500 Block around 1963

ID: 1827 ~ Source: Indianapolis Recorder Collection, courtesy of Indiana Historical Society ~ Creator: Indianapolis Recorder ~ Date: ca. 1963

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Here you can see the gradual urban decay of the 500 block of Indy Avenue. The restaurant to the right of George's Bar is quite noticeable as the awnings clearly are deteriorating.

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Indiana Avenue

By Braden Catt, Carey Nigh, Jonnie Fox, Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

One of the four original diagonal streets of the 1821 plan for Indianapolis, Indiana Avenue tells an important part of the story of African American life in Indianapolis, much of which was centered here on the near northwest side of the downtown…