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''Columbus Neighborhoods'' is a documentary television series produced by
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, a part of PBS. The series premiered in 2010 as a set of one-hour shows about historic neighborhoods in
Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
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Attributes

In addition to television episodes, the Columbus Neighborhoods project involves a website, educational materials for classrooms, community storytelling events, and town-hall forums. The initiative was the largest local project undertaken by the station at its inception. The show is hosted by Charlene Brown and Javier Sanchez.


History

The series was initially to air in fall 2008. The first program in the series was on the Short North and areas around it:
Victorian Village Victorian Village is a neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, United States, north and near west of Downtown Columbus, Ohio, downtown. It is an established neighborhood built when a streetcar line first ran along Neil Avenue around 1900 with a fair numbe ...
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Italian Village Italian Village is a neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, that contains an array of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. It is a designated historic district, known for its historical and cultural preservation. The building types and arc ...
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Harrison West Harrison West is a historic urban neighborhood located northwest of downtown Columbus, Ohio. It sits on several blocks along the Olentangy River and includes the western part of the Near Northside Historic District, which was placed on the Nation ...
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Flytown Flytown was a neighborhood just northwest of downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States. Flytown encompassed portions of the present-day Arena District and western sections of the Victorian Village. In the 19th century, it was considered the center o ...
. In December 2009, it was reported that the series was now set to air in celebration of the city's bicentennial in 2012. Preparations for the show involved numerous neighborhood meetings, videotaped interviews, and invitations for local residents to submit stories, old videos, and photographs. In March 2010, the first episode finally aired, as the first of initially only six episodes.Short North to go first in neighborhood series
/ref> In 2013, at the end of Columbus's bicentennial year, a copy of the first season of ''Columbus Neighborhoods'' was placed along with other items into a time capsule. The capsule was placed at 77 North Front Street, and will be opened around the time of the tricentennial, in 2112.


Episodes

Episodes include:


Season 1

56- to 58-minute episodes: # The Short North #
German Village German Village is a historic neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, just south of the city's downtown. It was settled in the early-to-mid-19th century by a large number of German immigrants, who at one time comprised as much as a third of the city's ...
# King-Lincoln #
Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
- Franklinton #
University District University District can refer to a location in the United States: *University District, Detroit, Michigan * University District, Columbus, Ohio *University District, San Bernardino, California *University District, Seattle The University District ...
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Olde Towne East Olde Towne East is a neighborhood located in the historical Near East Side of Columbus, Ohio and is one of Columbus' oldest neighborhoods. The area has over 1,000 homes, some as old as the 1830s, and more than 50 architectural styles as a resul ...


Season 2

54- to 57-minute episodes: # South Side # Clintonville #
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# Bexley #Tri-Village ( Grandview Heights,
Marble Cliff Marble Cliff is a village in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 634 at the 2020 census. Marble Cliff was one of the first suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, settled as a community in 1890 and incorporated as the "Hamlet of Marble ...
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Upper Arlington Upper Arlington, often known by its initials U.A., is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, on the northwest side of the Columbus metropolitan area. The Old Arlington neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...
) #New Americans


Season 3

26-minute episodes: #The Evolution of Preservation #Civil War Stories #Gathering Places #Ghost Stories and Halloween Traditions #Columbus' Influence on Aviation History #Central Ohio Veterans #Central Ohio's Ancient History #Central Ohio Food and Industry #Downtown Columbus #The Creative Community of Central Ohio #Columbus Music #Small Businesses and Humble Beginnings #Family and Community History #Education in Columbus #Columbus Public Institutions #Columbus Migrations #Unique Neighborhoods #Early Entertainment in Columbus #Activism in Columbus #Evolving Neighborhoods #Columbus by Rail #Heading East #Local Hangouts #New Americans # Dublin #Active History


Season 4

26-minute episodes: #Columbus and the Vietnam War Part 1 #Columbus and the Vietnam War Part 2 #Entertainment in Columbus #Halloween in Columbus #Chasing the Dream: Getting Ahead in Columbus #Columbus and World War I #Columbus' Railroad History #Columbus Food and Industry #Central Ohio Activism #Get the Picture: Columbus in Photographs #Creative Spaces #Retail Columbus #Living History #Renovating Columbus #Columbus on the Move #Gathering Places in Central Ohio #Architecture in Central Ohio #Spirituality in Columbus #Breaking Barriers # Lancaster, Ohio #Innovators #Education in Central Ohio #Uncovering the History of
Milo-Grogan Milo-Grogan is a neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The neighborhood was settled as the separate communities of Milo and Grogan in the late 1870s. Large-scale industrial development fueled the neighborhood's growth until the 1980s, when the last fa ...
#Aging in Columbus #Getting Down to Business: Columbus Entrepreneurs # Westerville


Season 5

26-minute episodes: #Columbus Writ Large #Columbus Sports #Fall in Central Ohio #Central Ohio Cemeteries # Linden #Military #Getting Outdoors #Food and Industry in Columbus #Columbus Activism #Central Ohio Retail #Columbus Gathering Places #Preserving Columbus History #Entertaining Columbus # Grove City #Columbus Architecture #Education # Mount Vernon #Record Keeping #Preservation #Villains of Columbus #Ancient Connections #Small Neighborhoods #Intergenerational Living #Notable Women of Columbus #Columbus Railroads #Helping Hands


Season 6

26-minute episodes: #Preserving History #The Rural Side of Life #Lost History #Cemeteries #Halloween #Military Camps #Food & Industry #100th Episode! #Going Big #Somewhere There's Music #Preservation Activists #Where Are They Now? #Architects #In the Air #We Made That! #Southbound! #Celebrating Women #Up North #Preservation DIY #On the Canal! #Capturing History #Marching Across Ohio #A Celebration of New American Food #Underground Railroad #The Circus Comes To Town #The Ohio State University Sesquicentennial


Season 7

26-minute episodes: #
West Side West Side or Westside may refer to: Places Canada * West Side, a neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario * West Side, a neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia United Kingdom * West Side, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland * Westside, Birmingham E ...
#Family #Remembering Our Ancestors #Spooky Ohio #Connections To The Land # Rush Creek Village #Getting Around With Darbee #The Collectors #Americana In Ohio #Historic Ohio Food Establishments #Education Reimagined #The Connectors #Tribute To A Prolific Ohio Historian #Columbus Pastimes # Ohio History Connection #Looking To Columbus' Past #Before They Were Parking Lots #Little cities of Black Diamonds #Overcoming Challenges #Stories From The 19th Century # Downtown Columbus #Local Crafts #Asian Americans in Columbus #What Local Artifacts Tell Us #Our Neighbors To The North #Unique Homes and Gardens


References


External links

* {{official website, https://columbusneighborhoods.org/
Episodes on PBS
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Mass media in Columbus, Ohio 2010 American television series debuts 2010s American documentary television series American English-language television shows Documentary television series about historical events in the United States