Tag: hotels
5 Indy Hotels You’ll Wish You’d Seen
Above: The Grand Hotel in 1937 (Indiana Historical Society, William H. Bass Photo Company,...
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At Your Leisure: In the Woods
This postcard shows how the Pennsylvania Hotel would have looked shortly after opening. (Image:...
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At Your Leisure: The Fading of the Orange Roof
A postcard showing the grandeur of the downtown Howard Johnson’s. (Image: Amazon) We often...
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At Your Leisure: The Downfall of a Landmark
It would be unusual for a hotel to advertise that “*fill in the blank famous person* died...
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At Your Leisure: Businesses That Called The Claypool “Home”
Today’s modern downtown convention hotels tend to be imposing structures. Often entrances...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: National Surgical Institute / Imperial Hotel, Northwest Corner of W. Ohio Street and Capitol Avenue
The Imperial Hotel, 1904 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, 1904 glass plate...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Grand Hotel and Circle Centre Mall, Illinois and Maryland Streets
The Grand Hotel, circa 1876 stereoview by Indianapolis photographer John Pendergast (The Indiana...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Pyle House / Board of Trade / Chase Tower, 143 N. Meridian Street
When the end was near for the delapidated Pyle House, newpaper writers looked back nostalgically...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Reid-Dickson House, 1456 N. Delaware Street
1906. Courtesy of the Herron Art Library, Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Collection...
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Flats Lost & Saved: Two Alamedas and the Avenue Hotel
The 400-block of Massachusetts Avenue is one of the most interesting blocks in the city –...
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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...
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