The Short North, once considered the blight of the city, has now become a celebrated destination,
touted by the New York Times, National
Geographic Traveler, and USA Today Travel.
The Short North Arts District is a mosaic . . . — — Map (db m211266) HM
Look Up! Those amazing arches you see spanning
High Street are the architectural signature of the
Short ort Arts District. Their glow pays homage to a time when Columbus
was known nationwide as Arch City.
It was 1888 and the country was . . . — — Map (db m205439) HM
By 1890, the Sells Brothers Circus would become the second largest
circus in America, but it started in the spring of 1871 in downtown
Columbus with a modest menagerie and a few
horseback riding and sideshow acts, starring
“Cannonball” George . . . — — Map (db m205537) HM
It's about collecting and experiencing art.
It's about diversity, creativity, and all things experiential.
It's a legendary Columbus tradition that traces its roots to a
collaborative idea started by a handful of entrepreneurs.
The first . . . — — Map (db m210931) HM
The Garden Theater is the premier live performance arts center in the Short North Arts District. The structure of The Garden Theater was originally used as a stable for quartering horses in the 1850s and 1860s. Following a fire, the building was . . . — — Map (db m210936) HM
HighBall is the nation’s fiercest costume party. Staged in the fashion capital of Columbus, this yearly event for the Halloween season bridged runway style with the culture of the Short North Arts District. Be a part of the HighBall street spectacle . . . — — Map (db m210941) HM
The Grand Union Station and its ornate arcade was the third and final train
station to occupy the spot where the Columbus Convention Center now
stands. Designed by celebrated architect Daniel H. Burnham, it
featured the Grand Concourse which . . . — — Map (db m211386) HM
James Thurber’s wit and pithy prose spanned a breath of genres and made him one of the foremost American humorists of the 20th century...
James Thurber was born in Columbus on Dember 8, 1894, to Charles, a docile civil clerk, and Mame, his . . . — — Map (db m205356) HM
Art finds a way
and Elijah Pierce found his voice carving
wood. Born in Baldwyn, Mississippi, he
started carving small farm animals at
age 7 with the knife his father gave him.
Elijah Pierce (1892-1984) moved
to Columbus in 1924 and . . . — — Map (db m205363) HM
The Short North Arts District’s growing collection of murals embodies the spirit that has earned the district its reputation as the art and soul of Columbus: a funky, colorful, larger-than-life patchwork of classic and original works. The . . . — — Map (db m205445) HM
Born in 1905 in rural Kalida, Ohio, Emerson Burkhart
came into his artistic maturity during the ’40s as a portrait
artist and a chronicler of the fastchanging world around
him. Working in his Columbus studio, he chose to distance
himself from . . . — — Map (db m205468) HM
When Dr. Lincoln Goodale presented it to the city in 1851, Goodale Park was nothing more than forty acres of woods.
Today the park is the epicenter of the Short North Arts District’s biggest events, one of the unequaled public spaces in . . . — — Map (db m211052) HM
