Random Columbus Photos #8

Photo Location: West Broad Street at Grubb Street, looking east.
Photo Date: 1937
Photo History: Franklinton was bustling in this pre-WWII era-photo of Broad Street. It had been 24 years since the Great Flood, and the neighborhood was reaching for its historic population high along with the rest of the urban core. Unfortunately, within 2 decades, the neighborhood would be devastated by yet another flood and would be followed by 50 years of stagnation and decline.
Random Columbus Photos #8 Columbus Ohio

The same view now.