May '09 update - Columbus, OH

We uploaded May's update earlier in the month. My apologies for the delay in getting these up in a blog post. Sites visited include the Arena District dowtown, including Burnham Square and North Bank Park, Easton Town Center, and South Campus Gateway near the OSU campus. I also caught the Creekside Gahanna just outside of Columbus, a suburban redevelopment into a town center for Gahanna. Hopefully soon I can get back up to C-bus and get one of the guys at MSI to give me a tour of some of their other projects (involved in the Arena District, Burnham Square, and North Bank Park, as well as Creekside Gahanna).


Nationwide Arena and Arena District



Historic facade reused as arch/ gateway to a park in the District

Burnham Square multi-family project

North Bank Park

Easton Town Center

Cap at Union Station - bridge over I-670 providing a valuable pedestrian connection between downtown and the Short North area

Creekside Gahanna


South Gateway near the OSU campus

Retail Kiosks

We had been trying to track down retail kiosks for an ongoing streetscape project in the hopes of providing a little activation on an underused street. Tracking these down proved to be tough, as most searches led to interior mall kiosk sites, not exactly what we needed, until I happened upon these kiosks at Northfield Stapleton, a lifestyle center in Denver, Colorado.
Manufactured by Neri, an Italian manufacturer of lighting, urban furniture, and structures, these kiosks are available in the US through, Private Garden, based in Hampden, MA. Thought these were a great off-the shelf product for those unique retail situations for streetscapes or parks.

More images of Northfield Stapleton and various projects in Downtown Denver coming soon to www.sitephocus.com.