Comments on: Victorian Village: Successful rebirth http://www.columbusunderground.com/victorian-village-successful-rebirth News, opinions and reviews on all things Columbus, Ohio. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: shroud http://www.columbusunderground.com/victorian-village-successful-rebirth/comment-page-1#comment-18324 shroud Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:29:16 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=1111#comment-18324 <p>VicVillage got a lot more media attention in late '90s, around when/just after things there were really well broken into a revitalized neighborhood.</p><p>These days I don't think it gets as much talk just because it's been in good shape and going strong for awhile now. Still a great Columbus success story.</p> VicVillage got a lot more media attention in late ’90s, around when/just after things there were really well broken into a revitalized neighborhood.

These days I don’t think it gets as much talk just because it’s been in good shape and going strong for awhile now. Still a great Columbus success story.

]]> By: Walker http://www.columbusunderground.com/victorian-village-successful-rebirth/comment-page-1#comment-18323 Walker Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:30:07 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=1111#comment-18323 <p>Ha! I don't think they meant this to be "breaking news". Nice to see them focusing on an urban neighborhood that doesn't seem to usually get a whole lot of media attention. Probably due to the the fact that it's primarily a residential area, and there's not really any room there for new newsworthy development.</p><p>I'm willing to bet that there are thousands upon thousands of gallery hoppers each year who hit the Short North and never venture the two blocks west to see what a beautiful neighborhood is there.</p><p>Plus it's a great reminder that this neighborhood was very rough a mere 30 years ago. To hear stories of individual pioneers investing in an area like this should hopefully be encouraging for anyone looking to invest in other areas of the inner city. Who wouldn't want to triple their investment in 10 years? ;)</p><p><blockquote><cite>The Article wrote </cite>David and Erica Brownstein bought a Queen Anne house on Neil Avenue for $90,000 in the 1980s. Ten years later, they sold it for $270,000, having done much of the work themselves.</blockquote></p> Ha! I don’t think they meant this to be “breaking news”. Nice to see them focusing on an urban neighborhood that doesn’t seem to usually get a whole lot of media attention. Probably due to the the fact that it’s primarily a residential area, and there’s not really any room there for new newsworthy development.

I’m willing to bet that there are thousands upon thousands of gallery hoppers each year who hit the Short North and never venture the two blocks west to see what a beautiful neighborhood is there.

Plus it’s a great reminder that this neighborhood was very rough a mere 30 years ago. To hear stories of individual pioneers investing in an area like this should hopefully be encouraging for anyone looking to invest in other areas of the inner city. Who wouldn’t want to triple their investment in 10 years? ;)

The Article wrote David and Erica Brownstein bought a Queen Anne house on Neil Avenue for $90,000 in the 1980s. Ten years later, they sold it for $270,000, having done much of the work themselves.

]]> By: mitchellosu http://www.columbusunderground.com/victorian-village-successful-rebirth/comment-page-1#comment-18322 mitchellosu Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:13:29 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=1111#comment-18322 <p>The Dispatch is always the first to notice the fast-breaking stories...</p> The Dispatch is always the first to notice the fast-breaking stories…

]]> By: seibu1 http://www.columbusunderground.com/victorian-village-successful-rebirth/comment-page-1#comment-18321 seibu1 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:59:55 +0000 http://www.columbusunderground.com/?p=1111#comment-18321 <p>Nice little article. </p><p>Bought a house in Vic. Village almost a year ago, haven't regretted it since. </p><p>After years of living on High St. in the Short North, it's nice to live on a quiet, residential street and still have all the action of the Short North just a couple blocks away.</p> Nice little article.

Bought a house in Vic. Village almost a year ago, haven’t regretted it since.

After years of living on High St. in the Short North, it’s nice to live on a quiet, residential street and still have all the action of the Short North just a couple blocks away.

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