One of the charms of Bexley is the residential architecture of the community. Design, materials and construction work together with superior landscaping to present pleasant vistas in the twenty seven neighborhoods of Bexley.
Small pleasant cottages grace many Bexley streets and neighborhoods.
Other Bexley neighborhoods have houses that look large and comfortable, timeless with quiet, unobtrusive architectural fittings of bygone eras.
Then there are austere Bexley mansions that amaze our eyes with architectural elegance, craftsmanship and fine materials.
An important component of these pleasing domestic buildings is the materials used in the original construction. Slate roofs, copper gutters and down spouts, quarried stones, bronze fittings, wrought iron fittings and hinges. All of these are subtle attributes that compliment the architectural features and landscaping of the homes of Bexley.
Sometime on a walk, focus only on the materials used to construct Bexley residences. You will soon recognize the houses with authentic materials. These are not loud pronouncements. They are quiet nuanced fittings that whisper “quality, skill, excellence."
Many of the materials used in contemporary additions and restorations are not authentic. Brass-plated steel replaces solid brass hinges; asphalt shingles replace slate and so on.
In small increments, perhaps only infinitesimal increments, the charm of Bexley residential architecture is being eroded.
A brass-plated steel hinge is substituted for a solid brass hinge. It’s not a major change. But the substitute is a small erosion of excellence. One hinge this year, one next year and then a plastic mail box replaces the wrought iron mail box.
Does anyone care that authentic materials are disappearing?
Of course practical household finance determines some of this erosion. Authentic materials are expensive, and sometimes not available. Sometimes, repairs are practical problems that surprise a budget. More often repairs are not ocassions for aesthetic reflections and so we choose the practical solutions.
As a community, should we encourage decisions that favor authenticity? How can we encourage the use of original materials in new construction, restorations and repairs?
Should the municipality take some action to encourage a market in Bexley for authentic materials?
In Bexley, real estate tax abatements have been granted for commercial, mixed retail and multi-family residential structures. Some of the tax abatements have been granted to buildings that imitate period architecture.
These same buildings use modern materials that give the impression of authentic period materials. But a moment’s glance tells the sad story of deception that these fake materials express.
The public tax abatements did not purchase something authentic for this community.
There are advantages to the modern building materials. Obviously.
But the advantages, whatever they might be, have nothing to do with aesthetics.
And living in Bexley is all about the aesthetics of daily life. Beauty in all that is quotidian.
Is it time to to subsidize things that bring beauty to our community life each day?
When families improve their houses and pick up the expense of authentic materials, should the community offer those families real estate tax abatements for their choice to preserve the beauty and the authenticity of their repairs and restorations?
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Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
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Fax (614) 235 3008
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Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.
Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Radio journalist Matt Brooke completes Bexley assignment and returns to Guatemala City
Monday June 2, 2008. Journalist Matthew Brooke completed his last assignment as guest host of The Joe Contino Show on WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM. Brooke is a journalist and translator for InforPress Central America Report.
Brooke worked for the radio station as a journalist and program host during April and May.
Brooke was in Columbus, Ohio undergoing a regimen of specialized physical therapy at The Ohio State University Medical Center following a motor vehicle accident while on journalistic assignment in Honduras.
Brooke's last show was an extended interview of Timothy Nassau a recent graduate of Bexley High School. Nassau graduated summa cum laude and is one of two Bexley graduates who will attend Brown University in the coming autumn.
During his tenure with WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Brooke reported on progressive issues such as predatory lending, sub-prime mortgages and inner-city mortgage foreclosures. He reported on these issues from Cleveland, Ohio an area particularly impacted by economic conditions and mortgage foreclosures.
Brooke's hard-hitting reporting on these issues gave WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM listeners the critical insight necessary to understand the several federal and Ohio legislative proposals addressing these important issues.
Brooke has returned to Guatemala City and resumed his usual work for InforPress Central America Report. The Central America Report provides strategic intelligence on Central America and also does special investigations on issues such as the Guatemala: peace process and agrarian land reform.
Before his last assignment, WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM requested that Brooke join its stable of culture correspondents and that he file quarterly or monthly culture dispatches from central America recounting local events that will be of interest to the Bexley radio audience.
Currrently, WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM has culture correspondents reporting from Homer Alaska, Portsmouth New Hampshire, Huntington West Virginia and Golden Colorado. The culture correspondents keep Bexley residents informed of interesting and unusual events in those distant locales.
The WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM audience benefited by the intrepid reporting of Matthew Brooke. The staff, management and WCRX-
LP editorial collective of Bexley Public Radio Foundation appreciate the opportunity to work with an experienced professional like Matt Brooke.
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation, BPRF or WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.
Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.
[where: 43209]
Brooke worked for the radio station as a journalist and program host during April and May.
Brooke was in Columbus, Ohio undergoing a regimen of specialized physical therapy at The Ohio State University Medical Center following a motor vehicle accident while on journalistic assignment in Honduras.
Brooke's last show was an extended interview of Timothy Nassau a recent graduate of Bexley High School. Nassau graduated summa cum laude and is one of two Bexley graduates who will attend Brown University in the coming autumn.
During his tenure with WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Brooke reported on progressive issues such as predatory lending, sub-prime mortgages and inner-city mortgage foreclosures. He reported on these issues from Cleveland, Ohio an area particularly impacted by economic conditions and mortgage foreclosures.
Brooke's hard-hitting reporting on these issues gave WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM listeners the critical insight necessary to understand the several federal and Ohio legislative proposals addressing these important issues.
Brooke has returned to Guatemala City and resumed his usual work for InforPress Central America Report. The Central America Report provides strategic intelligence on Central America and also does special investigations on issues such as the Guatemala: peace process and agrarian land reform.
Before his last assignment, WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM requested that Brooke join its stable of culture correspondents and that he file quarterly or monthly culture dispatches from central America recounting local events that will be of interest to the Bexley radio audience.
Currrently, WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM has culture correspondents reporting from Homer Alaska, Portsmouth New Hampshire, Huntington West Virginia and Golden Colorado. The culture correspondents keep Bexley residents informed of interesting and unusual events in those distant locales.
The WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM audience benefited by the intrepid reporting of Matthew Brooke. The staff, management and WCRX-
LP editorial collective of Bexley Public Radio Foundation appreciate the opportunity to work with an experienced professional like Matt Brooke.
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation, BPRF or WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.
Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.
[where: 43209]
Thursday, May 22, 2008
No radio broadcast Monday May 19
Bexley, Ohio. Technical problems prevented broadcast on Monday May 19, 2008. Auction market reports, the mid-morning Wall Street report and local news reports from the New Standard and Eastside Messenger were cancelled.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Lucy Freccia reports on presentation by writer Daniel Pink
Bexley, Ohio. Lucy Freccia reports on a presentation by writer Daniel Pink. Pink spoke at Bexley High School and Columbus School for Girls.
Freccia is a Bexley High School junior and a reporter on the Bexley High School Torch newspaper. Freccia is volunteering as a radio producer and reporter for WCRX-LP and Bexley Public Radio Foundation.
To listen to Freccia's report for WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM community radio click here.
Freccia is a Bexley High School junior and a reporter on the Bexley High School Torch newspaper. Freccia is volunteering as a radio producer and reporter for WCRX-LP and Bexley Public Radio Foundation.
To listen to Freccia's report for WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM community radio click here.
Timothy Nassau interviews Bexley Mayor John Brennan on first one hundred days in office.
Bexley, Ohio. For WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM community radio, Timothy Nassau interviews Bexley Mayor John Brennan on his first one hundred days in office. Nassau is a Bexley High School senior and a reporter on the Bexley High School Torch newspaper. Nassau is volunteering for WCRX-LP and Bexley Public Radio Foundation as his senior project.
To listen to the interview, click here.
To listen to the interview, click here.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Listen to the Woodland Meadows Development Proposal. On your radio. On your computer.
Bexley, Ohio.
Listen to the Woodland Meadows development proposal and the public comments made at a joint meeting of Bexley Board of Education and Bexley City Council on Thursday April 10, 2008.
Listen on the radio at WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM and 98.3 FM. Portions of the recording will be broadcast Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Listen on this site by clicking the links below.
This is a recording of Thursday April 10, 2008 joint meeting of Bexley Board of Education and Bexley City Council. The meeting began at 7:00 p.m. at the cafeteria in the Cassingham Complex.
In attendance were the board of education, the city council, and Mayor John M. Brennan.
Dr. Michael L. Johnson, superintendent of schools, attended as the representative of the Bexley City School District.
Members of city council who attended were council president Matt Lampke and members Ben Kessler, Robyn Jones, Mark Masser, Jed Morison and Rick Weber. Councilman Jeff McClelland had previously requested that he be excused from attendance.
Members of the board of education who were present for the public meeting were Diane Peterson, Andy Sutter, Joan Fishel, Steve Grossman and Craig Halliday.
Pro bono technical support for this recording was provided to WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM by Signa Tour Sound and Recording Studio of Whitehall. The audio links below are provided by volunteer Wilson Burrows of Upper Arlington.
The joint meeting opened with the pledge of allegiance.
Paul Kolada was the first speaker. He is a resident of Bexley and member of Bexley Athletics Boosters. Kolada described the proposal to acquire the Woodland Meadows property and supplied pertinent data and graphics.
Click on these links to listen now.
Meeting Part 1
Meeting Part 2
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.
Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.
[where: 43209]
Listen to the Woodland Meadows development proposal and the public comments made at a joint meeting of Bexley Board of Education and Bexley City Council on Thursday April 10, 2008.
Listen on the radio at WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM and 98.3 FM. Portions of the recording will be broadcast Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Listen on this site by clicking the links below.
This is a recording of Thursday April 10, 2008 joint meeting of Bexley Board of Education and Bexley City Council. The meeting began at 7:00 p.m. at the cafeteria in the Cassingham Complex.
In attendance were the board of education, the city council, and Mayor John M. Brennan.
Dr. Michael L. Johnson, superintendent of schools, attended as the representative of the Bexley City School District.
Members of city council who attended were council president Matt Lampke and members Ben Kessler, Robyn Jones, Mark Masser, Jed Morison and Rick Weber. Councilman Jeff McClelland had previously requested that he be excused from attendance.
Members of the board of education who were present for the public meeting were Diane Peterson, Andy Sutter, Joan Fishel, Steve Grossman and Craig Halliday.
Pro bono technical support for this recording was provided to WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM by Signa Tour Sound and Recording Studio of Whitehall. The audio links below are provided by volunteer Wilson Burrows of Upper Arlington.
The joint meeting opened with the pledge of allegiance.
Paul Kolada was the first speaker. He is a resident of Bexley and member of Bexley Athletics Boosters. Kolada described the proposal to acquire the Woodland Meadows property and supplied pertinent data and graphics.
Click on these links to listen now.
Meeting Part 1
Meeting Part 2
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.
Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.
[where: 43209]
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Volunteer post of human rights activist. Bexley, Ohio.
TUESDAY APRIL 8. POSITION IS FILLED.
The WCRX-LP editorial collective has created a new position of human rights activist.
The position will be responsible for evaluating local public policy decisions affecting peace and justice and human rights in the Bexley area. For example, the proposed move of the police department from the East Main Street location to Delmar Drive has been evaluated only in terms of finance, operations and environmental impact. There has been no specific consideration of the move's impact on the human rights of Bexley residents and residents in the outlying City of Columbus areas.
Candidates for the position of WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM human rights activist must be familiar with international human rights law and practices. A working knowledge of peace and justice issues that affect local public policy is also necessary. A record of distinguished public service is a plus.
Interested listeners to WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM can nominate candidates for the human rights activist position.
Listeners may also submit their resumes for consideration by the WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM editorial collective.
Radio broadcast experience is not necessary.
The human rights activist is a volunteer position.
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.
Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.
The WCRX-LP editorial collective has created a new position of human rights activist.
The position will be responsible for evaluating local public policy decisions affecting peace and justice and human rights in the Bexley area. For example, the proposed move of the police department from the East Main Street location to Delmar Drive has been evaluated only in terms of finance, operations and environmental impact. There has been no specific consideration of the move's impact on the human rights of Bexley residents and residents in the outlying City of Columbus areas.
Candidates for the position of WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM human rights activist must be familiar with international human rights law and practices. A working knowledge of peace and justice issues that affect local public policy is also necessary. A record of distinguished public service is a plus.
Interested listeners to WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM can nominate candidates for the human rights activist position.
Listeners may also submit their resumes for consideration by the WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM editorial collective.
Radio broadcast experience is not necessary.
The human rights activist is a volunteer position.
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.
Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.
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