I know, it’s weird to term a city of almost 40,000 an enclave. However, I find it interesting that the historic center of Lawrence is not well known, as the most of the “downtown” has shifted to the Fort Benjamin Harrison area at 56th and Post. Â The historic center is at 46th and Franklin Road:
We stopped in Crown Point on the way to Chicago. I was impressed by the town square, as it seemed more lively and populated than many others in the state. And, of course, the historic courthouse is impressive: I love this theater. Â I’m imagining it’s historic, with a remodel from the 1970’s. Â Totally unique.There were …
Earlier this week, I was fortunate enough to stay for 3 nights in downtown Chicago. A Chicago trip always trips my urbanist triggers, and this time was no different. Comparing Indianapolis and Chicago is a futile pursuit, but that doesn’t mean I don’t do this while I’m there. Fortunately, I’ve come away with some inspiration …
Here’s a few pics from my trip to Beech Grove a few weeks ago: Â The Amtrak Train Shed, dating from 1909: How many songs have this particular title? City Hall:Beech Grove has done quite a bit of work to make Main Street and Emerson Avenue more attractive and walkable. Â I can’t imagine how hard …
The May issue of the Urban Times Newsletter has a story on the new Nature Conservancy building in the Cole-Noble Neighborhood. The paper has a new rendering of the project as well as some new information. Perhaps the most interesting fact is that they are using a large amount of bricks that were salvaged from …
In the past two days, I’ve made some odd short walks. They took place along the same street, Broad Ripple Avenue. On Wednesday, the walk started at Marsh near Keystone Avenue. I was dropped off by my wife who then went on to my friends house, which is located to the north west of the …
The West Side contains a few churches that harken back to old Europe. Â The first is the Bulgarian Orthodox Church: Next, a new feature featuring a video production of the the Romanian Orthodox Church. Â Thanks to my friend Mike for putting all of this together: More Pics: Finally, the Catholic Church and Gymnasium on West …
Planet Forward is a new user-driven website similar to You Tube, which features a variety of videos from the simple solutions, to the contrarian, to the innovative. I found this website by accident last night, as I happened upon the PBS special that was televised at 8 pm. The program was decent, but as usual, …
Commenter JG fortold my next Historic enclave. I was in Acton early Easter Morning and took these pictures. Amazingly, there were 2 businesses open at 7 am Easter Morning: a diner, and a small grocery store. Â This is the most prominent structure downtown: I.O.O.F. buildings are always a crowd-pleaser: The Address is still Indianapolis:
Golden Hill is a secluded neighborhood that manages to still be located in Center Township. Â It’s an interesting place for a walk, with narrow winding streets and no sidewalks. Â It’s obviously one of the first car-based suburbs in this city. This is a little park:Houses: No, this isn’t California, but you could have fooled me: …