Posted in: At Your Leisure At Your Leisure: The Red Gables

It’s unclear what made this the “Most Streamlined Restaurant in the Middle-West” but it was clearly a point of pride. (Image: Evan Finch) When your travels lead you to the intersection of Lafayette Road and...

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Posted in: At Your Leisure At Your Leisure: More than a Night at the Symphony

On September 14, 2014,  The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will hold its opening night gala at the Hilbert Circle Theater. It looks to be a fantastic evening as renowned Polish conductor Maestro Krzysztof Urbański takes the...

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Posted in: At Your Leisure A Day in The Park: White City Amusement Park

A panorama from atop the boat ride. (Image: Indiana State Library) As Labor Day 2014 hits the history books, and fall has officially started, it’s only obvious to ask: how did Indy spend it’s summer?...

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Posted in: At Your Leisure College Football in the Circle City Derailed: The 1903 Purdue Wreck

The 1903 Purdue football team of which fourteen members perished in a train wreck in Indianapolis. (Image: Purdue University) For many, this weekend marks the true beginning of autumn as college football kicks off across...

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Posted in: At Your Leisure Out on the Town: An Evening at the Embers

Mid-century Indianapolis may have had the reputation for being kind of a snooze; the era spawned the less-than-complementary terms of endearment such as India-no-place and nap-town. For fun, you could always participate in the bi-weekly...

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Posted in: At Your Leisure At Your Leisure: The Year of the Coliseum

The exterior of the coliseum shortly after construction. (Image: eBay) If you’ve been living under a mound of red velvet funnel cake, you may not know it is the “Year of the Coliseum” at the...

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Posted in: At Your Leisure Nothing Beats a Day at the Ballpark

Panorama of Washington Baseball Park (Image: of the Indiana Historical Society) There are few greater summertime joys than an evening at the ballpark. The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, and the...

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Posted in: At Your Leisure At Your Leisure: An Evening at The Fox Theater

By 1938, “The Colonial” had become”The Fox” Theatre. A hotel was also housed in the building. (Image: Bass Photo Co. Collection, Indiana Historical Society) Can you remember back when couples used to dance down at...

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