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There you have it. There is a downside though, some old fuddy duddy is whining that there’s no “e” on the end of “old” in this Dispatch article:
“Olde was the spelling in the 1850s,” said preservation society member Seth Golding. “It’s more quaint — not just ‘old.’ “
This neighborhood ain’t quaint and residents and the businesses they support clearly and proudly demonstrate that. You can e-mail them to leave the arches alone (or if you love olde timey branding you can do the opposite).
It’s 2009 and “olde” isn’t a word. As an Old North resident, I was very happy to see the word “old” spelled correctly.
Question of the day, should Olde Towne East be changed to Old Town East?
Question of the day, should Olde Towne East be changed to Old Town East?
no.
I’ll probably just keep calling the area North Campus. ;)
These arches are great though! Glad to see that they went up so fast. Hopefully we can keep adding these things all over the city and regain the title of “Arch City”!
Who gets dibs on the The Arch District?
do they have lights attached to them like the short north ones?
I thought this area was called Washington Beach.
+1 Washington Beach!
Didn’t anyone consider Ole as a compromise?
I saw these being put up and was surprised! Is it just the one arch, or are they putting up a bunch like in the Short North?
@LeePaul, I love it!
Yeah, they should be changed to Washington Beach. Less historic, but more interesting.
I thought there were going to be “arches” but I think so far it’s only “arch.” anyone know if we’re getting more?
And, no, we aren’t cool enough for lights. just arches. The Short North gets everything. sheesh.
Glad people can start calling the neighborhood by its proper name and not its fantasy astroturf name.
There’s supposed to be one north of Lane and another south of Arcadia, so they’re just for the entrances. Washington Beach is just one a handful of the unofficial sub-neighborhoods of ONC. SoHud arch anyone?
“The arches, which are to be lighted before Christmas with funding from the preservation society, are similar to 17 in the Short North.”
Source:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/04/arches.ART1_ART_10-04-09_B5_KMF9819.html
So, it seems that there will be lights on these arches. Now that’s cool.
SoHud arch anyone?
I’d settle for street lamps.
Pretty sure they’re installing new street lamps all up and down this strip, in addition to planters, bike racks, etc.
@lizless
The dispatch article indicates that they plan to change “old” to “olde”.
damn. i was so proud of my neighborhood leaders and their wonderful spelling skills…