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Walker
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alexs said:
Fortunately more and more people are taking a second look at this city's primary geographical feature and thinking maybe it's not in our best interest to have a sewer running through the heart of the city.Two photos of the river itself. These are looking Down from the new Scioto Mile Promenade near the Broad Street side:
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joshlapp
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The mile is amazing, and I hope this will spur public to push for the removal of the dams. When I walked out onto the old Town Street bridge I saw numerous people walk out to the edge, get a wiff of the river and then walk off quickly commenting how bad it smelled!
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Walker
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joshlapp
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I'm so glad you got the kids rushing into the fountain. For some reason that moment really struck me. I think it was because it was awesome to see a public space that will truly be utilized by the public.
For too long we built grand public spaces without a thought about people. Take for instance the memorial park at the northern end of the Scioto Mile above the Santa Maria, where the fountain doesn't even turn on anymore.
The Scioto Mile is built for people, and it will be exciting to see it evolve into one of the most beloved space in the city. Cheers to the folks who built, designed and made it possible!
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patient_zero
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drew said:
General consensus among the four of us last night was that the restaurant/park area is an exceptional addition to the city.
Hungrywoolf took some great photos of the area. Love the night shots.
After reviewing the photos, you both looked to have a stellar night. Great looking food and drinks, beautiful patio and restaurant, and fountains to bring out your inner child. Nice!
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murfmurphy
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What a brilliant move! Making the fountain somethig that kids can run around and play in, and then at night turning it into a Bellagio style water feature. Well done! Thinking of taking my daughter down there tonight to run through the fountain, after we have dinner at Dirty Frank's.
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jpizzow
580 N. Park St.
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Love the park and can't wait to make some reservations on the patio. Did I read somewhere that Coleman mentioned a "Chicago bean-like" sculpture was in the works for the prowl? That would be cool. If the park is missing anything, it is another sculpture or two.
Now all we need are some private developers to step up and build some more residential in the RiverSouth.
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futureman
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The area north of the bicentennial park IMO is poised for a economic uptick. The current Columbia Gas building, once vacated, I would think has become considerably more commercially attractive (along with it's attached parking garage) with the completion on the park.
Bicentennial Plaza, which was put into receivership last year, I would hope would experience an improvement in its occupancy. I recall this particular building was phase 1 of 3 back when it was built. I believe they own a couple of the surface lots next door for these other phases. Who knows, maybe they could be dusted off in the next couple of years.
And then you have a 7 story warehouse building at Main and Front that was mentioned recently in the Dispatch with possible office/apartment conversion. That is one huge eyesore that needs some attention.
Also, what is going on with Quarterhouse Bar and Grill? Are they open yet?
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jpizzow
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Quarthouse Bar has been open for a couple of months now but that road construction out front has got to be hurting business.
As far as residential, I like the Annex, they are cheap. But, I do not want to see anymore stick built flats and townhomes in that neighborhood. If Riversouth wants to be an active neighborhood, they will need to go denser. Midrises and highrises please.
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Walker
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jpizzow said:
As far as residential, I like the Annex, they are cheap. But, I do not want to see anymore stick built flats and townhomes in that neighborhood. If Riversouth wants to be an active neighborhood, they will need to go denser. Midrises and highrises please.So you want unaffordable midrises & highrises instead of affordable townhomes? ;)
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misskitty
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My son and I checked this out yesterday and It was awesome I am going to be there a lot. I love that there is a place for the kids to run and cool down. I think it looks great we were going to grab lunch but it was a bit packed at the new place we will check it out in a few weeks.
Also I know this is random but people please follow posted rules about putting little swimmers on your non potty trained kids. I saw the cutest little boy produce a lovely yellow stream in the water yesterday I guess I should be happy it was yellow and not brown. I did not see any adults scoop him up otherwise I would have pointed them to the rules.Posted 10 months ago # -
jpizzow
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Walker said:
So you want unaffordable midrises & highrises instead of affordable townhomes? ;)Well, I think there are more appropriate places downtown for townhomes. That's a central location, which should be as dense as possible to create the most vitality. Plus, it sticks with the density guidelines of the most recent downtown plan, which suggests a tiering down of the size of buildings from the center to the periphery.
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downtownresident
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The park is lovely but as a resident living very near the park, the nightly music that is played too loudly and too late (until 11:00 pm) is going to give second thoughts to anyone who thinks about living here. I am not talking about the event music, I am talking about some watery music that emanates around the fountains and is EXTREMELY annoying after about three days of the same thing over and over. There was not much consideration given to those of us who have been living down here.
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ZHC
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I have a suspicion that this is ultimately going to be become Columbus's signature park.
The Riverfront (on both sides) has long been Columbus's most under-utilizied natural landscape and it's nice to see that finally start to change.
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Walker
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jpizzow said:
Well, I think there are more appropriate places downtown for townhomes. That's a central location, which should be as dense as possible to create the most vitality. Plus, it sticks with the density guidelines of the most recent downtown plan, which suggests a tiering down of the size of buildings from the center to the periphery.I totally agree with you. Just pointing out that mid-to-high rises are not likely to be as affordable as what Lifestyle Communities produced at The Annex. So there's pros & cons to both.
Also, I've always found it interesting that the most dense and desirable neighborhoods in Columbus have retail corridors that are primarily 2-3 story buildings with the ground-floor being retail and apartments or condos or offices above.
Which leads me to believe that a 3-story building with ground floor retail would add more vibrancy to that area than a 7-story residential building with no ground floor retail (like the Abigail).
So... the more residents the better, but retail is key and price points for rentals need to be grounded in reality.
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Walker
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downtownresident said:
The park is lovely but as a resident living very near the park, the nightly music that is played too loudly and too late (until 11:00 pm) is going to give second thoughts to anyone who thinks about living here. I am not talking about the event music, I am talking about some watery music that emanates around the fountains and is EXTREMELY annoying after about three days of the same thing over and over. There was not much consideration given to those of us who have been living down here.You should email and ask Capitol South / CDDC if that's going to be a nightly occurrence, because I don't imagine that's the case. Most public parks close at dusk, and while I can see extended events on summer weekends (and during the grand opening)... I don't imagine music is planned to run until 11pm on random weekday evenings.
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