BRICKYARD

Greetings, Race Fans!

It has been a long, long time and I have been a bad boy. Sorry for the delay.

After North Dakota (see below) I went to the home of the Indy 500. Of course, I am talking about Indianapolis. Now here is the crazy part...

Years and years ago, in a galaxy far, far away, yours truly was attending a little university that the locals were calling "Silo Tech" or "Moo U." I called it, "North Dakota State University." I did my thesis for my B. of Arch degree on mixed used development. I decided to look at Indianapolis at that time. I knew a few people there and knew that the city was going through transformation. My whole premise was that the White river in Indy was under-utilized and should be developed and taken advantage of much like numerous other cities have done so all over the country. Well, low and behold, he river is now developed. A Gulliver before his time.

I didn't get much of a chance to look around Indy again, but I can recommend the downtown area to you. It is vibrant and the local AIA chapter has a great office and small bookstore down there. The other cool place to check out is Carmel -a nice little suburb of Indy. If you dig arts and that sort of thing, the place is pretty cool

I had a good friend in Indy at one time. The above keg picture is what his backyard looked like back then and probably looks like now. And thus ends the personal interest side of this rather personal blog post.

I will be in INDY again soon and will try to get a few more snaps of some good architecture, etc.

Until next time, please drink in moderation.

-G