The Uptown Westerville Merchant’s Blog
Changes proposed for Uptown street corners
The changes known as bumpouts are intended to add width to the sidewalks at the intersection so pedestrians will have a shorter path across State Street making the crossing more safe and create a traffic calming effect for vehicles making turns and approaching the intersection.
Otterbein commencement cooling contraption
Oversized cooling tubes run from an air conditioning compressor into the Rikes Center at Otterbein University in anticipation of a full house for graduations ceremonies Saturday afternoon.
An Otterbein selfie marks ground breaking
A group of Otterbein University students, faculty, and staff pose for a selfie on the football field after ground breaking ceremonies for an artificial surface and new track replacing what is now mud and dirt.
Elvis has left a building in Uptown
An Elvis lamp is carried away by the highest bidder from the closed Foul Play Book Shop on East College Ave. as online auction winners had a day to pick up their choices.
Sunday fishing trip
A trio of boys fishing on a Sunday afternoon sit along the bank of a small island in Alum Creek just below the lowhead dam adjacent to Alum Creek Park.
Arts in Uptown Friday Night Photos
There were many possibilities for great photos at Art in Uptown Friday Night's Mini-PhotoCamp and PhotoWalk including vintage dresses, music, spoken word poets, and hot pink toenails on a shag rug. The gaggle of photographers who attended spent almost two hours...
Music and ice cream Uptown
Saxophonist Larry Burgess plays for an eclectic collection of traditional, jazz, show tunes, and movie music for customers customers of Graeters in mid-afternoon in Uptown Westerville.
Uptown Friday Night Hot Rods
A pair of four-barrel carburetors pokes through the hood of big block Chevy during Cruise In Uptown Friday Night in Uptown Westerville. Adding to the color of the night were the hood latch pins on another car on show at the US Bank parking lot.
New Uptown restaurant's interior begins to take shape
A carpenter working on a Sunday afternoon trims molding to build the decorative panels in the serving bar inside the restaurant to open soon in the building next to Graeter's. The entire building was renovated with the upper floors converted to condominiums.
Dancers in the wings
Pair of dancers waits in the wings ready for their cue to join the rest of the troupe onstage during recital rehearsals for the Generations Performing Arts Center's spring performance.
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Use your Uptown Gift Card
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If you do it’s the perfect time to use it at any one of the Uptown Merchants on this list.
There’s clothing, food, drink, coffee, and treats waiting for you.
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Imagine Community Workshop
The city of Westerville plans a series of workshops and community gatherings to help imagine a long-term plan for development.
Make your voice part of the decision.
Holmes Hotel finial upgrade
Workmen removed the acorn finial at the peak of the Holmes Hotel in Uptown Westerville Wednesday to use as a pattern to build a copper replacement.
The old finial leaked and had been patched numerous times even using a section of 2×4 lumber to prop up one edge.
