My Columbus and Central Ohio Pics

[Chadoh25]

The Ohio State University, the area along Neil Avenue.

Hamilton Hall vvvv



Mack Hall vvvv





Postle Hall. I had my Mth 116 class here everyday vvvv





Jennings Hall vvvv





Oxley Hall vvvv









Campbell Hall vvvv





Mirror Lake vvvv

[Chadoh25]

The Ohio State University, the area around Neil Avenue II

Lazenby Hall vvvv





The rear of the Ohio State Library vvvv





Lazenby Hall again vvvv



The side of Campbell Hall vvvv



This FINE example of modern architecture is called Cunz Hall. I had my math lab in here back in Winter term. vvvv



modern addition to Lazenby Hall vvvv

[Chadoh25]

A walk to the Statehouse......

As part of my effort to lose a few pounds before my class reunion in June 2010, I have decided to walk from my apartment to the Statehouse everyday, a distance of about two miles round trip. Each time I do this, I'm going to try to take a different route in order to avoid getting bored. This being my first time, I decided to walk from my apartment west to Washington. I turned left on Washington and headed south to Rich Street. There I made a right and walked west to Third Street. I then took Third Street to State, State to Grant, and Grant back to Town Street. The entire trip was a bout 35-55 mins. I decided to take my camera and get some shots of a part of town that is usually ignored. And for good reason too. As a result of the Mohawk-Market Urban Renewal program of the 1950s and 1960s, not much remains of the old neighborhood south of Town Street. Today, its mostly partking lots and cheap, tacky suburban style buildings.


Not much remains of Washington between Town and Rich. This is old dame had been empty for as long as I can remember and its the ONLY house on this street between Town and Rich. vvvv



This condo building was built within the last 3-5 years. Not my style but still a nice building. There is an old apartment building right beside it on the left but I didn't get a close up photo of it because of the obstruction of trees and cars. vvvv



Intersection of Washington and Rich Streets. If you look up Washington, you can see Main Street, which was the commercial throughfare of this area. vvvv





Looking back at the modern condo building from Rich Street. There is nothing blocking my view of the building because all the homes and all but one arpartment building (Its a conversion) were leveled. vvvv



One of the few remaining homes on Rich between Washinton and Grant. I wonder how it escaped the wrecking ball? vvvv



Walking down Rich I try to guess what this area must have looked in in the late 1940s. My guess is that it looked much like my street. A lovely treelined residential street with stately brick homes on either side. Well, thats all gone now. The great mids at ODOT and the other city and state departments in charge of planning decided that a freeway and parking was a better use of this neighborhood! I wonder how many millions of dollars it cost to level the neighborhood and to get this stunning streetscape! What a monumental waste of time and money!

The second home on Rich. vvvv



The intersection of Grant and Rich. Franklin University area vvvv



Alumni Hall vvvv





The 1970s meets the modern on Rich Street! *rolls eyes* vvvv



Joyce Arms vvvv



Same circa 1970s abomination from the other photo vvvv



A modern office building. Not much better than the one from the 1970s, but its an improvement I guess. vvvv



Holy Cross Catholic Church at Fifth and Rich Street. vvvv







The home of Ohio Republican Party on Rich Street. I could say something but I'll keep my Liberal mouth shut! vvvv



Looking East on Rich Street. vvvv



Buidings near the intersection on Fourth, near the intersection of Rich Street. vvvv





Police and Firefighter memorial at the corner of Rich and Third. vvvv









The Third Street side of the Old Post Office and Courthouse. Its now mostly law offices I think vvvv







The State Street side. vvvv





An interesting little building on State Street. It was built in 1918. vvvv



Corner of State and Fourth. vvvv

[Chadoh25]

Short North randomness

[Chadoh25]

Downtown Random

Firehouse No 16, intersection of Fourth and Walnut Street vvvv







Condo building on Fourth vvvv





Firehouse No 16 again vvvv





Looking down Walnut Street vvvv

[Chadoh25]

The University District I

Indianola School, Indianola Avenue. vvvv



I'm assuming this is a Frat House vvvv



Indianola School front vvvv









Evan Scholars; Scholarship House vvvv



School again vvvv



Scholarship House again vvvv





Typical off campus housing on East 16th Avenue vvvv



Methodist Church on East 16th Avenue vvvv



More housing, this time on Waldeck Avenue vvvv





Frat House on East Iuka Avenue vvvv



Another Frat House on East Iuka Avenue vvvv



Interfaith Center For Peace‎ (whatever the hell that is), 1970 Waldeck Avenue vvvv

[Chadoh25]

University District II

Yet another Frat House on Iuka Avenue. vvvv



Side of the Interfaither Center for Peace. vvvv



More Frats Houses on Iuka Avenue. vvvv









Frat on East 19th Avenue. vvvv





Back down Indianola Avenue. vvvv













Back to where I started vvvv

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures. The buildings in your neighborhood are nice. What is that area called, by the way? The buildings remind me of the nearby area where they are building the new courthouse and whatnot.

[Chadoh25]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

Nice pictures. The buildings in your neighborhood are nice. What is that area called, by the way? The buildings remind me of the nearby area where they are building the new courthouse and whatnot.

It's all Downtown. From the Scioto east to I-71 and from I-670 in the North to I-70 in the South.

[Chadoh25]

Old Town East, Broad Street.

Walking up East 18th Street. vvvv



Old Cambridge Arms vvvv











Cambridge Arms again. vvvv





Next stop, Bexley Ohio.

[Chadoh25]

Bexley, Ohio. Part One

Bexley is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. Incorporated as a village in 1908, Bexley is an old tree-lined suburb of Ohio's capital, Columbus, located on the banks of Alum Creek next to Driving Park or Wolfe Park. A college town bisected by the National Road, Bexley resulted from a merger of neighborhoods including the prestigious Bullitt Park, established in 1889, and the Lutheran community centered on Capital University and Trinity Lutheran Seminary. Its population was 13,203 at the 2000 census.

Bexley is considered one of the most desirable areas in Greater Columbus with a diverse range of housing options, from family starters to estate-sized mansions, including the Ohio Governor's Mansion, Jeffrey Mansion "Kelveden", and the estate used for the President of The Ohio State University. Located in northern Bexley, the Governor’s Mansion — originally built as a private residence in 1925 and given to the state in 1955 —has been home to Ohio governors since 1957.

History

Bexley, Ohio was named at the suggestion of an early resident, Mr. Kilbourne, in honor of his family's roots in Bexley, England (London Borough of Bexley). The village of Bexley, Ohio was incorporated in 1908 when prominent citizens of Bullitt Park along Alum Creek, including former Mayor of Columbus and industrialist Hon. Robert H. Jeffrey, agreed to merge with the mostly Lutheran community of Pleasant Ridge located around Christ Lutheran Church and the adjoining Lutheran seminary. Bullitt Park had been founded in 1889, when Logan M. Bullitt of Philadelphia submitted his first plat (1891) for the area. Wealthy citizens of Columbus continued to build urban townhouses and country homes to the east along Broad Street and Town (now Bryden), extending out to Franklin Park. By the 1890s, several large homes took root across Alum Creek in the Bullitt Park area, whose borders include the aforementioned mansions and park, as well as the campus of the Columbus School for Girls, an exclusive private school. Camp Bushnell was overlaid for several months on the unsold lots of Bullitt Park in 1898, centered at Drexel Circle, bringing new utilities to the area, and subsequently, more home building. By 1909, Bullitt Park and the Lutheran community south of Main Street decided to merge neighborhoods and incorporate as the Village of Bexley. Later, with growth, the village of Bexley became the City of Bexley.

Notable Residents

Bexley has been the home of many prominent citizens, including recent governors of Ohio Ted Strickland and Senator George Voinovich, Bob Greene (the Chicago columnist who wrote Be True to Your School), children's author R. L. Stine, cartoonist Paul Palnik, and billionaire Leslie Wexner (the wealthiest man in Ohio). For many years Larry Flynt, the creator of Hustler Magazine, also lived in the city. Other former residents include Frank Lesser, a writer for the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report, Nathan Beeler, an internationally syndicated editorial cartoonist, Josh Radnor, an actor in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and Laurie Lea Schaefer, Miss America 1972. Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin lived in Bexley from elementary school through 8th grade. The residence of the president of the Ohio State University is located in the most affluent area of Bexley. The highly regarded Jewish scholar Stephanie Taylor also currently lives in the city. Seth Stammler currently of the New York Redbulls (Major League Soccer) resides in Bexley during his off season.

Local Landmarks

As an important center for the arts and culture, Bexley is often considered to be one of the most iconic communities in Ohio. Bexley is home to several churches and synagogues, several historic sites and pieces of outdoor sculpture, the famous Rubino's pizzeria, the Drexel art house movie theater, and several miles of National Road Route 40.

Rubino's Pizzeria, mentioned in "Be True to your School," has become famous for barely changing since its opening in the early 50's. Rubino's does not deliver and only accepts cash or checks. The Main Street address is the only location and has always been independently run. Known for its thin crust pizza, carryout pizzas are packaged in paper, rather than cardboard boxes.

Founded in 1981, The Drexel Theater in Bexley is the original in an area chain of independently run theaters. Locations also exist in the Arena District and the newly-developed South Campus Gateway. (Due to a dispute between Gateway and Drexel, the theater at the South Campus Gateway is no longer owned by Drexel and is now called the Landmark Gateway Theater).

Bexley is also the site of a number of sculptor Alfred Tibor's work, including at the Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Congregation Agudas Achim, and Saint Charles Preparatory School. Adjoining Bexley is the Franklin Park Conservatory.

Education

Bexley boasts several public and private educational institutions including: Bexley City Schools; Columbus School for Girls; Saint Charles Preparatory School; Capital University; Trinity Lutheran Seminary; and Bexley Hall seminary. Nearly 100% of students graduating from Bexley City Schools, Columbus School for Girls, and Saint Charles Preparatory School attend college.

Columbus School for Girls is one of the oldest private schools in the city. Founded in 1898, it was originally on the corner of East Town Street and Parsons Avenue, known as Parsons Place. In 1946 it moved to its current location on the corner of Broad St. and Drexel Ave. It is one of the few single sex schools left in the area. Often it partners with St Charles Preparatory School, an all male Catholic school located just inside Bexley's boundaries.

Saint Charles Preparatory School is a four-year college-preparatory school (a type of high school) in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 1923 by the Bishop of Columbus, James J. Hartley, as a Roman Catholic college seminary. Today, it is an all-male high school serving the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus. The Cardinals, as they are known, have been soccer, golf, swimming, and track individual state champions. Saint Charles also boasts some of the best academic statistics in the city. In 2008, Saint Charles had the most number of National Merit Semi-Finalists in the Columbus Metro Area per student with 10 (Total enrollment of 621) and 2nd overall only to Upper Arlington with 18 (1851 Total Students).

Bexley High School is well-known as one of the top schools in the state of Ohio. It has been rated as one of the top 5% performing schools in the nation, was ranked in the top 2% of Ohio high schools for the Ohio Proficiency test, and listed in U.S. News & World Report as one of the top public high schools in the nation. The Lions, as they are known, have been state basketball, soccer, and tennis champions.

Bexley City School District was also the first school district in Ohio to abolish corporal punishment at school in 1986. Today, only 15 school districts statewide use corporal punishment, and they are required by Ohio law to honor all requests of parents who do not wish for corporal punishment to be used.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bexley,_Ohio


Let us begin at the Gateway Complex on East Main Street. vvvv





Condos on Parkview. vvvv









Trinity Lutheran Seminary on East Main Street. vvvv

[Chadoh25]

City of Bexley. Part Two.

Walking up Main Street.



Looking arcross the green at Capital University. vvvv













Welcome to Capital. vvvv



Greater's again. vvvv



Kline Health Center. vvvv



Christ Lutheran Church. vvvv

















Congregation Torat Emet Synagogue. vvvv





Bexley Public Library. vvvv





Library again. vvvv

[Chadoh25]

City of Bexley. Part Three.

Montrose School. vvvv























Library again. vvvv









Congregation Torat Emet Synagogue. vvvv

[Chadoh25]

City of Bexley. Part Four

Capital University. My Grandmother went to school here for her Teaching Degree back in the 20's.



Mees Hall/Huntington Recital Hall. Conservatory of Music. vvvv



Kerns Religious Life Center. vvvv



Close up of Mees Hall. vvvv



Close up of Kerns Center and architectural details. vvvv













Blackmore Library. vvvv



Clock. vvvv



walking across the green. vvvv





Looking back at Mees Center. vvvv



Part of Mees Hall. vvvv





Loy Gym. vvvv





Back to the seminary. The details around the windows and doors are nice.













And back at the Gateway. vvvv

[xzmattzx]

Originally Posted by Chadoh25

It's all Downtown. From the Scioto east to I-71 and from I-670 in the North to I-70 in the South.

That's a broad view of Downtown. Nothing wrong with it, but it's interesting that cities that I am most familiar with, like Philadelphia and Baltimore, don't really consider residential areas as Downtown (residential areas and other neighborhoods around the CBD like Rittenhouse Square and Old City in Philadelphia, and neighborhoods old and new like Ridgely's Delight and Harbor East in Baltimore, for example). Even in my city of Wilmington, the line is very blatant; you can stand next to an office building or skyscraper in Center City (downtown), and then cross the street and stand in front of a rowhouse and you're in Midtown Brandywine or Trinity Vicinity or some other neighborhood. Around here, Downtown means just the central business district, and doesn't really include residential areas.

[Chadoh25]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

That's a broad view of Downtown. Nothing wrong with it, but it's interesting that cities that I am most familiar with, like Philadelphia and Baltimore, don't really consider residential areas as Downtown (residential areas and other neighborhoods around the CBD like Rittenhouse Square and Old City in Philadelphia, and neighborhoods old and new like Ridgely's Delight and Harbor East in Baltimore, for example). Even in my city of Wilmington, the line is very blatant; you can stand next to an office building or skyscraper in Center City (downtown), and then cross the street and stand in front of a rowhouse and you're in Midtown Brandywine or Trinity Vicinity or some other neighborhood. Around here, Downtown means just the central business district, and doesn't really include residential areas.

Usually that would be right, but I-71 is the border. On the Eastside you see the sign that says "Welcome to Old Town East". But I live on the westside of the Freeway. In the 1950s and 1960s much of the residential neighborhoods inside those borders which I talked about earlier, where leved so they could expand the CBD. The eastern half of my street is one of the few which escaped the wercking ball for the most part. Of course we have "Districts" here in Downtown, like the Arena District, Warehouse District, River South District, Discovery District, and so on. But to the best of my knowledge they are all considered "Downtown". Its sort of like in Cleveland were they have the "Gateway" and the "Warehouse" district. But they are all still considered Downtown.

Here's where I found some info on the Boundaries of Downtown.

http://columbus.gov/search.aspx?Downtown


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Columbus,_Ohio

[Chadoh25]

Saint Charles Prep, East Broad Street, Bexley, Ohio.

St. Chareles Prep from Wolfe Park.

































There are a bunch of neat little sayings and verses all around the statue and on the pedestal. vvvvv

[socrates#1fan]

Originally Posted by Chadoh25

Old Franklinton Cemetery
Today not much is left of the Old Franklinton Cemetery other than a few weather-worn headstones and a 26' tall granite obelisk to commemorate the first church established in the area. Lucas Sullivant donated the land and built the church in 1811. The Old Franklinton Cemetery is located on River Street, just off Souder Avenue.

In 1824, Lucas Sullivant died of a fever at the age of 58 and was buried in the Old Franklinton Cemetery, but when the newer Green Lawn Cemetery was created in 1848, Sullivant's descendents had his body disinterred and moved to Green Lawn where his marker proudly stands among the 100s of other Columbus dignitaries that made Columbus the city it is today.

Lucas Sullivant, more than just about anyone else, was responsible for establishing the first permanent, truly American settlement in the Ohio Territory at a time when there was nothing but danger surrounding them. His foresight, industrial and resourceful nature made it possible for future generations to thrive and prosper.

http://www.touring-ohio.com/profiles...sullivant.html

You know, it really says something about us if we take care of the dead like this.
You can't even read some of those markers. shame..
But it isn't unique to the Columbus area.

[Chadoh25]

Marion Village. Random photos from a few days ago. Marion Village is sort of like a working class version of German Village, although alot of the housing is wood framed and not so much brick

Gates-Fourth United Methodist Church on the corner of East Gates and 4th Street. vvvv



Southwood School. vvvv





Looking down 4th Street. vvvv



School again. vvvv



And finally a monument erected by Emmanuel Lutheran Church on East Markison Avenue. The church was nothing to write home about so I didn't take any pictures. vvvv

[Chadoh25]

Groveport, Ohio. Part One

Pioneers began settling near the portion of Madison Township in what would become Groveport in the early 19th century.

In 1812 Adam Rarey opened a tavern, on what is now Groveport's East Main Street, to serve travelers moving back and fourth between Columbus and southeastern Ohio. By 1831 two settlements-Wert's Grove and Rareys Port began to form side by side along the banks of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The open of the Canal on September 25th 1831 proved to be a boon to the two settlements as warehouses, tanneries, mills, a canal boatyard, and other enterprises sprang up as part of the canal and agriculture economy.

A rivalry developed between Jacob Wert and William Rarey, the two settlement founders. Wert, acting as postmaster, would change the address from Rarey's Port from any mail recieved to Wert's Grove. Rarey would encourage businessmen and residents to list "Rarey's Port" as their home. Rarey, a prosperous businessman and landowner, officially laid out the plat of Rarey's Port in 1844 anlong the western bank of the canal. Wert, who also proved to be a successful businessman and landowner, officially lais out Wert's Grove in 1845 west of Rarey's Port with only College Street separating the two towns.

Confusion emerged as to which town was the principal settlement in the area. Citizens found having two towns located side by side to be cumbersome and decided to merge the two towns in 1847 with Dr. Abel Clark suggestinf the name "Groveport", a combination of the suffixes of the two towns.

Goveport proved to be an adatable community growning and changing along with new forms of transportation. When the canal began to wane as the dominate form of shipping transportation, the village secured a railroad right of way in 1868. Goveport also took advantage of the new electric traction line railroad wheb it opened in 1904.


"A walking Tour of Historic Groveport"

Groveport United Methodist Church, 512 Main Street.

Built in 1907, this is the third Methodist Church on tis site. The first was constructed in 1836.The church is noted for its unusal treatment of church architecture, including multiple gables, arched doors and windows, and the distinctive cranberry red brick. The bell in the tower was donated by John. R. Rarey, the "Horse Whisperer". vvvv





Groveport Town Hall, 648 Main Street.

Constructed in 1875-1876 as a joint effort by the Village of Groveport, Madison Township, the Masons, and the International Order of Odd Fellows, the three story high Victorian Italianate brick hall originally featured a dry goods and grocery store on the first floor, with Township and Village offices on the second floor.The restored building currently houses the Groveport Heritage Museum, a Cultural Arts Center, Art Gallery and meeting/social space. vvvv





Inside the museum. vvvv





























Second Floor. vvvv







Looking out the window onto Main Street. vvvv





Third Floor. vvvv



Looking out onto Main Street. vvvv



Back on the First Floor. vvvv