May 10, 200817 yr The Columbus Foundation, a philanthropy organization, owns the former Governer's mansion next door and couldn't find a use for it. They offered it for free to any one who would move the structure. Along with a local preservation and neighborhood association they came up with plans to save the mansion to keep it on the current site or move it, but about a year later they tore it down since they want to complete their expansion plan. The current site will be a grass lot surround by a garden and will be used during special events held there for overflow parking (those rich people don't want to park a couple blocks north, take the bus, or ride a bike). Since those will only take place in the evening and not during the day I was assured that the term "tacky" would not apply.
May 10, 200817 yr That's sad! The city should have saved it and used it as some sort of institutional function. Such brittle cities we have in in our modern age with too little respect for our history and lack of creativity in adapting to the future. Columbus could have paid for it!
May 10, 200817 yr I recently informed all organizations involved about how West Central in Fort Wayne sought corporate sponsorship to move a couple of historic homes. It could've worked here too, but they just weren't going to wait a second longer.
May 10, 200817 yr I wish I were rich, I'd buy that building and restore it to its former glory. The inside would be totally pimped out.
May 10, 200817 yr I recently informed all organizations involved about how West Central in Fort Wayne sought corporate sponsorship to move a couple of historic homes. It could've worked here too, but they just weren't going to wait a second longer. Yeah, In a few or Robs photo threads he highlights homes that have been moved.
May 10, 200817 yr Ugh. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 10, 200817 yr How sad...to see a real life visualization of Chrissie Hynde's (and The Pretenders) 1983 song, MY CITY WAS GONE. If anyone has heard the song (now being used as an intro by talk show host Rush Limbaugh) it laments the destruction of Ohio's scenic places. According to Wikkipedia, Hynde was originally from Akron, Ohio, She attended Firestone High School (what a name coincidence!) and then Kent State University at the time of the Kent State shootings in 1970. An absolute total waste of a classic building... it would take millions to construct the same today and now just adds tons more fodder to the local landfill. How about environmentally sensitive "recycling" of reusable materials- or is "green" still somewhat of an alien concept in this part of the Midwest? John S.
May 10, 200817 yr No, "green" concept is alive and well in Columbus but it's one of those "can't save 'em all" things though I'm sure this house could've been saved. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 10, 200817 yr Crimeny! I knew it was happening, but its another thing to see visual documentation... East Broad Street has gotta be one of the most vulnerable groupings of historic resources in Columbus these days.
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