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    Short North area long on authentic, urban vitality

    blog.cleveland.com wrote Short North area of Columbus long on authentic, urban vitality

    Posted by Debbi Snook

    July 18, 2008 12:23PM

    You don’t have to be in the market for a delicately carved, 200-year-old Chinese wedding bed, a selection of chic men’s underwear or a restaurant that specializes in local and organic meals for under $10. But if you are a bit curious about these items – or creative ideas in general – the Short North area of Columbus has a storefront for you.

    These days, walking neighborhoods almost seem a quaint idea, as if they existed only in old photo albums with sepia images of relatives hanging off the backs of trolleys, clutching their fedoras. We avoid walking from our tight- lidded cul-de-sac communities. We drive just to get from one end of the mall to the other. Or we take special trips to new Disneyesque malls ironically made to look like little old villages.

    So it was a lift returning to the streets of the Short North and finding it is still long on authentic, urban vitality. It’s a place of pubs, boutiques, galleries and full-scale restaurants where every window display seems to beckon with the spark of independent-minded retailing. Art dominates, especially in glassware, jewelry, paper, antiques and clothing.

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    Walker Evans is the co-founder of Columbus Underground, along with his wife and business partner Anne Evans. Walker has turned local media into a full time career over the past decade and serves on multiple boards and committees throughout the community.
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