Brent Warren

Every single person in or from Columbus should receive this as a gift so get ordering, friends.

Plan for University Square Hotel, Apartments Moving Forward - Columbus Underground The long-stalled plan to build a hotel, parking garage and apartments at the corner of East 15th Avenue and Pearl Alley is now moving forward. Campus Partners, the Ohio State University-affiliated ent...

There hasn't been development news at 15th and High for years, this would fill in a huge gap.

Columbus in 50 Maps Edited by Brent Warren with cartography by Vicky Johnson-DahlDecember 2, 2025 This full-color book of maps, one of Belt Publishing's 50 Maps Series, presents the capital and biggest city in Ohio like ...

The book comes out on December 2nd, you can preorder here:

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Book with a red cover called Columbus in 50 Maps

Look what arrived over the weekend, the author’s copies of my book! It’s a real thing in the world and it looks amazing, thanks to Vicky and everyone @beltpublishing.bsky.social!

My piece on yesterday’s #NoKings protest in downtown Columbus.
@colsunderground.bsky.social

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Biggest protest in Columbus this year?

No Kings protest kicked off at 4pm in Downtown Columbus Ohio.

No Kings rally in Columbus Ohio. A large crowd with skyscrapers in the background

Not even the main event at the Ohio Statehouse. This is my Columbus, Ohio neighborhood at the noon hour! Well over 3,000 people turning out for NO KINGS Day!

Pics starting to come in from Central Ohio. #NoKings Clintonville. Crowd estimate 4,000+

No Kings in Ironton, Ohio!

Send me photos from where you are…

Ann Arbor #nokings

What Comes After the ‘War on Cars’? Podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear deliver a book-length takedown of the automobile — and a plea to stop centering cities around driving.

Mark your calendars! Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear from The War on Cars podcast will be in Columbus on January 27th as part of their Life After Cars book tour. Brought to you by The OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA) and Transit Columbus. Stay tuned for more details.

Large Protest Planned at Ohio Statehouse on Saturday at 4pm - Columbus Underground With much of the government shut down, health care cuts looming, and ICE raids taking place in small towns, numerous protests of the Trump administration are scheduled for Saturday in Ohio.

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I wrote about this in August (see below), there's a meting today at the King Arts Complex about the project - they're offering ownership stakes for neighbors, and they've done this other places.

Local Funding Lined Up for Chicago-to-Columbus Passenger Rail - Columbus Underground The wheels are still moving on a plan to connect Chicago, Columbus, Pittsburgh and lots of smaller cities in between via passenger rail. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) announced tod...

Signs of life for the Midwest Connect line - it does have some advantages over 3C+D (state, not railroad-owned tracks east of Columbus, sponsor is MORPC and Ft Wayne, not Ohio Rail Development Commission)

New Trump Tariffs Have Local Housing Developers Concerned - Columbus Underground The Trump administration announced another round of tariffs last week that could contribute to higher rents and more stalled development projects in Columbus. At a time when they are already dealing w...

ICYMI, I talked to a bunch of developers about Trump's latest tariffs (& the ones from earlier this year), and how they are causing projects to stall out at a time when we need to be building housing:

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

updated this with quotes from John Esterly of All Aboard Ohio, who called it "GREAT NEWS for the Midwest Connect route"

Local Funding Lined Up for Chicago-to-Columbus Passenger Rail - Columbus Underground The wheels are still moving on a plan to connect Chicago, Columbus, Pittsburgh and lots of smaller cities in between via passenger rail. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) announced tod...

Signs of life for the Midwest Connect line - it does have some advantages over 3C+D (state, not railroad-owned tracks east of Columbus, sponsor is MORPC and Ft Wayne, not Ohio Rail Development Commission)

Columbus State: 3 Projects Moving Forward on Downtown Campus - Columbus Underground Columbus State Community College’s Downtown campus will see some significant new construction over the next few years. Although they are all currently at different points of the development process, t...

These are all moving forward and projected to be finished in 2027 or 2028:

columbusunderground.com/columbus-sta...

New Trump Tariffs Have Local Housing Developers Concerned - Columbus Underground The Trump administration announced another round of tariffs last week that could contribute to higher rents and more stalled development projects in Columbus. At a time when they are already dealing w...

ICYMI, I talked to a bunch of developers about Trump's latest tariffs (& the ones from earlier this year), and how they are causing projects to stall out at a time when we need to be building housing:

This is a great read, spend a little time with it on Indigenous Peoples Day

More chances to see this film coming up:

First Look: The Galaxy at Polaris - Columbus Underground NP Limited Partnership and Oakwood Management Company hosted a grand opening event yesterday at the Galaxy at Polaris, a new mixed-use development on the former Polaris Amphitheater site. The 289-unit...

Been wondering what's happening at the former site of the Polaris/Germain Amphitheater, where you might have seen the Beastie Boys, Breeders and others at Lollapalooza in 1994? This is now there, next to the Topgolf and Ikea:

Residences of Creekside Set to Open in May - Columbus Underground The Creekside project in Gahanna, which went into receivership in 2011 after a three-year struggle to attract tenants, appears to be on much stronger footing headed into the spring. The Strathmore Dev...

Fun fact: the first article I ever wrote for CU was about Creekside, back in February of 2013..

Gahanna Looking for Input on Major Creekside Proposals - Columbus Underground Planning is ramping up for two significant projects – one public, one private – that could transform Gahanna’s Creekside area. The City of Gahanna is heading up the public project, a full renovation o...

Couple big projects are happening at Creekside:

New Trump Tariffs Have Local Housing Developers Concerned - Columbus Underground The Trump administration announced another round of tariffs last week that could contribute to higher rents and more stalled development projects in Columbus. At a time when they are already dealing w...

There's another round of Trump tariffs coming - it's not gonna be good for an already-struggling housing market.

In 2013, @columbuslibrary.bsky.social looked at partnering with Pizzuti to replace the Northside branch with a multi-story apartment + library building, but ended up just building a new stand-alone branch: