South Side Charm / Money and Weeds to Burn

In the Concord/South Meridian neighborhood of Indianapolis, near the corner of Palmer and Talbott. This neighborhood is located about a mile south of downtown and both Sacred Heart Church and The Vollrath Tavern are historic landmarks that reside this area.

Both these shots are best if viewed large and are geotagged; both may be viewed in their Flickr pages and may be accessed by clicking on them.

Harsh Juxtaposition

How could I not shoot this??? Located on Terrace, near Madison Avenue...

Meridian Street Row Houses

On South Meridian Street in the Sacred Heart area is a stretch of old row houses that are in rough shape. With plentiful houses and other mixed use buildings in this area, the potential of this area could be great.

Indianapolis Architecture - Sacred Heart Church

One of the architectural jewels of the south side; I will have to do a future post on the inside in the future, its quite amazing. If memory serves, I believe it was built by German immigrants (like much of the architecture on the south side) in the 1870's.

Union and Palmer

Adjacent to Sacred Heart Catholic Church...

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In Front of Sacred Heart Church

On Union Street in the South Meridian area...

More South Meridian Eye Bitters

A little more exploration of the South Meridian / Sacred Heart area. On this occasion, I went and explored the west side of Meridian Street, near Bluff Road. There are two things that should be noted:

1. The first is that there are some shots that contain profanity; you've been warned :)
2. The second is that spacing between the captions and photos are a little off (one of Blogger's more pleasant idiosyncrasies)...

It was a beautiful that day...


Because Green Nuts and Popcorn would violate copyright laws...


Over Meridian Street, dated 1931...




Some of the cool doors and entry ways on these buildings...






I was able to get some shots of the inside of this place...

Very Inviting...

Turn around an be greeted with a gigantic sinkhole full of e-waste...

The rear of this building (facing Bluff Road)

On the other side(west) of Bluff Road...

The intersection of Bluff and Meridian is a fork that happens on the other side of this bridge...I wonder if the abandoned matresses were a trade-up that the proprietors of the nearby matress store didn't intend on?

Looking over Morris Street

I recently 'found' myself walking along the Pennsylvania Railroad south of downtown, near the Sacred Heart area. I love taking elevated shots like this; you get a great view, nobody to step into your shot, and a low chance of encountering an inquisitive law enforcement representative. You may come across someone else walking the rails, but there's a mutual sense of don't ask don't tell and everyone walks away minding their own business...

Looking West

Looking East