The Restoration of Westgate Park’s Alphabet Playground

Children growing up in West Columbus have always climbed the concrete alphabet letters once found at Westland Mall, and later at Westgate Park. However, for more than two decades, kids were deprived of enjoying the letter ‘B,” after it was destroyed by a runaway car in the 1980s.

Members of the West High School’s yearbook staff pose with the concrete B outside Westland Mall in 1977. Pictured above are alumni (front) Randall Watkins, Bonnie Miller, Diana Snyder, Mike Verrilli, (middle) Alissa Grashel, Kim Blasko, Suzi Saurers, (back) Pam Angel, Brenda Tyler, Jane Ongaro, club advisor Jan Rolfe and Mark Hylton.Members of the West High School’s yearbook staff pose with the concrete ‘B’ outside Westland Mall in 1977.

When the open-air mall opened in 1969 it featured many art installations by Cleveland artist Clarence E. Va...

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Published on November 13, 2015 21:53
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