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At Open Air, we honor our history as a place that nurtured mind, heart, and body, and carry that legacy forward today. We reflect the school’s original mission in a modern way, celebrating our community and the individuals within it, and acting as a driving force for vitality in the urban core.
The Open Air School is a historic building in the Tuttle Park area of Old North Columbus in Columbus, Ohio. The building was constructed as a school, and today houses local a café, bar, a fitness center, and event space.
Jan 25, 2023 · Architectural historian Jeff Darbee visits the recently renovated Open Air School building on Neil Avenue in the University District neighborhood, which once housed students at risk of...
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Jan 23, 2024 · The rehabilitated school has become a destination spot in the Old North Columbus neighborhood. The completed work retains so many historic features and finishes that visitors remark that it still feels like a school.
Built in 1928 and designed by Columbus schools architect Howard Dwight Smith, Open Air is an example of an early 20th century effort to provide an educational and healthful setting for the prevention of Tuberculosis in the most vulnerable children of the day.
hard work, play time, and plenty of open air. Today, we’re carrying that work forward in a new way.