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An aerial view of Ameriflora '92.The international horticultural show cost more than $95 million to put on and drew 5.5 ...
09/10/2026

An aerial view of Ameriflora '92.

The international horticultural show cost more than $95 million to put on and drew 5.5 million people to Franklin Park. Planning started in the mid-1980s, and by 1992 the staff was over 200 full-time. Franklin Park Conservatory got a $16 million expansion to serve as the centerpiece. When it was over, organizers had to clear every trace of the show and hand Franklin Park back to the city.

O’Charley’s is closing every remaining restaurant after service tonight, Wednesday, Sept. 9, and that includes both Colu...
09/09/2026

O’Charley’s is closing every remaining restaurant after service tonight, Wednesday, Sept. 9, and that includes both Columbus-area locations: 2272 Baltimore Reynoldsburg Rd. in Reynoldsburg and 6224 Gender Rd. in Canal Wi******er. A third central Ohio store at 1335 N. Lexington Springmill Rd. in Mansfield will also close.

The chain has not put out a statement as of this writing. The closure news comes from individual restaurants themselves. NBC4 reported the central Ohio closures Wednesday afternoon based on social media posts and confirmations from individual stores, with the doors set to lock after 8 p.m. In Nashville, WKRN spoke with managers at six of the chain’s eight Middle Tennessee restaurants, who said staff at every location were told the restaurants close Wednesday at 8 p.m. Employees at several stores said they got the news Tuesday, one day ahead.

The chain started in 1971 near Vanderbilt University in Nashville and was known for its rolls, chicken tenders and honey mustard.

📀 The Columbus corporate headquarters of CompuServe, one of the biggest early internet access providers.CompuServe domin...
09/09/2026

📀 The Columbus corporate headquarters of CompuServe, one of the biggest early internet access providers.

CompuServe dominated the industry during the 1980s and, fun fact, invented the "Gif" file format.

Compuserve was sold to AOL in the late 90s and this office location was closed in 2006.

🏢 A 1980 streel-level view of South High Street looking north from Rich Street in downtown Columbus.Businesses visible i...
09/09/2026

🏢 A 1980 streel-level view of South High Street looking north from Rich Street in downtown Columbus.

Businesses visible include Coffman Optical, Kull & Sons Jewelers, Foerster's, and Ohio State Schools Beauty/Barber.

🍔 Max & Erma's at Easton in the late 2000s.Max and Erma Visocnik ran the original as a German Village tavern starting in...
09/08/2026

🍔 Max & Erma's at Easton in the late 2000s.

Max and Erma Visocnik ran the original as a German Village tavern starting in 1958. Barry Zacks bought it in 1972 and turned it into a chain that hit 110 restaurants in more than 12 states by the mid-2000s. Every table had a telephone so you could call the table across the room, the sundae bar was a bathtub, and the company kept a 6,500-square-foot warehouse of 2,600 barcoded decorations to dress each location, about $40,000 worth per restaurant. The Garbage Burger was 10 ounces under a pile of toppings.

Five locations are left. The only one in central Ohio is in Lancaster.

🎉 People watch a parade in downtown Columbus in front of 40 North High Street in 1977.
09/08/2026

🎉 People watch a parade in downtown Columbus in front of 40 North High Street in 1977.

Downtown Columbus as it looked in 1981.The classic orange COTA bus is picking up passengers at 90 N High Street. The wil...
09/07/2026

Downtown Columbus as it looked in 1981.

The classic orange COTA bus is picking up passengers at 90 N High Street. The wild street clock next to the COTA bus reads Argo & Lehne Jewelers. Ohio Federal can be seen to the right. 🚌

🚙🚗 Heavy traffic heading west on I-70 in downtown Columbus, just before the Fourth St. exit, sometime in the 1970s.
09/07/2026

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

🍽 The view from Columbus' One Nation restaurant sometime in the late 70's or early 80's.One Nation opened late in 1977 o...
09/06/2026

🍽 The view from Columbus' One Nation restaurant sometime in the late 70's or early 80's.

One Nation opened late in 1977 on the 38th floor of One Nationwide Plaza in downtown Columbus.

The restaurant featured four dining rooms, each with an American motif: The Heartlands, The Old South, The Southwest, and Down East.

The elevator was a highlight of a visit, taking diners up to the restaurant in an exterior glass elevator at 500 feet per minute.

The view was another attraction. On a clear day, a person could see 15 miles.

One Nation closed in January of 1997 after not being able to come to a lease agreement with Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, the building's owner.

A very fresh and new Georgesville Road exit at I-270 as it looked in June of 1970. 🚧
09/06/2026

A very fresh and new Georgesville Road exit at I-270 as it looked in June of 1970. 🚧

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