“O my Lockerbie street! You are fair to be seen--
Be it noon of the day, or the rare and serene
Afternoon of the night-- you are one to my heart,
And I love you above all the phrases of art,
For no language could frame and no lips could repeat
My rhyme-haunted raptures of Lockerbie street.”—James Whitcomb Riley
Old Trails Building. Taken on a photowalk of downtown Indianapolis.
(110 images) May 8, 2009 - Images of “Fast Friday” at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in preparation for the Indy 500 race.
(49 photos) Scenes from Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. With over 555 acres and 25 miles of paved road, Crown Hill is the final resting-place to over 190,000 citizens. One of the most historically significant sites in Indiana, Crown Hill is the burial site of such famous people as: President Benjamin Harrison, Colonel Eli Lilly, eleven Indiana Governors, one Kentucky Governor, fourteen Indiana Mayors, thirteen Civil War Generals, poet James Whitcomb Riley, author Booth Tarkington, automobile manufacturer Frederick Duesenberg, and the infamous bank robber John Dillinger. On the cemetery grounds you will find a National Cemetery dedicated to those who served our country, there is also a Confederate lot on the cemetery’s south grounds. The Hill in Crown Hill Cemetery is the highest point in Indianapolis; the downtown skyline can be seen clearly from the top.
(15 photos) The Scottish Rite Cathedral is the largest building in the United States devoted to Freemasonry, and the National Registry of Historic Places listed it starting in 1983. The main tower rises 212 feet and contains a 54-bell carillon. The Scottish Rite is an appendant body of the Masonic Fraternity chartered in Indianapolis in 1865.
(11 photos) Scenes from the Earth Day Celebration on the American Legion Mall in downtown Indianapolis, 2009.
(33 photos) The Stutz Artists Association hosted its 16th annual open house April 24 and 25, 2009. During this unique two-day event, visitors had a chance to see work by more than 70 local artists in one place, while they also explored where and how the work is created.
This Art Deco masterpiece located on Massachusetts Avenue downtown is currently being used as a School Bus Garage by the City of Indianapolis.
Indiana War Memorial and Veteran’s Memorial Plaza
(9 photos) Spring Bling bout against the Demolition City Destruction Dames from Evansvile, Indiana. Taken in The Ellenberger Park Ice Rink.
(62 photos) Central Indiana Orchid Society presented its annual Orchid Show, displaying along with other societies from across the Midwest orchid exhibits throughout the Conservatory on April 18th and 19th, 2009. GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY is located within the 136 acre Garfield Park, on Indianapolis’ near south side. The Sunken Garden includes three acres of European classical formal gardens. The garden’s graceful historic fountains, paved walkways and benches throughout the landscape, make it a gorgeous and relaxing retreat from citylife. The gardens are planted with three different seasonal displays a year.
(20 photos) On the grounds of the IMA.
(17 photos) Scenes from Broad Ripple Avenue, April 2009.
(11 photos) An Indianapolis Public Schools Police Officer had a rather serious wreck on College Avenue April 1st, 2009. He lost control of the car after having a medical emergency. Police and Emergency Services personnel worked diligently to free the officer from the car - lots of hard working folks doing their job there.
The officer was reported in serious condition but did not have life-threatening injuries, according to the report by the Indy Star.
