Time, Entropy, and the Living Story of Westerville - An Editorial

64 East Walnut Failure Was Never About Development

The debate over 64 East Walnut was never really about development.

It was not about building height, traffic patterns, parking ratios, or architectural renderings. Those were the visible arguments, the language through which the disagreement was expressed. The real debate was deeper and more unsettling:

What does Westerville think it is?

For decades, Weste…