For all the skeptics, from a fellow doubter: totality is definitely a remarkable experience. Completely different from even a 90%.
Very lucky to have been able to view from home; I could hear cheers coming from every direction. And fireworks, of course; it's Indiana!
Before the Monument: Circle Park, looking north up Meridian Street, 1873.
Christ Church Cathedral is the only building which still exists.
(Indiana Historical Society)
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For the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, I'm going to post some of my favorites and some of your favorites, starting with one of the best:
Monon, Kessler Boulevard, Indianapolis.
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As usual, I'm going to post some favorites during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. Also as usual, starting with:
Monon, Kessler Boulevard, Indianapolis.
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Kurt Vonnegut would have been 100 years old this November 11th, so sharing eleven days of all things Vonnegut in Indy to celebrate
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Vonnegut's Hardware, 3833 N. Illinois Street, Indianapolis, 1940.
Mayor Hudnut cools off at 29th & Talbot Park for a city-sponsored "shower party." Hudnut had ordered the fire hydrants turned on in neighborhoods without public swimming pools to help residents beat the heat, 1983.
(Indianapolis Recorder Collection, Indiana Historical Society)
Franklin Roosevelt speaking on Monument Circle from the balcony at the English Hotel, 1932.
(The Indiana Album: Jon Berg Collection)
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