Tuesday, September 19 2017

This $1.1 million home in Upper Arlington has an underground secret

September 19, 2017

Happy Tuesday, Columbus.

Columbus real estate can get predictable. We have a wide variety of styles, however in the end you have your fixer uppers and your move in readys, both at every price point. But every now and then you see something eccentric and unique.

This Upper Arlington house has many interesting features, but it feels like a typical home at the price point for the location. That's until you get to the end of the realtor's photo gallery.Navigator full story: This $1.1 Million Home In Upper Arlington Has An Underground Secret [Wiley]

Tuesday Weather 🌡80 - 40% Chance of showers and thunderstorms, mostly early. May wake up to some fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy. ☁️

Navigator Originals ✏️Graduate Hotel Columbus To Open In Short North [Wiley]A new hotel is coming to the short north, and it's themed. Graduate hotels are all located in college towns and cities and the decor is upscale college themed. Very interesting concept and if it turns out as nice as the Graduate Hotels located in other cities it'll be a welcome addition.I Went To Check Out COTA’s Free Wifi And Accidentally Found Myself In Mind Numbing Sadness [Miller]Did you know COTA has free wifi now? Zoey checks it out and finds that the streaming is solid, but it potentially comes paired with an existential crisis. You have to watch out for that.Ready To Scream? Columbus’ ScareAtorium Opens This Weekend [Wiley]ScareAtorium opens this week, and you better believe we are ramping up our fall and Halloween content. Have we been champing at the bit, ready to go when it comes to fall and Halloween for, oh, the last two months? ... Maybe. Are You As Smart As The 2017 OSU Freshman Class? [Wiley]It is a little intimidating to realize what was a higher level entering student at Ohio State when I attended has now become the average. Kids these days, right? Being super impressive in an incredibly competitive environment and all.5 Super Corny But Awesome Date Ideas For Columbus In The Fall [Miller]Zoey checks in with 5 awesome fall date ideas. Remember what I said earlier about fall? Just get ready, we're very excited to be relentless on the subject.Days Gone By: The Drive-In Theaters Of Columbus [Keener]There's now only one drive in still standing in Columbus, and it's the proud owner of one of the raddest vintage signs in the city. Madeline takes a look at the history of drive-ins in Columbus via old ads and photos.

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Around Town 🏘A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Timothy Davis alleging Columbus police have a history of using excessive violence against residents, particularly black residents. It has been distressing to see few changes made with Columbus policing given the statistical reality of the state of policing, let alone the visceral nature of the incidents that keep cropping up on camera. Not much has changed since the 90's when Columbus police was investigated by the Department of Justice for racial profiling. [Associated Press]Given all of the above, it won't come as a surprise to hear that protestors interrupted the Columbus City Council meeting last night for two hours, demanding resignations and change. [Dispatch/Rouan]The Dispatch looks at Hocking Hills towns "reinventing" themselves as tourist areas following the collapse of coal mining. They use the town of Shawnee as a frame, which is a little odd - it was once a coal town, but the population was never more than a few thousand, and coal was over by the 1930's. The town moved on to other resource exploitation industries, with timber coming and going, and now fracking. The coal angle feels shoehorned in, I assume because of the 2016 election and the fallout since. All that said, it's still an interesting read about the challenges rural areas in southern Ohio are facing, and the opportunities that might be present due to the natural beauty of the area. After seeing the photos in the article, I'd certainly be up for a day trip to Shawnee. [Dispatch/Renault]

Longread 🕵️Jeffrey Lash was a spy, a post-9/11 covert operative who seduced women in L.A.'s tony Pacific Palisades with tales of, yes, supernatural powers. But when police found him dead in his car with a $5 million gun stash near the homes of showbiz elite, a stranger-than-fiction tale emerged of abuse, lies, a mystery illness and a grifter with "more charisma than 10 Trumps."Hollywood Reporter: A Decomposing Body, 10 Duped Girlfriends and the Saga of the 'Alien' Con Man in Hollywood's Backyard

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