Warehouse chic and historic preserv...

Warehouse chic and historic preservation yield an anchor with memory in Columbus' budding arena district

Commercially viable historic restorations are rare. Usually, a generous patron or incapable of speech luck is needed to give permission to an old gem shine again -- one as well as the other of which were available to the Ohio Moline Plow Co building, an 85-year-old warehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Were it not for a doting proprietor and an intrigued prospective tenant, the national landmark may have been missed to a rash of unfolding encircling the new Nationwide Arena.

Instead, the decorated plow-shed has become a physical and