Monday, April 13, 2009

Indianapolis Neighborhoods : South Village

The neighborhood of South Village is located just south of the South Meridian Neighborhood. The neighborhood is a working class neighborhood similar to South Meridian, but not quite as old...



The always inviting Pleasant Run flows through the neighborhood. Although there is only one in the shot, I believe I spotted four shopping carts half buried under the mud...


One of the most distinct features of this neighborhood is that the street names are inscribed on their sidewalks...


That and the large selection of mature trees...


Several cemeteries as well...Many of my ancestors are buried here...

Here's how the house are situated around the neighborhood...







Some of the streets here have some significant hills, by Indianapolis terrain standards.

Some random things that caught my attention...



Why eat lunch when you can drink it?
Ha Ha!

The north most part of the neighborhood, on the other side of the underpass is the S. Meridian Neighborhood. Meridian Street, through South Village uses a more primitive form of traffic control that Fall Creek Pkwy does on the Northeast side...

Friday, April 10, 2009

Nice day at White River State Park

If its touristy to take pictures of your kids in front of things like this, how would one describe me taking a shot of them?


This shot would be better without the 'floaters' at the bottom right...


Looking at the skyline from the park...


Breaking out the jazz...

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Indianapolis Relics - East Gate Mall

On the far Eastside(Shadeland Ave and Washington Street), is an old shopping mall that has been decaying for years....decades....
Coming soon to a shopping mall near you...

I used to see a lot movies here when I lived on the East side way back when...

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Indianapolis Skyline

From the top of a parking garage on S. Meridian Street...

Looking over the Wholesale District.

I go under those tracks quite often, but its not everyday I go above them...

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Fun with Places of Religion

This collection was a while in the making, since going all over Indianapolis looking for religious burlesque is far from practical to say the least...

Getting enough fiber in your diet? Belmont and Miller Street on the southwest side...


Hmmm, the McMuffin ad they had up before was much less intimidating...Meridian and Raymond Street.


Shot in a parking garage...Some may be entertained by this...Others, terrified...


Getting your psi on(I think)....Central Avenue, Old Northside...


Real men love Jesus???

Can anyone just walk in a buy one of these? Kreig Bros religious supplies on Meridian Street in the Wholesale District...

Monday, April 6, 2009

The Silhouettes

Here are some silhouettes I had fun with on a rainy day...

On East Washington Street, near Pennsylvania Street...


Taken from 10th and College...


Taken on Capitol Avenue; not much work was done to this one, just a lucky aperture miscalculation when shooting....


A sunset shot on Warman Avenue.


The Indianapolis Skyline from Massachusetts Avenue...

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Off the Beaten Path...

Just outside of Beech Grove and right off the Amtrak grounds on Emerson Avenue is an ancient railroad underpass. Although its probably not quite as old as this one, but its in far better condition and stamped with the year of 1912...

Subway Street runs under this overpass...


Accumulated Calcification and eroded concrete from dripping water; in essence, mini-stalactites...
Looking North on Subway Street...

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Lawyers in Love // Disco Apocalypse

The mental randomness that only an attorney's office with disco balls on the roof can drudge up...Bonus points to the ones who can identify what the title of this post is dropping an allusion to.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Industrial Indianapolis 3

It turns out I do have enough industrial material to make this a monthly thing...

On Kentucky Avenue, all with close proximity to the LOS...


The rear of the structure previously pictured...Yes, they misspelled parking....

The chain link fence, an industrial ubiquity:
On Shelby Street
Back on Kentucky Avenue...



Oh, and Cinder blocks too...



I love the rusty colors of this place...






Off of West street, many of these old industrial building are currently being reused...