is one of Ohio's best parks, period. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 27, 200718 yr Snyder Park is one of Ohio's best parks, period. Snyder Park is one of Ohio's best parks, period. God Bless bootlegging
March 27, 200718 yr ^Quimbob, can you tell us anything about the memorial? Was it abandoned when you lived there? Was it some kind of auditorium?
March 28, 200718 yr ^I don't know. I thought it had been demolished. It was a veteran's memorial sorta place. Home of the Spfld Symphony. Great acoustics if you were facing the stage - horible if you were sitting to the side. 9 million nooks and crannies that a kid would love. Big ceramoc urinals. Made a guy proud to pee standing up. The historical society used to have a place in the building. The neighborhood inhibited attendance like Music Hall in Cincinnati. The symphony later moved to North High but I guess plays at Kuss now. The really massive building is the Crowell Collier building I think. Ask your grandma about Collier magazine. Criminy, Ink, I left that town before you were born. I recognize the buildings but have a real hard time placing them.
March 28, 200718 yr The really massive building is the Crowell Collier building I think. I think that is its name. The city is looking at its demolition I hear; also, there is an idea to turn it into a massive parking garage.
March 28, 200718 yr The really massive building is the Crowell Collier building I think. I think that is its name. The city is looking at its demolition I hear; also, there is an idea to turn it into a massive parking garage. Too much pain. Think I'd be use to it, but no. -_-
March 28, 200718 yr ^They have wanted to tear it down for years but the damn thing is so solid - it would cost a fortune just to get rid of it. Colliers Weekly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier's_Weekly
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