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: …
On our way out to New Augusta last Saturday, we traveled down Westlane Road. I was quite surprised to find that it has a dedicated bike lane, complete with signs, running down a length of it. I didn’t catch the beginning or end points, but I would guess that it was over a mile long. …
This is the first of a new series featuring historic enclaves within Marion County. Â New Augusta, located on 71st Street, has managed to maintain a pleasant small town atmosphere a few steps to the north east of a busy intersection with Georgetown Road. Â In short, this town is gorgeous: Ah, if only I had money: …
Haven’t had a link thread in a while. Here’s a quick round-up: Unsung Indy has launched, shedding light on 5 lesser-known Indianapolis Neighborhoods. I like the potential for this site. This interview with Christopher Leinberger is a few months old, but I just noticed it yesterday. I have now posted a link to the Infrastructurist. …
The empty Starbucks at Fall Creek and College is a fine example of temporary architecture. The building dates from 2005, and is already becoming a burden to a neighborhood that does not need another one. There was cautious optimism when the Starbucks first opened, however, as they employed people from the neighborhood. For this, Starbucks …
Yesterday I was in the UNWA neighborhood (United North West). Here are my photos: Southwest Corner of Harding and Roach: Beautiful brickwork on the North West corner: I had planned on only featuring this corner for now. However, I happend to find this stunner on the way back. This old fire station at Udell and …