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This area has been completely cleared out. The skies over Victorian Village are much quieter than they used to be. What's going on over there?
I kinda miss the sound of the helicopters!
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What happened to the heliport on 3rd Ave near Olentangy?
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jennyw
Clintonville
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Gowdy Field, which was home to the heliport, is being developed as a small office park (you might have noticed the Time Warner building over there). The heliport was moved over to West Broad Street. Not sure when that happened; I reported on the groundbreaking back in 2007.
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somertimeoh
Harrison West
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Wasn't this part of the police chopper controversy? They built that expensive new place? Yes, I do miss the ghetto bird looking over me :)
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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More info on the Gowdy Field "North" development:
http://www.columbusunderground.com/columbus-aims-to-create-brownfields-clean-up-fund
This is from an email from City Hall in July:
BROWNFIELD REVITALIZATION: The redevelopment of the Gowdy North project site continues with Development Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther’s sponsorship of ordinance 1022-2009. In 2008, Gowdy Partners III, LLC was awarded $3,000,000 for a Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund Grant for brownfield remediation of the former Gowdy Field landfill. Terms of the grant application included a $500,000 contribution by the city of Columbus to be used for pre-remediation activities. This legislation authorizes the grant match required by the application. Once redeveloped, the Gowdy North site will spur economic growth by providing additional offices and other facilities for The Ohio State University Medical Center.
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futureman
Grandview Heights
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I drive past the project just about everyday going to work. They've been making a lot of progress. As Walker pointed out, it's more of OSUMC expansion (which may or may not be apart of ProejctONE). I believe it's going to be an outpatient center three or four stories tall, but could be wrong
Also in there area, for better or worse, they have the elevator shafts put up in the Grandview Yard. I can't help but wish they were just another story or two taller though :(
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Matthew
Hilltop
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The new one is at the end of N Wheatland ave by Holton Park. They dumped all sorts of toxins and broken concrete into the waterway when building it, and routed all of the storm drains into the waterway as well. Apparently helicopters leak a lot of chemicals.
Removing one brownfield shouldn't involve creating a new one by destroying a park with helicopter runoff.
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dru
IV
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futureman wrote >>
Also in there area, for better or worse, they have the elevator shafts put up in the Grandview Yard. I can't help but wish they were just another story or two taller though :(
I have to mention that I am currently staying in a purpose built Hyatt Place (the first round like the one in Dublin were remodeled Amerisuites) and they are a pretty nice place. If they do a similar build to the one here in Lexington, I think it will be a great option that close to downtown and OSU.
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Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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Matthew wrote >>
The new one is at the end of N Wheatland ave by Holton Park. They dumped all sorts of toxins and broken concrete into the waterway when building it, and routed all of the storm drains into the waterway as well. Apparently helicopters leak a lot of chemicals.
Removing one brownfield shouldn't involve creating a new one by destroying a park with helicopter runoff.If you have evidence that they are violating their stormwater discharge permit by allowing chemical contamination or if you think their discharge permit was issued in error then you should report it to the Ohio EPA.
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futureman
Grandview Heights
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