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Room With a View: Indiana Avenue to Walker Theatre

Posted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Nov 6, 2012 | A Room with a View |

Here’s a snap from New Orleans on the Avenue, former home of Zing and many other businesses...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: West Ohio Street at Indiana Avenue / OneAmerica Tower

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jul 26, 2012 | Then & Now |

A good day for me is finding a new, old photograph of Indianapolis that sheds light on our...

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A Chinese Gravestone and a Murder Mystery at 207 Indiana Avenue

Posted by Stephen J. Taylor | Aug 3, 2015 | Historic Miscellania |

Crown Hill — America’s third-largest public cemetery — has a few hundred...

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Indianapolis Then and Now Revisited: Zaring’s Egytian Theatre, 2741 Central Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Feb 12, 2015 | Then & Now |

Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society, Bass Photo Company Collection #94388, 1925. This view...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Intersection of St. Clair Street and Massachusetts & College Avenues

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Feb 6, 2015 | Then & Now |

With its prominent angling avenues creating many three-street intersections, it’s rather...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Askren-Rice-Eichacker House, 625 N. Edmondson Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Oct 23, 2014 | Then & Now |

Thanks to local residents for submitting this historic photograph of their house, located just...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: National Surgical Institute / Imperial Hotel, Northwest Corner of W. Ohio Street and Capitol Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Oct 16, 2014 | Then & Now |

The Imperial Hotel, 1904 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, 1904 glass plate...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Columbus Day Parade on Massachusetts Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Oct 9, 2014 | Then & Now |

Cabinet card looking south on Alabama Street, October 21, 1892. The house-like float is on...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: First Moravian Episcopal Church, 2502 N. College Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jul 24, 2014 | Then & Now |

Moravian Church and house at 666 E. 25th Street (The Indiana Album: Loaned by Dortha C. May) Us...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Freund’s Pharmacy, 502 N. Highland Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jul 17, 2014 | Then & Now |

Freund’s Pharmacy as it appeared in about 1907-1908. The man in front is possibly William C....

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Indianapolis Then and Now: St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church – Schools and Rectory, Georgia Street and Capitol Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jun 19, 2014 | Then & Now |

View of the NW corner of W. Georgia Street looking east from Capitol Avenue (IUPUI University...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: 871-75 Virginia Avenue / Fountain Square Gateway

Posted by Joan Hostetler | May 29, 2014 | Then & Now |

While walking on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail near Fountain Square last week, I was reminded of...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Thompson-Mesker Cottage, 1014 N. Arsenal Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | May 15, 2014 | Then & Now |

Many times determining the construction date of an old house is nearly impossible, but the Queen...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Morris-Butler House, 1204 Park Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Mar 6, 2014 | Then & Now |

Circa 1867-1885 photograph of the Morris-Butler House (Courtesy of Indiana Landmarks) As a...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Briggs Flats, 550 Fletcher Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jan 2, 2014 | Then & Now |

People gather to look at the fire-damaged Briggs Flats in this August 30, 1948 photograph. The...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Hammond-Wright House, 4150 Central Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Dec 12, 2013 | Then & Now |

Last week’s Then and Now column about the Hammond Block Building at 301 Massachusetts led me...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Hammond Block, 301-75 Massachusetts Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Dec 5, 2013 | Then & Now |

The Urban Dictionary defines a time suck as “Something that’s engrossing and...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Louisa Magruder’s House, 564 N. Highland Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Nov 21, 2013 | Then & Now |

An early resident of what is now Cottage Home neighborhood was an elderly black woman named Louisa...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: SE Corner of Ohio Street and Capitol Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Oct 17, 2013 | Then & Now |

This series of photographs shows the progression of the southeast corner of W. Ohio Street and...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: West Indianapolis at W. Morris Street and Blaine Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Sep 26, 2013 | Then & Now |

Time it was, and what a time it was, it was  A time of innocence, a time of confidences  Long ago,...

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