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YouTubeMy wife and I were waiting for a table at Tip Top last night and decided to go for a walk down the street to check out the Neighborhood Launch project. Just as we were both commenting on how much we liked the design of Gay Street and the architectural style of the project, we crossed from the south side to the north side of Gay Street at Young Street and noticed a distict smell of sanitary sewage? Smelling sewage is a deal-breaker when it comes to living anywhere, so I was wondering if it always smells like that.
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Core_Models
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yeah, GV some mornings can be pretty rancid too.
Posted 2 years ago # -
lazyfish
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parts of the SN are intense, the entrance to Goodale Park usually smells like a steaming pile, Glen Echo ravine after a big rain was horrible, supposedly the problem has been fixed....you can call sewers and drains and see when they plan to seperate the stormwater from the combined/poop sewers in your area, they are mandated to fix them all by 2030 or so....
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groundrules
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ever been in the basement restroom @ du amici?
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kcrissinger
Brookshire
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http://sciotoriverfriends.org/gallery/Threats-to-the-River/Dscf1612?full=1
You'll notice a sign at North Bank park warning people to stay away from the water due to combined sewer overflows.
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lisathewaitress
SoHud
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johnwirtz wrote Smelling sewage is a deal-breaker when it comes to living anywhere, so I was wondering if it always smells like that.
And yet people pay lots of money to live in German Village. I used to work in a restaurant there and before TONS of sewer work under our building, it was almost unbearable sometimes.
And there are days where the smell outside of the starbucks in GV will just about bowl you over.
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mnoelleh
South
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I work in the Brewery District and there are days that it REAKS of butt as early as 6:30 in the morning when I make my walk up S High to Livingston...totally gnarly thing is the smell will creep up you on you too- fine when I step off the bus, walk 2 blocks and bam! it is like I walked into a wall of turds. GV definitely has that odor going on as well. I have to say that I have not noticed it before on Gay street, or central downtown, unless you are in the basement somewhere.
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johnwirtz
Evanston, IL
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lisathewaitress wrote >>
johnwirtz wrote Smelling sewage is a deal-breaker when it comes to living anywhere, so I was wondering if it always smells like that.
And yet people pay lots of money to live in German Village. I used to work in a restaurant there and before TONS of sewer work under our building, it was almost unbearable sometimes.
And there are days where the smell outside of the starbucks in GV will just about bowl you over.Well, GV is pretty awesome despite the smell. I have never noticed the smell there though. Guess I've been getting lucky every time I visit.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Yeah, the smell is intermittent in a lot of places. I think the only places I've smelled it with real consistency is the corner of Spring & Marconi and at one or two certain corners in GV. I don't think I've ever smelled it on Gay Street.
There was talk of a "fix" a few years ago:
http://www.columbusunderground.com/downtown-s-stench-has-a-5-5-million-solution
Not sure if that project ever got underway (I've not heard any updates) but that article makes it sound like the project should be wrapped in a few months. I'll see if I can get in touch with someone to see if that is still happening or not...
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Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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Check this out ... http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/16/copy/downtown_odor.ART_ART_02-16-10_B1_9JGJSH3.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
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