Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Coca Cola Bottling Co. on Mass Ave

First thing you might think about today’s favorite: “Just hop on the bus, Gus…” and while there may be “50 Ways to Leave your Lover,” there doesn’t seem to be ONE for getting the school...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Crawford’s Bakery Building 16th & Capitol

This building has been on the potential chopping block for awhile. And frankly, its future is still not secure. I wrote an article in the WTH section of the website 2 years ago yesterday (coincidentally),...

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Posted in: Sunday Prayers Sunday Prayers: Fame Laundry, 14th and Illinois

Surely you’ve passed this building at 14th & Illinois… and wondered what it was in its past life. In this instance, its future life is of equal interest. Formerly home to the Fame Laundry Company...

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Posted in: Building Language Building Language: Cartouche

Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Cartouche, Northeast Corner Cartouche. One might be familiar with the term cartouche as the ellipse frame surrounding a group of Egyptian hieroglyphs. However, the term cartouche can also be applied...

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Posted in: Outside the Circle Fall in Franklin

Early fall is a great time to leave the big city behind, and take a day trip to one of our area’s lovely small towns. The town of Franklin is only about a half hour’s...

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Posted in: WTH WTH Weds: 1609 North Capitol Avenue

WTH? How could someone think of tearing this down? Who doesn’t have a fondness for the sweet little commercial building at the northeast corner of 16th and Capitol Streets? Most people call it the old...

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