Uptown Strings music continues

Uptown Strings music continues

Music instructor Gary Puckett plays his mandolin in his teaching room inside Uptown Strings. The instructors at the former guitar shop remain on the job teaching as the retail portion transitions from musical instruments to perhaps a different art...
Final note at Uptown Strings

Final note at Uptown Strings

Ted Kerr walks out of the darkened showroom at Uptown Strings after the guitar store closed for the last time Friday. All the instructors at the store will remain as plans are made for a permanent home for them. Ted Kerr sits at his workbench at the rear of Uptown...
The cracked safe

The cracked safe

The old safe that once sat in a rear corner of stores at 3 North State Street now sits cracked and abandoned in the doorway of what is planned to be a restaurant when the building’s renovation is completed. There’s no information about any jewels, cash, or...
Uptown Deli's unusual temporary logo

Uptown Deli's unusual temporary logo

  A pair of 2×4 boards holding plastic over the front of the construction for the Uptown Deli inadvertently forms the letter “V” creating a temporary logo for the restaurant owned by Jimmy V. The deli joins Jimmy V’s and the Westerville...