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Linden


4:45 minutes (4.35 MB)

This installment of "A Trip Around Columbus" takes us to the Linden area, once known as Linden Heights, which was a prosperous neighborhood in the mid-20th century. This segment also mentions nearby communities of American Addition, Milo-Grogan, and Shepard.

Clintonville/Beechwold


4:12 minutes (3.85 MB)

In this installment of "A Trip Around Columbus", Clintonville was home to an amusement park (Olentangy Park), a famous Indian (Bill Moose), and Beechwold was the original home of the Columbus Zoo. Clintonville is also home to the Park of Roses.

Gahanna & New Albany


4:38 minutes (4.24 MB)

This installment of "A Trip Around Columbus" takes us to the Northeast part of Franklin County. New Albany's original name was "Hope", when it was founded by William Yantis and Noble Landon in 1837. Gahanna comes from the Native American term "merging of the three creeks". This segment includes the neighborhood formerly known as Wonderland and Wexley, which was the launching pad for growth in New Albany behind Les Wexner.

Whitehall & The East Side


3:49 minutes (3.5 MB)

This installment of "A Trip Around Columbus" takes us to Whitehall and the east side neighborhoods of Berwick, Eastmoor, and East Columbus.