June 14, 201113 yr The Hilton Columbus Downtown Hotel now has a construction camera set up (link below). It looks like the camera is mounted on the roof of the Nationwide Insurance HQ Tower, which is located a block south of the hotel construction site. HILTON COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN CONSTRUCTION CAMERA WEBSITE
October 3, 201113 yr An update on the Hilton Columbus Downtown Hotel from its construction camera (link below) which is mounted on the roof of the Nationwide Insurance HQ Tower, a block south of the hotel construction site. The previous image was from June 2011. The below image is from Sept. 30, 2011. HILTON COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN CONSTRUCTION CAMERA WEBSITE
October 4, 201113 yr Some more photos on the Hilton Hotel construction progress. Two photos taken from High Street. The first was taken during the Columbus Pride parade in June. This was posted at Columbus Underground courtesy of jdean at Columbus Pride 2011 and Events and Columbus Pride Parade 6/18/11: The second photo was posted by Walker Evans at Columbus Underground in Construction Roundup - August 2011:
October 20, 201113 yr The Hilton Hotel on High Street construction is moving along fast. The hotel is now as tall as its going to get. Two articles about the hotel's topping off ceremony held this week: COLUMBUS DISPATCH: Hotel’s progress adds to city’s ‘destination’ label - Officials, construction workers mark midpoint in ‘topping off’ ceremony BUSINESS FIRST: Officials celebrate on-time, on-budget progress of Hilton Hotel
October 20, 201113 yr I don't think the hotel adds to the area being more of a destination, but is rather a response to the popularity and density of what's been on offer here. And here I was wondering who this Columbo newbie was: not so new ;) .
November 8, 201113 yr Pablo, a poster at Columbus Underground, recently got a tour inside the under-construction Downtown Hilton Hotel. He posted the photos from that tour here at flickr and here at CU. Lots of concrete and lots of scaffolding. The interior atrium is really something - even at this stage.
January 30, 201213 yr Hotel looks to be coming along nicely. Is also suppose to open on time (september 2012) This hotel was listed as a factor in selecting Columbus as the 2013 host of the NHL All Stars Game, as well.
January 31, 201213 yr Hotel looks to be coming along nicely. Is also suppose to open on time (september 2012) This hotel was listed as a factor in selecting Columbus as the 2013 host of the NHL All Stars Game, as well. Yes. The NHL did note the addition of the 500+ full-service hotel rooms as one of the determining factors when awarding Columbus the 2013 All-Star Game. Looks like the hotel did make the area more of a destination after all. It's also adding jobs too. From Business First: Downtown Hilton to add hundreds of jobs
January 31, 201213 yr Round-up of links to Hilton Hotel construction photos around the web: COLUMBUS UNDERGROUND SKYSCRAPERCITY TWITTER - January photo of brick being installed along High Street Which unfortunately doesn't link to the correct photo so here it is below:
January 31, 201213 yr Finally, here's an updated view of the hotel from its construction camera (link below). Day and night views: HILTON COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN CONSTRUCTION CAMERA WEBSITE
January 31, 201213 yr Looks like an expansion of the Arena District, but with a higher glass-to-brick ratio.
February 1, 201213 yr Finally, here's an updated view of the hotel from its construction camera (link below). Day and night views: HILTON COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN CONSTRUCTION CAMERA WEBSITE I noticed a construction project/crane in the bottom left of the construction webcam. I am pretty sure that is a separate project, correct?
February 1, 201213 yr Yeah, that's a new Nationwide building. http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/nationwide-building-5-story-office-building-at-front-and-nationwide Also of note, construction has begun on the parking garage upward expansion next to the Hilton
March 6, 201213 yr Two recent articles about the on-going construction of the 14-story, 532-room Hilton Hotel: Columbus Dispatch: Artful lodging - New Hilton hotel to become gallery for central Ohio talent Columbus CEO Magazine: High-Rise Hopes - When it opens in late 2012, the Hilton Columbus Downtown could be a game-changer for the city’s meeting and events business.
March 6, 201213 yr An updated view of the hotel from its construction camera (link below). HILTON COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN CONSTRUCTION CAMERA WEBSITE The brick facing is nearly to the top of 14-story hotel. The new image clearly shows the progress of two other construction projects near the Hilton site. Just west of the hotel (to the left in the image) are the wood forms for a vertical addition to the CFA Vine Street Parking Garage. South of the hotel (to the bottom left in the image) is the steel framing for a 5-story, 200,000 sq. ft. Nationwide Insurance office building.
March 22, 201213 yr Two recent views of the Downtown Hilton Hotel under construction from around the web. The first photo is a street level view from Vine and High Streets looking south from Columbus Underground. The second is from one of the upper floors of a downtown office building located just south of Nationwide & High from CBusCommuter. This photo looks north and shows the Hilton Hotel framed between the 1970's era Nationwide Insurance HQ Tower to the left and the 1980's era Hyatt Hotel to the right. Nationwide Insurance's nearby five-story, 200,000 square foot office building at 10 W. Nationwide Boulevard is also seen under construction in this photo.
March 26, 201213 yr Business First has a slideshow and a brief blog entry on the construction progress of the Downtown Hilton Hotel: Slideshow: Hilton Hotel update – project on track with focus turning to interior
March 26, 201213 yr I cannot wait until the sidewalk is again open. That block is horrid to pass because Nationwide now has it closed on the Park Street side as well.
March 26, 201213 yr High St. was ugly over the weekend just sound of Nationwide & High while crews painted the skywalk "Nationwide Blue" - doesn't look too bad, big improvement over rusted dark brown
March 26, 201213 yr Yeah, much better improvement for such a hideous skywalk. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 26, 201213 yr If you really squint, it makes it look like the skywalk says "SNSNSNSN", reminding you that you just left the Short North.
March 26, 201213 yr That was really fast. It's going to be weird passing by here. Not the best design, but like I thought it looks very Arena District. I imagine Char Bar won't mind the extra foot traffic, not to mention how accessible North Market is from here.
July 11, 201212 yr More construction photos of the new Downtown Hilton Hotel from Columbus Underground's June Construction Update View of the hotel's east side from High Street near Vine Street The hotel's east side as viewed from Convention Center Drive which runs under High Street. That is High Street and the end of the Convention Center in the foreground. Partial view of the hotel's west side from Convention Center Drive. An addition to the existing Vine Street Parking Garage is also under construction next to the hotel.
July 17, 201212 yr Convention center Hilton names Sage owner as executive chef The Hilton Columbus Downtown hotel next to the Greater Columbus Convention Center didn’t have to look far for its culinary leaders. The under-construction destination Friday announced the hiring of two Columbus restaurant veterans to set the food and drink tables for its Gallerie Bar & Bistro and the hotel as a whole. Michael Mejia is director of food and beverage, and Bill Glover is executive chef. Full article and more photos below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2012/07/convention-center-hilton-names-sage.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 14, 201212 yr More construction photos of the new Downtown Hilton Hotel from Columbus Underground's Construction Roundup - July 2012 View of the hotel's east side along High Street from bridge looking north View along High Street further north. The structure being constructed in front of the hotel is a glass enclosed overhead walkway that will connect the Hilton Hotel with the Greater Columbus Convention Center on the west side of High Street. This is where the walkway will contect to the Convention Center. View along High Street at the Convention Center looking south (back toward downtown).
August 15, 201212 yr Few more construction photos of the new Downtown Hilton Hotel and its context from Columbus Underground's Construction Roundup - July 2012. View of the hotel's south side from the High Street bridge. This window wall looks toward downtown and over a railroad line toward the future five-story office building under construction for Nationwide Insurance. This is the five-story Nationwide Insurance Office Building under construction across the railroad tracks from the Hilton Hotel. View of the hotel's west side from Front Street. This window wall looks toward Nationwide Arena and the Arena District. The structure in the foreground is an addition to the existing Vine Street Parking Garage. The addition to the parking garage will accommodate the increased demand from both the new Hilton Hotel and the new Nationwide Insurance Office Building adjacent to the garage. View of the parking garage addition (and slight glimpse of the Hilton Hotel) from Convention Center Drive. Convention Center Drive parallels a railroad line that runs below High Street. The High Street Bridge and an older portion of the Convention Center can be seen in the background.
August 18, 201212 yr More photos of the glass enclosed overhead walkway that will connect the Hilton Hotel with the Greater Columbus Convention Center on the west side of High Street. It looks like it is getting very close to being installed. Here's some more recent photos of the walkway from the MyUrbanhood twitter feed, the Dispatch, and the Columbus Underground thread 'Downtown Hilton Hotel - News & Updates':
August 23, 201212 yr The Dispatch is reporting that the skywalk will be installed over High Street on Saturday. Their article - 'Hotel’s skywalk to convention center will go up on Saturday' - also had a rendering of the skywalk's interior once installed over High Street.
August 23, 201212 yr I mean, if there has to be a skywalk...that's a damn nice one. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 25, 201212 yr ^ That last image from August 23 is actually a rendering, not a photo. Spooky how realistic some renderings can be, no? The "for real" skywalk got installed earlier today over High Street. Here's some of the first pics of the installation from the Downtown Hilton Hotel - News & Updates thread at Columbus Underground. More photos at the thread link. The first two photos were taken from the Convention Center/North Market area and look south toward the rest of downtown. The last two photos were taken from the High Street Bridge and look north toward the Convention Center/North Market area with the Short North just beyond.
September 21, 201212 yr Underneath view of the new Hilton Hotel skywalk over High Street from the Hilton Columbus Downtown facebook page: Also, a really neat 2 minute time-lapse video of the skywalk's installation was posted at Columbus Underground. It's a vimeo video, which I've never had good luck in embedding here. So to view it - click the above CU link and scroll to the bottom of that page.
September 21, 201212 yr The Hilton Columbus Downtown facebook page also had some photos of the hotel signage going up. Many more construction photos posted at this part of their facebook page, both interior and exterior:
September 24, 201212 yr News about the opening of the Downtown Hilton Hotel from this article in last Sunday's Dispatch. The article featured a series of rolling opening dates for the new hotel. According to the hotel's director of sales and marketing in the article: "The projected opening is mid-October" and "The hotel's first group is booked for the week starting October 15." But "declined to say when the guests are set to arrive, or the size or even the name of the group". According to the article, the director did say that "the group will not fill the hotel and this was by design". Adding that "it's natural in the hotel business to ramp up your occupancy when you're brand new". Also according to the article, "At the moment, October 28 is the first night that guests not affiliated with a group can book a room at the new hotel".
October 19, 201212 yr News about the opening of the Downtown Hilton Hotel from a non-subscription required Columbus Business First article, a Hilton press release and a link to the hotel website below: Business First: Hilton opening Friday in time for Columbus Marathon Hilton Press Release: Hilton Columbus Downtown Announces Opening Hotel Website: Hilton Columbus Downtown
November 23, 201212 yr More about the restaurant in the atrium space of the new Downtown Hilton Hotel from Columbus Underground: CU: Gallerie Bar & Bistro Brings French Dining to Downtown Columbus
November 23, 201212 yr A couple more reports of the Downtown Hilton Hotel's grand opening: NBC4 News: Hilton Hotel Celebrates Grand Opening Columbus Underground: First Look: The Hilton Downtown Columbus
November 23, 201212 yr On my way from Cincy to Cleveland Wednesday I took a detour and got off the highway, went up High Street, and got on I-670 to bypass all the I-71/70 interchange garbage that was backed up like crazy. I passed by this Hilton and was quite surprised at how much I liked it. It's fairly simple, but nicely done. The glass canopy over the sidewalk was interesting as was the skybridge. I'd like to see more of this style of architecture built in Ohio's cities.
November 18, 20159 yr Downtown Hilton planning nearly $500K restaurant and bar overhaul The Hilton Columbus Downtown is hardly three years old, but it’s already getting a nearly $500,000 renovation. Guest complaints about noise from the hotel's drinking and dining areas, which has been drifting up through the large atrium, prompted Hilton to make plans to alter the layout of its Gallerie bar and make sound-dampening improvements to its adjacent Gallerie restaurant. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/11/downtown-hilton-planning-restaurant-and-bar.html "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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