Tag: building
How the Claypool Hotel Began
Early vintage luggage label from Claypool Hotel (Don’t forget–May is preservation...
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A Local Place for Young Women: Y. W. C. A.
Christian women, that is. And white. At least in the beginning. It was getting close to 1900 and...
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Minturn Apartments, 22nd & Capitol
The city is replete with buildings like this–loaded with potential, sad and forlorn–a...
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Then & Now: Wesley Hotel, 16th & Capitol
Hard to believe how many buildings in Indianapolis have been razed under the guise of...
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Your Savings Store
S.S. Kresge and Company appeared in the newspaper October 28, 1923 touting the opening of their...
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Sunday Ads: Music to Your Ears
Business: Wilking Music Company Location: 120 East Ohio Street, near Massachusetts Avenue Years...
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Sunday Ads: Burlesque at Empire
Name of Business: The Empire Theater Date of Ad: April 13, 1913 Date Established: 1892...
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Sunday Ads: More Than Just Jewelry
Goodman Jewelers at 30 West Washington Street dabbled in “slenderizing” equipment back...
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Sunday Adverts: Saving for a Rainy Day
Name of Business: Fidelity Trust Company Date of Advertisement: April 1, 1956 Neighborhood:...
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Sunday Adverts: Mad for Millinery
Image: Indiana State Library Name of Business: African Ostrich Feather Company Date of this...
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Sunday Ads: Shaping a Skyline
The Pearson Piano Company in the Exchange block circa 1928 (Image: Bass Photo Company Collection,...
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Sunday Ads: Barney’s at The Lincoln
Ever wonder what Alexander Ralston might say if he strolled around downtown Indianapolis today?...
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Sunday Ads: Selig’s
When considering Indy’s shopping legacy, many think of longtime institutions, L. S. Ayres,...
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At Your Leisure: On Tour
The La Tour dining room in all of its swanky seventies glory. (Image: eBay) Valentine’s Day has...
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At Your Leisure: Hamming it Up
Indy natives believe that Shapiro’s is the first, last and only name in delicatessen dining. First...
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At Your Leisure: Snack Time
An unfortunate truth about downtown Indianapolis streetscapes is the “missing teeth” in what was...
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At Your Leisure: Indy’s Once Favorite Pasta
Shorter and colder days, increase cravings for comfort food. And comfort food means...
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At Your Leisure: The Marion Political Party!
Did you do your civic duty on Tuesday by voting? Unfortunately, it looks as if many people skipped...
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At Your Leisure: Relaxing at Fireside
Indianapolis is a ‘meat and potatoes’ type of town. That tends to happen when...
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At Your Leisure: Indy Ghost Stories
As we approach that spookiest of holidays, the subject of haunted places and ghost stories always...
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