University Area Commission

University Area Commission

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The picture to the right depicts a stone bas relief of Tahgahjute, also known as Chief Logan of the Mingo tribe. It adorns the outside wall of the building that became Indianola Junior High School at 420 East 19th Avenue. Founded in 1909, Indianola Junior High was the first junior high school in the nation! From his perch Tahgahjute surveys much of the University Community. The name Tahgahjute means "one who overcomes obstacles" or "one who has insight," suggesting foresight and clearness. Tahgahjute is symbolic of the energy and imagination of the University Community

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A Community for Everybody

When the University Community was first settled in 1804, the only store was a trading post. At the turn of the century, the best entertainment in the University Community was Indianola Park, now a shopping center around 19th and 4th. Over seventy years ago, Indianola Park was a dance pavillion and swimming pool, where young daring women were paid $2 to take a dip - in a knee length suit, of course.

Now the things to do in the University Community are endless, from fine restaurants to bars to attending a performance by world famous artists to jogging in Tuttle Park. The variety of restaurants is international and eclectic, from French gourmet to vegetarian, Eastern European to Japanese-Oriental, Kosher to elegant Italian - with live opera. If you want to eat at home, there are many supermarkets in the are, as well as several neighborhood markets. At least one neighborhood market still delivers, keeping alive an old tradition. As one resident put it, "If you want a ham loaf, he'll fix that for you; if you want a one pound, two pound, three pound, four pound, he'll make you a meatloaf; he'll wrap it freezer paper, and he'll bring it to your house so you can put it in your freezer."

The variety of shops and stores is endless - pizza and sub stores, old clothes, new clothes, antique clothes shops, shops for arts and crafts, decorative itemes, antiques, flowers and plants, stained glass, shoes, boots, books, magazines, kites, outdoor equipment, stores for pets, jewelry, music, donuts, shoe shine stands, the city's only Korean grocery store, banks, theaters, drugstores, pharmacies, carryouts.

Recreation is easy - bicycling and jogging paths are everywhere, the biggest recreational complex is Tuttle Park, with the largest swimming pool in the city. It is a supervised recreation center with a summer program, baseball diamonds, tennis courts, jogging track, swings, jungle gyms. A bike and walk path runs along the Olentangy River, where paddleboats and canoes can be rented. Many areas of University Community have organized Little Leagues, football, softball, and baseball.

Neighborhood feeling has always been strong, in early years, neighborhoods frequently vied with each other for recognition. The Oakland-Northwood area, once called Beautiful Northwood Park, was an exclusive subdivision. Rivalry soon developed between Northwood and Oakland Avenues, spurred on by the Columbus Garden and Flower Club, which sponsored "the most beautiful street in Columbus" contest. Both streets competed for the honor, planting beautiful flowers in concrete pots which still remain in the area. Oakland Avenue was named the winner, claiming, in 1913, to be "the most beautiful street in Columbus."

Today the various neighborhoods get involved in all kinds of activities - the community festival, special homecoming and Halloween festivities, city park contests, high school state championships, various community groups, including on of the oldest community associations in the city, an alternative newspaper, a neighborhood commission.

Some of the oldest and most beautiful churches in the city stand in the area. People of every faith can walk to Sunday services and worship at many community churches.

This is a neighborhood from which one can walk or bike to work - The Ohio State University, Battelle Memorial Institute, Chemical Abstracts, Doctors Hospital. Within minutes by bus or car are numerous other neighborhoods and businesses, including downtown Columbus.

A celebration. An Activity. A happening. A congregation. A community for everybody. The center of things.

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About our association

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A Community for Everybody

When the University Community was first settled in 1804, the only store was a trading post. At the turn of the century, the best entertainment in University Community was Indianola Park, now a shopping center around 19th and 4th. Over seventy years ago, Indianola Park was a dance pavillion and swimming pool, where young daring women were paid $2 to take a dip - in a knee length suit, of course.

Now the things to do in the University Community are endless, from fine restaurants to bars to attending a performance by world famous artists to jogging in Tuttle Park. The variety of restaurants is international and eclectic, from French gourmet to vegetarian, Eastern European to Japanese-Oriental, Kosher to elegant Italian - with live opera. If you want to eat at home, there are many supermarkets in the are, as well as several neighborhood markets. At least one neighborhood market still delivers, keeping alive an old tradition. As one resident put it, "If you want a ham loaf, he'll fix that for you; if you want a one pound, two pound, three pound, four pound, he'll make you a meatloaf; he'll wrap it freezer paper, and he'll bring it to your house so you can put it in your freezer."

The variety of shops and stores is endless - pizza and sub stores, old clothes, new clothes, antique clothes shops, shops for arts and crafts, decorative itemes, antiques, flowers and plants, stained glass, shoes, boots, books, magazines, kites, outdoor equipment, stores for pets, jewelry, music, donuts, shoe shine stands, the city's only Korean grocery store, banks, theaters, drugstores, pharmacies, carryouts.

Recreation is easy - bicycling and jogging paths are everywhere, the biggest recreational complex is Tuttle Park, with the largest swimming pool in the city. It is a supervised recreation center with a summer program, baseball diamonds, tennis courts, jogging track, swings, jungle gyms. A bike and walk path runs along the Olentangy River, where paddleboats and canoes can be rented. Many areas of University Community have organized Little Leagues, football, softball, and baseball.

Neighborhood feeling has always been strong, in early years, neighborhoods frequently vied with each other for recognition. The Oakland-Northwood area, once called Beautiful Northwood Park, was an exclusive subdivision. Rivalry soon developed between Northwood and Oakland Avenues, spurred on by the Columbus Garden and Flower Club, which sponsored "the most beautiful street in Columbus" contest. Both streets competed for the honor, planting beautiful flowers in concrete pots which still remain in the area. Oakland Avenue was named the winner, claiming, in 1913, to be "the most beautiful street in Columbus."

Today the various neighborhoods get involved in all kinds of activities - the community festival, special homecoming and Halloween festivities, city park contests, high school state championships, various community groups, including on of the oldest community associations in the city, an alternative newspaper, a neighborhood commission.

Some of the oldest and most beautiful churches in the city stand in the area. People of every faith can walk to Sunday services and worship at many community churches.

This is a neighborhood from which one can walk or bike to work - The Ohio State University, Battelle Memorial Institute, Chemical Abstracts, Doctors Hospital. Within minutes by bus or car are numerous other neighborhoods and businesses, including downtown Columbus.

A celebration. An Activity. A happening. A congregation. A community for everybody. The center of things.

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