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Hot on the heels of another semi-annual discussion about whether or not the Short North has “jumped the shark” comes word of a travel article in The New York Times that highlights the neighborhood. Some of the featured destinations in the article include the Mahan Gallery, Milk Bar, Tasi Café and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams. Of course, the Gallery Hop gets a big mention as the optimal time of the month to make the visit to Columbus.
The full article can be read here: Hello, Columbus.
What other local destinations would you recommend as “must see” experiences when visiting our city?
4th would be Michigan by about 4,000 more.
Still can’t keep up with N. Korea though @ 150,000!
I like how this has turned into a discussion about Ohio Stadium. Which is much more of a tourist draw than the Short North. I’d say the stadium is responsible for at least 10% of out of towners visiting Cols.
Two Columbus-based articles in the NYT in the same week? Nice!
Metal Variety: Death, Doom, Black and Cars
Published: March 14, 2010
Yob, the three-man doom-metal band from Eugene, Ore., played a show here at Skully’s on Saturday night that left you wondering when you’d heard something as good, and when you might again. It was all graceful molasses cohesion, moving in focused minor-key riffs and strong processional grooves from the bassist Aaron Reiseberg and the drummer Travis Foster, lighted up by Mike Scheidt’s fat, fuzzed guitar tone. His solos were creeping abstraction with a plan, an almost visual display of cathedral-echo notes, bending and decaying and transforming.
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