Tag: pennsylvania street
Preservation Denied: Bates/ When Building
Newspapers in February 1874 announced that Hervey Bates, Jr. would soon commence building a  new...
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When Saks came to Indy
If you like a spot of shopping or just window wishing at a high end retailer, this one’s for...
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Then & Now: Schrader Building, 101 S. Pennsylvania Street
C.A. Schrader Building, 101-105 South Pennsylvania Street, home of C.A. Schrader Wholesale Grocer...
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Keep Your Sauerkraut Away From My Bicycles
In 1896, readers of the Christmas Eve edition of Cycling Life, a trade magazine for...
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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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Misc Monday: John Muir’s Vision Lost and Found
The great naturalist John Muir lost his sight in an industrial accident in Indianapolis in March...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Southeast Corner of Pennsylvania and Market Streets
Half of a circa 1876 stereoview looking south on Pennsylvania Street from Market Street (The...
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The Consolidated Building (aka Lemcke Annex)
When you see a stately old building in a vintage postcard, do you wonder (with furrowed brow) if...
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Friday Favorites: The American Building
The University Park Building, The Architects and Builders Building and the American Building...
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Flats Lost: Falling Through the Cracks
How do historic properties, listed on multiple National Registers, become abandoned neighborhood...
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Flats Saved: North Pennsylvania Street
Limestone detailing of the Sylvania, 2013, (c) photo by Kurt Lee Nettleton What’s your...
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