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Capital Ideas

Posted on October 24th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: Public Buildings & Sites.

One of my favorite photo subjects, the State Capital Building at the corner of Washington and Capital Streets. Gee, I can’t think why they named it Capital Street long ago?  And you know, I lived here for many years growing up and beyond, and I never put two-and-two together that Washington Street was named after George Washington. No one ever told me. Totally logical but it just never crossed my

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Fall Blooms

Posted on October 22nd, 2011 by Richard. Categories: Nature, Public Buildings & Sites.

One of the flower garden areas at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. This one is next to the Greenhouse shop near the Lilly-Oldfields house. Even as the Fall season progresses, the blooms were still radiant there.

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Solar Gain

Posted on October 18th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: Public Buildings & Sites.

At certain times in early afternoon on Fall days when the sun is at the right angle, portions of the City County Building’s exterior along Market Street is bathed in a coppery glow shinning from a nearby building on Delaware’s highly reflective copper-tinted windows. The patterns created also add a  noticeable amount of heat if you are walking through or sitting down in one of them, which actually feels kind of

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Uncommon View

Posted on August 14th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: Public Buildings & Sites.

A peek of a section of the Indiana State Museum from the walking path in-between it’s neighbor to the east, the Eiteljorge. From this perspective, the tall flowers and indigenous plantings along the path, and the bushes and trees in the background make it appear like the structure is rising from an overgrown field in a rural Indiana setting rather than it’s front-and-center position on the Mall of the White River State Park near downtown

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Monument Upgrade

Posted on July 12th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: Downtown, Public Buildings & Sites.

Its been almost four months since restoration work began on Monument Circle. The massive crane which was used to remove the statue “Victory” from the top of it sits idle, waiting for the job of hoisting her up again after being restored, and construction barricades keep away the normal foot traffic and visitors from gathering around. Won’t it be nice to have it back, all spruced-up and shining? All of