Pablo
Crestview Addition
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Here's a scan of a postcard my Dad purchased when he moved here in 1959. It's always fun to see what's changed in the last 53 years. The photo was taken before the modern highrise building boom of the 1960's. The automated tower parking structure (it has red trim) is visible just to the left of the Leveque tower. What else has changed?
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futureman
Grandview Heights
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Pablo said:
If you click through to Flickr, you can look at a larger image.
Yeah I just noticed that. Interesting photo, a lot has been demolished and redeveloped. The Hartman Theater (picture), Neil House Hotel (picture), Deshler Hotel (picture) are all gone. Across the street from Lazarus you can see the Morehouse Fashion building (picture) which was demolished when City Center was built.
jpizzow
580 N. Park St.
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Looks better back then than it does now (coming from the guy who loves and advocates for highrises) Look at the crap they threw up in their place. Most are an abomination. It's sad to think of all that architectural character that we'll probably never see again only because much of that detail and craftmanship is way too expensive to replicate.
NEOBuckeye
Ohio At-Large
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What might have been -- Columbus 1908 plan.
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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A lot of those blocks are still pretty much intact. Shorter buildings replaced by taller ones.
A sadder view would be a photo of the area along Long & Spring streets between Fourth and 71, which has largely been razed for parking lots, and has seen very little infill to this day. I'm sure it looked quite vibrant and alive in 1959.
Coreroc
Egoville USA
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I just found some drawings from 1959 of buildings around Columbus and OSU campus. I have been on a wild goose chase to find more information about the artists and subject matter involved. Super into suggestions if anyone has a good historical source around town.
patient_zero
Falafel District
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Coreroc said:
I just found some drawings from 1959 of buildings around Columbus and OSU campus. I have been on a wild goose chase to find more information about the artists and subject matter involved. Super into suggestions if anyone has a good historical source around town.
Doug Motz of Columbus Historical Society would be my first recommendation. Doug is knowledgeable in, well, almost anything.
futureman
Grandview Heights
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Also interesting is that 5/3 office building at State and High added unto the existing ~ 12 story building (built 1933) by adding a 25 story tower and parking structure in 1998. You can see the original building w/out the tower/garage portion in the 1959 postcard photo above.
Pablo
Crestview Addition
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futureman said:
Also interesting is that 5/3 office building at State and High added unto the existing ~ 12 story building (built 1933) by adding a 25 story tower and parking structure in 1998. You can see the original building w/out the tower/garage portion in the 1959 postcard photo above.
It was the Beggs Building, I believe. Also note the green space at Broad and Front. The State built the two bookend office buildings in the early '60's.
columbusmike
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NEOBuckeye said:
What might have been -- Columbus 1908 plan.
Whenever I see that image of Columbus, it makes me realize how much our society has forgotten about making great public space. The image above would have provided a great public square for protests, concerts, events, etc. I bet if you asked 100 architects to design a master plan for Columbus today, it would be completely void of well-designed public space. The Columbus Commons is a prime example of how much we've forgotten.
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