I recently took a morning stroll on the nice walking path along the Great Miami River behind the Downtown YMCA. Riverscape Metropark is a very popular destination on the east side of Main Street, but not as many people continue across and experience the other side. The … [Read more...] about A Hidden River Walk along the Great Miami in Downtown Dayton
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Urban Renewal and Lost Buildings at Main and 3rd
Recently I wrote about the lost East Second Street historic district (today the Premier Health Tower). For today's post we'll shift south one block to see how the entire east side of Main and the north side of Third have also been lost to demolition over the years, not at … [Read more...] about Urban Renewal and Lost Buildings at Main and 3rd
Opinion: Dayton Should Remove Parking Minimums from Zoning Code
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
New Fund Can Boost Historic Business Districts
In late September, the City of Dayton announced a new program to help activate vacant and underutilized commercial spaces impacted by the pandemic. The First Floor Fund, administered by CityWide Development, aims to provide low-interest and forgivable loans to small … [Read more...] about New Fund Can Boost Historic Business Districts
Wright Dunbar District: Dayton’s Next Great Street?
Can we take a moment to appreciate the hidden-gem that is the Wright-Dunbar Business District? With its mix of Romanesque Revival, Italianate, and Neoclassical Revival architecture, outside of Fifth Street in the Oregon District there is not a better example of an … [Read more...] about Wright Dunbar District: Dayton’s Next Great Street?
Opinion: A Pedestrian Vision for Wayne Avenue
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