Fountain Square Historic area
by Toughluck
Fountain Square is a community just south of Downtown. It's not as well known as Broadripple and the other northside communities, but it has a unique flavor all it's own. Like a bowling alley on the 'roof'. Lunch in the old diner on the square. These old diners have all but disappeared from the country. Gone with the increase in cars and shiny new places with exotic sounding menu's and big parking lots. The diners were the staple of every business community. A local place for a quick bit. The food was good, not outstanding, and the help friendly. Each diner had it's crowd and were alot like the bar in Boston (at least on TV), where 'everybody knows your name.'
Jill's Great-great-great grandfather's Home
by deecat
Please click the photo; it is PANORAMIC
On our Spencer, Indiana, Adventure, Jill tells the background of why we went to Spencer in the first place:
"My ancestors left Monroe and Owen counties in Indiana in the 1850s and lived in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas before settling in Oklahoma. However, the house where my great-great-great grandfather, Rev. Leroy Mayfield, had lived is still found near Bloomington. I had an address, so Dee and I went to find the house and the nearby cemetery where Leroy and his family were buried.
I had tried to contact the present owners, but did not succeed. However, we found the house and photographed it from the car. Next, we traveled down the road to find the family cemetery. I spotted a few headstones through some trees. One of my landmarks for the cemetery was a gravel pit. We found that the gravel pit was still in very active use. We parked carefully out of the way of the trucks and carefully crossed the road to a trailer that stood in front of the cemetery.
A woman greeted us cheerfully and replied that we were welcome to visit the cemetery. She warned us about a downed tree, but didn't mention the barbed wire. That wire didn't stop either of us.
I dashed about reading stones and finding familiar names. I photographed a number of the stones. They were not in good condition, but I've seen worse abandoned cemeteries and was delighted to view the home and final resting place of one of my more interesting ancestors.
Rev. Leroy taught himself to read the Bible and became a Baptist circuit preacher in the 1830s. According to the history books, he was involved in the formation of Indiana University."
Yet, Jill and Dee continue the adventure...
Best breakfast in Indy
by staindesign about The Original Pancake House
I have worked here through college and so I believe that I am a very good adviser. First, the service is great.....you could have me wait on you! Second, the food is great because everything is homemade. We are most famous for our Apple Pancake and Dutch baby Pancake, there items are huge; i love to see peoples faces when i take it out to them for the first time. Another great thing, we fresh squeeze orange juice every morning. Delicious! Sorry for people that are weird and don't like pulp, because there is pulp! Just a quick tip, these are franchises, maybe you have one in your home town! My favorite changes all of the time, i pretty much hate pancakes now. Working there for 3 years makes you just don't like them much. But this month my favorite item is the, chicken crepe!
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art
by sambarnett
One of the most spectacular Native American museums I have ever seen. It's hard to me to really describe, I was so impressed with the facility. Excellent paintings (period and contemporary) capture the essence of the west, documenting landscapes, people, horses, etc. Even some well-known artists like Georiga O'Keefe and Charles Remington are represented.
Even the building itself is impressive. Made of Minnesota dolomite and German sandstone, the warm earth tones make one feel much farther west than they really are. Four sculptures stand on the grounds including an untitled piece of five white tail deer (pictured here) and a beautiful 12 foot statue entitled The Greeting.
The museum is named after local philanthropist Harrison Eiteljorg, an avid collector of Western, American Indian and African Art.
Adult admission is $7, less for students, children and seniors. Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m .
Sunday noon - 5 p.m .
Open Mondays, Memorial Day through Labor Day
Circle Centre Mall
by djramey
The addition of this 800,000 square foot shopping mall in Indianapolisý center has elevated Indyýs reputation as a legitimate market and business sector of the United States. When it opened for business in 1995, Circle Centre reinvented Indianapolis as an entertainment and attractive city in the Midwest. Before this major construction, Indianapolis was seen as the capital of a state famous for basketball, and not much more. Circle Centre might be arguably the most important structure in contemporary Indianapolis, both for locals and visitors of this, the 12th largest city in the United States.
Containing stores like Nordstrom, Parisian, FAO Schwartz and The Museum Company, Circle Centre sits atop with malls like Minnesotaýs Mall of America (which were coincidently created and built by the same Indianapolis company, Simon Property Group Inc.). Costing $310 million, this four level shopping center brings in local customers and those in town for one of many amateur and professional sporting events and the over 120 national conventions held here. With all of this new shopping, Circle Centre is one of the finest and most desired shopping districts in the Midwest, if not the country.
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