Downtown Columb - Gay Street: Downtown Columb’ origal urban neighborhood
Contents:
- THOMAS SUDS: WHY GAY STREET IS GAY STREET AND SOME OH LAWMAKERS EMBRACE ANTI-GAY LAWS
- THE 10 BEST OH GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS OH
- GAYT PLAC IN OH FOR 2020
- A NEW GAY BAR IS ABOUT TO OPEN… A MOST UNLIKELY OH ZIP
THOMAS SUDS: WHY GAY STREET IS GAY STREET AND SOME OH LAWMAKERS EMBRACE ANTI-GAY LAWS
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The bill died the Oh Voter supprsn allegatn, special tert outrage unrme Oh electnsDpe Statehoe prejudice, many Oh muni, paced by Columb, are nsired gay iendly. Speakg of Columb, please tell General Assembly zealots, who might try to rename , that Gay Street, the east-wt street a block north of the Statehoe, wasn’t named to honor the “liftyle. Norman Gay (1820-1898).
Acrdg to the Columb Landmarks Foundatn, Vermont-born Gay was a rpected surgeon who treated patients at Camp Chase, a Civil War army mp Columb, and also at the old Oh Penentiary downtown Jan. But later 1974, Oh’s ever-regrsive Supreme Court said Republin Secretary of State Ted Brown uld refe to rporate a group lled the Greater Ccnati Gay Society.
In a 4-3 lg, the urt said that while “homosexual acts between nsentg adults are no longer [illegal] … promotn of homosexualy as a valid life style is ntrary to the public policy of the state. Then late 2004, Oh voters, via a statewi ballot issue, banned gay marriage nstutnally. ”Some Ohans still public office who were legislators 2003-2204 may rema proud of their anti-gay law.
THE 10 BEST OH GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS OH
Top Oh Gay Clubs & Bars: See reviews and photos of Gay Clubs & Bars Oh, Uned Stat on Tripadvisor. * ohio gay street *
If you take a walk down Gay Street Downtown Columb you might be surprised by what you disver on your sojourn. We ught up wh Don DeVere, Print of Devere LLC and an early pneer the velopment of Gay Street, to learn more about the district’s roots, growth and trajectory. You gused , Gay Street.
“When we did 15 E Gay, at the time, was one of the early rintial buildgs wh the Central Bs District, ” said DeVere. Gay Street had a few thgs gog for . “The formula for Gay Street isn’t plited - had buildgs, ” said DeVere.
GAYT PLAC IN OH FOR 2020
Leang to this key strength, the Cy of Columb nverted Gay Street om one-way to two-way, addg medians, and tre, altogether enhancg the area’s charm and walkabily. “Part of what mak Gay Street lovely, ” says DeVere, “the median wh plants and tre... It showed Gay Street was viable to other velopers who had their eye on the area, velopers like Jeff Edwards, who would spend the next two s buildg on Gay Street’s anic succs.
One key element that mak Gay Street so attractive not jt to rints, but to employe and visors too, is the nsy of first-floor retail offergs. While other pockets downtown have amassed a smatterg of bars and rtrants, few have the wi variety seen on Gay Street. Gay Street is also the market heart for Downtown Columb.
A NEW GAY BAR IS ABOUT TO OPEN… A MOST UNLIKELY OH ZIP
The food and beverage choic on Gay Street span the full spectm, om Aracri’s by-the-slice New York-style style pizza to Veras, an upsle experiential tablishment tucked below the Cizens Buildg. A Parisian-spired bistro, Grand Rue, is also planned for the Northeast rner of Gay and High. Gay Street, however, is aspirg to be more than a lic statn, ’s blazg a urse to bee a nex for creative work Columb.
“We’re tryg to make this area really another unique arts district, ” says Jeff Edwards, Print & CEO of The Edwards Compani but Gay Street’s already well on s way. In 2021, the Gay Street District beme home to No Place Gallery and June of 2022, Sarah Gormley Gallery announced they’d be movg om the Short North to a 1, 800-square-foot space The Nicholas later this fall. “Art has a real role here the Gay & High District, ” DeVere says, “ brgs a level of sophistitn, level of fun, that is unique.
Fun and unique are perfect words to scribe the new sculpture by Ja Echelman that will be spend above the tersectn of Gay and High – one of many reasons to be exced about the future of the Gay Street District and Downtown Columb. Conversn of streets om one-way to two-way, enhancg the urban tree nopy, creatg more walkable rridors, addg first-floor experienc and enhancg the public realm – the are jt some of the strategi that have been talked about as part of the planng procs to brg Gay Street’s succs to other Downtown districts. Unrstated, unexpected, Gay Street has e a long way s 20-year saga, but really, this is jt the begng.