Porky
C-Bus' East Side
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Franklinton takes bold strokes to renew neighborhood
By Mark Ferenchik
The Columbus Dispatch
Thursday December 15, 2011 5:17 AM
Leases are signed and about 60 artists will work in a weathered brick industrial building in east Franklinton. But the project’s developer said he has had to ditch plans to build housing next door — at least for now.
READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/12/15/franklinton-bold-strokes.html
leftovers
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Nice write up. It will definitely take some deep pockets of outside investors to get this going. The one thing that worries me is when people say:
“There is no reason this can’t turn into (the next) Short North area,”
It leads to false expectations concerning a development which was a much different area, with a different type of existing commercial and housing stock.
Chris Sherman
East Franklinton
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Omg my feet look huge! Well you know what they say... Any who the sn comment was made by a neighboring property owner who has been completetly absent in this entire process and is about 75 years old.. Nice enough guy just kind of outta touch I guess. overall nice article, glad to see the D running a good positive piece on the neighborhood.
patient_zero
Falafel District
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They look like Herman Munster's boots! Geez, Chris. Nice article and definitely insightful.
Are these buildings across from 400 part of the Riverside-Bradley housing project, and have they been demolished?
Also, any plans yet for the awesome looking knife factory next door?
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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More info on the community input process that took place this week...
Community Input Sought on Next Steps for East Franklinton Plan
By: Walker
Development plans in East Franklinton continue to chug right along at a steady clip. Just three months ago, the information gathering process kickstarted with a public input meeting and a series of interviews with neighborhood stakeholders.
READ MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/next-steps-for-east-franklinton-plan-to-be-decided-next-week
murfmurphy
Westgate
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patient_zero said:
They look like Herman Munster's boots! Geez, Chris. Nice article and definitely insightful.Are these buildings across from 400 part of the Riverside-Bradley housing project, and have they been demolished?
Also, any plans yet for the awesome looking knife factory next door?
I drive by there every day, and I love that building. I hope it stays and gets renovated into something awesome someday.
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