Indianapolis

Bicycle Stair Ramp at the Athenaeum

Bicycle Stair Ramp at the Athenaeum

Long time Indianapolis cyclist, Larsen Perry,  told me about the bicycle ramp that is still on the stairs at the… read more

Indianapolis Athletic Club, 1924

Indianapolis Athletic Club, 1924

On Vermont St at Meridian stands a distinctive old building. It  used to be the Indianapolis Athletic Club built in… read more

We Just Ride, Indianapolis, Kent Crockett is Back Ride, Saturday April 6

We Just Ride, Indianapolis, Kent Crockett is Back Ride, Saturday April 6

Kent with his sister,  Melody WJR cyclists from the Wally’s Big Belly Bike Shop were there. L-R, Christopher Thomas, Tim… read more

National Bicycle Greenway Action Paln

National Bicycle Greenway Action Paln

NBG Action Plan As we reinvent ourselves here in Indianapolis, here is the plan we will move forward with once I… read more

Evolution of the White River, downtown Indianapolis, 1862 to present, w/ Kingan Pork, Beveridge Paper, Perry W smokestack, Acme-Evans Flour mill,  Brower & Love Cotton Mill and the  Indiana Bleaching Company

Evolution of the White River, downtown Indianapolis, 1862 to present, w/ Kingan Pork, Beveridge Paper, Perry W smokestack, Acme-Evans Flour mill, Brower & Love Cotton Mill and the Indiana Bleaching Company

  The Kingan Pork Packing plant in the first picture, a drawing, occupied 27 acres on both sides of the… read more

Description: “How Indianapolis Built America and How it will Rebuild it with the National Bicycle Greenway”

This book endeavors to change the nation’s perception of Indianapolis as being a place filled with speeding automobiles. I will… read more

Preface - "How Indianapolis Built America and How it will Rebuild it with the National Bicycle Greenway"

Preface – “How Indianapolis Built America and How it will Rebuild it with the National Bicycle Greenway”

Preface The automotive revolution did not take place in Detroit, Not in Akron, but in the work shops and factories… read more

Columbia Club at the Indianapolis Soldiers & Sailors Monument

Columbia Club at the Indianapolis Soldiers & Sailors Monument

This is the Columbia Club. It was formed  in 1888 as a clubhouse to get  Indianapolis lawyer, Benjamin Harrison, elected as… read more

Indianapolis Water Co First 1870 Water Pumphouse in White River State Park

Indianapolis Water Co First 1870 Water Pumphouse in White River State Park

This one-story, brick structure with slate roof and copper finishings, sits in White River State Park next to the White… read more