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Thursday, March 18 2021

Thursday, March 18 2021

🏰 Take A Look Back At This Lost Mansion Of Columbus

Happy Thursday! Chelsea here.

In the late 19th century, stunning, palatial homes were all the rage for the ultrawealthy here in Columbus. And Dr. Samuel Brubaker Hartman was no exception. I use the term doctor loosely, because although he was a practicing physician, he had a career change along the way that made him one of the richest men in Columbus. Hartman began pedaling a cure-all miracle tonic and with the wealth from that grift, he was able to build a massive, marble mansion.

Navigator Feature Story:

Lost Mansions Of Columbus: The Samuel Brubaker Hartman Mansion

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Demolition And Construction Will Soon Begin On A New 13-Story Tower On E. Broad St.

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Downtown is always changing, and we've got one more building to look forward to adding to our skyline. The new development will include apartments, a retail space, and a rooftop deck with a pool in the heart of downtown Columbus.

A Delicious Fast-Casual Halal Restaurant Is Opening 7 Locations Around Columbus

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The Halal Guys got their start in the early 1990s in New York City, and now this fast-casual style restaurant will be opening 7 locations around Central Ohio, with the first coming later this year.

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This is an interesting deep dive

into the recent central Ohio real estate market. The average sales price for all central Ohio counties

was over $200k in January

(and over $400k in Delaware county!) (All Columbus Data)

We talked a couple of months ago

about the cicadas

headed our way this summer

and there's now an app where you can help track them created by scientists at Mt. St. Joseph University in Cincinnati. Users will be able to photograph and video cicadas to have them included on the scientist's cicada map. Kids are going to have a lot of questions this summer, so this could be a way to make it all fun. The app is available on all platforms -

more details here

. (Cicada Safari)

President Biden will be in Columbus

next Tuesday on his tour to

promote the American Rescue Plan

. (ThisWeek)

ComFest is off for one more year

. Organizers have cancelled the event due to caution over large events and COVID-19. I imagine it was a difficult decision since things may be feeling much more normal by late June, but since events of this size need so much organization and planning it's not a surprise. A virtual festival

will still be held

. (ComFest)

Weather:

55 with rain and thunderstorms throughout the day