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Opinion: Dayton Should Remove Parking Minimums from Zoning Code

February 20, 2023 By Matt Sauer 1 Comment

Editor's Note: This is a guest article written by Matt Sauer In 1923, the city of Columbus required a new apartment building to provide off street parking, the first time parking minimums (as they would come to be called) were ever enforced in the US. City governments … [Read more...] about Opinion: Dayton Should Remove Parking Minimums from Zoning Code

Filed Under: New Developments Tagged With: Biking, Guest Author, Parking, Urban Planning, Walkability

Dayton and Its Apotheosis: The Making and Re-Making of an American City

March 23, 2022 By James Steeber Leave a Comment

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Editor's note: The following article by James Steeber is the first installment in a series of reflections about downtown Dayton Recently, a posting to Facebook of a 1974 color photograph of the new Homestead Federal Building in Downtown Dayton (2nd & Jefferson), … [Read more...] about Dayton and Its Apotheosis: The Making and Re-Making of an American City

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Downtown Dayton, Guest Author

When Lincoln Came to Dayton

February 12, 2021 By Jon White 1 Comment

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On Saturday September 17, 1859 future President Abraham Lincoln made his one and only visit to the Gem City. Lincoln was in Dayton on a warm fall afternoon between prearranged stops in Columbus and Cincinnati, where he would meet with citizens, make an address on the steps … [Read more...] about When Lincoln Came to Dayton

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Guest Author, Old Courthouse, Phillips House, Presidents, Round Top Depot, Union Station, Valentine Winters

Opinion: Should Fifth Street in the Oregon District Go Car-Free?

September 20, 2019 By Jon White 12 Comments

In spite of the recent tragic events in the Oregon District, East Fifth Street remains one of Dayton’s great destinations. I often say that the Oregon District, specifically Fifth Street, is Dayton’s one true “big city” neighborhood. The business and entertainment district … [Read more...] about Opinion: Should Fifth Street in the Oregon District Go Car-Free?

Filed Under: New Developments Tagged With: Entertainment District, Fifth Street, Guest Author, Opinion, Oregon District, Pedestrian, Pedestrian Mall, Urban Planning

Opinion: A Pedestrian Vision for Wayne Avenue

January 5, 2019 By Jon White 13 Comments

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The Wayne Avenue corridor is trending in a nice direction right now.  New businesses are popping up, including the microbrewery Branch and Bone. It’s even becoming a bit of a coffee shop corridor anchored by Ghostlight to the south and Press to the north with two new ones, … [Read more...] about Opinion: A Pedestrian Vision for Wayne Avenue

Filed Under: New Developments Tagged With: Guest Author, Opinion, Oregon District, South Park, Urban Planning, Walkability, Wayne Avenue

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