Posted in: Then & Now Then & Now Revisited: The Massachusetts Avenue Passenger Depot

The Massachusetts Avenue Passenger Depot, 1907 (Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society, William H. Bass Photo Company Collection) This week’s Indianapolis Then and Now column was originally published on October 13, 2011 and now includes...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: Lane Radio and Pogue’s Run Grocer, 2828 E. 10th Street

Courtesy of the Indiana Album, NESCO Collection Lane Radio at 2828 E. 10th Street near Rural Street operated at this site for over 70 years. Founded in 1927 by Melvin Lane (b. 1894 – d....

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Dearborn Building

“Cheery” is a word I would use to describe a front-yard flower garden, not an abandoned building. But when it comes to the property at the corner of 10th and Dearborn, it’s hard to attach...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania The Arlington Theater

The Arlington Theater Building, now Central Ace Hardware – Photo by Ryan Hamlett In between the days of the grand vaudevillian movie houses like the Circle and Indiana Theaters (now Hilbert Circle and Indiana Repertory)...

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Posted in: Then & Now Then and Now: Prosser House, 1454 E. Tenth Street

Vonnegut, Ayres, Fletcher, Blocks, Lieber…Prosser? Quite often I find myself researching the unknown families of Indianapolis. These are the everyday people who aren’t in the history books. With a bit of patience, they can be...

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Posted in: Then & Now Then and Now: The Little Depot and the Interstate

Although a psychic once told me that I “don’t have a psychic bone in my body,” as a local historian I sometimes see ghosts of Indianapolis’ past. Such was the case last week as I...

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