Archives for "maps"

At Home: Sunny Space Near Grandview

At Home: Sunny Space Near Grandview

4 Anne / December 4, 2011 8:00 am

When Omar Noory walked into the sunny 600 square foot apartment near Grandview, he knew he liked it. He had been wanting a place in Harrison West, Victorian Village or Grandview and this apartment fit the bill. It had hardwood… [Read More]

At Work: These Are Things’ pretty home office

At Work: These Are Things’ pretty home office

0 Anne / November 15, 2011 12:45 pm

For my office tour this month on The Metropreneur, I visited the lovely home office of Jen Adrion and Omar Noory. The two have been running These Are Things, their modern and beautiful map and design business out of their… [Read More]

Food Deserts in Columbus

Food Deserts in Columbus

8 Walker / August 15, 2011 9:00 am

A “Food Desert” is an area where a substantial number of residents have low access to supermarkets and/or grocery stores. Typically, these are also defined as low-income areas where residents also have limited mobility options for reaching grocery stores outside… [Read More]

Xing Columbus: COTA Frequent Network Map

Xing Columbus: COTA Frequent Network Map

12 / October 10, 2010 12:30 pm

COTA’s system map does a good job of distinguishing the limited service express routes (in red), but doesn’t make any distinction for the higher frequency routes in the system. This means that every local bus route looks the same on… [Read More]

Explore Downtown Living at City Hop on Saturday

Explore Downtown Living at City Hop on Saturday

1 Walker / June 11, 2010 2:30 pm

If you’ve ever thought about what it might be like to live Downtown, then this is your perfect weekend to investigate a bit further. The annual City Hop event, which takes place on Saturday, June 12th, allows visitors to explore… [Read More]

Consider Biking Needs Your Help

0 Anne / January 15, 2009 9:15 am

If you are an experienced cyclist and know your ways around Columbus, Consider Biking needs your help! They have put together a Bicycle Usability Map and now they need your help to verify and validate the “levels of service” (routes) on… [Read More]

Columbus Ranked 27th Most Walkable City

Columbus Ranked 27th Most Walkable City

24 Walker / July 26, 2008 6:39 pm

XING Columbus wrote Columbus Ranked 27th Most Walkable City July 26, 2008 by johnwirtz If you’ve never been to WalkScore.com, it’s a pretty cool site that allows you to input an address and get a walkability score out of 100…. [Read More]

Maps, bureau to help sell Downtown hotspots

28 KyleEzell / November 29, 2007 9:17 am

The Dispatch wrote Maps, bureau sell Downtown Projects aim to make the center city more welcoming to visitors Thursday, November 29, 2007 BY MARLA MATZER ROSE Two key components of the plan are the first Downtown visitors center in nearly… [Read More]