| UNIVERSITY DISTRICT PHOTO ALBUM- Images of our neighborhood from the past 150 years: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 |
High school kids in the All-Ohio State Fair Band marching down Main Street past Schmidt's concession on Opening Day of the 169th Ohio State Fair. |
Former entrance of the old Agriculture and Horticulture Building. 169th Ohio State Fair was marked by a great deal of demolition and construction as a radical makeover and updating of the fairgrounds take place as part of the Expo 2050 initiative. Entrance is to be preserved as part of a new space. New fairgrounds will offer up-to-date infrastructure and attractive new spaces blended with the old as well as a fairgrounds with much more greenspace and much less asphalt. In addition to the Agriculture and Horticulture Building, the 1960s circular Ohio Dept of Transportation building, and several aging warehouses on the eastern edge of the grounds have been demolished. |
Pelotonia riders at the finish line. Early on the morning of Aug 3, 2024, over 6,500 Pelotonia bicyclists (including me) set out from downtown Columbus on trips of 20 to 200 miles to raise funds for cancer research and new treatments at The James. 2024 marks the 16th running of Pelotonia which has raised over a quarter-billion dollars. Hundreds of cancer survivors and ride supporters lined city streets and country roads to support the endeavor. |
Made it up to casa cacao, a new coffee shopn in the former Hudson Theater on E Hudson. Really enjoyed it! Distinctive decor featuring Ohio antiquities. Great ambience. Lovely outdoor garden seating. Novel and very good drinks and snacks. Just what you want from a campus spot. Wish we had a dozen more places like this one. And we need way more reuse of historic spaces! |
Statue of legendary Ohio State football player and only 2-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin at entance to Ohio Stadium. Unveiled August 30, 2024 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Griffin's Heisman-winning season. Griffin also dotted the "i" in Script Ohio at the Buckeyes season-opener the next day. |
So happy for this! The elaborate haunter on Indianola whose Halloween display in honor of his late wife was vandalized and stolen last year is back! Another great show—with added security precautions. (Dead, yellow lawns are endemic in the neighborhood. Central and SE Ohio in Exceptional Drought (per the U.S. Drought Monitor). Just 5" of rain all summer. Twice the usual days hotter than 90º. Driest summer since 1948. 3rd driest ever. In global hottest summer yet of hottest year yet.) |
Very excited by this find. An August 1912 RPPC view of the University District’s Oakland Ave from Aunt Gusta (the boys are standing in front of her house) to her niece Enid back in Caldwell OH. Gusta is proud that Oakland Ave just won the prize for most beautiful flowers in the city. |
Homemade support for Kamala Harris up on Duncan, September 2024. |
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