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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).
In SoHud? Cuz that would be awesome!!!!
Or just on High St.? Still cool, but not as much.
The area was called “North Columbus”, now that it’s gone it would be the “Old North Columbus” area. I could maybe understand if there was anything remotely like an English heritage there, even a small pub with a shake roof, but lacking either of those, it’s Old North Columbus. If I were remaking the signs – “The Area Formerly Known as North Columbus”, get that on an arch.
isn’t there are rule that “Olde” must be predicated by “Ye” as in
“Ye Olde North Columbus”
Whatever you call it, it’s nice to see the area get some press. It does some pretty nice housing stock mixed in here and there but it isn’t easy taking the campus out of the Old North.
I am very disappointed to hear that this change will be made and I wonder if there is anything that can be done to stop it. Let’s save the fake old fashioned names and other pseudo-archaic kitsch for the suburbs.
Regardless of the spelling, the entire project is a great improvement over what was there. The sidewalks were kind of dangerous ro run on and now they’re very smooth.
Ye Olde Nord Colon!