Downtown Columbus Is 'Decaying'

While new development grows on its edges, Columbus' downtown is struggling.

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June 20, 2002, 9:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The core of downtown Columbus, where Samuel Gompers convened the American Federation of Labor and Dave Thomas sold his first Wendy's hamburger, is decaying, even as vibrant development grows on its fringes and pulls business away... This city's express desire for an urban core where people walk between sleeping, working, eating and drinking quarters and its utter lack of one is typical of just about every large and midsize urban area in the United States, except New York and San Francisco."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Downtown Columbus Loses Out to Its Fringe

Thursday, June 20, 2002 in The New York Times

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