November 4, 200816 yr One of the best towns in this state. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 4, 200816 yr I went to grade school there. Great town. The houses have names like Bryn Du. They're trying pretty hard to keep it from becoming a Columbus exurb. My brother wants to move back there, but the property taxes are really high now.
November 6, 200816 yr Great traffic calming measure and an excellent way to support pedestrian activity. These kinds of things need to become more of the standard when building crosswalks in Ohio. It's not a landscaped median, but a pedestrian "safe-haven" nonetheless. Very nice. I've noticed that in other cities, including Columbus, they stick the fluorescent yellow pedestrian crossing signs in the middle of the road where crosswalks are indicating that it is the law to yield to pedestrians. I find these to be a cheap alternative to what is done here, although both are effective.
November 7, 200816 yr Great traffic calming measure and an excellent way to support pedestrian activity. These kinds of things need to become more of the standard when building crosswalks in Ohio. It's not a landscaped median, but a pedestrian "safe-haven" nonetheless. Very nice. I've noticed that in other cities, including Columbus, they stick the fluorescent yellow pedestrian crossing signs in the middle of the road where crosswalks are indicating that it is the law to yield to pedestrians. I find these to be a cheap alternative to what is done here, although both are effective. I disagree. Try exercising your right to walk across High at the pedestrian crossing across from the convention center, or just about any crosswalk on a 30MPH+ street. Drivers figure they're going too fast, they're not going to slow down and nobody who wants to live will step in front of them. Now if there were speed humps strategically placed before the crosswalk then they'd work. I'm pretty sure what Granville did is more economical though. And where's Dennison with all of it's fall colors?
November 7, 200816 yr Very cute town. The CVS building is... well, nicer than I thought when I went through here not long ago. Could be better, but its better than what CVS typically builds! Victoria's Secret? ;)
November 7, 200816 yr It's a quiet college town. Been there once. Stayed at the Granville Inn. Pretty cool old hotel.
April 8, 20214 yr Looks like it’s been around 12.5 years since this thread was updated. And yet these I just took don’t look so different than the ones @ink took in November 2008. Time moves slowly in quaint little exurban villages.
April 8, 20214 yr Separate honorable mention for a less scenic urban set: Google Maps tells me this bike path along Raccoon Creek under the Cherry Street bridge where I’m standing is called the Evans Foundation Bike Path. I don’t remember it being called that 25 years ago, and I also don’t remember it having any asphalt paving, but in 1996-2000, this was the starting point for the Watkins Memorial High School cross country team’s season-opening 5-mile time trial, and where I as a freshman in high school learned that I was never, ever going to make varsity on a perennial state qualifier.
April 8, 20214 yr You take...photos? "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 8, 20214 yr 31 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: You take...photos? Me can bug a shutter! 😜 📸 Also, did you miss my set from Newark less than three weeks ago? 🌆📷😐
April 8, 20214 yr Probably. I'm a busy man. But good for you! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 9, 20214 yr cool bike path thats a good idea for granville. we used to like to take day trips to granville from columbus once in awhile. its very good for that kind of thing. there are several beautiful buildings and now that i see it above i remember going to the aladdin diner.
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