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New and Improved – Designed by renowned architect Peter Eisenman (who also co-designed Columbus' Wexner Center for the Arts), the Greater Columbus Convention Center was built in 1993 as a major expansion of the Ohio Center. Its pastel, strangely angled exterior has prompted both lavish praise and scornful criticism. But none of that criticism stopped the 1.2 million visitors who attended 350 shows, banquets and seminars at the Convention Center in 2000. – – Built to Last – In June of 1999, the Center began an $81-million expansion. The recently…