Hidden behind the Lennox Town Center and surrounded by industrial buildings is University View. In the middle of the neighborhood is a small park and a nearby playground. It's within walking distance of a few bars, restaurants and of course, Lennox Town Center. Homes in this tucked-away neighborhood are quaint, modest, and tidy.

 

MAP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tidy neighborhood.  Tiny homes.  Thanks.

Nice tidy lawns uncluttered by filthy, filthy sidewalks.

 

Okay, I'm nitpicking. Cool little 'hoodlet!

Cool pics. Have you ever been to Prairie Township? This reminds me so much of it. The Post-WW2 bungalows, lack of sidewalks, a lot of customized landscaping and such. Even the odd entrance to the park; Prairie Twp. has a park like that.

Kind of cute. There's a generous amount of vinyl and aluminum siding, but that's not always a terrible thing; not every neighborhood can be an upscale museum park, and this looks comfortable, safe, and affordable for people who aren't making six-figure annual salaries.

welcome to levittown, columbus!

 

welcome to levittown, columbus!

 

Lawd.  How in the world did all those people fit in that little house.

welcome to levittown, columbus!

 

Lawd.  How in the world did all those people fit in that little house.

When you eliminate the spa, the commercial-grade kitchen with its stainless steel refrigerator/freezer and double-oven range, and the media room/home theatre with wet bar, there's a lot more room for people. :-)

welcome to levittown, columbus!

 

Lawd.  How in the world did all those people fit in that little house.

When you eliminate the spa, the commercial-grade kitchen with its stainless steel refrigerator/freezer and double-oven range, and the media room/home theatre with wet bar, there's a lot more room for people. :-)

 

Oh Honey, you are mess!  LOL  LOL  LOL

 

But I'm serious.  I wonder what the square footage of this house is.  From that angle it looks so small.

It looks like the second story is utilized. Even so, two bunkbeds and a twin and a couple of dressers and you've got the kids tucked away. Also, people had a lot less crap back then.

I miss Clinton Township :(.

^A phrase never before uttered in the history of mankind.

 

Kind of cute. There's a generous amount of vinyl and aluminum siding, but that's not always a terrible thing; not every neighborhood can be an upscale museum park, and this looks comfortable, safe, and affordable for people who aren't making six-figure annual salaries.

 

Seconded, with gusto.

It looks like the second story is utilized. Even so, two bunkbeds and a twin and a couple of dressers and you've got the kids tucked away. Also, people had a lot less crap back then.

 

I guess.

lol -- you're kidding me mts? you've never seen a levitt home before? they are scattered all over the place. i grew up around several families that raised +/- 10 kids in those. no kidding!

 

lol -- you're kidding me mts? you've never seen a levitt home before? they are scattered all over the place. i grew up around several families that raised +/- 10 kids in those. no kidding!

 

 

Are you kidding me?  10???  with my vivid imagination I cannot fathom that!

 

How big are those homes?

Looks like about 800-900 sq. ft.

Looks like about 800-900 sq. ft.

WHAT??  800 - 900 sq. ft. :?  Even then that is super tiny, I can't imagine raising a family in a home that size.

 

 

I grew up in a house that was probably 1200 sq ft with 2 older brothers and a younger sister. It wasn't that bad. I remember being like 7 an taking a roll of duck tape and marking my own lot line in the shared bedroom.

My house is roughly the size of those. I live alone so space isn't an issue in my situation.

I grew up in a house that was probably 1200 sq ft with 2 older brothers and a younger sister. It wasn't that bad. I remember being like 7 an taking a roll of duck tape and marking my own lot line in the shared bedroom.

 

wow.  I can't imagine that.

 

 

Managing a space that small with kids is a challenge, but it can be done. The main challenge is controlling clutter-creep. Having an upstairs and a downstairs helps a great deal. We had four of us in an 1100 square foot house in Hamtramck. It was all one floor, and with the bedrooms being off the dining room the biggest problem was clean clothes winding up on the dining room table waiting to be folded. The other problem was toys escaping from the bedrooms and polluting the living room and dining room. The virtue of a dedicated, isolated playroom cannot be over-emphasized. Such a thing was definitely not a luxury in a house this small. The solution: kids actually playing outside. When spring rolled around it seemed like we got an extra room (the backyard).

Thanks for sharing.!

Managing a space that small with kids is a challenge, but it can be done. The main challenge is controlling clutter-creep. Having an upstairs and a downstairs helps a great deal. We had four of us in an 1100 square foot house in Hamtramck. It was all one floor, and with the bedrooms being off the dining room the biggest problem was clean clothes winding up on the dining room table waiting to be folded. The other problem was toys escaping from the bedrooms and polluting the living room and dining room. The virtue of a dedicated, isolated playroom cannot be over-emphasized. Such a thing was definitely not a luxury in a house this small. The solution: kids actually playing outside. When spring rolled around it seemed like we got an extra room (the backyard).

 

See that's my problem - buying  shit!  I can't stop myself.

 

I was talking to my mom about this and she was like, 8 (mostly 7 since there is huge age gap, 11 years, between the older kids and my uncle) people lived in a house that was about 1300 and 1½ baths.

 

She was like I don't get it, and I don't.  I just doesn't compute in my head.

 

I just doesn't compute in my head.

 

D@mn, I could go so many places with this but I'll refrain since it's World Health Day.

 

I just doesn't compute in my head.

 

D@mn, I could go so many places with this but I'll refrain since it's World Health Day.

 

                              Watch it Sucka!

...and MyTwoSense drops an Esther.

It looks like the second story is utilized. Even so, two bunkbeds and a twin and a couple of dressers and you've got the kids tucked away. Also, people had a lot less crap back then.

 

Yelp

My sister in one room, me an my two brothers in the other.

We had a TV room and living room. Some people finished the basement, put in a bar, pool table etc.

When you're a kid you don't know or care how small your house is.

 

It was a great place to grow up. Few cars. We owned the neighborhood on our bikes.

 

Columbusite's picture of a small park was just grass where we played baseball, football, middleman, any game you could think of.

As a "park" it's useless IMO.

 

We had a festival, a queen, and parade every summer.

 

 

 

 

^thanks for posting those.  It's always interesting to see what a neighborhood looked like "back in the day".  And welcome to UO!