Scenes around Columbus, OH ca1965

Scenes my brother and I filmed in and around Columbus during the mid-1960's. My brother was really fascinated by the construction on the State House grounds when they installed the underground parking garage. Soundtrack features our uncle, Chuck Selby, and his orcherstra performing at Valley Dale.

[@ernestthecatmiller4210]

The music, the cars, the dignifying way you don't see much of in people today. I've always felt connected to this era although I wasn't even thought of when this was filmed.

[@BlueAgaveStudios]

That's because the music is from 1945. I'm trying to shout as loud as possible!

[@JOYOUSONEX]

Born and raised in Columbus, in the Linden area. and was married in 1965. Still am, to the same wonderful lady, 55 years later. My wife's prom was at Valley Dale and Chuck Selby's band played. My first class at OSU was in the old University Hall. What a fire trap that was. I could go on and on, but I won't. Great video. Thanks.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

you SHOULD go on and on, they're great memory makers for all of us

[@toddcameronh4722]

Go on and on

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

This is a FANTASTIC glimpse of our beautiful gorgeous Columbus city! ! Thanks for posting this gem!

[@andreastudebaker3722]

Fascinating! Thanks so much for posting this. I was born in 1960 and have lived in Columbus most of my life. This shows me a glimpse of Columbus from a time I can barely remember.

[@LKaufman9050]

Andie??? It's Lynnie (Lynnette) Fink! How are you?? Here's my email: LKaufman At gmail dot com. How funny we're watching the same video. Also, I didn't realize Ziggy Coyle performed. And at Valley Dale, too. Hah!

[@botboy6977]

Born in 1969 and have lived here my whole life. Remember going to downtown Lazarus especially during Christmas! And seeing all the window decorations and of course Santa! Fond memories for sure.

[@timw.4423]

My dad played trumpet with the Chuck Selby band in the 60's and early 70's. I would be interested in any recordings from those years.

[@caroltenge5147]

"Teach your kid to blow a horn, and he wont blow a safe"! Heatons music store 1957.

[@suprchickn7745]

About ten years before I was born but very cool and interesting. Thanks for sharing. Great idea using music from the Valley Dale underneath, I know everybody played there at some point!

[@2259r3z]

I was just a kid then but remember it well. All of this looks like home to me, both the time and place. The cars, the buildings, the way people dressed, etc. I remember going on shopping trips downtown from the 'burbs on an orange CTC bus, the forerunner of COTA, and seeing those round-back trolley busses that still operated - but not for much longer - in the downtown area. We'd spend the day down there and have lunch at one of the themed Lazarus restaurants (there was one on every floor) or the several drug or five-and-dime stores with lunch counters along High Street. It may have already been mentioned, but many of the clips are from summer and fall of 1964. The Statehouse garage was built in '63 - '64, and had its grand opening in November of '64. It was a highly controversial project that involved taking down and placing in storage the memorials from three sides of the Statehouse and cutting down many old trees, some of which had stood on the Statehouse grounds since the 1800s. They even trapped and relocated to other parks around the city the Statehouse squirrels that were so familiar and popular with downtown officer workers who spent their daily lunch hour on the Statehouse lawn. I'm still surprised the garage project ever got approved. Barry Goldwater's campaign appearance at Vet's Memorial was on September 30, 1964. The OSU homecoming parade on High Street - can you imagine tanks in the homecoming parade now? - had a float which mentioned Wisconsin as the opponent, and that game was played on October 24, 1964. OSU was ranked #1 at the time and won the game 28-3. Unfortunately, the rest of their season didn't go quite so well. I remember my dad taking me to see an OSU homecoming parade and sitting me on the wall in front of the old Ohio Stater Inn. It might have been this same '64 parade shown in the film, but I suspect the one we attended was in '63.

[@donnaemmons2006]

Great memories!! I remember as a kid my parents would take us to campus to see the homecoming parade & floats!!

[@donnaemmons2006]

We also used to go down there to eat in the OSU cafeteria and park on High Street.

[@phillipcondo5169]

This was just too good, G P ! Volumes of kudos and thank you for the production !! I was in my jr / sr years in H S when the filming took place. I rem the Chuck Selby Orchestra from the day !! Great musical accompaniment !! I rem the parades well, and rem when one of those Army tanks actually rolled over a car, that was mis~parked, on 5th Ave, near the-70 Interchange, which was Timlin's IGA back then !! Great, great memories Really appreciate the Video on my Alma Mater~ Ohio State University.

[@headrushproductions1]

wow…great shots….crazy good footage

[@Fresh-tw7ev]

The body of water at the 5:30 mark is Mirror Lake and the Browning Amphitheater at Ohio State. Notice the Orton Hall chimes in background. I proposed marriage to my steady girl and fellow Buckeye at the east end of the lake at the spring head. She said "yes."

[@cbehr91]

Veterans' Memorial (welcoming Barry Goldwater) was just recently torn down.

[@Panhead49EL]

4:55 Looks like Livingston Ave and Courtright Rd.

[@deborahchesser7375]

Panhead49EL I grew up off yearling rd. Yep there’s the A+P damn yesterday yet so long ago

[@caroltenge5147]

@@deborahchesser7375 yep, the library, the Topps store like wal mart then, the catapillar tractor place across from sohio gas, and across the street the phillips 66 gas station. McLaughlan oil. And a block out on livingstone on the right, the Burger Chef drive in. " eat at Burger Chef for a nickel and a dime" and now the number one record on the new wcol... "Go now" and the Moody Blues"!

[@Wtvn123]

@@caroltenge5147 Don't forget Jay's Beer Drive-in at 5:09

[@caroltenge5147]

@@Wtvn123 and if you blink you can remember the swim club across courtright road a bit down from Jays located behind the catterpillar tractor garage.... east of courtright rd.

[@therepublicof]

This is so awesome!

[@mindynewman1051]

wow this is amazing! thanks so much :)

[@Rolfrad]

at about 3:47 - they announce "bobby Marvin" , who of course was better known as Flippo the Clown.

[@meman6964]

I remember Flippo!! I got to be on the show with my antique jewelry collection. I was 9 , channel 10, near the river

[@caroltenge5147]

indeed then, I didnt know the connection of the music. i was a dj in columbus starting at WTVN in 1968, and signing off in about 1998 at 97.1. which was WBNS FM Then as now Chucko is my name, and oldies are my game. have records will travel.

[@meman6964]

My mom played WBNS all the time. We often sang along.

[@caroltenge5147]

@@meman6964 When I turned the volume down could hear her singing. Good for you.

[@QuantumRift]

I remember when the construction was being done at the State House...we lived in Gahanna at the time.

[@airtow6766]

QuantumRift.. The construction is the underground parking garage!,

[@douglasgriswold2533]

@@airtow6766 Yea, no kidding. It was being done at the State House.

[@pappyr]

sound track WOW! Ziggy Coyle trumpet feature with Chuck Selby Big Band (probably at the Dale), and Spook (bumper to bumper to bumper) Beckman as MC...(but wait..its gets better):then Spook introduces 'Bobby' Marvin and Marilyn Day! (can you hear Flippo's voice as he and Spook's wife Marilyn sing duet?)

[@cindaroudebush8758]

Ziggy and his wife Margie had a home in SC across the steet from me. Margie was quite a vocalist. Both have long passed.

[@firecriss1392]

it would be great to go back to this era and experience just a nice little city with one skyscraper--and go into downtown lazarus in it's heyday---

[@RETRO_BELL]

id give anything to live back in these days...really i would. born in 86.

[@jonlanier_]

I believe I saw the Florintine Restaraunt sign.

[@jaycee330]

Sadly, just closed the past year.

[@shanecarter6194]

Where??.....

[@meman6964]

Always West Broad and Martin Ave, classy place, family owned, grandma recipes of good Italian food

[@2259r3z]

I remember them sponsoring Corby on WTVN-AM, with their jingle, "An Italian dream, the Florintine!"

[@donbush7588]

This is great! I was Soph. at Ohio State, Girlfriend was Bobbie Berecz, St Joseph Academy.

[@scottshaffer9885]

Good Lord...one of those 21 window VW vans recently sold at Mecum Auto Auction of $105,000.00.

[@hankaustin7091]

This isn't the same Scott Shaffer that worked at Discover Card, is it?

[@aljustal6554]

A & P Grocery at the 5:00 minute mark. My Dad's mid-60's version of a Dad joke was "Do you want to go to the A & P, or just use the bathroom here?"

[@gothpapa]

Enviro Geologist, thanks for your comment. Almost majored in geology at OSU myself, but ended up with a BA in History and a BS in Social Studies Ed instead. Even took a couple of classes from Dr. LaRocque. Did your father work at the Dale?I worked there part time as usher and busboy. Worked every New Year's Eve from 1960 to 1970. Always thought that was the best possible way to welcome the New Year: having fun AND making money. In all the years since, I have never enjoyed a New Year's Eve as much as I enjoyed those.

[@BlueAgaveStudios]

This is 1965 guys not 1945. Thanks for the video though.

[@deborahchesser7375]

Valley Dale wow off Sunbury

[@wwbdwwbd]

The roads were so much smoother.

[@litlgrey]

Outside of campus and Goodale Park, all these 8mm shots are too short and too shaky to be able to verify a lot of the actual locations, but one thing is clear... few cities excel at driving everybody bonkers at all of the never-ending construction like Columbus. Gahh!!!

[@johndillinger8482]

east side.you can see a Berwick sign in there

[@coast5663]

I know. I. A Franklinton resident and hear they are about to reconstruct the 70/71 split. My God. It never fkng ends.

[@litlgrey]

@@coast5663 Grrrr!!! And none of all the building addresses the homeless epidemic we have here.

[@TS-ev1bl]

@@coast5663 Uh oh. This triggers one of my old C-bus semi-rants. They'd been talking about re-doing the 70/71 splits for 20 or 30 years but it kept being put off for various reasons, budget mostly, as the problems got worse and the price went up by leaps and bounds. It seriously needed a lot of work. I travel extensively and have lived all over the US, and C-bus is one of the few US cities of its size where the interstate freeways actually get narrower and have fewer lanes as they approach the center of the city where they must carry an increasing number of vehicles. The old (current) design funnels two major interstate freeways (70 and 71) down into single lane chokepoints, overlaps them, and forces those on 70 or 71 who want to continue on the same freeway to quickly choose/change lanes and switch places with each other in the course of about 1/4 mile, with additional, short merge area left and right entry and exit ramps. Some of those issues have been improved in recent construction phases but there is still much work to be done. I remember when the existing 70/71/315 interchange and the nearby Spring-Sandusky interchange was built in the '60s. I also had to commute through that area every day in the '80s, and it could be an adventure even back then. Not counting a few Band-Aid projects, the 70/71/315 interchange had not been substantially updated since it was built 50+ years ago, even though the volume of traffic has grown exponentially in that time. The so-called "innerbelt", particularly the 70/71 overlap segment, has been functionally obsolete for decades. It's going to be inconvenient for a while, but I'm glad to see it finally being addressed.

[@caroltenge5147]

the sign on the gas station by the street says "26.9" which was cheap by 65. Sohio had premium for 32.9 back in 62 which was considered a high price!

[@johndef5075]

Ziggy Coyle of Coyles Music...

[@LordRegaI]

Does anyone know what building is under construction with the concrete pouring going on that starts around 1:15 ? Anyone?? *EDIT* I’ve just read the description & saw you mentioned the statehouse. Sorry if stupid I’m embarrassed asking seeing that I’m a Columbus Ohio native, 35 years old & Buffalo NY is the furthest I’ve ever traveled outside of this unique city that I love… thanks for this really. Made my evening!!

[@Orion-ir9fi]

More specifically, it was the construction of the underground parking garage which is under the statehouse lawn on three sides and wraps around the statehouse's foundation. The statehouse was built in the1850s, and the underground garage was constructed in 1963 and '64.

[@lydiafeyhmcavoy729]

most took pride in what they did back then

[@ViioIence]

how cool

[@nota7660]

Born and raised in Columbus

[@shaserv]

Columbus, Oh. The 614 has been under construction for a long time.

[@billgreen4003]

cool kodak magical

[@cbear9263]

Is the construction scene around the State House the current underground garage?

[@littlesumthin]

Was a lot of the construction footage related to any specific structure that you know of? Some looked like maybe it was road work while a lot of it looked like a hi-rise.

[@Gonzo4osu]

littlesumthin The parking garage under the capitol

[@meman6964]

Some looks like I-71 going under West Broad

[@caroltenge5147]

@@meman6964 they're still working on that.....

[@steveboros1961]

Anybody remember the Everglades or the Lincoln Lodge?

[@drby0788]

Steve Boros my grandparents have talked about both on many occasions

[@drby0788]

Everglades was off w broad st correct?

[@EmanM45]

I remember the Lincoln Lodge 70's and 80's

[@wanderlking8634]

Any chance the street in Worthington (selby Boulevard) is named after Chuck Selby?

[@RBloodworth187]

WanderL King Given that a music store used to be at the corner of Selby and High, I wouldn’t be shocked.

[@suckstosuck2697]

Is that Schiller Park?

[@mikecarmean6446]

I Took Drum Lessons From Coyle Music Center On West Broad St... 💥🥁💥 1967

[@shanecarter6194]

Where about on West Broad St. was the location..that's interesting!

[@mikecarmean6446]

Shane Carter South of Hague on Broad between Eureka and Wayne North Side... Why would you ask? You weren't even born then

[@jarrelljimerson3346]

Is that Ohio Stadium @ 0:13? I wanted to my Wolverines square off against the Buckeyes, but Covid-19 threw a wrench in the works.

[@explodingstove]

So cool! Visit us for more on Columbus music and history. 🎶

[@shanecarter6194]

0:28-0:35...can someone identify that building for me??.....

[@Wtvn123]

University Hall, Ohio State University (closed 1968 - demolished 1970). It was replaced with a new University Hall which opened in 1976.

[@nicktempo1035]

That sounds like Don Riggs. Compare the voice to the one in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5_Hp2CZa6-Hr7s

[@nota7660]

Go Bucks

[@caroltenge5147]

Columbus was a better town then. The only problem with columbus is its located in OHIO!

[@jgrysiak6566]

Lol!