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>>> GOING GREEN IS A PHRASE THAT YOU HEAR OFTEN IT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

IT COULD BE PLANTING MORE TREES OR HAVING A GARDEN OR RECYCLING AND REUSING INSTEAD OF BUYING NEW.

>> IT COULD MEAN REDUCING POLLUTION BY BIKING OR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION USING RENEWABLE RESOURCES.

THE LIST GOES ON.

IN TODAY'S SHOW, WE HIGHLIGHT SOME INTERESTING WAYS PEOPLE IN OHIO ARE LOOKING AT ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS.

>> SOME UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE CREATING MAPS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN THE AREA.

>> WE HEAD OVER THERE NOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT PROJECT.

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>> THE WORD GREEN, I THINK, HAS BECOME SO SYNONYMOUS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IT ALSO JUST SORT OF MEANS TREES AND GRASS.

WE DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.

THIS PROJECT IS CALLED KALEIDOSCOPIC COLUMBUS.

IT'S SOMETHING I USED IN MY CLASS PRISMATIC ECOLOGY.

TRADITIONALLY WE ASSOCIATE IT WITH THE COLOR GREEN.

THAT ASSOCIATION HAS SATURATED THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE'VE WATERED DOWN THE DIVERSITY AND COMPLEXITY OF WHAT THE NATURAL WORLD IS AND REQUIRES OF US.

WHAT WE DID WITH THE TEXT IN THE CLASS WAS READ THROUGH DIFFERENT COLORFUL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT THOSE COLORS MIGHT DRAW OUR ATTENTION AS POSITIVES OR PROBLEMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

I HAD STUDENTS READ THE BOOK AND TAKE A MAP OF COLUMBUS AND THINK ABOUT WHERE PROBLEMS EXISTED OR POTENTIAL BRIGHT SPOTS EXISTED AND COLOR THE MAP USING THEIR OWN ARRAY OF INTERPRETATIONS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE RICH ENVIRONMENTAL URGENCY OF THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AREA.

>> I TRIED TO MATCH A COLOR TO WHAT IT EVOKED IN ME.

THEN I ADDED THAT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT AFTER.

I WOULD START WITH A COLOR.

LET'S PICK BROWN.

BROWN IS NOT THE MOST PRETTY COLOR, BUT IT'S STILL IMPORTANT.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT TREES, OBVIOUSLY GREEN COMES TO MIND, BUT THE BARK AND ROOTS ARE BROWN AND THOSE ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE GREEN.

I TOOK THAT PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATION AND MAPPED IT ONTO COLUMBUS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT.

WHAT I FOUND WAS BROWN EVOKED A SENSE OF HIDDENNESS, SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT, SOMETHING WE PURPOSELY IGNORE.

I MAPPED THAT ONTO THINGS LIKE HOMELESS CAMPS, THINGS LIKE ABANDONED BUILDINGS, THINGS WE DON'T WANT TO SEE.

WE KNOW IT'S THERE, BUT WE PRETEND IT'S NOT.

VISITING THESE BROWN PLACES AS I TERMED THEM IN MY MAP WAS INTERESTING.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE COLOR BROWN WAS TO IGNORE IT.

THOSE ARE THINGS YOU DRIVE BY AND SAY, LOOK AT THAT, AND DRIVE RIGHT ON BY.

IT MADE ME THINK OF, ONE, HOW FORTUNATE I AM AND, TWO, HOW MUCH WE COULD BE DOING FOR THOSE ENVIRONMENTS.

>> I LIKE TO FOCUS ON IN MY MAP WASTE INJECTION WELLS.

IT'S THE BYPRODUCT FROM THE PROCESS OF FRACKING FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS.

THE EXCESS FLUID THEY TAKE FROM THAT, THEY PUMP IT RIGHT BACK INTO THE GROUND.

OFTENTIMES THAT CAN LEECH INTO WATER SOURCES AND HAVE REALLY NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S HARD TO FIND THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THESE WELLS ARE, BECAUSE THE COMPANIES DON'T WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT, HEY, YOU LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO A WASTE INJECTION WELL.

THERE'S A NATIONAL DATABASE THAT LOGS RETIRED WELLS, CURRENT WELLS, CURRENT FRACKING WELLS AND WASTE INJECTION WELLS.

SO I HAD TO ONE BY ONE FIND THE ADDRESS FOR THEM IN THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AREA AND MARK THEM ON MY MAP.

I CHOSE TO USE RED BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY STRONG COLOR.

>> I DID RED FOR SOME OF THE MORE DANGEROUS AREAS, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER DANGEROUS AREAS IN TOWN, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SEEN AS THE DANGER COLOR.

I THINK THAT'S A REAL ISSUE, BECAUSE THESE AREAS REALLY NEED CLEANED UP THE MOST.

THERE'S A LOT OF POLLUTION AND JUST REALLY POOR ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURES THERE.

>> I THINK SOME OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS CAME FROM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ENVIRONMENTALLY HOW TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE COLORS.

SO WHEN PEOPLE WALK THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT LEGENDS, SEVERAL STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE USED THE COLOR RED, BUT THEY USED IT FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

SO YOU GET RED ACROSS THE MAPS AND THEY DON'T MEAN THE SAME THING.

THEN YOU START TO SEE THE OVERLAYS OF PROBLEMS AND THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME ON ENVIRONMENTALLY, THINKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE TO REENVISION WHAT COLUMBUS COULD BE.

>> I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROJECT FOR ME WAS PROBABLY JUST RESEARCHING THE BACKGROUNDS OF THINGS, LIKE THINGS I ENJOYED GOING AND DOING AND SEEING.

OH, MAYBE THERE IS THIS NEGATIVE PIECE THAT COMES WITH IT.

EASTON WAS SOMETHING I HIGHLIGHTED ON MY MAP.

IT'S BLANK AND FRESH AND WHITE, KIND OF THIS FRESH SLATE.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN WE WERE READING ONE OF OUR BOOKS THAT FRESHNESS IS LIKE SNOW, LIKE YOU HAVE CHRISTMAS ON THE GROUND.

ALSO THE PINK SPLATTER ADDS ALL THESE ISSUES AROUND IT.

EVEN WITH PARKING LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE RUNOFF WATER AND THE CHEMICALS SITTING IN THAT WATER AND SEEPING INTO THE GROUND.

THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING AROUND EASTON SHOWS THE NEGATIVE PIECES HIDDEN FROM ALL THE FRESHNESS.

ANOTHER COLOR I CHOSE WAS BLACK FOR THE FREEWAYS, BECAUSE BLACK IS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DEATH.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEATH THAT OCCURS ON THE FREEWAYS, WHETHER FROM ACCIDENTS OR JUST DEBRIS FROM ACCIDENTS THAT GET INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND END UP HARMING AND KILLING ANIMALS.

>> EVERY COMMUNITY HAS THESE.

ANYBODY COULD PICK UP A MAP AND START THINKING ABOUT AND ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS IN MY COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO DO GREEN MOVEMENT STUFF, PLANT TREES, BUT WE NEED TO DO A VARIETY OF COLORS IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL THINKING SO WE HAVE THE CLARITY WE NEED TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE CAN BE.

EVERY COMMUNITY CAN DO THIS.

I HOPE MY STUDENTS COME AWAY FROM A PROJECT LIKE THIS KNOWING THEY CAN EFFECT CHANGE.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT READING BOOKS IN CLASS.

THESE ASSIGNMENTS CAN HAVE A LIFE BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.

>> THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT STILL AFFECT US WHETHER WE KNOW IT OR NOT.

>> I DEFINITELY DO LOOK AT THE WORD GREEN DIFFERENTLY.

IT'S NOT HOW WE'RE ALWAYS TOLD, GREEN IS GOOD, YOU'RE BEING ECO-FRIENDLY.

>> I DON'T LIKE THE WORD GREEN ANYMORE.

THE WORD GREEN HAS BEEN PLASTERED ON EVERYTHING ENVIRONMENTAL, SO MUCH SO THAT AT THE END OF OUR COURSE IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY BECOME A NEGATIVE WORD, BUT IT BECAME A KIND OF ROLL YOUR EYES KIND OF WORD.

IT'S AN EASY WAY OUT TO DESCRIBE THE ENVIRONMENT.

MOVING AWAY FROM THE WORD GREEN TO DESCRIBE EVERYTHING IS PROBABLY A GOOD WORD.

IF NOTHING ELSE, USING DIFFERENT WORDS TO EXPLAIN THE ENVIRONMENT GIVES DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN BETTER AFFECT OUR SURROUNDINGS.

>>> PRESERVING OLD BUILDINGS AND FINDING NEW USES FOR THEM IS ANOTHER WAY COMMUNITIES WITH ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

GAS STATIONS BEING TURNED INTO GROCERY STORES.

ANY COOL EXAMPLES?

>> I LOVE THE TROLLEY BARN TURNED INTO THE MARKET ON THE EAST SIDE OF COLUMBUS.

>> THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.

OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND OHIO ARE ALSO RETHINKING OLD SPACES.

A FAMILY HAS TURNED AN OLD GRAIN ELEVATOR INTO A LOCAL STORE.

>> WE VISITED THE HOMESTEAD STORE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, OHIO, TO GET THAT STORY.

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>>> THE BUILDING ORIGINALLY WAS A GRAIN ELEVATOR.

IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 1800s.

THAT'S WELL OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

IT'S BEEN STANDING FOR A LONG TIME.

IT WAS AN OPERATING ELEVATOR UNTIL ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.

IT HAD TO SHUT DOWN.

THE FORD FAMILY THAT HAD IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THEY GREW OLDER AND COULDN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE, SHUT IT DOWN AND SOLD IT TO MY FAMILY.

EVENTUALLY WE BROUGHT OUR STORE IN HERE.

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>> YOUR GRANDMOTHER, YOUR MOTHER AND YOU -- >> YEAH.

AND MY TWO DAUGHTERS.

WE ARE REAL HAPPY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND MANY PEOPLE THAT PASS BY ON ROUTE 33.

>> YOU THINK WE COULD GO INSIDE AND SEE THE REST FROM THE INSIDE?

>> I WOULD LOVE YOU TO AND TO MEET MY MOTHER, WHO BEGAN THE WHOLE BUSINESS.

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>> GEORGE, I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET MY MOTHER MARITA WHITAKER.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

GIVE ME A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE HOMESTEAD STORE.

>> WELL, WE STARTED IN JUNE OF 1983, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING, STILL ALL FAMILY RUN.

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WE GET A LOT OF HELP FROM MY DAUGHTER DONNA'S GIRLS, DAUGHTERS, AND HER BOYS HELPING WITH THE FARM, SELLING SOME OF THE PRODUCE IN HERE.

>> WHAT MADE YOU THINK OF THIS?

>> MY MOTHER'S HEALTH.

SHE HAD SOME POOR HEALTH.

WE LIVED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AT THE TIME.

THE ONLY HEALTH FOOD STORE WE COULD FIND WAS CLEAR OVER IN VIRGINIA.

WE HAD TO GO A LONG WAYS TO FIND HEALTHY THINGS FOR HER.

THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE WANTED TO START A HEALTH FOOD STORE.

WE WANTED TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

WE'RE NOT JUST A STRICT HEALTH FOOD STORE.

WE'VE GOT CANDY IN HERE.

WE HAVE ESSENTIAL OILS, VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS.

SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT HARD TO GET AND KEEP ON HAND IN RECENT YEARS, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO KEEP THAT ON HAND.

THEN WE HAVE FOOD.

WE HAVE LOCAL MAPLE SYRUP, LOCAL HONEY.

WHATEVER PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR, CANNING SUPPLIES, WE TRY TO GET IT FOR THEM.

>> A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU SELL IS PRODUCED BY OHIO FARMERS, AS LOCAL AS POSSIBLE?

>> YES.

THE BEEF IN HERE IS FROM OUR FARM.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY LOCAL AND NO HORMONES OR ANTIBIOTICS OR NO GRAINS.

WE GET IT BUTCHERED AT A LOCAL BUSH BUTCHER SHOP.

THEN IT'S INSPECTED AND WE BRING IT IN HERE AND SELL IT.

>> I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY HERE FOR YOUR GUYS.

>> YES.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOS THAT COULD SHOW SOME OF THAT HISTORY?

>> YES, WE DO.

THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE OLDEST PHOTO WE'VE GOT OF THE BUILDING.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT YEAR IT IS, BUT NO PAVEMENT.

>> I SEE THAT.

>> JUST A DIRT ROAD OUT HERE.

IN THE MID '90s WE BOUGHT THE ELEVATOR, BECAUSE WE WERE OFF THE MAIN ROAD BACK AT THE FARM.

WE USED TO GO TO FARMER'S MARKETS, WE USED TO HAVE A TRAILER THAT OUR OLDEST SON BUILT THAT WE WOULD GO TO CRAFT SHOWS AND FAIRS.

THEN WE STARTED HERE WITH OUR STORE DOWNSTAIRS IN A MUCH SMALLER SPACE AND THEN EVENTUALLY MOVED UP HERE.

IT'S WORKING OUT VERY WELL FOR ALL OF US, YES.

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>> MARITA, TALK TO ME ABOUT THE SPACE WE'RE IN.

THIS IS A UNIQUE SPACE.

IT'S NOT LIKE A REGULAR STORE.

>> NO.

>> HOW COOL IS IT TO WORK HERE?

>> IT'S QUITE A PRIVILEGE.

ESPECIALLY THE MEN COME IN AND THEY WANT TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF HOW IT WAS BUILT.

THE WOMAN, THEY'RE SHOPPING.

[ LAUGHTER ] SO WE FEEL IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO SOMETHING UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT AND HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

>> WHEN YOU CAME IN, YOU KIND OF SAID THESE ARE WOOD FLOORS, WOOD ON THE SIDE WALLS.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT LIKE THIS.

THIS ADDS A LOT OF CHARACTER TO YOUR SPACE.

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IT'LL NEVER BE A GRAIN ELEVATOR AGAIN, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT.

WE DESTROYED ENOUGH OF THE CAPABILITY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

WE THINK WE'RE MAKING A GOOD USE OF IT AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

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>> YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE GRAIN THAT USED TO COME OUT IN HERE.

>> YES.

>> WHAT IS THAT?

>> YOU CAN SEE THE CHUTES UP ABOVE.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE BINS THAT WOULD HOLD THE GRAIN.

ON EITHER END HERE, THERE ARE BIG DOUBLE DOORS WHERE THEY WOULD BRING THE WAGONS IN IF THEY WERE UNLOADING.

DOWN HERE WE SEE THE NEWER WOOD.

THESE WERE GRATES.

THEY WOULD DUMP THE GRAIN IN THERE AND AUGERS WOULD TAKE IT UP INTO THE DIFFERENT BINS.

IF THEY WERE COMING IN TO BUY GRAIN, THEY WOULD RELEASE IT FROM THESE CHUTES INTO THE WAGON.

>> LIKE I WAS TELLING YOUR MOM, VERY INTERESTING BUILDING, VERY UNIQUE BUILDING.

>> A LOT OF HISTORY.

>> IT IS.

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>> WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE HOMESTEAD STORE?

>> I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL GO ON GENERATIONALLY, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR WHAT WE HAVE HERE FOR PEOPLE, THAT IT WILL JUST KEEP GROWING AND BENEFIT THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD AT LARGE, ACTUALLY.

>>> REDESIGNING SPACES FOR MIXED USES IS ANOTHER GREAT ANSWER TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

IN OUR NEXT STORY, THE COMMUNITY GOES UP STEP ABOVE OR SHOULD I SAY ONE LEVEL?

>> YES, YOU SHOULD.

NOT ONLY IS THE TOP LEVEL OF A PARKING GARAGE AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BEING REUSED, IT'S ALSO A FUNCTIONING GREENHOUSE.

>> THAT IS A UNIQUE IDEA.

WE VISITED THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES GREENHOUSE ON TOP OF THE 12th AVENUE PARKING GARAGE TO SEE FOR OURSELVES.

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>>> EMILY AND DAVID, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU BOTH TODAY.

I WANT TO START BY ASKING WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW?

>> WE ARE CURRENTLY ON THE MEDICAL CAMPUS AT OSU IN THE PARKING GARAGE FOR THE MAIN HOSPITAL.

>> IT'S GOT TO BE A SURPRISE THIS IS UP HERE SOMETIMES.

>> FOR SURE.

NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE UP HERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WALKED UP AND DOWN 12th AVENUE OR JOHN HARRIS DRIVE AND TOTALLY MISSED US WAY UP HERE IN THE TOP.

IT IS DEFINITELY A HIDDEN GEM.

>> WHAT IS BOTH OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS SPACE?

WHAT KIND OF WORK ARE YOU DOING HERE?

>> WE DO OUTREACH.

WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT COME IN AND VIEW THE FACILITY, PRESCHOOLS, DAYCARES ALL THE WAY THROUGH ELDER GROUPS.

WE DO RESEARCH UP HERE AS WELL.

WE HAVE SOME GREENHOUSES THAT HAVE RESEARCH IN THEM RIGHT NOW AS WELL AS SOME GROWTH CHAMBERS.

THIRD, WE ARE A LIVING LABORATORY FOR A LOT OF OUR CLASS HERE AT OSU, ART CLASSES, BIOLOGY CLASSES, ECOLOGY CLASSES THEY COME UP HERE TO USE THE FACILITY AND SUPPLEMENT THEIR LEARNING.

ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3,000 AND 4,000 STUDENTS END UP USING THE FACILITY.

>> HOW LONG HAS THE GREENHOUSE BEEN HERE?

>> SINCE 1993.

ORIGINALLY THEY WERE DOWN ON STREET LEVEL BEHIND THE OLD BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY BUILDING.

PLANTS NEED SUNLIGHT TO GROW.

THEIR SOLUTION WAS TO ADD THREE LEVELS TO THE PARKING GARAGE AND PUT US UP ON TOP.

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>> OHIO STATE HAS HAD GREENHOUSES FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT.

>> OUR MISSION IS BASED AROUND AGRICULTURE, AND GREENHOUSES ARE A BIG PART OF THAT STORY.

WE ARE SET UP A LITTLE MORE FOR EDUCATION.

SO IN OUR CACTUS AND SUCCULENT ROOM, WE HAVE EVERYTHING SEPARATED BY SPECIES.

YOU GET TO GO THROUGH AND SEE ALL THE ALOES OR AGAVES AT ONE TIME FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AS OPPOSED TO JUST ORNAMENTAL PURPOSES WHICH IS TYPICAL OF CONSERVATORIES.

>> WOW.

IT REALLY OPENS UP IN HERE.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

OH MY GOSH.

WHOA.

>> WE HAVE A VARIETY OF INTERESTING PANTS IN THIS SPACE.

ONE OF THE PLANTS WE'RE KIND OF KNOWN FOR IS THE CORPSE PLANT OR THE STINK FLOWER.

IT'S THE WORLD'S LARGEST FLOWER.

>> ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW STINKY IS IT?

>> IT'S LIKE AN 11.

IT'S BAD.

IT REALLY SMELLS FOUL.

>> WE HAVE ORCHIDS, BIRD OF PARADISE.

WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE TO SHOW FOLKS?

>> WE HAVE A NICE COLLECTION OF ECONOMIC PLANTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONSERVATORY IF YOU WANT TO CHECK THOSE OUT.

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> THIS PLANT RIGHT HERE, THIS IS A COFFEE TREE.

USUALLY AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR IT WILL FLOWER AND PRODUCE FRUIT.

AS THE FRUIT RIPENS, IT TURNS A NICE RED COLOR, AND INSIDE ARE THE SEEDS.

IT'S HARD FOR A LOT OF KIDS TO CORRELATE THOSE SEEDS ARE ACTUALLY WHAT WE CALL COFFEE BEANS.

TO SEE THEM LITERALLY ATTACHED TO THE TREE AND TAKE THEM OFF AND EXAMINE THEM IN THEIR HANDS IS SOMETHING KIDS FIND KIND OF NEAT.

>> THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE CONNECTING THE DOTS THERE.

THIS TREE IS BEAUTIFUL.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS CENTER STAGE TREE?

>> IT'S PROBABLY OUR LARGEST PLANT IN THE COLLECTION.

IT'S ROUGHLY 35 FEET, IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S BEEN ON CAMPUS A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.

WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF WHEN THEY BUILT THE GREENHOUSE OF THEM CRANING IT UP OVER THE SIDE WALLS AND PUTTING THE ROOF ON AFTER.

IT'S SOMETHING WE COLLECT SEVERAL SPECIES OF.

IT COULD BE USEFUL FOR REPOPULATING AN EXTINCT SPECIES.

>> WE'RE LIKE A ZOO FOR PLANTS.

IT'S PRESERVATION OF GENETICS IN A SENSE.

>> WHAT WOULD BE ONE THING YOU WOULD HOPE STUDENTS AND PEOPLE VISITING WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THIS SPACE?

>> JUST THE OVERALL DIVERSITY THAT THE PLANT WORLD HAS ALL THESE PLANTS.

THEY REPRODUCE IN SOME FORM OR THE OTHER, WHETHER THROUGH SPORES OR FRUIT OR CONES OR THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT TO HAVE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES IN A SMALL AREA, LIKE SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS COME UP AND GO MY GRANDMA HAS THAT PLANT.

THERE'S SOME RECOGNITION OF IT OUTSIDE OF OUR WALLS.

>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE STUDENTS HAVING LIVE SAMPLES AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PLANT CHARACTERISTICS AS OPPOSED TO A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WALK AWAY WITH BETTER EXPERIENCE.

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>>> WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS ONE OF THE NEWEST PICTURES IN THE COLUMBUS LIBRARY COLLECTION.

IT WAS A SURPRISE TO ME WHEN I FOUND IT, BECAUSE THIS IS AN ANGLE THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A LONG TIME.

THIS IS THE COMPLETED MANSION ON EAST TOWN AND SOUTH WASHINGTON STREETS.

IT IS CALLED THE WHITE MARBLE PALACE FOR MANY YEARS.

IT WAS COMPLETED -- WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE WAS COMPLETED AROUND THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY.

DR. HARTMAN WAS MAKING LOTS OF MONEY THROUGH A TONIC THAT CURED EVERYTHING.

WHATEVER AILED YOU, PERUNA WOULD BE PRESCRIBED AND HE WAS SELLING IT AT $1 A BOTTLE.

I HAVEN'T RECALCULATED INFLATION NUMBERS TODAY, BUT THAT'S LIKE 60 OR $70 A BOTTLE.

YOU WOULD DRINK IT AND YOU WOULD BE CURED.

IT WAS LATER FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS 28 TO 30% ALCOHOL, SO OF COURSE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE CURED.

THEY DIDN'T DO A LOT TO THE HOUSE UNTIL 1899.

DR. HARTMAN WAS ABOUT 70 AT THE TIME.

HE WAS A SUPERSTITIOUS MAN.

THERE WAS THIS GERMAN SUPERSTITION THAT IF YOU BUILD A MANSION LATE IN LIFE, DEATH WILL FIND YOU SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

WHAT HE DID WAS HE BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND THE LOT NEXT DOOR.

INSTEAD OF BUILDING A MANSION WITH ALL HIS WEALTH, HE DECIDED TO ADD ON, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE SHELL OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND PRETTY MUCH BUILD A MANSION AROUND IT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS PICTURE.

IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE IN COLUMBUS AT THE TIME.

IT WAS $100,000.

THE HARTMANS LIVED IN THIS LAVISH MARBLE MANSION, BUT NOT THE WHOLE YEAR.

IN THE WINTERS, THEY HAD A PRIVATE APARTMENT IN THE HARTMAN HOTEL BUILDING, WHICH IS JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.

IN THE WINTERS, THE HARTMAN MANSION WAS CLOSED DOWN AND NOBODY LIVED IN IT.

UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1963.

HOWEVER, THIS BUILDING IS STILL IN COLUMBUS IN DIFFERENT PIECES.

WHEN IT WAS BEING DEMOLISHED, ALL THE PEOPLE IN COLUMBUS CAME TO TOWN STREET AND GOT LITTLE PIECES OF MARBLE THAT THEY BROUGHT BACK TO THEIR BACKYARDS.

SOME OF THEM IF THEY GOT A LOT OF MARBLE, THEY BUILT THINGS IN THEIR HOME.

I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE HARTMAN MANSION IS STILL IN COLUMBUS EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE ON A STREET.

BUT THAT'S THE HARTMAN MANSION.

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>>> THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN CATCH ALL OF OUR EPISODES ON YOUTUBE OR COLUMBUSNEIGHBORHOODS.ORG.

>> PLUS, SEE OUR STORIES ON THE WOSU MOBILE APP AND FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

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