>> AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK IN A TOUGH WEEK I THINK EVERYBODY DESERVES A LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT.

WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT AROUND OHIO?

>> I THINK ABOUT THE FESTIVALS , THE ARTS FESTIVAL .

CHECK, CHECK, AND CHECK.

>> FOR ME IT IS GOING TO THE OHIO THEATER AND IN THIS SHOW, WE ARE EXPLORING ENTERTAINMENT THROUGHOUT OHIO'S HISTORY.

IT WAS LOCATED IN CLINTONVILLE FROM 1880 TO 1939.

AND IT WAS ONCE THE LARGEST AMUSEMENT PARK IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> ALTHOUGH IT NO LONGER EXISTS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT LIVES ON.

>> AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK OR A TOUGH WEEK, I THINK EVERYBODY DESERVES A LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT >> EITHER GOING DOWNTOWN FOR THE OHIO BLACK FLEXIBLE -- FESTIVAL .

>> GOING TO A PERFORMANCE, THAT TYPE OF THING, AND THIS SHOW WE ARE EXPLORING ENTERTAINMENT THROUGHOUT OHIO'S HISTORY.

IT WAS LOCATED IN CLINTONVILLE FROM 1880 TO 1939 AND WAS ONCE THE LARGEST AMUSEMENT PARK IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> ALTHOUGH THE PARK NO LONGER EXISTS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT LIVES ON , IT RECOUNTS THROUGH PHOTO .

>> IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NATURAL AREA ALONG THE RIVER .

AND ADD AN AREA THAT REALLY HADN'T DEVELOPED AS A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

>> IT WAS AT THE CORNER OF NORTH HIGH STREET AND THE RIVER, THERE WAS A GREEN SPACE RIGHT NEAR.

SOME SAY IT WAS JUST A PICNIC PARK AND OTHER PEOPLE SAY IT WAS A KIND OF SHADY ROUGH TAVERN, IT WAS CALLED OLENTANGY VILLA.

>> THEY LIVED A LITTLE BIT OF A DURING THE DAY THEY ARE WELCOMING TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO ENJOY THE RIVER .

BUT AT NIGHT THE CHARACTER MIGHT CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

THEY MIGHT BE SEEING PROSTITUTION, ILLEGAL GAMBLING.

AND THAT SCARED OFF SOME PEOPLE .

>> BORN IN 1890S, THE COLUMBUS TRAIL WAY WAS THE STREETCAR SYSTEM AND DECIDED TO MAKE IT MORE OF A DESTINATION.

IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THOSE LONG WEEKENDS WHEN THEY WERE USING THE STREETCARS DURING THE WEEK OR FOR OTHER TYPES OF ACTIVITIES .

>> THEY PUT IN A BOATHOUSE , THE NATURAL BEAUTY WAS ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THE AREA .

>> IN 1899, THE BROTHERS BOUGHT THE PARK FROM THE COLUMBUS RAILWAY COMPANY.

THEY USHERED IN THEY DECIDED TO MAKE THIS AMUSEMENT PARK A FAMILY-FRIENDLY AMUSEMENT PARK .

THE BROTHERS ADDED RIDES, TURNED THE MILL TO AN ATTRACTION.

IT WAS THE MOST POPULAR AMUSEMENT PARK IN THE AREA, IT FEATURED FOUR ROLLER COASTERS OPERATED SIMULTANEOUS THEY.

A SENIOR COASTER THAT PARALLELED HIGH STREET AND A LOOP DILIP .

>> IT WAS AN EARLY DESIGN THAT WAS VERY CIRCULAR IN NATURE.

WHEN HE WENT INTO THE LOOP, THE FORCES KIND OF SLAMMED YOU INTO THE HILL AND IT GAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHIPLASH.

THAT AND THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE GOT STUCK AT THE TOP .

THEY HAD BARS HOLDING PEOPLE IN.

>> SOSA CAN MUSTER THE COURAGE COULD VISIT A 10 ACRE ZERO AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PARK SO A WAYWARD CIGARETTE OR CIGAR BUT WOULDN'T SEND IT UP INTO SMOKE.

>> AND THEN ONCE THE TUNE >> ONE OF THE SHOWPIECES WAS AN ELABORATE CAROUSEL AND THE FLAMBOYANT CREATIONS .

AT ONE TIME CONSIDERED .

>> MEN WOULD BE THERE IN FULL SUITS AND TIES, LARGE .

>> THE CAROUSEL WAS RENOVATED IN 2000 IN MANSFIELD, OHIO AND STILL THRILLS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AT THE COLUMBUS ZOO.

OLENTANGY PARK FEATURED ONE OF THE LARGEST SWIMMING POOLS.

THE PARK REQUIRED YOU TO RENT ONE OF THEIR BATHING SUITS WHICH ADDED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF -- IT WAS THE BABY ELEPHANTS, WALKING AROUND THE GROUND, THEY WOULD LET PEOPLE CLIMB UP ON THE.

AT CERTAIN TIMES, THEY LET THEM SWIM IN THE POOL.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE MY GIRLFRIEND TO OLENTANGY PARK .

A NICE TRIP TO THE TOWN HALL .

>> BENNETT BECAME LESS POPULAR.

THEY HAD CARS .

AND BY THE 1930S IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN THAT WORLD WHERE IT IS TODAY.

>> THE ORIGINAL PICTURES HAD A LOT MORE APARTMENTS HERE .

IT WAS VERY HIGH DENSITY .

>> THE FIRST BIG APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WAS BUILT HERE IN COLUMBUS.

>> GOING TO HAVE THE GROCERY STORES, THE SHOPS AND THE RESTAURANTS.

>> THE MAJOR BAKERY IN COLUMBUS , IT LATER BECAME MOZART'S BAKERY.

>> A BOWLING ALLEY WAS THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO AUTOMATIC CONSIDERS.

THE DESIGN WAS SOLD TO THE COMPANY.

THE BOWLING ALLEY REMAINED POPULAR UNTIL 1980 WHEN IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

>> THAT WAS A REAL SAD DAY TO PEOPLE WHEN THAT BOWLING ALLEY WAS BURNED .

>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SWIMMING POOL WAS A PART OF THE OLENTANGY VILLAGE APARTMENTS.

IT STILL HAS A BEAUTIFUL SETTING ALONG THE RIVER YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW IT MUST'VE BEEN A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PARK AT A TIME .

SWIMMING, ALL KINDS OF PICNIC AREAS AND ACTIVITY .

>> CHARLENE, IF YOU COULD NAME THE TOP SITES PEOPLE VISIT FOR FUN, WHEN THEY COME TO COLUMBUS, OHIO, WHAT WOULD YOU GUESS?

>> I WOULD GUESS THE COLUMBUS ZOO, SO, HOW DID I DO?

>> YOU IT IS ONE OF THE TOP DESTINATIONS TO VISIT IN COLUMBUS.

ALTHOUGH IT'S IN ITS SECOND BUILDING, THE SCIENCE MUSEUM HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1964, AND THE TEAM OVER AT COSI INVITED US OVER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ITS HISTORY.

>> COSI ACTUALLY HAS A REALLY INTERESTING HISTORY .

ONE OF THE BEST ADVERTISING FIRMS HERE IN THIS AREA, BUT HAD A LOVE OF SITES.

>> AND HE THOUGHT COLUMBUS NEEDED AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THAT.

>> HE REALIZED OKAY, GOING TO NEED SOME KIND OF POWERHOUSE ENERGY AND SUPPORT FOR THAT.

>> GET SOME OF THE POWER PLAYERS OF COLUMBUS TOGETHER AND SELLING THEM ON A MUSEUM .

>> AND WHEN SANDY HAD THIS IDEA ABOUT COSI, HE AND DAD TALKED .

AND DAD WAS INTERESTED IN AND IT BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE BOARD OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY .

HE SHARED HIS PROPOSAL AND GOT SOME SUPPORT THERE.

GOT THEM TO SAY OKAY, WE WILL PUT SOME SKIN IN THE GAME AND THEN WENT TO THE HEIGHTENED AREA .

AND OF COURSE THE HEAD OF THE INCREDIBLE EMPIRE.

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FOR HOW THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE MEMORIAL HALL AND GIVE IT A SECONDARY LIFE IS THE FIRST TO SIGN.

>> THE BUILDING ITSELF DATES BACK TO 19:06 , CIVIL WAR VETERANS AND VETERANS OF OTHER WARS .

>> BY THE MID-1950S IT WAS COMING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OBSOLETE .

THE BUILDINGS FUTURE WAS UNCERTAIN.

IN TERMS OF REUSING AN EXISTING BUILDING.

AND KIND OF IGNORING OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS .

THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE, WE CAN REUSE THIS BUILDING .

>> THEY RENOVATED THAT BUILDING AND WE OPENED OUR DOORS TO THE PUBLIC ON EASTER SUNDAY IN 1964.

$.50 IF YOU ARE AN ADULT, YOU CAN GO TO THIS WONDERLAND PLACE CALLED THE CENTER OF THE MINISTRY, THEY HAD OVER 5000 PEOPLE ON THAT.

IT WAS AN EXCITING TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT WAS EXCEPT DID QUICKLY .

>> IT WAS ACTUALLY WALKING INTO A BUILDING, IT WAS A BRAND BUILDING BUT WHAT I LOVED ABOUT IT WAS IT WAS CRAMMED AND FILLED WITH THINGS, YOU COULD GO FROM ONE THING TO THE OTHER.

>> MY PERSONAL FAVORITE WAS THE STREET OF YESTERYEAR .

I WOULD SIT AND WATCH THESE MOVIES, I LOVE THE --LOVED IT .

>> IN THE FALL, WE WOULD HAVE --WE HAD A PAPERMAKING SHOT UP THERE .

>> THE SECOND PHAM FAVORITES, IT SWINGS BACK AND FORTH.

>> IT IS A SWINGING PENDULUM .

IT WAS MEANS OF ILLUSTRATING , I FRANKLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM YET TODAY .

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID THAT WAS SORT OF UNIQUE WAS THE WORLD THERE WAS IN NEW YORK, HE CALLED UP THE TRAVELERS AND SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FOR COLUMBUS.

IT WAS A HISTORY OF MAN FROM TO THE EARLY DAYS TO TODAY.

AND STERLING TUCKER SAID WELL, SURE THAT IS FINE .

>> I SWEAR THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING DOWN IN THE COAL MINES.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY NEW THINGS, AND INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT YOU GO AND PRESS A BUTTON AND PULL A LEVER BUT ALSO THEY HAVE FACILITATORS.

TWO KINDS OF FACILITATORS.

SOLICITORS WHO ARE EITHER SCIENTISTS OR SCIENTISTS ADJACENT , EDUCATORS ARE ABLE TO TEACH IN AND INTERACT WAY , ALSO THEATRICAL PEOPLE AND WE WOULD DO THESE SHOWS , TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES .

>> IT HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS, THEY PUT IN A SPECIAL FRONT ON THE BUILDING AND FOR CAPTURING SOLAR HEAT.

THEY DECIDED THEY NEEDED A NEW LOCATION .

>> MUCH LIKE THE FIRST ITERATION THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE SECOND ITERATION OF COSINE.

IT IS ONE OF THE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

CENTRAL HAD CLOSED LONG BEFORE .

AND CERTAINLY IT COULD BE REUSED .

A PORTION OF IT WAS TAKEN DOWN IN THE AUDITORIUM, BUT THE MAIN PART ORTING DOWNTOWN -- POINTING DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, THE FESTIVAL COLUMNS.

THAT WAS ALWAYS -- AND IT FORMED THE NEW COSI BUILDING .

>> A WORLD-RENOWNED ARCHITECT WHO DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND BUILT THE BUILDING THAT WE ARE IN TODAY .

SO, THE NEW BUILDING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT IT IS WE BROUGHT SOME OF THE ICONIC THINGS , SO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE OLD BUILDING, WHAT WE DID WAS WE KIND OF TOOK THAT CONCEPT AND WE ADAPTED IT HERE, WE HAVE HOPE STREET HERE AND FIERCE STREET AND WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS RE-CREATE VERY SIMILAR TO THE STREET OF YESTERYEAR, A LATE 1800S STREET .

THAT'S WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS TRANSITION UP HERE .

AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE SAME STREET IN THE EARLY 1960S THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE DECADES .

IT WAS INTERESTING, ARCHITECTURALLY , THE ARCHITECT WANTED TO DO THE CIRCULATION SPACES KIND OF DEVOID OF ACTIVITY AND THE CONCEPT WAS THAT WHEN YOU STEPPED INTO THESE LEARNING WORLDS, THEY WOULD BE REALLY IMPACTFUL BUT WE EXPERIENCED IT AS OUR GUESTS WERE SAYING, I WALKED THROUGH THE HALLS.

THIS FEELS VERY STERILE.

OVERTIME WE STARTED BRINGING EXPERIENCES OUT IN THE CIRCULATION SPACES .

THERE IS THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO DO .

>> AND THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS .

THIS IS OUR EXHIBIT FABRICATION SHOP .

>> IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU ARE INVOLVED IN NOW ?

>> WE ARE ADDING IN A NEW EXHIBIT FOR A DINOSAUR EXHIBIT.

HE WANTED THEM THING THAT WOULD HELP OUR VISUALLY IMPAIRED INTERACT WITH OUR DINOSAUR EXHIBIT.

CURRENTLY A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE JUST LOOK, DON'T TOUCH .

IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT, HOW DO YOU LEARN FROM THEM?

WE ARE TAKING 3-D SCANS OF EXISTING SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DINOSAUR EXHIBIT AND 3-D PRINTING THEM TO A SMALLER SCALE AND HAVING IT ACCESSIBLE FOR THE GUESTS TO TOUCH ALONG THE RAIL.

THOSE WHO AREN'T VISUALLY IMPAIRED REALLY CAN TAKE PART IN THIS EXPERIENCE AND LEARN FROM IT .

>> THIS IS JUST A FIRST STEP.

IF THINGS GO WELL WITH THIS, WE CAN ADD THESE TYPES OF EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM .

>> THAT IS REALLY COOL, ADRIAN .

I LOVE WORKING AT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE EQUALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE REPRESENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE TASK IS, WE ALL PULL TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS PLACE WORK.

THE PHILOSOPHY, THAT IS HOW WE WERE BORN AND WE CONTINUE TO DAY .

>> FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, WELCOME TO COSI!

>> IT IS KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE I WOULD SHARE WITH MY FRIENDS, DO YOU KNOW WHAT COSI MEANS, IT MEANS LIKE A JACK HANNA FOR SCIENCE MUSEUMS.

AND WE HAVE THAT IN SPADES .

>> ALL RIGHTS .

WHAT IS THIS, AND WHY DO WE HAVE THIS AT COSI?

>> WE USE LIVE ANIMAL AMBASSADORS.

USING LIVE ANIMALS IS A POWERFUL WAY TO CONNECT TO OUR GUESTS WITH A LASTING IMPRESSION THAT THEY WILL TAKE HOME WITH THEM.

>> FROM A DISTANCE , COME UP ON STAGE, WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT OUR WILDLIFE RESCUE PROGRAM, THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OHIO WILDLIFE CENTER.

AS A PART OF OUR PROGRAM, WE DO FEATURE NATIVE WILDLIFE.

ONE OF THE FEATURES THAT WE HAVE HERE IS OUR LITTLE OWL.

>> OH MY GOODNESS.

>> THIS IS A NATIVE HE SEES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN OHIO .

WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH WILDLIFE WE WOULDN'T TYPICALLY GET TO SEE BUT ALSO GET TO SEE HOW THEY CAN INTERACT POSITIVELY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD .

>> WE HAVE A REALLY COOL ANIMAL THAT YOU CAN ALSO FIND RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL OHIO.

IT'S A NAME YOU'RE PROBABLY SEEN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IS TRAINED TO WALK ALONG OUR STAGE HERE.

HE IS A VAN WEBER IT.

IT IS ONLY MARSUPIAL THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> THAT IS REALLY COOL .

>> SO, THE MISSION IS TO ENGAGE , INSPIRE, AND TRANSFORM LIVE COMMUNITIES .

>> A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP THAT COSI HAS IS WITH OUR SCHOOLS, SO MANY SCHOOLS COME TO HAVE THEIR TEACHERS LEAD A CLASSROOM AND ALLOW THOSE STUDENTS TO OBSERVE OUR EXHIBITS BUT ALSO WE TAKE INFORMATION TO THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL AND PARTNERING THE CLASSROOM .

>> SO, THE EVOLUTION OF MUSEUMS , HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT OUR CONTEST IN A WAY THAT IS IS FULL.

WHETHER THAT IS LOCALLY IN THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES ?

>> HELLO CAPTAIN, HELLO VALERIE >> WHAT ARE YOU ALL WORKING ON RIGHT HERE?

>> WE ARE PLAYING AROUND WITH A BENCH ROBOT.

IS IS A WONDERFUL FULL -- >> THIS ONE LITTLE STRUCTURE CAN TEACH KIDDOS ALL THE WAY WAY PAST ME INTO COLLEGE?

>> WE CAN USE THIS WITH KIDDOS ALL THE WAY UP TO PYTHON .

IT IS A GREAT WAY TO INTRODUCE CODING AS A CAREER TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TRY IT .

>> OBVIOUSLY WE PLAY AROUND WITH CULTURAL REALITY .

>> WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO TAKE THE BALL OUT FLOAT AROUND IN SPACE AND EVEN GO DOWN INTO THE DEEPEST OCEAN AND EXPLORE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO PHYSICALLY BUT WE CAN TAKE ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED OUT ANYWHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO.

>> THAT WAS AWESOME.

WHAT DO YOU DO HERE AT COSI?

>> I AM THE MANAGER OF EXPERIENCES AND PART OF OUR TEAM.

A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS LEVERAGING THE FANTASTIC PARTNERSHIPS .

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE EVERY BIT OF ACCESS TO SCIENCE THAT THE REST OF US YOU.

WHETHER IT IS EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND BEING ABLE TO GAUGE THE MATTER WHO COMES THROUGH OUR DOORS .

>> A SCIENCE IS EVERYWHERE AND FOR EVERYONE.

YOU ARE LITERALLY THE TIP OF THE SPIRIT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> AS A SCIENTIST WHO LOVES HISTORY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EXCITES ME THE MOST IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND YOU SEE THE AMAZING TECHNOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND THEN TO ENVISION WITH THE TOOLS WE HAVE NOW, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE.

THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.

TO KNOW HOW ADVANCED WE ARE TODAY, THAT PROJECT THREE AND THAT IS REALLY EXCITING .

>> AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED AT THE CITY AS A FUN FACE OF THE CALM PLAY.

AS A MOM, I LOOK AT COSI AS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BRING MY DAUGHTER TO ALLOW HER TO EXPLORE .

AND NOW AS A BUSINESS LEADER, I LOOKED AT COSI AS AN IMPORTANT ASSET FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND THE REGION AROUND IT TO RECRUIT TALENT TO OUR GREAT CITY AND GIVE OUR CITIZENS A PLACE TO DREAM AND ENJOY THEMSELVES .

>> AND HOPEFULLY LEARN A LITTLE SOMETHING AND DREAM ABOUT WHAT TO BE .

>> SO WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS FROM THE 1980S?

AFRO FAIR.

AFRO FAIR WAS A CRAFT AND ARTS FESTIVAL THAT WAS PUT ON BY ART FOR COMMUNITY EXPRESSIONS WHICH WAS A GROUP THAT WAS STARTED BY HE AND HIS WIFE , I HAVE A PICTURE OF EACH OF THEM HERE AND THEY STARTED ACE AND IT WAS A WAY TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED WITH WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH GIVING EXPOSURE TO BLACK ARTISTS IN COLUMBUS.

MARION WILLIAMS WAS A PROFESSOR AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND SHE HAD HER SHOW AS WELL AS BEING A POET HERSELF.

SO SHE MAY HAVE IN RECITING POETRY HERE AND WE ALSO SEE HIM PROBABLY IN FRONT OF THE