Moment in Time (originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication July 16, 2008)
Grandview Heights built the current high school in 1923, and the original building had the gymnasium on the first floor off the main corridor (where the current auditorium is located). In 1945 an addition was proposed (top photo) that would house a memorial to the Grandview Heights High School students who gave their lives in World War II.
Moment in Time (originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication December 2, 2008)
A headline in the 1928 edition of the Community Newspaper stated that Grandview Heights claimed to be the sledding center of central Ohio. One of the best places for sledding was the hill fronting the Julius Stone mansion at the intersection of Westwood Avenue and Goodale Boulevard. The above photograph from 1945 shows GHHS students about to descend the hill on a sled with wooden runners.
Moment in Time (originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication June 4, 2008)
This photograph (taken in 1912) shows Clarence and Harry Salzgaber with newly harvested baskets of sweet corn. The Salzgaber family operated a truck farm and greenhouses in Grandview Heights on the east side of what is now Grandview Avenue. The family farmhouse still stands on the northeast corner of Grandview and First Avenue which at the time of publication was home to the Tri-Village Photography Studio.
Moment in Time (originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication September 17, 2008)
Long's Drugs was located in the Grandview Bank Block at 1275 Grandview Avenue, at the current site of Stauf's Coffee. This 1947 photograph shows a group of Grandview Heights High School students near the front entrance of the local hangout.