Posted in: WTH WTH: Give Me Gas.

WTH? Will this hurt? Will this help? Remove economic motivations, remove excuses, and ask yourself how far has this strayed from its original design? From an aesthetic point of view: is this compatible or incompatible,...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: 38th and Central

This sweet little building always prompts daydreams of potential future use. The southwest corner of 38th and Central is a former gas station built sometime after 1932, after lengthy battles with nearby neighbors. The property...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: Plaza Service Station 121 E. Maryland Street

These 1925 photographs show one of Vonnegut, Mueller, & Bohn’s less-remembered architectural designs: the Plaza Service Station at 121 E. Maryland Street. During the 1920s people grew leery of shoddy gasoline shacks and movers of...

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Posted in: WTH WTH? Check out that beautiful Historic Neighborhood… gas station?

This may quickly devolve into an outright rant, so let me first say: this is my opinion only, and my angle/ agenda is for the highest good of two historic neighborhoods that I love, respect,...

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