December 13, 20222 yr From the Classic Old Columbus FB group: photo looking west along the recently completed Goodale Expressway (now 670) taken in July, 1960. The bridge towards the bottom is High St. There are railroad sidings all the way out to High. White Cross Hospital is still intact across from the Goodale Park pond
December 13, 20222 yr I always forget that that orthodox cathedral on High is fairly new. It’s not a bad-looking church, but it’s not the best use of that piece of land next to the Cap. “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
December 14, 20222 yr Right there at High and Goodale was the most important bar district of the 1950s (maybe '40s) too. The freeway took out many of them and the ones that remained became less important. It was the place to see and be seen -- and not just for people in say, their 20s. If you wanted to look someone up, go look for them at their bar/restaurant of choice which was their "second office" at night. Famously, Citizen-Journal sportswriter Ben Hayes and Woody Hayes (no relation) alternated nights at the Jai Lai (whose old location was at the intersection) since they didn't get along.
December 14, 20222 yr 4 hours ago, BigDipper 80 said: I always forget that that orthodox cathedral on High is fairly new. It’s not a bad-looking church, but it’s not the best use of that piece of land next to the Cap. We were talking about that at the 2019 UO meet while we were next to it. People couldn't believe that it went up in 1991. And rightfully so. We get so inundated with today's value-engineered materials that you really think buildings like that can't happen anymore but if you find the right people and spend the money you don't have to have something that's all EIFS and Hardie Board. It's just harder. Like if you want to make your house look '70s inside that can be really tough today with all the white and gray at Home Depot. Edited December 14, 20222 yr by GCrites80s
December 15, 20222 yr This photo was taken in 1958 from atop the LeVeque tower looking southeast before "urban renewal" and interstate construction removed about a third of what's known now as German Village. I added a few labels. The google map image shows the vast amount of land still dedicated to parking and interstates. Such a shame. Jane Jacobs said that cities need old buildings - we need to keep as much as we can throughout the city.
December 15, 20222 yr UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 15, 20222 yr Oh hush, you love your parking. “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
December 16, 20222 yr 8 hours ago, Pablo said: This photo was taken in 1958 from atop the LeVeque tower looking southeast before "urban renewal" and interstate construction removed about a third of what's known now as German Village. I added a few labels. The google map image shows the vast amount of land still dedicated to parking and interstates. Such a shame. Jane Jacobs said that cities need old buildings - we need to keep as much as we can throughout the city. Red Brick District in full effect!
December 16, 20222 yr Another sad part about this photo is that the angle hides a lot of destruction that had already occured by the early 1930s. There are already a lot of parking lots in the upper photo. Cities tore through their pre-civil war stock pretty quickly around their downtowns for parking lots in the late 1920s.
December 16, 20222 yr Columbus was quick to adopt pro-car legislation such as mandatory individual garages in the 1920s. Many of these garages were sized for Model Ts so by the 40s and 50s they were already being razed due to the much larger cars of the time. You were better off leaving it outside rather than losing the space to a garage that the cars didn't fit.
December 31, 20222 yr ^A buddy of mine had one of those in his house. I don't know if it was a reproduction though. It was 20 years ago.
January 2, 20232 yr ^ hmm, it could have been a spencer's gifts mall store reproduction? they used to have a lot of those repro posters -- and black light posters too. btw if you are curious about 'the mark boyle sense laboratory psychedelic light show' noted in the concert -- an example video of it exists! Edited January 2, 20232 yr by mrnyc
January 31, 20232 yr Was doing some research and discovered the old School for the Deaf used to have 2 tall towers which were later removed in 1970. Kind of a shame. At least the building still stands though. VS now:
January 31, 20232 yr I forgot about that. There certainly is a dearth of those kinds of towers here these days.
February 22, 20232 yr South High St. looking north from Main in the early 1960s. Note the electric busses. Today it’s a parking lot where Schiff is proposing an 18 story building. The Swan Cleaner on the right is the location of Crawford-Hoying’s new building.
February 22, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, Pablo said: South High St. looking north from Main in the early 1960s. Note the electric busses. Today it’s a parking lot where Schiff is proposing an 18 story building. The Swan Cleaner on the right is the location of Crawford-Hoying’s new building. Schiff is proposing an 18 story building?
February 23, 20232 yr 23 hours ago, Toddguy said: Schiff is proposing an 18 story building? It's very conceptual at this point.
February 27, 20232 yr This part of town has come a long way... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 28, 20232 yr ^Indeed, it has come a LONG way. As dirty and mutilated as the Union Station is by that time (with one of the grand archways already destroyed), it is less shocking that 1970 folk did not understand why it was worth keeping around.
February 28, 20232 yr A lot of it was pollution and acid rain damage. Looking back to when I was a kid a lot of old stuff around town looked like that such as the old Columbus Amphitheater which became the Lazarus appliance Annex and the Lazarus parking garage #2. Asthecially to WWII Gen and Silent Gen a typical Columbus surface lot or 1988 Brutalist building with bronze window tinting looked way better. Notice that the rebuilt arch at McFerson Commons is hodgepodge in its reassembly since they were unable to reassemble it with even pollution and acid rain damage. I'm not sure how it was done, but we've really managed to cut down on that kind of wear or else the Borden Building would look the same by now.
March 3, 20232 yr On 12/15/2022 at 11:39 AM, Pablo said: This photo was taken in 1958 from atop the LeVeque tower looking southeast before "urban renewal" and interstate construction removed about a third of what's known now as German Village. I added a few labels. The google map image shows the vast amount of land still dedicated to parking and interstates. Such a shame. Jane Jacobs said that cities need old buildings - we need to keep as much as we can throughout the city. In this Now & Then you can see what I was talking about with the acid rain and pollution damage by looking at the old, Old Post Office in the middle left of the top picture. It looks almost as bad as the Cologne Germany Cathedral!
March 3, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, GCrites80s said: In this Now & Then you can see what I was talking about with the acid rain and pollution damage by looking at the old, Old Post Office in the middle left of the top picture. It looks almost as bad as the Cologne Germany Cathedral! I remember when the LeVeque tower was cleaned too. I'll bet most of that is from soot from coal fired furnaces that were prevalent in the 1800s and early 1900s.
April 29, 20232 yr On 1/30/2023 at 9:25 PM, CBUS_Res said: Was doing some research and discovered the old School for the Deaf used to have 2 tall towers which were later removed in 1970. Kind of a shame. At least the building still stands though. VS now: Even just some simple triangular roofs would make it look better.
October 15, 20231 yr 1978 or so. The Nationwide tower is finished and Union Station still exists. Lost of the surface parking has thankfully been redeveloped. The county courthouse complex is pretty small. Notice the wide open fields at the top left - the Market Mohawk area is still pretty barren after the “urban renewal” of the 1960s.
October 15, 20231 yr What is that cut off elevated roadway between the actual train station building and the arcade?
October 16, 20231 yr 6 hours ago, GCrites said: What is that cut off elevated roadway between the actual train station building and the arcade? That was the access drive and station drop-off for the station. Here's the drive at High St. and the arcade in the late 1940s (from Columbus Railroads.com)
October 16, 20231 yr Just to the right of the dropoff area in the 1 hour ago, Pablo said: That was the access drive and station drop-off for the station. Here's the drive at High St. and the arcade in the late 1940s (from Columbus Railroads.com) Just to the right of the dropoff area. Bottom center. You can see the end of an elevated road with Jersey barrier just before the end. No cars on it.
October 16, 20231 yr 13 hours ago, GCrites said: Just to the right of the dropoff area in the Just to the right of the dropoff area. Bottom center. You can see the end of an elevated road with Jersey barrier just before the end. No cars on it. Oh, I have no idea what was there.
October 17, 20231 yr From this 1950s aerial, it looks like that stub just connected back to the main access road forming a U-shape drive from High St rather than a dead end This makes sense looking at the second angle posted by @Pablo where a rough edge is visible following the demolition of the connection between the two
October 17, 20231 yr 11 hours ago, NW24HX said: From this 1950s aerial, it looks like that stub just connected back to the main access road forming a U-shape drive from High St rather than a dead end This makes sense looking at the second angle posted by @Pablo where a rough edge is visible following the demolition of the connection between the two Thanks! You can see the other end of the bridge in the photo I posted. I think tracks were moved necessitating the removal of that portion of the bridge.
October 18, 20231 yr Here's one of the few pictures I've seen showing the Franklin County Courthouse tower in mid-construction.
November 3, 20231 yr 1981 or so. The Ohio Pen is at the top and you can see the beginnings of the AEP tower construction at the top left of the photo. Lots of convenient parking!!
November 4, 20231 yr Wow really neat shot. A lot of big projects were just completed or about to happen Obviously the parking craters are atrocious but there had to have been a real excitement at the time about the momentum and development happening downtown
November 5, 20231 yr Is 12 years ago historic? Here’s a photo I took of the Short North from the 14th floor of the then under construction Hilton 1.0. Taken in Nov. 2011. There’s been a ton of new construction in a dozen years!
November 5, 20231 yr 3 hours ago, Pablo said: Is 12 years ago historic? I hope not LOL! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 6, 20231 yr On 11/3/2023 at 5:28 PM, Pablo said: 1981 or so. The Ohio Pen is at the top and you can see the beginnings of the AEP tower construction at the top left of the photo. Lots of convenient parking!! Nationwide Blvd. tapers down quite quickly but unceremoniously here.
November 6, 20231 yr 9 hours ago, Pablo said: Is 12 years ago historic? Edited November 6, 20231 yr by GCrites
November 6, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, GCrites said: Nationwide Blvd. tapers down quite quickly but unceremoniously here. It dead ends into the prison wall. I'm not sure when Naughten was renamed Nationwide. Maybe around this time?
November 6, 20231 yr Probably. After the prison was demoe'd it kind of curved a little to meet the old Dublin Rd. which didn't make it to the rest of Dublin Rd. since its bridge got demoe'd for Spring-Sandusky.
November 6, 20231 yr 23 hours ago, Pablo said: Is 12 years ago historic? Here’s a photo I took of the Short North from the 14th floor of the then under construction Hilton 1.0. Taken in Nov. 2011. There’s been a ton of new construction in a dozen years! Incredible. It's almost unrecognizable compared to today. Here's a similar shot taken about 6 months ago from the new Hilton Tower across the street.
November 6, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, cbussoccer said: Incredible. It's almost unrecognizable compared to today. Here's a similar shot taken about 6 months ago from the new Hilton Tower across the street. This is very similar to the photo I took a year and a half ago that got shared on Reddit
November 14, 20231 yr For a city that's torn down as much as Columbus has, it's impressive that this view is largely the same today (minus the vibrant street life) 😪 Edited November 14, 20231 yr by NW24HX
November 21, 20231 yr Roughly the same view in the 1950s vs. last year. In the earlier photo, Dennison Ave runs south to Spring by the pen. This was reconfigured when the Goodale Expressway was constructed. There’s a pond in Goodale Park along Dennison and Flytown is intact. Most of the railroad infrastructure has been replaced by 670. The Arena District was basically the prison and industry back in the 50s. In my mind, some of the change is definitely good. It seems car infrastructure today takes up about as much space as the railroad did (at least in this view).
November 21, 20231 yr 7 hours ago, Pablo said: Roughly the same view in the 1950s vs. last year. In the earlier photo, Dennison Ave runs south to Spring by the pen. This was reconfigured when the Goodale Expressway was constructed. There’s a pond in Goodale Park along Dennison and Flytown is intact. Most of the railroad infrastructure has been replaced by 670. The Arena District was basically the prison and industry back in the 50s. In my mind, some of the change is definitely good. It seems car infrastructure today takes up about as much space as the railroad did (at least in this view). that 1950 pic captures flytown almost in it's entirety. Now if we could just fill in the newer pic and include a few towers...
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