Short North Unbalanced

By: Walker

7 Comments

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  art lyfe January 31, 2007 12:42 pm

  Yeah I totally agree with this point. As a matter of fact I think that we should move to make all the buildings in downtown the same height as well.
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  Walker January 31, 2007 2:34 pm

  While High Street is the main north-south artery that links many of the neighborhoods through Columbus, I’m not sure if some sort of committee or board should oversee development along it through all of the neighborhoods it runs through. Each neighborhood is different and unique and while the two overseeing each side of high in the Short North sounds a little weird, I think it will make the neighborhood more unique and diverse with it’s architecture. The same type of street “split” can be found on dozens of other streets throughout Columbus where one district ends and another begins.

  Honestly, I think the Dakota and “Urban Oasis” buildings will look more like they belong together in the Short North when contrasted to the UDF just down the street.

  And another thing to note… although High Street is still viewed as a neighborhood “connector” it’s really not as utilized for that anymore as it once was. If you’re travelling by car (as most do) over five miles on any stretch of high, it’s typically eaiser to either jump to a somewhat parallel less busy street like 3rd/4th or Olentangy or even go all the way over to 315 or 71. How many people drive from Merion Village to Worthington using High?

  Hopefully an extended streetcar line will bring people back to this artery. And when it does it will be nice to have a diverse set of neighborhoods to travel between all up and down the street.
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  Ndcent January 31, 2007 4:19 pm

  art lyfe wrote Yeah I totally agree with this point. As a matter of fact I think that we should move to make all the buildings in downtown the same height as well.

  LOL! :twisted:
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  20thousandinmypocket January 31, 2007 4:54 pm

  i dont think 10 stories is too tall at all. obviously the neighborhood doenst need 20 story buildings but a few 10 or 12 sotry buildings built sparsly throughout the neighborhood would be fine. this urban oasis project looks very promising though. personally i would buy a condo in the short north before purchasing a condo downtown, as downtown is much too speculative for my tastes, there is already a wide array of offerings in teh short north. this being said i was never really that excited about any of the new condo offerings in this area, but his urban oasis does seem to be quite promising.
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  Columbusite January 31, 2007 8:44 pm

  I’m just glad we’re getting such developments and yes, places like UDF and White Castle with their huge parking lots and drive thru at the latter are suburban potmarks on an urban landscape. Same goes for the Wendy’s in OTE, Domino’s in Grandview, etc, etc. It’s not that they’re chains, it’s that they refuse to integrate into an urban environment. That the city allowed such things just makes it worse as if suburbanizing an urban area has ever had a positive effect for whichever urban area that may be. Such things need to be prevented, but it doesn’t seem like the city has quite got the message yet.
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  gramarye February 2, 2007 6:55 pm

  art lyfe wrote Yeah I totally agree with this point. As a matter of fact I think that we should move to make all the buildings in downtown the same height as well.

  Central planning! w00t!

  I also note the hidden message in the letter-writer’s message: “This is a bad thing, and they should have to do what we want.” I imagine he’d be singing a somewhat different tune if someone from the other side’s area commission was pushing a law standardizing all height requirements at 10 stories (or 20).
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  Brewmaster February 3, 2007 9:59 am

  I hope this imbalance on High St. doesn’t throw off the rotation of the earth. :o

  Seriously though, the only height requirements that should be on High St. is that no building can be 1 or 2 stories. Everything has to start at 3.