A historic streetcar suburb, this is where the rich people lived before they moved on to Bexley to the east. Still undergoing gentrification, there are some really nice areas. It's so hard to think we left neighborhoods like this for dead.

 

1st 12 are on Bryden Rd most of the rest are on Broad.

 

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Notice the doll heads in the windows.

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The neighborhood association wanted this guy to take his sign down because it doesn't fit in with the style of the neighborhood.

 

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Not an uncommon sight to see rainbow flags here.

 

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Undergoing conversion to condos.

 

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Mansion that is going to be demolished

 

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The philanthropy organization behind the demolition which states that no one wants it so down it's going to go.

 

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Amazing mansion, you'd be looking at several million were you to try building this from scratch today.

 

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Some Grandeur!

No one wants that mansion? I'll take it.

 

Thanks for the pics. I drove around the neighborhood a bit when I was in Bexley this summer; it did impress.

It's on sale for $1, seriously. The catch is that you have to move it. That costs a bit more than $1.

Man...that is some nice Cbus style brick!

One of the best neighborhoods in the state.

Nice photos of one of Columbus' most beautiful neighborhoods.  No McMansion can begin to compare to those old dollies.

Nice neighborhood.  Looks like North Avondale in Cincinnati and like some of those shots from Old Louisville.

Oh nice!

 

At first, with the title being Olde Towne East, I was almost expecting to see an awful suburban-sprawl reproduction. Since you know, today's developers are always creative in their subdivision titles ;)

Awesome! This area reminds me of Avondale/North Avondale here in Cincinnati. I walked through Old Towne East and took pictures over the summer. I had a university of cincinnati shirt on and some woman sitting on a porch told me I was in the wrong city!

This is one nabe I regret not getting to know better when I lived in Columbus...  looks really nice.

I love Olde Towne East.  Great collection, Columbusite.

Glad everyone likes! The Bryden Rd ones are much newer, in fact, I hadn't biked down Bryden to explore it even though I live on the opposite side of the tracks, err, highway. I was floored and had to bring my camera. There's certainly plenty more worth seeing. I left out quite a bit of "downtown OTE"/North Parsons. Will have to get that.

Great looking shots.  You really did hit the architectural high notes. 

 

The Olde Towne East can be hit-and-miss to downright gritty depending on where you are.  Its a neighborhood in transition.  Though mostly to the upside.

 

At first, with the title being Olde Towne East, I was almost expecting to see an awful suburban-sprawl reproduction.  Since you know, today's developers are always creative in their subdivision titles ;)

 

Columbus - we put the OLD in OLDE!

Wow, really great looking neighborhood.  What's up with that demo- does the Columbus foundation need bigger offices?  So messed up to see stuff like that brought down unless it's for a really good reason.

 

Sure wish Cleveland's wealthy hadn't demolished everything in their wake as they fled to the 'burbs.

 

 

 

 

I was almost expecting to see an awful suburban-sprawl reproduction.  Since you know, today's developers are always creative in their subdivision titles ;)

 

 

Columbus - we put the OLD in OLDE!

 

What we're missing is a legit perception of time. We look back nostalgically instead of looking forward and embracing change. We're often at fault for over-determination; I.E. master plans. Cities and neighborhoods should change through use in small processes. When you create homogenized monofunctioning neighborhoods, campuses, malls, etc you esssentially destroy the social elements in the city which cause change in time. Bureaucratic regulations in the form of zoning inhibit local innovation and growth. Although we have access to advanced tools (thanks to rapid advancements in technology), for the most part, we remain unimpressed (minus The Cap, which is really dope).

 

Those "Olde Townes" are much more susceptible to decay because they're not inherited from an older urban fabric of the past. When uses change, buildings are destroyed instead of adapted. Overspecification in design, function are partially at fault for urban decay. Public housing comes down shortly after it's erected. The average lifespan of skyscrapers in NYC is 35 years. We have a nonsensical perception of growth when we simply replace what once existed; socially or architecturally.

 

There's much we can learn from the natural world; the urban environment in its social and visual form mutates via chance variation (Darwinism anyone?). Compare monocropped cornfields to the insanely diverse, resource rich rainforests full of rare medicinal plants and millions of species yet to be discovered.

 

People need time to build an attachment to place. People need time to absorb, participate and adapt to change in a step-by-step process. Urban growth needs to admit conflict.

 

That's why those "Olde Townes" suck. The name suggests a cheap attempt to add an element which can't be reproduced (the past) but is required as the foundation for growth.