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Neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio
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This is the Ohio Capitol building, built before the Civil War. It still houses the state legislature, and is surrounded by a large green with various monuments.
Center of Science and Industry
COSI is an expansive museum with cool and interactive science and technology exhibits. Has a theater and planetarium.
CMOA
Hosts a number of galleries and changing exhibits. Has a good restaurant.
The Central Ohio Fire Museum is in an old restored engine house built in 1908 (N°16 Engine House). They display a collection of hand-drawn, horse-drawn, steam pump, and motorized fire pumps, ladders, and hooks. It proposes also a fire safety education for any age.
NVMM
A national museum dedicated to the experiences of American military veterans. Has artifacts related to daily military life, such as rucksacks, letters, and rations. Video screens display recorded stories given by veterans. Offers a recording booth for veterans or their families to share their stories with the museum. The outdoor section includes a garden for peaceful reflection.
Popular concert venue that draws national acts, this venue has both an indoor music hall and an outdoor amphitheater.
The state’s busiest performing arts facility. The theater was built in the 1920s, and is very ornate.
It's at the base of the LeVeque Tower on Broad St.; the theatre rarely has a dark night.
Hosts art galleries, events, and classes. The building itself was built in the civil war as an armory.
The Ice Hockey team of Columbus. A civil war era cannon is fired if the Blue Jackets win.
One of the original 12 teams of Major League Soccer, the Crew opened the new Lower.com Field in 2021 after nearly being moved to Austin a couple of years earlier.
June (annual event) ARTS, crafts, food, music, entertainment. Big event.
the Columbus Community Festival
Annual arts and music convention, with a distinct hippie vibe.Music, arts, culture, shopping, fair food, beer & bare feet.
July. Expect 500-700,000 people at this fun food and music event held each year.
Take a bus, traffic is as bad as it gets in Columbus for this event. Billed as The biggest and best Independence Day fireworks celebration in the Midwest. July.
Held on the downtown River Front in the middle of June each year. Billed as "The largest Hispanic/Latino event in Ohio". Lots of food, fun, entertainment and feista. Free admission.
Attached to Hyatt Regency. Parking for Convention Center is adjacent to Hyatt. Food court and shopping. More shopping and restaurants across High Street. Most amenities for convention visitors are to the North on High Street. North atrium holds a 14 foot "sculpture" that projects visitors' faces, called "The Giant Head.".
Greater Columbus Convention Center hosts the Arnold Sports Festival annually in early March, a three-day event featuring a wide range of competitions, from martial arts and cheerleading to powerlifting. The festival attracts fitness enthusiasts from all over, with plenty of free supplement samples, and keynote speeches by notable figures like former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
John F. Wolfe Columbus Commons
Large outdoor events venue and public space. Concerts and other gatherings are often held here. Functions as an open green space when there are no ongoing events.
Origins is run by the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) as one of their two shows for the adventure gaming industry. (The second show, the GAMA Trade Show, is for game manufacturers and retailers only.) Origins is specifically chartered to serve adventure gaming in general, including wargames and miniatures gaming, which tend to be less well represented at Gen Con and Dragon*Con. Board games, trading card games, and role-playing games are also popular at Origins. It is usually compared in size with E3 and GenCon, and is famous for its Origin Awards. The Origins Award is commonly referred to as a Calliope, as the statuette is in the likeness of the Muse of the same name. Academy members frequently shorten this name to "Callie."
One of the largest anime conventions in Ohio.
Another large annual anime convention.
A costume parade that occurs on the 4th of July.
One of the largest makerspaces in the state.
Hosts Jazz in the park on Sundays in the summer.
Topiary Garden (Deaf School Park)
A living recreation of Georges Seurat's famous pointillist painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of LaGrande Jatte.
Greek Orthodox services.
United Methodist services.
Christian Science services.
Roman Catholic services.
One block north of Nationwide Arena one block west of Greater Columbus Convention Center. Shop for meats, cheeses, fish, baked goods, produce, ethnic foods, gourmet products, flowers and unique gifts, while enjoying some of the best people watching in the city. Inside dining 2nd floor as well as outside tables. Great food choices at reasonable cost. Caution, if parking in their lot, make sure you get parking ticket stamped by merchant or pay $10 surcharge to get out of parking lot.
Downtown. Italian cuisine, homemade Italian specialties, spaghetti, lasagna, soups, salads. Lunch and dinner: daily. Children's menu. Cocktails. Entrees: $4.99-14.99. Update: Temporarily closed in Aug 2023; expected to reopen in a new location by Nov 2023.
Home-style and Greek cuisines, pot roast, chicken and dumplings, roast turkey and dressing. Breakfast and lunch: daily. No children's menu; no alcohol. Entrees: $2.75-7.95. A bit hard to find, but well worth the effort.
A hot dog restaurant with a full bar. Has over several dozen hot dog toppings.
Delicious, comfy bagel shop serving sesame, everything, sea salt, and plain bagels. Standard spreads like cream cheese and jam as well as creative sandwich fillings like fried cauliflower. Their nori-cured carrot "vegan lox" is plant-based cuisine at its best: reminiscent of lox but not really an imitation of it; instead it's a delicious food of its own.
Pizza place serving whole pies and by the slice. Vegan options. Multiple locations in Columbus.
No reservations. Cajun and Creole cuisines, gumbo, pulled pork. Lunch: Monday-Friday; dinner: Monday-Saturday. No children's menu; patio smoking; cocktails. Entrees: $10-24.
Has a number of vegetarian friendly items. They are known for their beet and bean veggie burger, Asian fusion burritos, their own house sodas, and bowls.
Built directly at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers. Stunning views of the rivers and skyline. American cuisine, steaks, seafood.
Fine aged steaks and chops, fresh seafood and creative chef specialties.
Located in the Short North district, they have 50 beers on draft with a killer happy hour (4-8PM weekdays) which is half off all their beers on tap.
Sports bar for catching Buckeye games, etc.
A brewery with a taproom. Free tours available on Saturdays at 3AM
A restored historic all-suite hotel. Guestrooms include kitchens. Free breakfast, Free Wi-Fi.
A comfortable downtown Columbus hotel in walking distance to Nationwide Arena District. Free Wi-Fi.
A comfortable hotel in the downtown area. Rooms are spacious and the beds are very comfortable. The hotel has an outside pool that is despite being heated open seasonally.
across fromt the state capitol building.
FCW
A nonprofit bike shop that specializes in bicycle repair and servicing.
Musical instruments.
Downtown Columbus is intersected by High St. (SR 23), running N/S and Broad St., running E/W. Broad St., can be accessed from I-71 downtown.
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Walking downtown Columbus should be considered safe before mid-night, it is mostly flat, with wide well maintained sidewalks.
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