Anyone who wouldn’t take 1/4 mile of real estate on Columbus’ most highly travelled commercial corridor and turn it into a piece of art instead of something that actually connected with and served the people.

Eisenman is certainly notable and i know a lot of people who like/dislike him, but think about how vibrant that stretch of High Street will be once the Hilton opens compared to the brightly colored earthquake victim across the street.

Heck, I spent three years with that being the first thing I saw everyday when I woke up and the last thing I saw before I went to bed.  It was a shame to see how dormant it was most of the time.

Seriously?  Who would you propose?

Let’s keep Peter Eisenman (and a handful of “signiture designers”) away from Columbus for a really really long time.  Columbus has a lot of architects with 20-times the design skills…let’s use them plz!

Additionally, the original announcement in March mentioned that Nationwide was planning additional office buildings on their land bordered by High, Nationwide, Front, and the rail tracks here, which should round out the rest of the block quite nicely. Especially if we do get the stimulus approval for sticking our new train station right in between the two. ;)