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The airport is an international gateway to welcome the many visitors and new residents to the great City of Columbus! This is a view towards 5th Avenue from the airport garage.

Germain Amphitheater had a short life. Its construction disrupted the original residents of the Worthington/Powell Road vicinity, but its life brought great outdoor arena acts to Columbus who would have otherwise opted to play in other Ohio cities with larger venues. Now, it stands silent, the stage overlooking rows of empty seats until wreckers renew the property into ... office buildings or apartments/condos? ... while the original residents look on.

Geese crossing the driveway of Hoff Woods Park

This barn had been abandoned for many years, located on the 'third curve' of old Shannon Road (when heading east on Shannon from Winchester Pike). A farmhouse (not pictured) was also located in the same area, along with a small family cemetery. The structures are no longer standing, as a new metro park/bike trail has been installed on that land, bordering new condo and apartment communities, but the tiny cemetery is still nestled in the field.

Year: 1976

Year: 1967

The Ohio State University South Oval

Year: 1960

Date: 1958

Courtesy University Archives.

Images of Schiller Park in German Village.

Images from Olentangy Park, a north Columbus amusement park that ran from 1880-1939.

I thought you might be interested to learn, as I have thru my own research, that my 1889 home in OTE is the home of Cols' 1st Police Chief.

Thru my own research on my home, I discovered this about ALEXIS KEELER. He was trained as a carpenter by his Father at age 19, fought in the civil war as 1st lieutenant, was Cols' Sergeant of Arms and, again, became Cols' 1st Police Chief.

Columbus Neighborhoods is funded, in part, by AEP Ohio.

Photos from Greenlawn Cemetery, which is in German Village.

A gallery of prominent buildings in German Village.

Foeller's Drugstore, located at 567 N. High Street, was a family run business for more than a half a century. Charles Foeller purchased the store in 1890 and family members continued to operate and expand the business to include a soda fountain and camera store. In 1904 the drugstore created a delectable new ice cream concoction, the "567." Today known as the Banana Split. The building at 567 N. High Street was razed to make way for the I-670 highway.

Columbus Neighborhoods: Short North Documentary Premiere at the Arena Grand Theater, 5/4/2010, WOSU Public Media hosted the community premiere of Columbus Neighborhoods.