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lifeliberty
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they are also cutting through the concrete in front of isabellas on State st, don't know if that is connected to the other construction or not.
looks like they have huge sewer pipe, so maybe some infrastructure for people to be living downtown.
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lifeliberty
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no, it's in the middle of the grassy field, by the grassy knoll.
where there was once talk of putting the ice rink during winter.
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John Ross
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maybe it's the hub of a citywide streetcar/light-rail system running from Downtown, through the core neighborhoods, to Powell, Grove City, Pickerington and Hilliard!!
then again, if it were, walker would have a heart attack. and i like having him around.
i hope it's a Downtown skate park.
either way, i'll call mike brown tomorrow. he'll know something.
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lifeliberty
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Walker wrote Perhaps it's just construction equipment storage for the other nearby projects underway?
they are definitely digging and installing stuff. almost the entire area is torn up and being put back together.
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heresthecasey
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i am intrigued by this. hopefully it pans out into something.
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lifeliberty
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i think it might just be updating and maintanence in the underground.
You'd figure Walker would know since he runs the Underground? :)
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honavery
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I'd love to be proven wrong, but I think if something important were happening, we would have heard about it by now...
Agreed. Still curious though.
they're probably upgrading utilities and such for the condos that are being constructed a block away...
That's what I thought at first, but as of yesterday afternoon there were a few large steel beams at the site, and 2 or 3 pallets of wood.
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John Ross
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Just got off the phone with Mike Brown, the city's urban ventures coordinator. He said that the hubbub near City Center is underground utility work, including sewer revamps, that is coinciding with nearby projects in RiverSouth.
Sadly, it's not a streetcar terminal.
In a related note, the parking lot just south of Rich Street, on the east side of High Street, was redone to accomodate state jobs that recently moved Downtown into the Lazarus Building.
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pixlfarmer
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Well I just got off the phone with Ted Strickland, and he said they were working on the new City-Center slam-ball foam-pit climbing wall trampoline skate park dance floor slash streetcar terminal.
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