Wednesday, May 27, 2026

The Zaisers Built a Beautiful Bungalow on Downey Avenue

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     Sophia and Lenoir Zaiser had been residents of Indianapolis for decades, but clearly they still loved visiting their childhood home in ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Car Crashed into Haag's Drugstore in 1961

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Haag's Drugstore operated in the Irvington Plaza at 6401 East Washington Street. Besides serving as a pharmacy for the neighborhood sinc...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Google Streetview Reveals the Lost Structures of the Greater Irvington Area, Part II

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      Since 2007 the Google car has captured dozens of lost structures from the greater Irvington area. In part two of this series you will ...
Saturday, April 11, 2026

Google Streetview Reveals Lost Structures of Greater Irvington Area, Part I

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      Since 2007, someone has been driving around in a little Google car with a camera on top, photographing streets and alleys around India...
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Friday, March 27, 2026

Irvington Intersection Then and Now

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       A winter storm arrived in Indianapolis on January 30, 1914. It began as sleet and then as folks slumbered several inches fell upon th...
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Saturday, March 14, 2026

Photos Show East Tenth Street Before Linwood Square

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      On May 12, 1950, patrolman Millard Swain guided his motorcycle westbound on East Tenth Street near Linwood Avenue. It was a beautiful ...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Brookville Village Opened in 1949

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      Four years after the end of World War II, the city of Indianapolis faced a housing shortage. Prices for existing homes remained out of...