A nice littler writeup in the Dispatch the other day highlighted a few of the businesses in the Red Brick District (on Main Street downtown) as places to go for holiday shopping. I think many overlook this quiet block downtown, but there’s actually quite a condensed bit of retail over there. Several clothing shops, a [...]
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Celebrating the 2008 COTA Challenge
Urban In-Fill Celebrating the COTA Challenge December 2, 2008 by Jeff JohnsonIt started last January with the simple idea of using public transportation to get to and from work, but only when it was convenient. I spent $45 on a transit pass and $30 on gas and set out to determine if I could make [...]
Dear Everyone, Please stop complaining about NRI
The biggest crux of “downtown” development is that it is generally cost prohibitive for individual or entrepreneurial real estate ventures. There are plenty of large expensive parcels of land downtown ripe for development, but the number of corporations who can both afford to build AND see the value (both monetary and socially) is fairly limited. [...]
Live Locally With The North Market This Season
The North Market Blog Live Locally With The North Market This Season December 2nd, 2008 by Dave At North Market we’re all about local: going local, eating local, acting local, supporting local. It’s simply the right thing to do. With some of the uncertainty we all might be facing, it makes even more sense. First [...]
Renderings of the new downtown police office and public park development
Just shared these on CU, and figured I’d post them here too. Looks like a great way to revamp an old building and connect the riverfront with the Gay Street development through a new greenspace.
The DRACie Awards – Clips from the 2007 Show
The 2008 DRACie Awards are coming up on Wenesday. Have you bought your tickets yet? Here’s a few video clips from last year: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS1Pe94GPWw] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIaBKaGxBo] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkwzWGr20ig]
Why I’m Voting for Barack Obama – Part III
This article in the Washington Post titled The High Rise of the First Metropolitan Candidate is another of the few that really jump out to me, and speak to me as a proponent of urban development in a major US metropolitan area. Anyone who lives in Central Ohio, should give this a read. Here are [...]
The City Center Skywalk is Finally Coming Down
In case you haven’t been under it in awhile, the ugly and defunct City Center skywalk over High Street has been prepped for demolition, which is being kicked off tomorrow morning with a small ceremony that also includes the revealing of some new renderings of the ground-floor retail slots along the revamped Lazarus building. I [...]
Why I’m Voting for Barack Obama – Part II
As I mentioned previously, I don’t post a lot on my personal blog about national politics. Even though there’s been a lot in the news the past week that has had me fired up, I’ve refrained from turning my personal blog into just one more place for a dude to rant about the candidates. Instead, [...]
Why I’m Voting for Barack Obama
I’ve been hesitating to post anything about national politics on my blog, as this is not a political blog. It’s a personal blog, and I’m personally much more interested in local policies and issues than I am in national ones. It’s not that I don’t care about things on a national level… I just feel [...]