COLUMBUS, Ohio — The transformation of the Short North — a 14-block artsy strip here — from scruffy to chic began in the 1980s. And the scrappy neighborhood, which connects downtown Columbus to the sprawling campus of Ohio State University, has defied the recent economic downturn by continuing that evolution with a string of new developments.
via In Columbus, Ohio, the Short North Arts Belt Is Thriving – NYTimes.com.
(CNN) — By now, millions of Americans have heard from Ted Williams.
He’s “the homeless man with the golden voice,” a panhandler whose stunning vocal skills were recorded for an impromptu video that’s netted at least 4 million views on YouTube.
But what about the good Samaritan with the video camera?
What made him stop for Williams on a dreary, overcast day when scores of people ignored the African-American homeless man during the peak of the Christmas season?
It turns out that Doral Chenoweth III, the man who filmed Williams, has a story of his own.
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