Posted in: Indianapolis Collected Indianapolis Collected: The Butcher Who Saved City Hall

Historic preservation experts from throughout the country gathered this week at the Indiana Landmarks Center for the 2013 National Preservation Conference.  A repurposed 19th century church, the Landmarks Center was beautifully restored in 2012 thanks...

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Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: The Tomlinson Family

Reader’s Question: I was wondering how much information you have on the TOMLINSON family and the history of Indiana?  Please contact me, so that I can find out more and fill in a lot of blanks...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: City Market

Reflection of the historic City Market in the glass front of the west wing. I was guilty of ignoring the City Market. With all the foot and other traffic, and it being across the street...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: Bird’s-Eye View of the City Market 222 E. Market Street

In this week’s Room With a View column featuring  Chelsie Roy‘s photo of the Indianapolis City Market, the author wondered what the view would look like with Tomlinson Hall, the former community building that stood west...

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Posted in: A Room with a View Room With A View: City Market from City County Building

Keeping up with the theme of our upcoming Pajama Game, collaborating with City Market, local photographer Chelsie Roy (thank you!) contributed a couple of photos from the vantage point of the City County Building, looking...

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Posted in: Building Language Building Language: Truss

Repeating Trusses in the Main Hall, City Market Truss. The truss is an extremely versatile architectural feature, applied across a variety of properties in many different ways. For today, we’ll just get familiarized with the...

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Posted in: A Room with a View Room With a View: City Market

If you haven’t been recently, do yourself a favor and go to City Market! Indianapolis is so lucky to have a thriving city market–and what an awesome collection of vendors and international foods. The second...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania City Market Catacombs aka Tomlinson Hall Basement

*This is a companion piece for an interview on WISH TV, Channel 8 this morning: March 10, 2012 scheduled for around 8:45am** The future potential reuse– if any– remains a mystery for the space commonly...

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Posted in: Indianapolis Collected Indianapolis Collected: To Market, To Market

It was a sad day for Indianapolis when Mrs. Herd threw in the trowel. “North Meridian May Lose Its Only Truck Garden,” the Star headline read on September 27, 1953. “Mrs. Emma Becker Herd, 3947...

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