By: 3x Alum and Employee

3x Alum and Employee
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:36:41 +0000

I concur with the above 2 opinions-----having lived here since coming to campus in 1971- there is nothing left of what was here back then except The Library Bar, Varsity Club, Teck's Barbershop, Buckeye Doughnuts (then called Jolly Roger) and a couple other places that are locally owned; everything else that was here back then was corporate-McDonalds, etc. The clothing stores, locally owned pharmacies, bars, restaurants, diners, boutiques, coffee houses and bookstores are all gone.... with no distinctive characteristics unique to Ohio State. Ann Arbor, Madison, State College, Bloomington all maintain some reference to the past that makes that campus unique and a wonderful adventure each time one visits. There is no off-campus experience left here and the prohibitive rent charged for merchants (not to mention the outrageous rents for apartments) ensures that there will be no real feel of a campus. You could take the little boxes that they are installing all along High Street east of campus from Lane to King and stick them in the middle of Dublin and no one would no the difference. It is sad.