tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post6777315633072494243..comments2024-02-12T23:56:11.051-05:00Comments on Daytonology: Newfields Innovations, Failure, and DenoumentJeffereyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-26986319434842326252015-01-27T14:37:56.413-05:002015-01-27T14:37:56.413-05:00I actually grew up in what is now known as Sycamor...I actually grew up in what is now known as Sycamore Woods which, sounds like, was the small developed section of the Newfields project. To this day, my Mother still lives there. When we were kids, we ran across a small, white, dilapidated shed just on the Shiloh Springs Rd. side of the Wolf Creek bridge on Sycamore Woods Blvd. Across from where the orthodontist office sits today. Being curious, we went inside, and found a pile of old blueprints and documents that had a header reading "Newfields" on them. This was somewhere in the early 80's ('83 - '84). Being around 9 years old at the time, we really didn't understand what we were looking at. But looking back, I wish I had held on to that stuff. All of it was probably thrown out with the rubble when the old shed was eventually demolished.Joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-15804268654986244952009-05-03T00:44:00.000-04:002009-05-03T00:44:00.000-04:00What a great historical perspective, Jeffrey. A fe...What a great historical perspective, Jeffrey. A few years ago I drove up to the Wolf Creek bike trail to ride, and I saw stuff around there like the Moto Photo headquarters building. It is visually apparent that something grandiose had been aborted and swept under the rug there. I recall the discussion about Newfields back in the 70s in the local media - if you paid attention to the local news outlets, it seemed like Dayton was headed to become as large a metro area as Cincinnati. The sad thing is, this local progressivist pro-growth stuff seems absolutely quaint now."TheDonald"noreply@blogger.com