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"The most important aspect of the master plan is that the Nationwide Arena District is an extension of downtown Columbus," says Keith Myers, a partner with Myers Schmalenberger MSi, co-creators of the master plan. "We didn't want to create a totally separate part of the city. We wanted to incorporate the area into the city and make it relate well to its surroundings."
Initially, the planners wanted to use brick for the majority of the buildings, sidewalks and streets of the Arena District because of the warm environment that brick creates. Nationwide and city officials agreed that since brick is an attractive, durable and historic looking building material, it was therefore an obvious choice for the project. Also, brick is the dominant material used throughout the city, so using brick for the Arena District helped to unify the area with the existing architecture.
Engineers and officials expressed two primary concerns: first, would brick be strong enough to support the heavy vehicle traffic on Nationwide Boulevard, anticipated to be a main downtown thoroughfare, and second, would it be worth the added cost?
The durability of brick had been proven early, when demolition crews found a layer of well-preserved, oversized clay pavers, probably the city's original streetscape. Although they were not a part of the original plan, workers had the foresight to carefully remove the pavers and save them. The pavers were cleaned, restored and used to pave Ludlow Alley, a narrow pedestrian-only area that is home to numerous clubs, bars and other nightspots.
But, for the publicly funded street improvements, cost remained a factor. The landscape architects suggested a