Thanks to Bryan McIntyre for sending He captions them below the image: |
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An historic hotel at Spring and High. Replacement: The latest State of Ohio glass box. OOOOOOOOOH! |
A neat hotel on East Broad St. torn down in the early 1990's.Replacement: a parking lot. Wow, what an improvement! |
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A Hilltop institution for over 100 years (at least a few pieces live at the Hilltop Library). Replacement: state of Ohio vertical ice cube trays number 4 and 5. Big improvement. |
Occupied by the Board of Trade, which I believe became the Chamber of Commerce. Replacement: the original state of Ohio vertical ice cube tray. WOW! |
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The third and most magnificent of the old Franklin County court houses, once called "the greatest court house in Ohio". Replacement: the current steel and girder court house. Bet it won't make the great court house list. |
The destruction of this gem won the Lou-Roc award for contributing to the homogenization of the American roadside. Of course, we were promised the Kahiki would be stored and rebuilt downtown...3 years ago. What a joke! Replacement: Walgreens. A drug store, boy, what a thrilling thing to promote to tourists. |
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A historic hotel at Broad and High. Replacement: state of Ohio vertical ice cube tray number 2. Ooh, my belly button puckers over that one! |
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| An amusement park, theater and more on N. High St. near Clintonville. Replacement: a Big Bear. Be still my beating heart! |
The place trains came and went from when Columbus actually had trains. Replacement: the "Gee, ain't we nuts convention center". This has been remembered with the I-670 cap. |
| The original state prison used primarily in the 1800s and early 1900s. Replacement: possible future use in the Arena District. Proposal to build apartments there that look just like the Pen! That would be brilliant. |
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