Columbus Ohio has a number of nicknames. I have seen some nicknames for Columbus Ohio... some current, some historical which seem more like tag lines or slogans for Columbus Ohio than nicknames...
Examples:
Joe is short for Joseph
Tom is a nickname for Thomas
Mo is a nickname for Maureen... I guess not all nicknames that stick are short for the real name of a person or placc but some "nicknames" I've read like "The Discovery City" .... to me that is more of a tag line or a slogan than a nickname..
Cap City
Columbus Ohio is sometimes called Cap City because it is the capital of Ohio. That's a picture of the Statehouse above, known as the people's house. The Statehouse is right downtown in Columbus at the intersection of Broad and High. The Columbus Statehouse has it's own MySpace.com page... but that's another story...
The Arch City 
Long ago Columbus Ohio was known as Arch City because of arches with lights over the streets. The arches were made of wood and are long gone. The black and white photo to the right is downtown Columbus.
Recently the Short North Neighborhood installed metal arches over High Street. Well I guess it was not even really all that recent. 2002? 2004? Recently the city of Columbus got the lights on the arches working. The lights were re lit at the September 2007 Gallery Hop in the Short North. I was there. The Wikipedia entry about Columbus Ohio says that the city is known as Arch City because of the metal arches in the Short North. I read a Columbus Dispatch article about who writes most of the Wikipeida info about Columbus and the journalist one criticism I thought was that it was a bit premature to say we are known as Arch City for the lights that just started working in the beginning of September 2007...
Maybe we were known as the city with Arches that did not illuminate the streets...
This photo of the an Arch in the Short North is from Wikipedia and if I am not mistaken it shows "The Cap" too. Columbus has one "cap" now. The cap is a bridge with shops and restaurants that goes over 670. The Short North is now (and has been for a couple of years) is attached to Downtown Columbus and the Arena District. There is no longer a boring spanse of 670 to cross on a long bridge between the Short North and the Convention Center.
Seamlessly the Short North, The Cap, the Columbus Convention Center, The Hyatt and downtown Columbus beyind!
I read an article in the Columbus Dispatch once about other places in Columbus where caps are proposed to bridge highways and open neighborhoods now divided up to one another. It could be a wonderful thing for Columbus nieghborhoods. And another great reason to call Columbus Ohio by the nickname "Cap City."
Cow-Town
Sometimes people call Columbus a cow-town... to me that is more name calling than nicknaming...
Cat City?
I had a funny search that ended up on my ColumbusBestBlog.com: cat city restaurant in columbus ohio
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Maureen,
What a wonderful post. I like cities that maintain that "old Time" charm. Is this indigenous throughout Columbus, and does it extend to neighboring communities as well?
I bet it just looks magical around the Holidays.
Do the parks in the communities have lots of wrought iron, old concrete buildings, and flowered walk ways like Frame Park and others had in Waukesha, and has Colunbus put alot into maintaining the older sense of scarm along with the new?
I enjoy reading your post; they are always full of great reading material.
Ever my dog Lars like to see what I am reading when we stop in a park and read posts on my laptop.
I hope all is well, and I also hope you have your best year ever in 2008. I would say to remember to always lead by example, but my friend I believe this is something you have down pact. Your writing and your quality of your writing is absolutely beautiful.
Thank you so much and Carpe Diem
Tom Braatz