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Started 9 months ago by tlb919
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tlb919
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Im not sure if this was mentioned anywhere before on here but since I couldn't find I figured I would post.

I was reading through today and it appears Nationwide is going to join some of the towers downtown in the trend of putting a sign atop their main HQ building. The details of the sign are pretty neat in the way it can change colors for the seasons or special occasions but I have mixed feelings about this, I like their tower just flooded in blue and the sign appears it will be huge. I guess I will have to see the finished product. What do you think? WIll look good or be a bit too much?

Here is the article and a rendering from Columbus Business First:
http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2011/07/01/nationwide-eager-to-see-its-name-up-in.html

Posted 9 months ago #
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I think there is a lot of pride that Nationwide is here. I say, good for them!
(it also makes it harder to play the moving to Texas gig with Kasich...)

Posted 9 months ago #
Walker
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Looks good. Surprised they didn't do this a long time ago. ;)

Posted 9 months ago #
dru
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won't this block the view for diners at One Nation?

Posted 9 months ago #
futureman
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I thought that closed in the 90's?

Posted 9 months ago #
alexs
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In the 80s the employees called that building "the walkie-talkie"

A walkie-talkie was a form of portable wireless communications device.

Posted 9 months ago #
dru
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dru said:
won't this block the view for diners at One Nation?

futureman said:
I thought that closed in the 90's?

it did.
i still sometimes find people who live elsewhere who remember it as their fine dining experience in Columbus.
but mostly in my pre-coffee morning state i thought it a light attempt at humor.

Posted 9 months ago #
Coremodels
Really close to Explorer's Club.
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dru said:
it did.
i still sometimes find people who live elsewhere who remember it as their fine dining experience in Columbus.
but mostly in my pre-coffee morning state i thought it a light attempt at humor.

Peppercorn Duck Club > One Nation.

Posted 9 months ago #
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Peppercorn Duck= pre/post theater dinner
One Nation= Sunday brunch

To this day, neither has been beaten in either category

Posted 9 months ago #
YoderMan
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I took the external elevator a few times to One Nation back in the 90's; does it even run anymore?

Does anyone else recall Christopher's?

Posted 9 months ago #
Walker
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Roscoe said:
To this day, neither has been beaten in either category

Nothing ever beats a memory in a side-by-side taste comparison. ;)

Posted 9 months ago #