Posted in: Bicycles, Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Zig-Zag Cycling Club

What Goes Around, Comes Around… The recent surge in bicycle popularity, designated traffic lanes for cyclists, and issues of “sharing the road,” are not new to Indianapolis. Indeed, this “new” phenomenon is a REsurgence — more than 100 years...

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Posted in: Auto Indy Indianapolis’ Early Automotive Roots

Carl G. Fisher, Photo courtesy LHA/University of Michigan The story of Indianapolis’ early automotive heritage begins a little over 120 years ago.  It actually started with bicycling. In the summer of 1890, 16 year-old Carl...

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Posted in: Auto Indy The American Underslung – “The Safest Car On Earth”

American Eagle During its eight years in business, the American Motors Company of Indianapolis became well known for its “underslung” design, conceived by chief engineer Fred I. Tone.  In those years, the company produced over...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Adverts: 1910 Southbend Comes to Indy

Their first automobile was an electric car, introduced in 1902 and the first gasoline powered automobile in 1904. By 1910, Studebaker Brothers had an Indianapolis branch on Pennsylvania. Check out this 1910 Flanders ’20’ Coupe....

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Posted in: Auto Indy Made in Indianapolis

1912 American Scout Perhaps the most frequent question about the city’s auto history is: “How many cars were made in Indianapolis?”  Before answering that question, a word of caution about automotive lists: Compiling lists about the automotive...

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Posted in: Indianapolis Collected Indianapolis Collected: The Bridges of Marion County

My husband and I recently celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary by driving around Indianapolis and photographing old bridges. It was a little like The Bridges of Madison County, except that I was the Clint Eastwood...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Park it Like It’s Hot

A couple of months ago, one of the current and most oft quoted Hoosiers I’m aware of, “The Urbanophile” directed his attention to a banal new parking garage soon to be foisted upon the people...

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