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🚙🚗 Heavy traffic heading west on I-70 in downtown Columbus, just before the Fourth St. exit, sometime in the 1970s.
09/02/2025

🚙🚗 Heavy traffic heading west on I-70 in downtown Columbus, just before the Fourth St. exit, sometime in the 1970s.

🏢 The Wyandotte Building, in downtown Columbus, was built in 1897-1898 and is considered the city's first skyscraper at ...
09/02/2025

🏢 The Wyandotte Building, in downtown Columbus, was built in 1897-1898 and is considered the city's first skyscraper at 11 stories tall.

🏢 A portion of Downtown Columbus, as it looked in 1957.The photo looks south down North Front Street towards the Supreme...
09/02/2025

🏢 A portion of Downtown Columbus, as it looked in 1957.

The photo looks south down North Front Street towards the Supreme Court building. LeVeque Tower is slightly visible to the left and the Lazarus Department store sign can be seen in the distance.

🏥 A 1993 aerial view of downtown Columbus, with a focus on Nationwide Children's Hospital (then Columbus Children's Hosp...
09/02/2025

🏥 A 1993 aerial view of downtown Columbus, with a focus on Nationwide Children's Hospital (then Columbus Children's Hospital.)

🚙 A row of billboards and two cars are seen in this 1932 photo of a section of Pennsylvania Avenue in Columbus.
09/02/2025

🚙 A row of billboards and two cars are seen in this 1932 photo of a section of Pennsylvania Avenue in Columbus.

🚁 A 1980 aerial view of I-270 and South High Street in Columbus.Downtown Columbus can be seen far in the distance in the...
09/02/2025

🚁 A 1980 aerial view of I-270 and South High Street in Columbus.

Downtown Columbus can be seen far in the distance in the upper left and Great Southern Shopping Center can be seen to the left of South High Street.

🌳 German Vilage's Schiller Park, as it looked at the turn of the 20th century.This photo shows the border driveway on th...
09/02/2025

🌳 German Vilage's Schiller Park, as it looked at the turn of the 20th century.

This photo shows the border driveway on the south. Deshler Avenue can be seen on the right.

🚋 A genuine Columbus streetcar, one of only two remaining.Streetcar  #703 was a 1926 series Kuhlman car that operated in...
09/02/2025

🚋 A genuine Columbus streetcar, one of only two remaining.

Streetcar #703 was a 1926 series Kuhlman car that operated in Columbus until 1948.

#703 was restored by the Ohio Railway Museum in 1973.

🎢 The “back curve” of the Cyclone roller coaster at Cedar Point, complete with parking area, as it looked in 1934.
09/02/2025

🎢 The “back curve” of the Cyclone roller coaster at Cedar Point, complete with parking area, as it looked in 1934.

🚙 A 1980 view of I-270 west of intersections with OH-315 and U.S. Route 23.Signs can be seen for Exit 23 to U.S. Route 2...
09/01/2025

🚙 A 1980 view of I-270 west of intersections with OH-315 and U.S. Route 23.

Signs can be seen for Exit 23 to U.S. Route 23, Delaware and Worthington, and Exit 22B to Ohio Route 315 North and Olentangy River Road.

🚋 A streetcar map shows mass transit options in Columbus, as they stood in 1906.
09/01/2025

🚋 A streetcar map shows mass transit options in Columbus, as they stood in 1906.

🏢 Looking east on East Gay Street in downtown Columbus, as it looked in 1981.Businesses can be seen on the south side of...
09/01/2025

🏢 Looking east on East Gay Street in downtown Columbus, as it looked in 1981.

Businesses can be seen on the south side of East Gay and include Ohio State Federal, K's Cocktails and Dining, Bernie's Bagels and Deli, Catlett Typewriter Exchange, and Annie's Restaurant.

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