Indy Home Book » Downtown http://www.indyhomebook.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:16:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Super Bowl Party http://www.indyhomebook.com/super-bowl-party/ http://www.indyhomebook.com/super-bowl-party/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:37:31 +0000 Richard http://www.indyhomebook.com/?p=7378   Monument Circle has witnessed all different types of gatherings in the more than 150 years that it’s been the geographic and symbolic center our community, and now the start of it’s first ever Super Bowl party last night. The downtown area around and in-between the Circle and Georgia Street was wall-to-wall with thousands of  people of every age and description, out to take in the sights, sounds and activities.  With [...] If you enjoyed this post, you may also be interested in:
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Monument Circle has witnessed all different types of gatherings in the more than 150 years that it’s been the geographic and symbolic center our community, and now the start of it’s first ever Super Bowl party last night. The downtown area around and in-between the Circle and Georgia Street was wall-to-wall with thousands of  people of every age and description, out to take in the sights, sounds and activities.  With all the things to do there, you could come every day next week before the game on Feb. 5th, and experience something different each time. Event Calendar

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]]> http://www.indyhomebook.com/super-bowl-party/feed/ 0 Downtown Transformation http://www.indyhomebook.com/downtown-transformation/ http://www.indyhomebook.com/downtown-transformation/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:00:55 +0000 Richard http://www.indyhomebook.com/?p=7401 The Circle always is an impressive landmark, but it’s taking on a magical look these days especially. Only a few more days until the NFL transforms the downtown area as we know it. It’s coming.

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]]> The Circle always is an impressive landmark, but it’s taking on a magical look these days especially. Only a few more days until the NFL transforms the downtown area as we know it. It’s coming.

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]]> http://www.indyhomebook.com/downtown-transformation/feed/ 0 Devour Downtown – Winterfest 2012 http://www.indyhomebook.com/devour-downtown-winterfest-2012/ http://www.indyhomebook.com/devour-downtown-winterfest-2012/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:40:08 +0000 Richard http://www.indyhomebook.com/?p=7309 A heads-up on a really great event here in Indianapolis that begins  tomorrow. Devour Downtown’s Winterfest 2012 runs from January 9th through the 22nd. It’s an opportunity to try one or several of the participating 56 downtown area restaurants that you have always wanted to go to…offering some of their favorite menu items at special reduced pricing. Here’s the list of restaurants with links to their menu offerings.

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]]> A heads-up on a really great event here in Indianapolis that begins  tomorrow. Devour Downtown’s Winterfest 2012 runs from January 9th through the 22nd. It’s an opportunity to try one or several of the participating 56 downtown area restaurants that you have always wanted to go to…offering some of their favorite menu items at special reduced pricing. Here’s the list of restaurants with links to their menu offerings.

It’s the perfect antidote for cold weather cabin fever and the short winter days and long nights this time of year.

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The view this evening down Georgia Street looking east from the Convention Center entrance on Capitol Ave. With the balmy, unseasonably warm temperature and nearly a full moon, there couldn’t have been a better opportunity to take a stroll down the new Pedestrian Mall. It was quiet and nearly deserted. In contrast, in less than a month, this area between the Convention Center and Bankers Life Fieldhouse will be teaming with visitors [...] If you enjoyed this post, you may also be interested in:

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The view this evening down Georgia Street looking east from the Convention Center entrance on Capitol Ave. With the balmy, unseasonably warm temperature and nearly a full moon, there couldn’t have been a better opportunity to take a stroll down the new Pedestrian Mall. It was quiet and nearly deserted. In contrast, in less than a month, this area between the Convention Center and Bankers Life Fieldhouse will be teaming with visitors and Superbowl activities.

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An shot of the holiday lights at the Monument taken from a little different perspective, close to it’s base looking up. The strands of multi-colored lights ascending toward the top bathe everything around the Circle with a rosy glow, which gives the whole area a surrealistic effect and a special holiday feel.

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An shot of the holiday lights at the Monument taken from a little different perspective, close to it’s base looking up. The strands of multi-colored lights ascending toward the top bathe everything around the Circle with a rosy glow, which gives the whole area a surrealistic effect and a special holiday feel.

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This last remanant of Tomlinson Hall sits conspicuously by itself just to the west of the City Market on Market Street at Delaware. Built in 1886 about the same time as the market building, Tomlinson Hall contained meeting rooms, retail space, vegetable stands, an auditorium and gymnasium which were used sometimes for large public gatherings. The building was severely damaged by fire in 1958 and demolished shortly after, except for this wonderful masonry detail which [...] If you enjoyed this post, you may also be interested in:

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This last remanant of Tomlinson Hall sits conspicuously by itself just to the west of the City Market on Market Street at Delaware. Built in 1886 about the same time as the market building, Tomlinson Hall contained meeting rooms, retail space, vegetable stands, an auditorium and gymnasium which were used sometimes for large public gatherings. The building was severely damaged by fire in 1958 and demolished shortly after, except for this wonderful masonry detail which serves as a reminder of a bygone era.

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]]> http://www.indyhomebook.com/city-market-relic/feed/ 0 Super Updates http://www.indyhomebook.com/super-updates/ http://www.indyhomebook.com/super-updates/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:22:18 +0000 Richard http://www.indyhomebook.com/?p=6980 Almost everywhere you look there’s a project just completed or going on someplace downtown both large and small. Like these updates to curbs, sidewalks and drainage along Washington Street near Meridian. And then there’s the Georgia Street Pedestrian Mall, refurbishing the Monument on the Circle, expanding the Convention Center, etc. These kinds of things are not inexpensive. They are spending some serious money on improvements and to make things look sharp downtown. I [...] If you enjoyed this post, you may also be interested in:
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]]> Almost everywhere you look there’s a project just completed or going on someplace downtown both large and small. Like these updates to curbs, sidewalks and drainage along Washington Street near Meridian. And then there’s the Georgia Street Pedestrian Mall, refurbishing the Monument on the Circle, expanding the Convention Center, etc. These kinds of things are not inexpensive. They are spending some serious money on improvements and to make things look sharp downtown. I wonder what’s going on? With the flurry of activity, you’d think that they were getting ready for a lot of visitors, media attention and some kind of major event or something here soon?

Of course, the Superbowl inspired a lot of this or at least the timetable for completing it. But won’t it be nice to have things built, updated and looking good just for us afterwards. As a catalyst for positive change, the Superbowl is one of the best things that has ever happened here.

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]]> http://www.indyhomebook.com/super-updates/feed/ 0 Victory at Home http://www.indyhomebook.com/victory-at-home/ http://www.indyhomebook.com/victory-at-home/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:04:19 +0000 Richard http://www.indyhomebook.com/?p=6689 It’s been a little while since I last checked, and was hoping for an unobstructed view this morning of Victory atop the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Circle downtown. After being removed and completely restored recently she was hoisted to her lofty home again a few weeks ago. But I found her still peeking out through the construction cocoon. I was trying to find a good angle to capture her image inside [...] If you enjoyed this post, you may also be interested in:
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]]> It’s been a little while since I last checked, and was hoping for an unobstructed view this morning of Victory atop the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Circle downtown. After being removed and completely restored recently she was hoisted to her lofty home again a few weeks ago. But I found her still peeking out through the construction cocoon. I was trying to find a good angle to capture her image inside between the horizontal layers of scaffolding which improves the farther away you are away on either Meridian or Market Streets (with zoom lens) or of course the higher you are from street level. But there just really isn’t a great vantage point right now unless you happen to be inside or work at one of the tall buildings around the circle. The surrounding buildings, trees and construction crane blocks out the view from most points at street level.

So I’ll just have to wait for the package to be unwrapped a little later on this year. It’s been a while since the Circle was free of signs of construction, barricades and equipment. It will be nice to have it back again.

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The shot of the canal downtown today near White River State Park has an early evening look about it, even though it was sunny and early-afternoon. The sun had gone behind one of the many puffy clouds for a few moments and there was indirect lighting only. This view is one of the more famous ones of Indianapolis actually. This same angle gets a number of cameos leading into commercial breaks usually whenever [...] If you enjoyed this post, you may also be interested in:

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The shot of the canal downtown today near White River State Park has an early evening look about it, even though it was sunny and early-afternoon. The sun had gone behind one of the many puffy clouds for a few moments and there was indirect lighting only. This view is one of the more famous ones of Indianapolis actually. This same angle gets a number of cameos leading into commercial breaks usually whenever there is a Monday night football game. That view is at night of course with all the building and canal lights lit up with a golden glow. Watch for it next time. Wait, did I say football? Yeah that’s starting again soon.

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]]> http://www.indyhomebook.com/central-canal-in-the-afternoon/feed/ 0 Christ Church Cathedral http://www.indyhomebook.com/christ-church-cathedral/ http://www.indyhomebook.com/christ-church-cathedral/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:27:58 +0000 Richard http://www.indyhomebook.com/?p=5769 I’ve been wanting to post this photo for a while. Being Sunday I thought it was a good time. This building, Christ Church Cathedral, right on the north side of the Circle at Meridian Street downtown has always intrigued me and part of my earliest recollections of downtown Indianapolis along with the Monument itself. While other buildings have come and gone over time on Monument Circle, it is the oldest [...] If you enjoyed this post, you may also be interested in:
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]]> I’ve been wanting to post this photo for a while. Being Sunday I thought it was a good time. This building, Christ Church Cathedral, right on the north side of the Circle at Meridian Street downtown has always intrigued me and part of my earliest recollections of downtown Indianapolis along with the Monument itself. While other buildings have come and gone over time on Monument Circle, it is the oldest building still surviving, built in the 1850′s. Amazing example of Gothic architecture and in the National Register of Historic Places.

Although it’s origins and ministry date back to the early 1800′s, it’s still active in the community today. One thing that they are famous for is the Strawberry Festival that they sponsor on the Circle every year.

 

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