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As I work the story of the revitalization of the astonishing Indianapolis riverfront for part 2 of\u00a0How Indianapolis Built America<\/a>, I came across this beautiful slide show\u00a0 representation of what this area looks like today\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span> It is what the Boston-based architectural firm,\u00a0Sasaki<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Design Associates, created and delivered for this area. Spread over 9 square miles, it is this that I get to bike through every day!<\/p>\n

Sasaki has transformed many hundreds of the spaces people occupy all over the world, From here in Indy to Denver, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Mexico, India, Peru, China, etc, etc..<\/p>\n

Below is what the music stage\u00a0 behind the restored\u00a0Indianapolis Water Co. building<\/a><\/strong> in White River State Park looked like at the turn of the last century:<\/p>\n

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Beveridge Paper & Kingan Pork Packing http:\/\/images.indianahistory.org\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/dc012\/id\/2887<\/p><\/div>\n


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As I work the story of the revitalization of the astonishing Indianapolis riverfront for part 2 of\u00a0How Indianapolis Built America,… read more<\/a><\/p>\n


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