Looking Back – July 1

Around Columbus

July 1

2011

Construction on The Cole, a 146-unit apartment complex designed to wrap around the parking garage west of the courthouse, was set to begin in late summer and be completed by March 2013.

1996

An estimated 8,500 people braved recent searing heat and flocked to the Bartholomew County Public Library Plaza for the 17th annual Popfest.

1971

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Fairlawn United Presbyterian Church and First Baptist Church were broken into and ransacked.