Take a walk in nearly any neighborhood around Columbus and you’ll see “For Sale” signs in front of homes with freshly painted trim and manicured yards. These homes are often scattered amongst older homes, some of which are vacant.
My junior year of high school, about 8 years ago, I stayed with my grandma in the Dublin-Granville Road area. It was more convenient to go from her house to school or work rather than staying at my house with my mother and sister. The time and lessons that I learned from grandmother are things…
A Gloomy Beginning
In 1871, the brand new Columbus Dispatch ran a front page article of a man recounting a visit he made to the city as a young boy in 1844. The man wrote about coasting into the city on a canal boat and disembarking not far from High Street. He spoke of a…
Ever since Andrew Ginther won the mayor’s office, a stated focus for his administration has been to reinvest in the Linden neighborhood.
He ran on a platform of spreading investment to other neighborhoods that he, and many others, felt had been ignored by the Coleman Administration’s steady focus on Downtown and the immediate…
After nearly a year and half of waiting, the Washington Gladden Social Justice Park is officially open.
Located at 404 E. Broad St., the park is a place where people can gather to promote social causes and to take a look back at local residents who've made big impacts on our communities.
The city's newest pocket…
Every once in a while, a new development is announced in Columbus that seems great initially, only to see a steady degradation of design, materials, urban qualities - or all of the above - with each new iteration. That seems to be the case with the Harrison West development recently given the moniker of Founders…
This is simultaneously amazing and sad - amazing because of the work involved and the possibilities presented, but sad because as a region we seem to be all in on autonomous cars with mass transit forever an afterthought.
Putting aside the complicated feelings that this map may induce, it's very much worth a look just…
Columbus and political apathy go together like PB&J, yet there's one topic that most everyone shows up for with a passionate opinion: panhandling in the Short North.
Columbus City Council members must be feeling heat on the topic. They're more than likely going to pass a new ordinance tonight that would ban:
Panhandling-related transactions in the…
My name is Tess, I'm 18 years old and if I get killed tomorrow I want my little sister to know that I'm doing this for her.
No person should have to consider this. Especially kids. But unfortunately, this is the reality that we have to live with every day. We go to school in fear,…
