LiterateIndy
@LiterateIndy
It's all here, if you know where to find it.
Good morning from Cambridge #WindowsOnWednesday from St John’s College
What a pretty city we could be living in, if only there had been the imagination and fortitude to preserve more of the best of it. And yet every year we lose more of old Indianapolis and surrounding counties. It doesn't make me sad; it makes me angry.
From "John" on June 15, 1910: Am here to see the ships fly in the air. This is about the prettiest city I've seen.
July 22, 1865. Indianapolis Daily State Sentinel. The Eleventh Indiana, a concert, and demireps.
What I want to know, IndyStar and other local media, is specifically who is responsible for letting this deteriorate and UTTERLY WASTING more of our disappearing historical legacy?
After 164 years, Fishers farmhouse along I-69 to be demolished. How its legacy will be celebrated indystar.com/story/news/loc…
It's going to be so hot again, maybe we should plan on taking a dip in the swimming pool at Delaware and South Street in 1912, which was originally a gas plant: indystar.com/story/news/his… (Bass Photo Co Collection, Indiana Historical Society)
It's definitely that time of year. They had a bad stretch in 1934, as reported in this Indiana Times story on July 24th. 112 degrees!
Dew point surges Wednesday afternoon and combined with a surge in temperatures - the HEAT INDEX could top 100° or higher especially in western Indiana. HEAT ADVISORY issued from 2pm to 8pm Wednesday #INwx
From "John" on June 15, 1910: Am here to see the ships fly in the air. This is about the prettiest city I've seen.
It's finally here, the day you've anticipated! We've collaborated with @mungowitz for an in-depth exploration of Smith's Wealth of Nations... The first episode is out now! Take a look; there's so much to discover: loom.ly/dyOn4cQ #WealthOfNations #Podcast #DeepDive
A Parting Guest, by James Whitcomb Riley, who died in Indianapolis on this day in 1916.
#hadrianswall #nationaltrail coming out the woods east of Housesteads in the @NlandNP
Booth! (read the replies, too)
I've just read by 5th novel by Booth Tarkington: The Gentleman from Indiana. Tarkington, I think, is underrated for the same reasons why William Dean Howells is underrated: He was not a modernist. He did not write with an epic sweep, as did Dickens and Hugo et alia. His virtues…