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Walker
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Columbus RetroMetro wrote Columbus Landmarks to Host Eighth Annual City Hop on June 16, 2007
2007 City Hop to feature 18 stops, downtown shuttle service
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The eighth annual City Hop Tour of Downtown Living will feature 19 tour stops and be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 16. And for the first time, walking shoes will be optional to all City Hoppers.
With the cost of their ticket, people can choose to personalize their tour with the aid of City Hop’s all-new shuttle service. Shuttles will be circulating throughout downtown tour stops and several other locations along the route, allowing tour-goers the opportunity to set their own agenda without getting a workout. People will be able to enjoy the shuttles for the length of the tour or do some walking between tour stops.
Tickets to the tour are $18 the day of City Hop and can be purchased on-site at each of the three downtown ticket stops. Tickets can also be purchased prior to the event for $15 at http://www.cityhoptour.org or by calling the Columbus Landmarks office at 614-221-0227. Columbus Landmarks members can purchase tickets for $12. Tickets will be available starting May 1.
2007 City Hop Tour Stops
1. Burnham Square Condominiums
2. The Condominiums at North Bank Park
3. Buggyworks
4. Arena Crossing Apartments
5. EcleXtion Lofts
6. Lafayette Lofts
7. Lofts at 106
8. 8 on the Square
9. Carlyle’s Watch
10. Sixty Spring
11. 225 North Fourth Street
12. CityView at Third
13. Hartman Lofts
14. Ohio Lofts
15. 199 South Fifth
16. Terraces on Grant
17. Rich Street Walk
18. The Jeffrey
19. Kramer Place
20. Jeffrey Place
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Brewmaster
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Methinks this will provide some good blog entries. :D
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Walker
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For Immediate Release:
Eighth Annual City Hop on June 16, 2007
2007 City Hop to feature 18 stops, downtown shuttle service
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The eighth annual City Hop Tour of Downtown Living will feature 19 tour stops and be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 16. And for the first time, walking shoes will be optional to all City Hoppers.
With the cost of their ticket, people can choose to personalize their tour with the aid of City Hop’s all-new shuttle service. Shuttles will be circulating throughout downtown tour stops and several other locations along the route, allowing tour-goers the opportunity to set their own agenda without getting a workout. People will be able to enjoy the shuttles for the length of the tour or do some walking between tour stops.
“Our shuttle service will allow people the added bonus of experiencing the various flavors of downtown’s distinct neighborhoods†said Kristin Mack, Columbus Landmarks board member. “Those shuttles give us a chance to showcase not only the residences in themselves, but also the charm of the communities that surround them.â€Â
Tickets to the tour are $18 the day of City Hop and can be purchased on-site at each of the three downtown ticket stops. Tickets can also be purchased prior to the event for $15 at http://www.cityhoptour.org or by calling the Columbus Landmarks office at 614-221-0227. Columbus Landmarks members can purchase tickets for $12. Tickets will be available starting May 1.
In addition to the shuttle service that will showcase downtown’s historic landmarks, new this year to the tour also will be a stop at The Condominiums at North Bank Park, a unique 20-story condo building that offers 109 upscale residences with two different kinds of living space – the Tower and The Lofts. Additionally, there are three new condominium projects in Italian Village that will be featured including: Kramer Place, a 46-unit urban condominium community; The Lofts at Jeffrey Place, a 60-unit condominium that will feature unique loft living; and The Jeffrey, a 76-unit condominium project.
The eighth anniversary of City Hop is sponsored by Capitol South, Plaza Properties, Grant Medical Center/OhioHealth, Nationwide Realty Investors, CASTO, HER Real Living, Orange Barrel, Standard Parking, Messer Construction Company and Jones Day.
Columbus Landmarks, the organization that produces City Hop, was founded in 1977 by a dedicated group of historic preservationists and local residents who were committed to preserving Columbus' architectural heritage. Since that time, Landmarks has played an integral role in educating the community, encouraging responsible public and private sector enhancement of historic areas and structures, and promoting the highest standards in the design and construction of new buildings and spaces.
For more information on the tour, call 614-221-0227 or visit http://www.cityhoptour.org
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Brewmaster
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scosan wrote just think you can pay $18 to go on the city hop tour on saturday the 16th or wait until sunday the 17th (or any other weekend) and go to same open houses for free.
We shopped for condos before there was a city hop and it's not quite that easy. Every property has different open house hours and days. You have to plan your routes accordingly. You have to deal with the parking hassle. You end up taking detailed notes b/c you need to compare the property you're looking at today with the one that you saw last tuesday.
I can definitely see myself forgoeing all that hassle and forking over a few bucks to get shuttled around to see all of the projects in a few hours. It could take you a few days/weeks otherwise.
You can use the same arguement for the uselessness of the auto show that comes every year (and is packed). It's nice to see everything at once without the hassle. It helps make side-by-side comparisons.
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bjboose
Weinland Park
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Also, a lot of the condos you see during city hop are ones that people are already living in and open up to the public for the hop. Unless you have friends who live in the cooler units at all of the stops, you're not not going to see much of what you'll see on the hop.
I can't wait!
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rave_til_dawn
Dennison Place
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Did anyone go on the City Hop before the great Condo Boom of Columbus? My wife and I went on our first City Hop back in 2001 I think. It was awesome, we got to see some really cool places, and a lot were where you wouldn't think there would be a place to live. Then when the condo boom started, it was cool to see all the new available places downtown. Sadly, it seems it now all about just selling condos. Last year we got a little frustrated at the stops that had just started construction, or hadn't started at all.
We'll probably skip it this year, the last 3 years or so have had a lot of repeats. Although its a great excuse to walk the city on a weekend, I think there is only a few new stops this year.
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Smith2D2
Clintonville
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Columbus Alive has a BOGO coupon for the Hop
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Walker
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This Week News wrote Celebrating downtown living
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Bill Evans
It's time for City Hop -- a celebration honoring downtown Columbus.
The mission of the event is one that residents of Columbus should hold as well: to honor and highlight the downtown experience by visiting urban living developments, trendy restaurants, quaint boutiques and modern art galleries.
The 2007 festival will bring more than 3,000 individuals to the city for the day. It is a day to enjoy the city where we live, work and play.
The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 16.
Tickets to City Hop are $18 the day of the event, $15 online and $10 if you are a Landmarks member. Visit http://www.ColumbusLandmarks.org or call (614) 221-4508 for ticket information.
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bjboose
Weinland Park
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opinions anyone?
I'm too exhausted after the long day to write too much, but I was most impressed with the Lofts at 106, the North Bank loft unit (and view from the tower), the Metalworks at Jeffrey, and the new build unit at 225 North Fourth Street on the second floor.
(And the Buggyworks, but I'm biased since I live there. )
Oh...and I liked 199 South Fifth except for the laminate 'wood' on the terraces.
Some other places, hmmm....
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Likes Old Houses
Harrison West
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Note to developers, get the damn elevators going first!
We hiked all the way to the 11th floor of "8" on the square. Nice veiw, but that pretty much knocked my wife out of the game.
Liked "The Jeffery", although we found a unit that you couldn't open a refrigerator door. In Caryle there was a bathroom with a sensor light, because the door opened into the switches. We saw a lot of dumb things like that all over the place. However, the view from NB tower was great and I did like the loft unit also. Jeffery Place lofts have a lot of potential. Carlyle rocked. Ohio Lofts and 199 S 5th both have potential, except they were hard to visualize with only the studs up. Also, I would liked to have seen more furnished units through out the tour.
One positive was that most people I talked to, were looking for a place to buy and move downtown.
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milodesc
NJ
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they may want to consider making this into a 2 day event next year. i'm exhausted from all the walking, stair climbing and the heat. but, it was worth it since i got to check out a lot of places i was curious about.
the hop got me really excited about the jeffrey area actually. if everything works out for them it could be a really cool area. and if they can get some decent public transportation? forget about it.
i was really impressed with the Ohio lofts also, even tho the location isn't as good as say carlyle's.
the view from north bank condos is exceptional, not surprises there. i heard the Nationwide ceo bought the top floor for 10 million.
not all that impressed by arena crossings, though its a great location.
i got some pictures. maybe i'll post some of them soon
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J. Doe
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Something I noticed on the tour was what I didn't notice. No art. No art anywhere except in the individual units. Sure no one gives a crap about art but the fact remains that art escalates the quality of life. Art makes communities proud. Art can propel a cow town out of the pasture and into the magazines that find themselves on coffee tables across the country.
These developers are incredible tight asses! I wish they would get their butts out of the bottom dollar architects playbooks and spread some damn culture around!
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jgeorge300
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rave_til_dawn wrote Did anyone go on the City Hop before the great Condo Boom of Columbus? My wife and I went on our first City Hop back in 2001 I think. It was awesome, we got to see some really cool places, and a lot were where you wouldn't think there would be a place to live. Then when the condo boom started, it was cool to see all the new available places downtown. Sadly, it seems it now all about just selling condos. Last year we got a little frustrated at the stops that had just started construction, or hadn't started at all.
My sentiments exactly. When I did one of the first City Hops, it was a great mix of places. High end units to old warehouses converted by CCAD students to use as their studio and living space. It was interesting to see how the different people used their spaces.
I saw several of the design flaws mentioned by Likes Old Houses. When you see that type of glaring mistake, it makes you wonder about the quality of the rest of the work.
I was disappointed that most of the builders weren't using tankless water heaters. They take up less space. Use less energy and water. In Carlye, they gave you a combo washer/dryer because the water heater took up half of the space in the closet.
Suggestions for next year:
* Make it two days or cut down on the number of stops. After 4 hours I had only visited half of the stops, but had to leave due to other plans. I wasn't lingering and moving at a good clip but still only hit half the units.
* Limit the number of units open at a building. It seemed liked some stops had every unit that was available for sale open even though most were the same. If a unit is open, remove the construction debris.
* More owner occupied units. I only saw one owner occupied unit. Granted I missed half the stops, so I might missed some of them.
* The shuttles were great and definitely needed with how spread out the Hop was this year.
My favorite was the Northbank. Great view and good layout.
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bjboose
Weinland Park
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Sigh.....
Limit the number of units open at a building.
Why would you want to do that? There was no rule that if you went someplace, you had to see every unit or they wouldn't let you out of the building. If you felt you had seen enough, head out for the next stop.
Note to developers, get the damn elevators going first!
The people at 8 on the square asked that you wear hard hats since it was still heavily under construction. They explained it would be a trek up to the top and had a tv virtual presentation about the project you could watch if you didn't want to.
They're not going to install and get elevators working soley for city hop. Better they open it up the project rather than not put it on the hop at all.
These developers are incredible tight asses! I wish they would get their butts out of the bottom dollar architects playbooks and spread some damn culture around!
The next time you build/renovoate a multi-million dollar building and try to manage contractors, building materials, and all of the headaches that come along with it, feel free to call developers tight asses.
I'm not trying to attack everything people are saying, but give me a break!! I'm think I'm still just a little frustrated how rude a lot of people were on the hop. Saying loudly so volunteers/sales agents could hear..
"Oh my God, this is hideous!" "Why would they put that there?" "You couldn't pay me enought to live here, etc." I saw some people by coincedence on several different stops and it seemed the only reason the showed up was to bitch and moan. If you don't like something mention it to the people you come with or at least be polite about it. When was the last time you allowed people to come where you worked and criticize eveything you have worked on for the past year?
Everybody is a freakin' critic! I'm fine with criticism, but a lot of it also comes to personal preference.
How about we say thanks to all of the time and energy put into organizing the hop? To the developers who allowed thousands of people to wander through their units and whine about the smallest thing they could possible find so they feel like they know something about real estate?
Yes, they were trying to sell their condos...why shouldn't they? Yes there were a lot of stops on the tour...would you rather have too few? The logistics of a two day hop I think is a little much to ask at this point.
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J. Doe
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The next time you build/renovoate a multi-million dollar building and try to manage contractors, building materials, and all of the headaches that come along with it, feel free to call developers tight asses.
I don't have to be a rich developer to know that the only thing they care about is their pocketbooks! You and I both saw all those condo's yesterday. How many actually reached out to people and not just the buyer? I understand this is a difficult concept for most people to grasp, however, quality of life should include more than the one pluncking down incredible amounts of money for some stupid little space.
Quality of life is what really makes a city great! Put some fricken art in the lobbies! Put some fricken art in the common areas! Put some fricken art outside! Put some fricken art anydamn place! These developers are creating shells! They are creating plain brown wrapper boxes that people enter like caves and dwell in isolation and seclusion. All they care about is the bottom dollar profits. I've never seen such a lack of character in my life and an absolute disregard for culture!
People deserve more, even when they don't know what they are missing. These developers need to step up and create an environment friendly and hospitable to the pedestrian as well as the condo box owner. These developers need to spend a percent of the building costs on art just as the government does with the percent for arts program.
Come on Columbus, it's one thing to be ok. Lets step up and be great! Talk to the developer, tell them you won't buy unless they dress up the outside and or common areas with art. Demand more! Lets make this an incredible city for everyone!
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Brewmaster
Portland, OR
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^ You forgot to add that the developers should buy your art in that little salespitch. :roll:
Last time I was there, the model at Carlyle's had art from one of the local galleries (mahan?) in the living room and bedroom. They also had a great big downtown picture in the lobby.
How can people complain about the price of downtown condos and then complain that there's no fine art hanging all over the place in the same breath?!?!?!?!?! Developers cater to the market. No offense, but I don't think struggling art dealers represent a large enough share of the market.
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