Posted in: Then & Now Then and Now: Kroger Store / Double 8 Foods

Most of us have probably passed this small grocery store on the southeast corner of College Avenue and 46thStreet without giving a thought to its history. While I’ve admired the curved lines of this Double...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayer: Oliver and Warren Buildings

As the final Sunday Prayer for July, we’d like to offer these buildings in the 1200 block of Oliver Avenue. With the right owners and tenants, they could have the potential for futures as interesting...

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Posted in: Then & Now Then and Now: Hotel Lincoln / Hyatt Regency, 2-20 Kentucky Avenue

The corner of West Washington Street and Kentucky Avenue was once the site of the four-story Commercial Block. In 1906 the building housed various businesses including M. F. Smith, jeweler, and the tailor G. F....

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Preservation Denied: Crown Hill Cemetery West Entrance

Newly constructed Crown Hill West Gate from the 1902 Hyman’s Journal Handbook of Indianapolis. While the preserved main gate and gatehouse to Crown Hill Cemetery is a well-known landmark along Boulevard Place, and was even...

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