February 11Feb 11 1982 AEP building construction. The former Columbia Gas (now Baker Hostetler/Park Bank) building is under construction along the River to the top of the photo. A lot of parking lots back then, some have been converted to parking garages. 😐 The mystery building at the NE corner of Long and Marconi is still there. And you can see the recently completed Arch Park at the bottom right. The Union Station arch was moved to the Arena District 20 years later.
February 11Feb 11 31 minutes ago, Pablo said: 1982 AEP building construction. The former Columbia Gas (now Baker Hostetler/Park Bank) building is under construction along the River to the top of the photo. I've actually worked in both of those buildings at different points in my career. I never realized they were under construction at the same time.
February 17Feb 17 1930: Beginnings of construction of the state office building on Civic Center, now home to the Supreme Court of Ohio. The view is to the southwest with Front St (with the row of parked cars) on the left. The Town St bridge is at the top. There’s a White Castle at the bottom right!!
February 24Feb 24 I was browsing through the library's image archives and came across a bunch of renderings of buildings that were never built around Columbus. Some of these are fairly well known, but others I had never seen before. Centre Place office building - $50 million 27-story office building on S High St between Rich St and Main St. - 1987 https://cdm16802.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/dispatch/id/34132/rec/310 75 N High St. - proposed 24-story office building at the corner of N High St and Gay St. - 1989 https://cdm16802.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/dispatch/id/34247/rec/77 Riverbend Place - proposed 10-story office/condominium building that was to be built on the parking garage of LeVeque Tower - 1987 https://cdm16802.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/dispatch/id/34039/rec/106 Gay & High - 13 story building at the NW corner of Gay & High - 1980 https://cdm16802.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/dispatch/id/36011/rec/20 Number One North High - Proposed tower at Broad and High - 1969 https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/dispatch/id/22131/rec/2 Original Nationwide Plaza conceptual plan - 1973 https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/p16802coll7/id/10708/rec/1699 Proposed City National Bank Tower - Location unknown - 1913 https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/ohio/id/23152/rec/1286 Architectural rendering of the proposed Civic Center for Columbus - 1961 https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/p16802coll7/id/24078/rec/995 Capitol Tower - 42 story office tower on S Third St - 1990 https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/dispatch/id/38072/rec/779 Statehouse Square South - Conceptual plans for the area south of the Statehouse which would have demo'd the Ohio Theater - 1986 https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/52556/rec/157 Rendering of Franklinton neighborhood - circa 1950s-1960s https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/52572/rec/35 Vision for Franklinton (fairly closes matches what has recently been built) which includes a museum and a park atop an underground parking garage - 1988 https://cdm16802.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/dispatch/id/27011/rec/16
February 24Feb 24 32 minutes ago, ink said: ^Interesting stuff. The Capitol Tower is the one I really wish had come through. That and Riverbend Place. The fact someone had plans to build a 10-story office tower on top of the existing parking garage gives me hope that it could still happen sometime in the future. It's a shame Leveque Tower has a giant parking garage as its neighbor.
February 24Feb 24 Wowwee those 80's ones are bad. The Capitol Tower would've been nice, though. Franklinton neighborhood - circa 1950s-1960s - It has taller buildings than what's there now/planned...and it has a lake and random canal! LOL! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 24Feb 24 27 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: and it has a lake With railroad tracks running directly through it, lol.
March 2Mar 2 I like the Gay and High 1980 one actually. I'm imagining a huge Wendy's occupying that first floor greenhouse. Also appreciate how it shows the historic buildings preserved on all sides Looks like Civic Center 1961 would have wiped out the old post office (Bricker and Eckler building) at 3rd and State. Glad that never happened Would love to see a new proposal building on top of the Leveque garage
March 3Mar 3 1926 or so aerial shot of Broad and High. At the top you can see ongoing foundation work for the Leveque tower. When completed, it was the 5th tallest building in the world.
March 24Mar 24 January 1959 Franklinton flood on Brehl Ave. and view today, near W. Rich and Central. Not a whole lot has changed except for tree growth and removal.
April 10Apr 10 Columbus Planning had a brief history of 700 N High on their FB page. It’s now home to Sweetgreen.
April 11Apr 11 Where is this? Is every building in it except LeVeque gone? https://www.shorpy.com/node/27572
April 11Apr 11 10 hours ago, GCrites said: Where is this? Is every building in it except LeVeque gone? https://www.shorpy.com/node/27572 Edited April 11Apr 11 by aderwent
April 11Apr 11 ^My guess is that is in the approximate location of Columbus Commons. The building right under the LeVeque is the Beggs Building (rear of it) before it was modified on the top. The building to the right is the Ohio Theatre. Building on the left is likely the Union department store that fronted High Street.
April 12Apr 12 I think its at 3rd and Rich. There used to be an interurban station there on both sides of 3rd. I believe it was a bus depot for a time as well. The smaller station east of 3rd. was demolished with everything else on that block to build the Greyhound Station. From ColumbusRailroads.com
April 21Apr 21 I've seen surprisingly few pictures of the Miranova Condo Tower under construction. I stumbled on this skyline pic from around 1998 which shows Miranova under construction and also shows COSI construction wrapping up.
April 21Apr 21 You can see a bit more than that in that photo. The Supreme Court building reno, STRS Ohio u/c, the old Poindexter Tower, the newly built (phase 1) Easton, the ill-fated Santa Maria, newly rebuilt Broad Street Bridge, and best of all, the infamous Columbus Shadow Skyline on City Center Mall's High Street facade! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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