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Driving in Columbus 1985
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somertimeoh
Harrison West
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Just finished the first one. Amazing how little I can piece together, even though I drive up and down High constantly, until they get to King Ave. Without street and building references I would have had no idea they were even somewhere I should recognize.
I want to do this so that 25 years later someone else can say they don't recognize anything we see everyday :)
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somertimeoh
Harrison West
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What's BBF?
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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I think I've seen these before. Maybe they were posted on Done Waiting awhile ago?
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Hahaha. "Everything's Always Changing" Re: The McDonald's that looks nothing like it does now. ;)
Weird to see them driving on WEST 15th where the Wexner Center now is.
Also funny to see the businesses that are still the same after 25 years: Huntington, Bier Stube, Progressive Audio...
I forgot how ugly South Campus used to be.
Otherwise, a lot of buildings look unchanged structurally. Some just have different businesses in them with different storefronts.
I wonder why the guys filming kept saying they were so "unlucky". What were they hoping to luck into?
Overall, I'm impressed with the video quality of this guy's cameraphone.
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Columbusneon
German Village/Brewery District
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Wow this is interesting! I haven't lived in Columbus my whole life, and it's always interesting to me to see what Cbus looked like back in the day! I couldn't remember all these businesses because 1. I didn't live in Ohio in 1985 and 2. I was only 8 years old in 1985. Honestly though, I recognized quite a few places because except for some different businesses occupying the buildings, it didn't look a whole lot different from when I was a freshman at OSU in 1995. In just 4 short years, by the time I graduated, it started to look completely different, especially south of about 15th, and now, it is almost unrecognizable to anyone who went to OSU before the late 90s.
Overall, I'm impressed with the video quality of this guy's cameraphone.
LOL I don't think he used a "cameraphone" in 1985. "Car phones" didn't have cameras back then :)Posted 3 years ago # -
lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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Is it bad form to mention I was born in '85?
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Mae
Olde Towne East
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Walker wrote >>
I think I've seen these before. Maybe they were posted on Done Waiting awhile ago?I did do a preliminary search on CU to see if anyone had posted these before. I apologize if I missed them. I hate to be redundant.
The most interesting and nostalgic thing to me was seeing the dumpy old buildings where the South Campus Gateway is now. There used to be a great, cheap gyro shop there. And a video arcade. And lots of opportunities to buy stolen jewelry from a guy on the corner.
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Mae
Olde Towne East
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Here is another bit of Columbus nostalgia. Anyone who walked across the oval in the late eighties will remember Brother Jed and Sister Cindy:
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alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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I graduated from OSU with a BA in English in 12/85. The ceremony was in the West Field House by St. John's, all carefully choreographed up to the point where we got our diplomas and were directed to go down a corridor to an exit.
Then we walked out, with no one to guide us, clutching our diplomas into a snowstorm. It waas exactly like somethng from MAD Magazine.
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Coremodels
Really close to Explorer's Club.
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I got my license in 85, so cruising campus was pretty much the number one recreational activity that year...ahhhh, the memories.
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alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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This is a well-known pic - I believe this is looking northwest at 10th & High (looking across High St from the east sidewalk) at the Taco Bell, isn't that one of the south dorms looming in the background? The building with the cheap gyros and chinese would have been behind the photographer.
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Pablo
Crestview Addition
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I started cruising High St. in the late '70's when I was still in high school. My tour always included a swing through the seedy Short North to check out the hookers. I have always loved driving the stretch from downtown to Clintonville. It's my daily commute route even though I have quicker alternatives.
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Columbusneon
German Village/Brewery District
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Interesting how we are watching this and talking about it being "way back when", but that is exactly what the guy filming was doing in 1985, reminiscing of his days at OSU in I am assuming, based on his commentary, late 60s-early 70s. Wonder how much is still there now from then? Many of the houses, but not sure about the businesses!
This is inspiring me to do a similar drive along High and see what has changed since 1995-99. A lot really, considering the "Gateway" was just being talked about when I was a freshman and by the time I graduated it was under construction. I wish he had driven south along High through the Short North and downtown though.BBF I believe was a hamburger chain that folded way before I was around.
Yes, those are the south dorms behind Taco Hell. Cheap Gyros and Chinese? Aren't those all over campus?!?
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vestanpance
Harrison West/at work OSU
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Mae wrote >>
Here is another bit of Columbus nostalgia. Anyone who walked across the oval in the late eighties will remember Brother Jed and Sister Cindy:
Get the Video Player they are still there every fall.
I don't think I've seen a pre-wexner center video before, and nice to see the old flamingo arcade
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Columbusneon
German Village/Brewery District
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I would love to go back in time on my DeLorean and eat at BBF and snap some photos of their neon signage! That Columbus restaurant history site is cool, but needs a better messageboard section and some updates.
Anyone around back then know anything about that photograph's marquee sign? What were decency rallies? Was it 50s-60s censorship, demanded by the masses to shield bad words and the S-E-X word from kids?
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