Changing Landscapes In Columbus

The landscape in Columbus, Ohio, has changed considerably since it was officially chartered as a city back in 1834.

Explore some of those changes; including a tour of projects created through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), an agency started out of the Great Depression; a visit to parking sites that once held important structures; and a look at highways around town that used to be trails.

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WPA Projects in Columbus During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the government created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to get millions of jobless people back to work. The WPA was a New Deal agency that not only gave people jobs, but also built-up public infrastructure around the country.

Architectural historian Darbee explores a few of these sites around Columbus with historian Doreen Uhas Sauer to learn more. Before They Were Parking Lots Preservationists Nancy Recchie and Randy Black visit downtown Columbus parking lots and share the history of buildings that once stood there, along with a conversation about past and present historic preservation and urban development.

Trails Before Highways
Curious Cbus answers a viewer’s question on whether old Native American trails and wagon trails were the source of the highways we have in Ohio.

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Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:19 – WPA Projects in Columbus
12:49 – Before They Were Parking Lots
22:23 – Trails Before Highways
25:40 – Here in Columbus by the Castros and End Credits