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- The name "Flytown" resulted from homes which "flew up over night".
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Flytown was a neighborhood just northwest of downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States. Flytown encompassed portions of the present-day Arena District and western sections of the Victorian Village.
Feb 25, 2021 · As for the name of why Flytown was created, it was because just as quickly as the houses went up, they came down. The houses in Flytown fell apart easily and there were many condemned. In...
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Feb 15, 2021 · Today, it’d be called a “low-income neighborhood.” But Flytown was home, a place of happiness for so many, a source of refuge for immigrants and Blacks escaping the Jim Crow south.
Apr 15, 2011 · Flytown was democracy’s melting pot for the city of Columbus. But even more important it became known as a port-of-entry for the immigrant settlers of Central Ohio. New arrivals found friends and relatives who guided them through the initial steps of becoming naturalized Americans.
Mar 5, 2010 · It's said that Flytown got its name because the cheap, raggedy wood frame houses just "flew up." By the 1960s Flytown was gone; done in by urban renewal and the construction of I-670. But several elegant Short North neighborhoods still stand - two of them are on opposite sides of North High Street.
May 11, 2011 · In Flytown, it was the annual spring carnival. First, perhaps a brief word about Flytown might be in order. Every city of any size has its "entry point" neighborhoods.
May 25, 2024 · Flytown was democracy’s melting pot for the city of Columbus. But even more important it became known as a port-of-entry for the immigrant settlers of Central Ohio. New arrivals found friends and relatives who guided them through the initial steps of becoming naturalized Americans.
