Saving Special Places
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, New Development on Jun 4th, 2014 | 10 comments
Last Saturday, I spent some time in the back of Chatham Tap, among all of the old brick buildings near Mass Ave. I was commenting with my friends about how special this part of town is. It’s easy to dismiss Indianapolis as a new town made of buildings constructed within the past 100 years, and in most places that is not too far from the truth. This part of town is a major exception to that, even though it has faced numerous threats in the past. This is a theme that dates back to at least 1958, according to this charming-yet-frightening planning document (seriously, this thing is a...
