Columbus OH (1988) From OSU Campus to Schiller Park travelling South on High Street (Version 2)

NOTE: This is Version 2 (bigger, longer & uncut).

This is camcorder footage shot in 1988 driving south from Lane Avenue on the Ohio State University campus all the way to Schiller Park in German Village. This is the raw footage. Most of the bars in south campus were razed to make way for the South Campus Gateway. Here are some of the structures I can identify. Feel free to add to the list in comments (please note the order and timer) and I'll add it to the description.

[ APOLOGIES FOR THE CRAPTASTIC CAMERA WORK: This was shot by my girlfriend while I drove. ]

Buckeye Donuts,
Long's Book Store,
The String Shoppe,
Student Union,
Skyline Chili,
Street Scene,
Newport Music Hall (formerly The Agora),
Hair Express,
Singin' Dog's Records,
Cross Country Cycle & Ski Shop,
Supercuts,
Savage Tan,
Kinko's,
Strutters,
BW3 Gyros,
Silver Ball,
Mean Mister Mustards,
Mother Fletchers,
Odd Ark,
Park Alley,
Spring Break,
Crazy Mama's
South Heidelberg
/
Hyatt Regency,
Ohio Center Mall,
Nationwide Insurance,
Clock Restaurant,
Ohio Statehouse,
Ohio Theater,
Woolworth's,
Lazarus,
City Center (under development as Capital South),
The Centrum skating rink (being torn down),
Radio Shack
Barber College
Foresters Restaurant
Amerisound Studios
/
German Village,
Max & Erma's Restaurant,
Stewart Traditional School,
Schiller Park
Statue of Frederick Schiller,
Oldest Tree in Columbus.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• 1988
• Columbus
• Ohio
• State
• University
• OSU
• South
• Campus
• Gateway
• High
• Street
• Downtown
• German
• Village
• Schiller
• Park
• Lazarus
• Centrum
• Newport
• Agora
• Union

[surlyshirley999]

the fade out between crazy mama's and nationwide is unfortunate, but it was pretty much blighted at that time.

[reedyd]

@surlyshirley999 Thanks for your feedback. Sadly, there is no footage between those two points. If you watch the other version of this video (the shorter version) [ watch?v=wB2Z08za1vI ] I slowed the video down so people can get a better look at the southernmost bars (South Heidelberg, etc).

[VoiceOfDuty]

No more String Shoppe...just demolished.

[reedyd]

@VoiceOfDuty That's sad. Another memory gone. Thanks for the info.

[miataman06]

6:45 Dude your girlfriend is HAWT.

[crwatkins1]

@jsadklfjsdkafl Unfortunately the few that are still open are no where near me. Used to have like 4 of them within a 30 minute drive of me. Those were simpler days filled with Uncle Al fun meals and magic... :P

[jsadklfjsdkafl]

@crwatkins1 rax still exists

[LottieIzABeast]

@gephross100 actually from chittenden down to 5th street was all demolished from 1990 till now everything is new which sucks they were just building the city center mall in this video that is so cool they lost me at 7:13 and on

[ohioking]

WOW that United dairy farmers is still their

[Ricochet1616]

every time this song plays, god kills a kitten

[Necrometer]

Does anyone know when Insomnia opened its High St location? When I was a teenager (late '90s) that place was like a portal to another universe...

[crwatkins1]

RAX! OH MAN! I used to love me some Rax. BBC (Beef Bacon Cheddar) in my mouth!

[gephross100]

i love how things have barely changed across the street from campus