Utility nav surfaces audience-specific pages. Keeps primary nav focused on visitor discovery.
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Navigation: 3 mega menus (Events, Eat + Drink, Explore) with 2/3 link pane + 1/3 editorial spotlight panel. 2 simple dropdowns (Parking + Safety, About) with icon + label + description per row. Donate CTA styled as distinct button. Editorial panels are CMS-managed single post references with fallback defaults; Explore groups subpages by section (Art + Culture, Shopping, Experiences, Stay); Shopping nav shows only Fashion, Gifts, and All Shopping (analytics-informed — other categories accessible via landing page); Mobile: editorial panels omitted.
Hotel entrance on a Short North street at dusk — High Street energy visible, string lights, passing pedestrians
Sleep Here. See Everything.
The Short North's hotels are a short walk from the restaurants, the galleries, the music venues, and the street energy that made you want to come here in the first place. Book a room in the neighborhood. Skip the ride-share to get anywhere worth going.
§1 — Stay Hero. No CTA button — the directory below is the natural next step.
Hotels + Lodging
District 360 · Hotels + Lodging category · Sorted by featured order
[ Hotel exterior at dusk — the building's character visible, Short North streetscape in frame. Not a standard lobby shot. The property in its neighborhood context. ]
Boutique Hotel
[Property Name]
A boutique hotel occupying a renovated Victorian on High Street — 14 rooms, local art throughout, continental breakfast included. The kind of place where the building has a story.
Breakfast Included
Historic Building
Free Wi-Fi
View Property →
[ Modern hotel exterior or rooftop view — sleek, contemporary, the city visible. A different aesthetic from Card 1 to help the visitor distinguish properties at a glance. ]
Hotel
[Property Name]
Full-service hotel on the north end of High Street with a rooftop bar and direct access to the district's gallery corridor. 120 rooms, event space, valet parking available.
Rooftop Bar
Valet Parking
Pet-Friendly
Fitness Center
View Property →
[ B&B exterior or charming entrance — a residential-scale building with personality. Garden, porch, or front walk visible. The warmth of a smaller property. ]
Bed + Breakfast
[Property Name]
A five-room B&B in a restored brick townhouse, two blocks from High Street. Homemade breakfast, a back garden, and an owner who knows every restaurant worth booking.
Breakfast Included
Free Parking
Garden
View Property →
[ Hotel exterior or signature interior detail — something that communicates the property's personality. A different character from the other three cards. ]
Hotel
[Property Name]
A modern property at the southern gateway to the Short North with easy access to the Arena District and downtown. Ideal for visitors splitting time between neighborhoods.
Free Parking
Free Wi-Fi
Business Center
View Property →
§2 — Hotel Directory. Data source: District 360, Hotels + Lodging category. Generous 2-up card grid for small inventory — larger photography (220px), 3–4 lines of editorial descriptor per card, amenity tags, and price range indicator. Default sort: Featured (editorially curated order, not alphabetical). No filters at launch — inventory too small for filtering to add value. Card content: property name, property type (Hotel / Boutique Hotel / Bed + Breakfast — replaces old two-tab subcategory split with inline labeling), editorial descriptor (character and differentiating quality, not a marketing tagline), 3–5 amenity tags, price tier if D360 supplies it, 'View Property →' CTA to business profile page. ★ Open question: confirm property count with SNA before finalising card design. If 4 or fewer, consider single-column stacked layout with full-width images. If inventory grows to 12+, introduce Phase 2 filters (Property Type, Amenities, Price Range). The current site's downloadable PDF guide should be retired — D360 directory replaces its function.
What's Nearby
Steps from Your Hotel
Everything on this map is within walking distance of the Short North's hotels.
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Eat + Drink
Shopping
Art + Culture
Experiences
Interactive map — Mapbox GL JS or Google Maps API (TBD)
§3 — What's Nearby Map. Same interactive map component as the Explore landing page, contextualized for hotel guests. Hotels are shown as larger, visually distinct pins (dark with border) so visitors can orient themselves relative to nearby restaurants, shops, galleries, and experiences. "Stay" removed from the filter list since the user is already on the Stay page. Layers simplified to Parking and Bike Share — the two most relevant utility layers for hotel guests. Tooltip includes walking distance from nearest hotel when data supports it. No editorial maintenance — all pins come from the business directory.
Explore Nearby
See what else the Short North has to offer.
[ A warm, evening restaurant interior — the mood of a night out, not a menu. Candlelight, conversation, the kind of dinner worth booking a hotel for. The first planning decision an overnight visitor makes after booking their room. ]
Eat + Drink
The Short North has more restaurants per block than almost anywhere in Columbus. You're going to need a reservation.
Find a Table →
[ Boutique storefronts along High Street — window displays, shoppers with bags, the walkable retail energy of the district. Daytime, inviting. ]
Shopping
Independent boutiques, local designers, and one-of-a-kind finds — all within walking distance of your hotel.
Browse Shops →
§5 — Cross-Sell: 'Plan the Rest of Your Stay'. Two tiles — Eat + Drink (lead tile: dinner is the first planning decision after booking) and Shopping.
PRE-FOOTER — Global component displayed on every page. Combines newsletter signup + social links into a persistent strip above the footer.
Footer consolidates full sitemap. Social links in pre-footer above. Links connect to wireframes where available; # = placeholder for pages not yet wireframed.