The Crumbling Brick of Talbott Street

Its ironic how neglect and disinvestment can preserve historic detail. In the Old Northside neighborhood of Indianapolis, there is a stretch of Talbott Street (near 14th Street) that is still paved in its crumbling original brick surfacing. It should definitely be stated that the Old Northside neighborhood is one of the most revitalized Indianapolis inner city neighborhoods, but there are some places, particularly places near Pennsylvania and 16th Streets that still need some love.

Check out some of these past posts as well:
13th and Pennsylvania
Near 16th and Central

These photos have been geotagged in Flick and are best if viewed large, you may click the images to view both...

Restoration

The restoration of the Central Avenue Methodist Chuch is underway. This chuch is located at the corner of 12th and Central in the Old Northside neighborhood.

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Old School

Another shot from 16th Street in the Old Northside area...

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16th and Lewis

Near 16th and the Monon Trail...

Exact location is geotagged in Flickr

Its Organic

This car alone could be on some kind of reality tv show. On North Alabama street in the Old Northside area...

Best if viewed large, you can spot some of the interesting items in the car...

More Old Northside Wintery Goodness

Shot this from the alleyway behind my apartment...

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Blocking up the Scenery, Breaking my Mind

Seriously, could these signs be any bigger? This is Pennsylvania Street and 13th, Old Northside, not some rural/suburban stretch of highway...

Flashback...

I'm already over winter...A Shot from not too long ago of my apartment building near Alabama Street in the Old Northside Area...

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Central Avenue Methodist Church

At the corner of 12th and Central...

This is much better if viewed in large...

Happy Halloween

Near Broadway and 16th Street...

Fall Comes to the Old Northside

Fall brings the beautiful sights to us all before leaving way to the cold, dead, brown characteristics of winter. The Old Northside neighborhood is full of mature trees and classic architecture, which makes living here a great privilege.

How better to start this collection than a shot of the street I live on. These trees provide great shade, which helps with my cooling bill in the summer, but scare me somewhat when there's a powerful storm. There are holes in my screen from large fallen branches.


This is taken from a stretch of Talbott, which is actually a dead end alleyway shortly after 14th street.


From the same alleyway of the previous shot...


14th Street, looking East...

14th Street, looking West...

In the vicinity of 14th and Delaware...

Joy of all who sorrow Eastern Orthodox Church, at the corner of 16th and Delaware...

The Indianapolis Propylaeum on Delaware Street...

The Benjamin Harrison Home at 13th and Delaware...

Beautiful Light Pollution II

Taken near the location of the previous one. I do like the former better than this one, but I like how this shot demonstrates how the light emitted from the blue LED header around One Indiana Square shoots up into a foggy sky...

Beautiful Light Pollution

11th and Delaware...

The Crossroads of America

Coming off I-65 at 12th and Meridian...

13th and Pennsylvania

16th and Alabama

The sky has been quite agreeable and photogenic the past few days. This silhouette is looking west down 16th Street right before sunset.

I have linked this image to its source page on Flickr. When there, you will be able to view larger sizes, look at tag data, and one of the most exciting features is the ability to create notes on the photograph (if you have a Flickr account you can make notes as well).

Night Falls on the Old Northside

The Old Northside is a beautiful neighborhood any time of the day, but its lighting, mature trees, and architecture make it a great place to shoot at night. Here are only a few, but since I live around here, expect to see more night shots coming soon.

The Benjamin Harrison House, which is on Delaware Street, after the I-65 Bridge.


Just a shot of a random tree at a street corner on Delaware Street. This is a perfect example of how the neighborhood is illuminated.


Not exactly an appealing sight, but I love the way it came out. This was taken at the corner of 13th and Pennsylvania.


From the Corner of 13th and Delaware.

16th and Delaware

The sky has been quite agreeable the past few days; this silhouette is looking west down 16th Street right before sunset.

I have linked the image to its source page on Flickr; when there, you will be able to view larger sizes and tagged image data for you photography fans out there.

Eerie Alabama

On Alabama Street, just north of 13th Street...

Stormy Old Northside

When the storm clouds moved in yesterday, I thought I would have enough time to take some shots of the sky and get back inside before it started to pour...I was wrong and got soaked, but was able to get some interesting storm shots.

Under the I-65 bridge on Delaware Street, looking south...


Storm clouds in the Midwest can be quite ominous, especially when start to rotate(Luckily, not happening here)... This is off of 12th Street, between Delaware and Alabama.


12th and Delaware; the northeast sky had the most activity. Its always interesting the way a stormy sky makes everything look just before the storm starts. Take the building and trees in the next shots for example...