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APRIL 2006 mwm Volume 2, Issue 2 THE OFFICIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTERS FOR: Chatham Arch 40 Herron-Morton Place 42 St. Joseph 46 (Jrban |irimer s Cottage Home 38 The Old Northside 44 Woodruff Place 20-21

Lockerbie Square 36 Published 11 times a year (not January) by Brooks Publications, Inc. 305 N. East Street, Indianapolis IN 46202 • FEATURES Bill Brooks, editor and publisher Matthew Brooks, operations manager Jeremy Crum, advertising and distribution EDUCATION: CFI's Discovery Clubs 26 O" the cover: Center Jeannie Klley and DeeDee Wiley, editing for Inquiry teacher Amy Travis DiNicola, no help at all. Honest. Activity allows students to probe deeper into subjects of interest Wackerly helps Spencer Campfield research EDUCATION: Analyzing charter schools 27 games from around the A newsletter for 7 neighborhoods world. Other students Chatham Arch Lockerbie Square St Joseph What niche do they fill, and do they help or hinder public schools? involved in the Games Cottage Home Old Northside Woodruff Place Around the World Club Herron-Morton Place EDUCATION: In support of IPS 27 are Jamarco Mason, Grassroots movement wants parents to think about public school system Larry Williams, and Max Richardson. How it works: • AND MORE ••• Urban Times provides space to its member neighborhoods, with news on those pages Holy Cross redefines itself, sans 'Westminster' 5 provided by the neighborhood associations. The neighborhood associations are also IHPC: Waldorf building remains on the agenda 7 responsible for home delivery of the newsletter, April 4 is a very big day for King Park 14 which is available for distribution the last full weekend of each month prior to the cover date. Mass Ave real estate initiative takes off 16 Mayor announces plan to boost neighborhoods 18 News deadline for next issue: A bit of New Orleans comes to Mass Ave 20 Friday, April 14 Meridian Street church making a big comeback Information should be submitted in writing to Bill 25 Brooks at 305 N. East St. or [email protected], 26 condos planned for 'Landmark of Lockerbie' 36 or to the appropriate neighborhood liaison. In memory of Chatham Arch's Paul Atkinson 40 Herron-Morton Place home tour set for Sept. 10 42 Advertising Brooks: A curmudgeon's take on daily life 50 To reserve advertising space in the next issue, contact us by • DEPARTMENTS Business news 11 Monday, April 10 Holy Week 13 Et Cetera 21 For advertising information, contact Jeremy Crum at 638-0478 [email protected] Rate card available at www.brookspublications.com Q EVENTS 5 pages of good ways to spend your time The May issue will 'hit the streets' 'Buskers' sought to broaden scope of Fringe Festival 31 the weekend of April 28-30 Galleries seeing increased traffic on First Fridays 32

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NEWLY FORMED NEIGH- bor- charged with the redevelopment of the 10th hood - represented by the Holy Street Commercial District. That organiza­ ACross Neighborhood Association - Cottage Home tion is working with the city, private devel­ has emerged on the near Eastside within opers and business owners to renovate the past several months. Michigan Street Willard buildings and bring in new businesses that The former Holy Cross-Westminster has Park of will contribute to the growth of communi­ been spun into two areas, with blocks not Holy Cross ties just north of Holy Cross. Lockerbie in the new Holy Cross neighborhood now Square (Formerly part The Old National Road Association has comprising a second area known as Willard HOLY New York Street of Holy Cross- similar goals for Washington Street. The Park of Holy Cross. Westminster) goal and hope is that re-directing traffic to Neighborhood leaders said the reorgani­ Arsenal s- • Washington Street will aid in the rebuilding zation was sparked by the interest that area CROSS of a once thriving commercial and retail CI Heights 01 has been receiving from developers reno­ in (fll zone. (unchanged) vating older homes and filling vacant lots to Holy Cross Neighborhood Association with new homes. LU officials believe their neighborhood has J "It was necessary to re-define this area many things to offer downtown dwellers and give it the concentrated focus it a: and those considering locating to the area. LU deserved," according to a report prepared Washington Street "The homes are still affordably priced in for Urban Times by Stephanie Weaver and comparison to other downtown offerings," Peggy Wright of the Holy Cross Weaver and Wright said. "There are large Neighborhood Association. homes for those that desire space and also "The efforts of small private developers small cottages that are perfect for those and current residents is creating strong new Holy Cross neighbors who desire cozy quarters. The homes con­ interest in the area, beautifying the curbside sist of newly developed, fully renovated appeal with new construction and renova­ older homes, or for those do it yourselfers, tions, and making it a visually pleasing there are those as well." place to call home," they said. redefine their boundaries Neighborhood assets include the Monon Trail, just north at 10th Street; Highland Officials of the Holy Cross Arsenal Heights boundaries are the water run-off project at Highland Park Park (great for every day picnics and fan­ Neighborhood Association believe the new unchanged, while the remaining areas of is slated to be complete by late summer tastic for the July 4 fireworks); city views boundaries will create positive conditions the former Holy Cross-Westminster neigh­ 2006 - which will make the park more from most streets looking west; and close which other well-defined neighborhoods borhood is now known as Willard Park of beautiful and functional than ever. proximity to both Massachusetts Avenue, or such as Arsenal Heights, Cottage Home Holy Cross. Also, the interstate ramp system involv­ the Monument Circle area where the city and Lockerbie Square have been able to Neighborhood activists believe that the ing Market and Ohio streets is planned to offers some of the best in museums, dining, achieve. three distinct neighborhoods, each will be be relocated to Washington Street in 2008. and theater. "Success, in any endeavor, usually able to better focus and define their own That project will allow the Holy Cross "The best asset that Holy Cross neigh­ comes from having a plan and then focus­ personality within more manageable neighborhood to flow seamlessly into borhood offers is their people," Weaver and ing and concentrating on the individual boundaries. downtown with additional open sidewalks Wright said, adding that the neighborhood parts of the larger plan," the Holy Cross "Holy Cross looks forward to seeing the for pedestrian traffic. is very diverse in terms of ethnic back­ residents said. "The members of Holy positive impact that is going to occur in "This re-opening into the downtown ground, socio-economics and the length of Cross felt that the neighborhood would each area as we re-emerge energized and fold is a natural progression of develop­ time residents have called Holy Cross benefit greatly from using this type of focused," Weaver and Wright reported. ment surrounding our city center," Weaver home. approach." Most redevelopment efforts in the Holy and Wright said. "Removing the ramps and "This is a neighborhood where all can The new Holy Cross neighborhood is Cross neighborhood thus far have been opening Market Street and Ohio Street is a feel welcome," they said. "With this more bounded by Interstate 65 on the west and completed by small development compa­ welcome change for the residents of Holy focused neighborhood approach we look Washington Street to the south. The eastern nies that already exist in the area. Cross." forward to bigger, better, and brighter boundary is formed by Oriental Street to "However, big things are on the hori­ The East 10th Street Civic Association, things for the neighbors/friends of our com­ New York Street and State Street to zon," the two women said. They note that headquartered in the Boner Center, is Michigan Street. munity." •

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HE FATE OF THE THREE-UNIT What degree of transition is condominium proposed for the appropriate between the northern strip of the Waldorf project density of the Mass Ave T corridor and the pastoral will have to wait another month. setting of Chatham ARch A lengthy debate at the March 1 meeting neighborhoods is at the of the Indianapolis Historic Preservation heart of the debate over the Commission ended in a 4-3 vote in favor of three-unit Waldorf building. the project opposed by the Chatham Arch Neighborhood Association. But with two IHPC members absent, the an indicator of the problems vote fell short of the required five votes to inherent in the project. approve a project. Past CANA president The controversy surrounding the propos­ Bruce Tryon spoke on al by Leif Hinterberger to erect the multi- nature of the neighborhood immediately to Miller said the developer had indeed behalf of the project, although he noted that family dwelling immediately north of the the north of the site. made several changes in the design that are the neighborhood is against the proposal. single-family Waldorf condominiums in the IHPC member George Geib sided with an improvement over the plans that were The Chatham Arch Neighborhood 400 block of Walnut Street revolve around the opponents of the plan when he said rejected by the IHPC in 2004. Those Association filed a letter in opposition fol­ two concepts: density was the central issue, "and the changes included lowering the structure's lowing a vote at the group's January meet­ - The appropriate density for the site. remonstrators are on target." height and adding a significant amount of ing that was overwhelmingly negative. The proposed building would leave only 31 Chatham Arch resident Clayton Miller, architectural character to the northern Referring to the developer, Tryon said, percent of the land as open space, where 55 immediate past president of the Chatham facade. "We asked him to set the building back; he percent is the zoning standard. Arch Neighborhood Association, said that But Miller said the fact that the develop­ did that. We asked him to shorten it; he did - The appropriate transition between the while the current zoning for the property er must obtain three variances to "shoehorn that." Tryon pointed to existing properties density of the adjacent Massachusetts would allow for three residential units, the developer's preferred amount of living with high densities immediately to the east Avenue corridor and the single-family "density is more than the number of units." space on to this narrow residential site," is and south of the Waldorf site, adding ^

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An four members voting "yes" on March 1, reality of the commercial building to the being redeveloped by Mansur Real Estate extensive public process, dubbed the said that from an architectural standpoint, north, it seems reasonable to consider this Services, which failed in February in its Herron Reuse Study, resulted in a competi­ "the transition is consistent with the charac­ site to be the new "edge" between dense attempt to get Indianapolis Historic tion won by Mansur in partnership with ter of the neighborhood." Mass Ave-lfke development and smaller- Preservation Commission approval for Minkis Homes. He said the proposal was within the scale residential development to the north - demolition of the building. Their proposal was to redevelop the guidelines of the designated zoning, "but similar to the historic "edge" that exists According to the IHPC staff report, three former art school buildings to house most important, it is very much in character across the street on Park Avenue." Mansur was unsuccessful in its original an art museum, a new charter school with the immediate environment." He also The bottom line, the report continued, is efforts to relocate the structure, but intensi­ (Herron High School), and housing. The pointed out that while neighbors were con­ that "staff does not believe that smaller- fied its efforts after the Feb. 1 vote that developers also committed to developing cerned about the transition to the residential scale development on this site is necessari­ ended in a 3-3 tie. three new single-family houses on part of areas of the neighborhood, the building to ly inappropriate. A reasonable argument With the assistance of Kevin the parking lot facing Talbott Street, and the immediate north is a commercial struc­ can be made that such development is also Krulewitch of the Downtown Alternative, developing seven live-work-type townhous- ture that is 33 feet high. appropriate." (Emphasis theirs.) Mansur was able to identify four possible es along Pennsylvania Street on the site of Hinterberger's plan for "lot six" of the "The subject site is in one of those sites as new homes for the structure: the existing apartment house and the Waldorf development is a four-story struc­ unusual areas where the "line" between • The vacant lot north of the adjoining parking lot. ture housing three condominiums, each very different development densities can Efroymson house in the 2000 block of with a two-car attached garage that sit on a reasonably be drawn in more than one loca­ Delaware Street. N OTHER RECENT ACTIONS TAKEN 30xl50-foot site. The upper two units tion. However, the important word is • Hie vacant lot north of the Foundry Iby the IHPC involving Urban Times would be reached by a private elevator and 'also.'" Building in the 1600 block of Alabama neighborhoods (through March 13): interior common stair. The first-floor unit The report went on to say that IHPC's Street. has three bedrooms and 2M> baths; the sec­ statutory role is not to determine whether • The vacant lot across the street from Lockerbie Square ond-floor unit has four bedrooms and three any one proposal is the "most appropriate" the building's current location in the 1700 baths; the top unit has three bedrooms and or the "best design" possible for any one block of Pennsylvania Street. • March 1 IHPC hearing three baths. site. "Rather, the IHPC's role is to deter­ • One of three proposed single-family • School No. 9, LLC, and the City of Following objections from the neighbor­ mine if any one proposal is "appropriate" - lots behind the building in the 1700 block Indianapolis have withdrawn their proposal hood and the 2004 thumbs-down vote from irrespective of whether or not other propos­ of Talbott Street (also on Herron property). for a variance to encroach upon the public IHPC, the developer redesigned the struc­ als might also be appropriate or might be Krulewitch was also involved in the right-of-way, and to rezone the parking lot ture, lowering its highest elevation from 48 personally desirable." beginning of talks between Mansur and two in the 400 block of Fulton and Spring to 43 feet. The front section was reduced The Indianapolis Historic Preservation not-for-profit organizations that could be streets from I-3-U to CBD-2. See the from 30 feet to 29% feet, while the main Commission is scheduled to consider the potential partners - the Herron-Morton report on page 37. body of the building was reduced from 40 proposal again at its Wednesday, April 5, Place Foundation and Historic Landmarks • Feb. 21 administrative hearing to 37 feet. meeting. Foundation of Indiana. • Michael Boyle was given approval to In its staff report, IHPC noted that the The Mansur proposal is not open-ended, alter existing openings on the front facade two multifamily buildings across the street however. It sets a deadline of June 1 for a at 220 N. Davidson St. to the east (at 711 Park Avenue and 706 In Herron-Morton, deal to be made on the potential move. Massachusetts Avenue) are 44 feet and 46 Mansur is also seeking city financial sup­ Herron-Morton Place feet tall, respectively. apartment house port to help get the structure relocated. IHPC staff also addressed the concept of The apartment house was not part of the • Feb. 28 administrative hearing transition in its staff report for the March gets a reprieve Herron campus, but was one of several • A petition by Pete Pappas to retain a meeting. Staff said it was important to note adjacent properties purchased by the school taller than approved porch railing and fiber­ that the idea a transition should exist he historic four-unit apartment house at over the years. The oldest part of the build­ glass porch columns at 1928 N. Delaware between high-density areas and residential T1723 N. Pennsylvania Ave. will appar­ ing dates to circa 1890, with additions in St- was continued to a March 21 adminis­ environments was a modem development ently not be demolished as originally first and third decades of the 20th century trative hearing. •

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ach year, parents and children color eggs in preparation for Easter and the E traditional Easter egg hunt. As you prepare for all that Easter offers, check our Easter calendar for wonderful opportunities to find meaning and hope during this most special holiday:

• Maundy Thursday, April 13, communion service 7:00 p.m.

• Good Friday, April 14, services noon and 7:00 p.m.

• Easter Celebration, April 16, services at 7:00 a.m. and at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School starts at 9:15 a.m. Easter Egg hunt for children of all ages at 9:15 a.m.

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THE HEART OE DOWNTOWN APRIL 2006 <| Q URBAN TIMES ^* Holy Week marked by multi-church Sunrise Service Four downtown congregations are once again joining services include a German-language worship and holy Vigil Mass will be recited at 8 a.m. Holy Saturday. forces to host the fourth annual Easter Sunrise Service in communion at 10 a.m. and a 7 p.m. Good Friday drama, Regular mass will be recited on Sunday. the courtyard at Lockerbie Marketplace, next to O'Malia "A Rainbow of Promise," along with holy communion. • Christ Church Cathedral, the cathedral of the Food Market. Sunday services include an informal, blended worship Episcopal Diosece of Indianapolis, will host three servic­ Members of Central Christian (Disciples of Christ), and holy communion at 8 a.m., followed by an Easter es on Maundy Thursday - Holy Eucharist with the Roberts Park Methodist, St. Mary Catholic and Zion Celebration and holy communion at 10:10 a.m. Reaffirmation of Ordination Vows and Blessing of Oils at Evangelical United Church of Christ will gather for the • All Saints Episcopal Church will host Maundy 12:05 p.m., a Santa Eucaristia (Spanish-language service) service which begins at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 16. Thursday services at 6 p.m. April 13. Two services are at 5:30 p.m. and the Holy Eucharist, Washing of the Feet Lockerbie Central United Methodist Church is also planned for Good Friday - "The Stations of the Cross" and Stripping of the Altar, at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday taking part in the Sunrise Service. devotion at noon and a Good Friday service at 6 p.m. The events include the Solemn Liturgy at noon, Meditation en Candlelight Vigil Mass with Holy Baptist will be recited la Cruz (Spanish-language service) at 5:30 p.m. and Other Holy Week services include: at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 15. The Festival Mass of the Meditations on the Cross at 7:30 p.m. Saturday services • Roberts Park and Lockerbie Central United Resurrection will begin at 10 a.m. Easter Sunday. include a Holy Saturday Liturgy at 8 a.m. and the Great Vigil of Easter with Baptism at 8 p.m. Easter Sunday's Methodist churches are combining for Maundy Thursday • St. Mary Catholic Church will host a Mass of the schedule includes Holy Eucharist at 8 a.m., Sung and Good Friday services. Maundy Thursday communion Lord at 7 p.m. on Holy Thursday, April 13, followed by Eucharist at 9 a.m., Choral Eucharist at 11 a.m. and Santa service will begin at 7 p.m. at Lockerbie Central; Good confession until 11 p.m. The Adoration of the Blessed Eucaristia (Spanish-language service) at 1 p.m. Friday services are noon and 7 p.m. at Roberts Park. Both Sacrament will be held in the chapel until midnight. The churches will have their own late-morning services on Good Friday calendar begins with the Station of the • Central Christian Church will conduct Maundy Easter Sunday. Roberts Park will also host an Easter egg Cross at 9 a.m. at Holy Cross School on the near Thursday service and seder meal at 6:30 p.m. April 13. hunt for children of all ages at 9:15 a.m. Sunday. Eastside, followed by the same service at 11 a.m. at the Good Friday services will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday's calen­ • Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ Holy church. The Passion of the Lord will be conducted in dar includes a breakfast at 8:30 a.m. following the Week services include 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday service English at noon and at Spanish at 3 p.m., followed by the Downtown Sunrise Service, and worship at 10:30 a.m. • of holy communion and Office of Tenebrae. Good Friday Living Way of the Cross at 4:30 p.m. A bilingual Easter

HE YMCA AT THE ATHENAEUM will stage a "Fund and Friend-raiser YMCA fund-raiser to help capital campaign TWine and Cheese" event on Thursday, April 20, as part of its 2006 "What many of its neighbors around the building and maintaining a healthy erous donors who participate in the YMCA fund-raising campaign seeking to generate downtown area may not be aware of is that lifestyle. at the Athenajum's Annual Campaign, can $25,000 to support its community outreach the YMCA at the Athenaeum is also a fully Additionally, through YMCA program­ these community outreach initiatives be activities. engaged community citizen that is truly ming, 100 women from a neighborhood possible," Prosser said. "And every penny The April 20 event will take place from making a difference in the lives of those domestic abuse shelter participate in a well­ raised by volunteer and members support 6 to 8 p.m. in the Athenasum Ballroom. The who are less fortunate than many of us," ness program that enables them to build our downtown 'Y,'" social event will also include a silent auc­ said Prosser. greater confidence and self esteem. Another The current campaign runs through the tion of items donated by area merchants She noted that each year, as part of its 50 female breast cancer patients participate end of April. People interested in helping and restaurants. mission, the neighborhood "Y" reaches out in rehabilitative yoga classes at the down­ can attend the April 20 fund-raiser, or call Tickets for the fund-raiser are $20 and in the community in numerous ways that town facility. the YMCA at 685-9705 to obtain a pledge can be purchased at the YMCA at the enrich our neighbors and support the Prosser pointed out, in fact, that one in card. Athenaeum before April 14, and from any unique lifestyle we have come to value as twelve people who are members at the For more information on the fund-rais­ of the YMCA's many volunteers. urban dwellers. YMCA at the Athenasum receive some sort ing effort, contact Prosser at pprosser@cci- Campaign chair Patty Prosser empha­ Prosser said that each year more than of financial assistance - receiving services indy.com or 727-6464, or YMCA Executive sized the impact the YMCA has on its 120 area residents receive financially that are not paid for by member fees. Director Ryan Brady at rbrady@indymca. neighborhood. assisted membership that is critical to "Only through the giving efforts of gen­ org or 685-9705. •

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Luther King Jr. will be formally dedicated calmed the crowd - and is credited with Senator Kennedy so eloquently articulat­ • Outside R Bistro in the 800 block. on Tuesday April 4, as part of the first sparing the city the violence experienced in ed." • Outside Yats in the 600 block. annual "Making the Dream a Reality several other major cities. The setting is appropriate, since King • Outside Vic's Espresso Cafe in the 600 block. Program." State Rep. Bill Crawford, one of the Park itself is looking forward following a • Three spots in the historic Athenaeum (in The event will begin at 3 p.m. that day organizers of the event, said violence is still significant investaient by the City of the YMCA lobby, next to the street-level in the recently refurbished King Park at present today in homes, schools and neigh­ Indianapolis. The city park has received entrance to the Rathskeller, and in the lobby 17th and Broadway streets, sponsored by borhoods through out Central Indiana and $704,000 of improvements to the outdoor of the American Cabaret Theatre). the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus, the in streets, cities and battlefields around the swimming pool, changing facility and park­ • In Aesop's Tables at Mass Ave and East Indiana Christian Leadership Conference, world. ing lot, as well as another $40,000 worth of Street. the City of Indianapolis, Indy Parks and "The spirit of the disciplined and deter­ maintenance and improved lighting for the • Fabric Masters in the 400 block. Recreation, Indiana Black Expo and the mined non-violence displayed that night Peace Memorial, which honors the contri­ Indiana Chapter of the Rainbow Push can serve as a guide to dealing with the butions of the two national leaders. AND... Coalition. issues of violence confronting our commu­ King Park is a 14-acre site that also fea­ • O'Malia's at Lockerbie Marketplace (next to the exit door). The program will run from 5 to 6:30 nity and world," Crawfrord said. tures basketball and softball facilities, pic­ • Fusek's Hardware in Lockerbie p.m., with special significance given to "During the program, we will look back nic shelters and a playground. • Marketplace. • The outer lobby at Midland Arts & Antiques Market. • Two spots in the Indianapolis City Market IHPC staffer is now mayor's neighborhood liaison (at the front of the main entrance to the his­ MILY MACK, PRESERVATION Neighborhood Services. for the Planning Department for the City of toric Market House, and at the Delaware Street entrance). planner for the Indianapolis Historic Mack is known to many Downtown Huntingburg. • In the outer lobby of Regions Bank at EPreservation Commission, has been activists through her work helping to coor­ Neighborhood liaisons, formerly known Riley Towers. named to succeed Brian Madison as the dinate the proposed new Chatham Arch & as township administrators, are intended to • In the outer lobby of First Third Bank at mayor's neighborhood liaison for Massachusetts Avenue Historic Area serve as a bridge between citizens and city Ohio and East streets. Downtown - an area that includes several Preservation Plan. government, acting as ombudsmen and pro­ • Decadent By Design Cafe in Fountain historic neighborhoods - as well as other She holds a master's of science in his­ viding a communication link between Square. • Cafe at Ray, just south of Shapiro's. sections of Center Township. toric preservation from Ball State neighborhoods and the city. Neighborhood LI Alabama Liquors in the St. Joseph Madison, who had served in that post University. Before joining IHPC, Mack Liaisons provide assistance to neighbor­ neighborhood. since 2000, has been named assistant worked for Historic Landmarks Foundation hoods and businesses. • • The UPS Store at 133 W. Market St. administrator of the Division of of Indiana in the Survey Department, and

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It has involved the with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to plant at facades, boosting commercial development, work of neighborhood associations, not-for- least 10,000 trees every year for the next 10 Today, I am announcing a and rehabilitation of decaying homes. profits and other community organizations. years. A more detailed announcement will new covenant between our take place with KIB on April 28, Arbor That was one of the developments fea­ During his speech, Mayor Peterson city government and the tured in Mayor Bart Peterson's State of the announced the city's contribution to Great Day. City Address, presented last month at Indy Neighborhoods. The mayor also encouraged residents to neighborhoods Garfield Park. "This initiative, announced last fall, is do what they can, no matter how big or of Indianapolis: "If we are to be candid and honest with the product of many months of planning small, to improve their neighborhood. If neighbors, businesses ourselves," Peterson said, "we have to and study by those in our city with a pas­ "We don't need to wait for investments and other community admit there is much we can do to strength­ sion for community development," he said. from Great Indy Neighborhoods or trees members are willing to work en most of our neighborhoods - to repair "It embraces the idea that neighborhoods from Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to make damaged social fabric, to upgrade physical are not houses, stores, streets, places of our neighborhoods better and safer places together to create a infrastructure, to add beauty and character, worship, or parks alone. Neighborhoods are to live," he said. "I want to challenge each comprehensive quality of to convince residents that they really can people. People living together, working and every one of us to commit to making life plan, the city will do all shape the destiny of their neighborhood." together and growing together to build our own homes, our own streets and our within its power to make The new program will be aided by a places that each is proud to call home. own neighborhoods look better. the neighborhood's finance plan that first proved successful in "Today, I am announcing a new "You don't have to spend money," he vision a reality Fall Creek Place, with the costs being cov­ covenant between our city government and continued. "Pick up litter, even if it's on ered by increased tax revenues generated the neighborhoods of Indianapolis: If public property. Fix the broken screen door. by redevelopment. neighbors, businesses and other community Plant flowers. Mow the grass before June, Mayor Bart Peterson During his speech, Peterson touted the members are willing to work together to for heaven's sake. You'll be amazed at how Great Indy Neighborhoods initiative (pro­ create a comprehensive quality of life plan, contagious beautification is." • Abandoned property legislation boosted by a local push in legislature CTIVISTS FROM THE NEAR- after which activists in the Arsenal Heights tools to improve our communities by more can be put back into positive reuse. Eastside neighborhood of Arsenal neighborhood enlisted the support of resi­ quickly moving these properties from aban­ These amendments spawn from ideas AHeights are getting the credit for dents throughout the city and began an e- donment to redevelopment," Peterson said. crafted by the Abandoned Houses Work resurrecting a bill that would give cities mail campaign calling on legislators to The state law changes related to aban­ Group, an advisory body consisting of better tools to redevelop abandoned proper­ bring back the abandoned houses provi­ doned properties that are now a part of HB community leaders appointed by the Mayor ties and hold negligent property owners sions of SB 341. 1102 essentially do three things: to develop strategies to carry out the city's more accountable. The near-Eastside community also held • Add teeth to a city's ability to go abandoned houses initiative. The aban­ "Without them, this widely supported a rally at an abandoned house to highlight after negligent property owners and prevent doned properties bill was also drafted with bill would still be lying dead on the floor of the types of properties that could be these bad actors from acquiring even more the guidance and expertise of representa­ a House committee," Mayor Bart Peterson impacted by the bill. property; tives from the National Vacant Properties said after the key provisions of Senate Bill Peterson was wholeheartedly in favor of • Provide municipalities with more campaign, which awarded the City of 341 were resurrected in the waning hours the legislation. options in partnering with developers to Indianapolis with a grant providing expert of the 2006 Indiana General Assembly. "Abandoned houses are a scourge on our revitalize troubled properties; and assistance in tackling blighted areas That bill had passed the Senate, but died local neighborhoods, and this bill gives • Speed up the timeframe that sites through enacting changes to state and local in a House of Representatives committee - cities and counties across the state better may languish in abandonment before they law. •

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Jersey St. in the heart of the booming resi­ ment to a customer-driven environment p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon More information, as well as the nomi­ dential downtown area. coupled with quality public transportation Saturdays. nation form, can be found at www.indy- The companies' plan to rezone thel.6- services. gov.org/eGov/Mayor/Neighborhoods/Com acre site drew considerable resistance from "Our customers are the backbone to une 15 is the deadline to submit nomi­ munityService. the immediate neighbors, as well as from everything we do," said Gilbert Holmes, Jnations for the 2006 MAYOR'S City-County Councillor Patrice Abdullah. IndyGo CEO and president. "For years, the COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS. ion Evangelical United Church of Meetings facilitated by the Riley Area City Market has stood as one of our city's Die awards program was created to rec­ ZChrist will serve as the temporary Development Corp. resulted in organized most prized landmarks. 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school day because, as a magnet teacher, is serving as the Discovery ranged form puppet-making and Ideas for Discovery Clubs can come from par­ school, CFFs students come from all Club coordinator. She believes the story-telling to sign language, percus­ ents or teachers with particular skills and inter­ parts of the city and therefore all stu­ program is also beneficial because it sion and a wide variety of technology ests. One teacher, Bonnie Beaumont, teaches two dents can't return for after-school puts students together from different labs. of her favorite activities - sewing and ballroom activities. age groups. There are a couple of constants, dancing. Royal often teaches cooking classes. Collier said, such as cooking. When Other times, however, the ideas come from There are more values to "There's that social aspect," she the session's theme was Healthy the students themselves - the core concept of the Discovery Club than just discovery, said, adding there are also plenty of Living, the cooking club dealt with school that revolves around inquiry-based learn­ said school principal Christine studies which show that students who healthy snacks. When the theme was ing. Collier. are exposed to enrichment in the arts international, the cooking club stud­ "We really do listen to the kids," said Draa, show a corresponding academic "We wrote Discovery Clubs into ied foods from around the world. who noted that one student whom she considered improvement. the original CFI program," she said, When the theme was community "a reluctant learner" came forward with an idea "because we wanted students to have When CFI was launched in the serving, the cooking club worked at for a debate club. time to come together with like inter­ early 1990s, the Discovery Club pro­ Wheeler Mission. Said Royal, "I like the clubs because ests and to explore those interests gram was seen as a way to engage Another constant is gardening. they're student-driven - just like the Center together." parents and other community mem­ Club members help maintain the for Inquiry." • The students also learn how their bers. The school's growth has Center for Inquiry grounds, and take academic subjects apply to real-life required teachers to now take part, part in outreach efforts such as help­ Story and photos pursuits, such as sewing clubs that although parents such as Royal are ing the Athenceum plant flowers. by Bill Brooks ue on P Qucation

4 Jasmine Robinson and Ajah Jones take part in a water relay race in the Wonderful Water Club. The event was geared to demonstrate how much of the rest of the world values even a Charter schools: few drops of water. Kristin Steiner and Sabrina Jones pay rapt attention to Nancy What role in Royal's discussion from "A Cool Drink of Water," a National Geographic book on water's value around the world. • public education?

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IRST THINGS FIRST. I WANTED TO write this article because I'm a parent in an Furban school district, and I wanted to under­ stand what "charter schools" are all about. The challenges facing public education, espe­ cially in America's cities, are well-known, and Indiana is no different. So it's not surprising that one group which is dedicated to one set of solu­ tions - the Charter School Association of Indiana - would be headquartered in this neighborhood. "I get surprised looks all the time," Executive Director Lori Kaplan admits, "when I explain to people that charter schools are public schools, free, and open to all on a first-come, first-served basis." Because individual charter schools are new, and small, and have their own boards and "application" processes (nobody just gets "assigned" to a charter school), they sometimes look like private schools. But they are, rather, an alternative form of deliver­ ing free public education - offering parents more choices, but committed to the same expectations about standardized testing and professional certifi-

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ASON DORSEY SAID MANY FRIENDS and colleagues were surprised when he and Jhis wife, Jenny, enrolled their school-age sons in an Indianapolis public school. "Our friends and peers assumed we would send them to private school," said Dorsey, who had moved here to become the pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in the Old Northside. But the family had come from a city where public education was valued, so they took a close look at IPS School 14, the Washington Irving School located just east of downtown in the Holy Cross neighborhood. "We are very impressed with the school," Dorsey said, who now has three sons at School 14, in the first-, third- and fifth-grades. "Our kids are getting a great education." THE CENTER FOR INQUIRY is an IPS magnet school that offers a curriculum based on inquiry-based learning, focusing Which is one explanation why Dorsey is now on the questions students themselves develop on any particular subject. The curriculum focuses on developing critical-thinking leading what is known as the IPS Renewal and problem-solving skills. Writing is also a central focus of the learning process. Movement, an effort to support - and lead cheers - The school was launched in 1993 on the city's eastside with 100 students in grades kindergarten through five. In 2000, the for a public school system that has a less-than-stel- school was relocated into a building of its own - Benjamin Harrison School 2 in Chatham Arch - and enlarged to include middle lar public image. school students through eighth grade. • Please turn to IPS RENEWAL, page 30 • APRIL 2006 28 URBAN TIMES THIS REPORT is a slight departure from a series authored by J. Ronald Newlin for Urban Times focusing on local not-for-profits and the people who make them successful. Newlin is the past executive director of the Indiana State Museum Foundation and the • CHARTERS Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. He is now a consultant providing not-for-profits with communications and fund-raising assistance. Continued from page 27 Newlin also serves as the volunteer coordinator for the Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival. cation as traditional district schools. And the small percentage of kids that are in into three groups, with one group doing funded primarily from the same public charter schools, it doesn't amount to that independent work, one group on comput­ funding sources. much overall. I see my role as educating ers, and one getting intensive attention "It is a new concept," Kaplan agrees. the public and providing the support and «• from a teacher. Minnesota pioneered the charter school tools the schools need to be successful." "The Metropolitan School, organized by concept in 1991; now 40 states have passed "Our focus is to provide an alternative But we've gone from there Goodwill Industries, uses a curriculum similar legislation, although not all have method of making sure that public educa­ to the point where public called 'Big Picture' where kids put together yet opened their first school. "Our law was tion is a success." a business plan, and at the end of the passed in 2001, and the first schools You don't get much more committed to school districts themselves semester, they present and 'defend' what opened the next school year," she says. public education than Steve Tegarden, who are operating charter they've done, just like a thesis." The legislation in question empowered serves on the Charter School Association schools - that's real Kaplan also points out Haughville's new entities to authorize the creation of board of directors. Steve and his wife, progress for choice through Academy, a national model, "strictly for schools funded with public dollars. In Barb, opened the Nestle Inn bed and break­ public schools." middle schools, and they only look at Indiana, those entities are existing public fast on East Street a few years back after lower-income urban neighborhoods." school districts themselves, state universi­ Steve retired - sort of - from a 35-year Another model, known as "KIPP," has been ties (Ball State, so far), and the mayor of career as a teacher and administrator. Steve Tegarden featured on 60 Minutes and is known for its Indianapolis. Indiana's law is the firsti n "I am and always will be a public school long hours and commitment to homework - the nation to so empower a mayor. proponent," Tegarden says. "And I am an and its track record of sending kids on to To be sure, there was resistance to that advocate for choice." college. legislation. In some states "school choice" He acknowledges that "many of my "That's highly unusual, when you think has become synonymous with "vouchers," public school colleagues wouldn't come board, that is accountable to the authorizing about a middle school being college prep," whereby families receive public funds to out and say it, but they were privately skep­ agent for delivering on the measurable Kaplan said. "But they're training kids to send children to private school - which tical about charter schools. But we've gone objectives (test scores, graduation rates) in go to high school thinking about then going generates a separate argument. Charter from there to the point where public school its "charter." Schools that don't deliver can on to college. By the time they graduate, schools keep the funds and the accountabil­ districts themselves are operating charter be closed. they've visited five or six colleges, and ity in the public sector - but they still can schools - that's real progress for choice A charter school is also defined by a filled out a college application." appear to be one more pressure on belea­ through public schools." commitment to a specialized educational Tegarden is intrigued with the "early guered school district budgets. Whether authorized by a school district, approach. college" model that is in play at the "I think there is a concern about that," a mayor, or a university, a charter school is "The 21st Century School in Irvington Decatur Discovery Academy and is also Kaplan says, "because the per-pupil allot­ defined by community involvement - not uses a computer-based model," Kaplan being used at Herron High School, sched­ ment does follow the child. 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So the organizations RISPUS ATTUCKS MIDDLE the event, which will include brief open schools just to open schools; only and individuals in downtown Indianapolis CSchool will be the site of the first speeches, information tables, perform­ when there's an unmet need." who are working for choice within the pub­ IPS Renewal Community Celebration, ances by IPS student groups, and a pres­ "I think we're off to a great start," lic school system affect us all. set for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April entation of images taken by IPS students Tegarden says. "We haven't tapped out the No one wants central Indianapolis to be 22. and parents. communities that can do this." But he sees populated exclusively by the childless and The event is being presented as an For more information on the IPS the future of the movement as evolutionary, "families with children who can't afford to opportunity for IPS Renewal team to Renewal Movement, contact Dorsey at not revolutionary. leave." The more families that stay in the share the movement with city leaders, [email protected] or Anna Bennett "I think options will continue to grow. I city and send their children to a public potential new IPS parents, IPS parents at [email protected]. don't think there will be a great prolifera­ school - charter or otherwise - the greater and children, business leader and real More information can also be found at tion. Ten years from now, will there be ten the diversity of our neighborhood, and the estate professionals. www.indyeducator.com. Click on the IPS times as many charter schools? I don't greater the demand for housing stock and "Why I Choose IPS" is the theme of Renewal tab. • think so." the higher the property values. I'll watch "It's harder than it looks," Tegarden with interest and best wishes. adds. "It's not for the faint of heart." - J. Ronald Newlin government. At least one school adminis­ Kaplan agrees. "The people involved trator is among those who agree. take it very seriously. There are a lot of "The IPS Renewal Project is a wonder­ upfront requirements and planning in put­ ft ful grassroots organization of parents and others who are sincerely interested in ting together a team of supporters. • IPS RENEWAL Our goal is to challenge Normally these groups tell us that while it Continued from page 27 spreading the good news of what is hap­ was really hard to put it together, it so pre­ people's perceptions of IPS." pening in the IPS," said Kelly Bentley, pared them for operating a successful member and past-president of the IPS Another explanation can be found in the school." Jason Dorsey Board of School Commissioners. "I am controversial 2004 IPS bond issue. thrilled to have a group of committed indi­ Impressed by School 14, Dorsey volun­ SO HOW TO DESCRibe the long-term viduals who will advocate for the district teered to help when other IPS supporters role of charter schools in public education and for children." mobilized to support a proposed bond issue in Indiana? The IPS Renewal Project now numbers that was drawing strong criticism from Fad? Niche? Tidal Wave? Probably the about 300 active members, with monthly what turned out to be a vocal minority. middle of those three options. Ultimately, be wonderful if they could double the num­ meetings drawing about 25 people, not all The bond issue passed - but the battle they may, in fact, eventually draw more ber of people every year on the Circle? the same each month. The group meets spawned a movement that may last much students (and dollars) away from private "Our goal is to challenge people's per­ from 10 a.m. to noon the third Saturday of longer than the bonds themselves. schools than from mainstream public ceptions of IPS," Dorsey said, aware of each month at the Harrison Center for the "I was impressed with how many differ­ school districts. what he calls "the city-wide perception it is Arts. ent people were supporters of IPS," Dorsey I'm only halfway through 26 years of a broken structure." Much too pessimistic, Dorsey sees the effort as integral to said. "After we won, I realized someone having kids in K-12 education. My two he said. "We want people to choose IPS Indy's larger goal of becoming a world- needed to pull people together and see daughters are IPS products, having attend­ because it is a good system." class city. what we could do." ed the acclaimed Key School when it was A year after that Monument Circle "We won't have a renewed city until The fledgling movement took a turn one in the Urban Times neighborhood. Now moment, the group did, indeed, grow to parents entrust their kids to the schools," August day in 2004 when the Dorseys and their younger brother is starting out in the about 30 parents. And that's exactly what said Dorsey, who also wants to break the another couple, Tim and Stacy Street, were private, independent St. Richard's School. 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more people to the Avenue and hopefully encourage them to go to other gal­ New York Street ||I leries as well," Johnson said, adding that he expects the program to grow fur­ Speak/Spoken 1 by Patrick Manning ||| ther as awareness of First Fridays expands. 3i o = © Harrison Center for the Arts - where Friday night openings are something of Market Street a major event, experienced a drop in visitors when First Fridays began. •,^ X Washington Street "We have always had good crowds with up to 1000 people," said Executive Director Joanna Taft. "However, initially, the First Friday events seemed to hurt Maryland Street our crowds. We got better turnout than the other galleries, but we didn't get the crowds we would have expected. "However, in the last five months, we have been soaring with record atten­ dance," Taft continued. "We believe that First Friday is growing the gallery i Street crowd and that we are making it easier to explore the downtown art scene." Kaye said that the consistency of First Friday is helping people to plan their visits to galleries ahead of time. "Instead of having to keep up with each gallery individually," she said, "they can plan which galleries they want to hit. On the flip side, there is no way for everyone to make it to all the galleries on one night and does tend to cause visitors to rush from one gallery to another." But Kaye also noted that opening-night sales have declined. Collective Art GalleryO Murphy Art Center ©Galerie "People do come back if they see something that struck them," she said, Big Car GalieryO©Penumbra Prospect Street "but since people don't stick around all night like they used to, they don't have Morns Street time to fall in love with a piece that, by the end of the night, they just have to Orange Street £ have." • 1 • Information on various gallery presentations can be found in "Events" I beginning on page 33.

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Stroll Into Spring Progressive Dinner. also feature a different flower theme, The event is scheduled for Friday, from lilacs to daffodils to pansies to iris­ by Barry Lopez and Philip Zaleski, at the The filmmakers, known as AnC Movies, will Indianapolis Center for Congregations. show the second and third installment of the May 12, when participants will stroll to es to (of course) yellow roses. The book is an anthology of spiritual writing "M.D. HEART" series, each a seven-minute six venues for their six-course meal - at Tickets are $65 per person. described as varied and stimulating, showcasing episode of a soap opera about doctors, darts and the Morris-Butler House, the DeWolf- Reservations required by contacting the reflections on the faith of children, Bible read­ Mayan Indians. Allerdice Bed and Breakfast, the Old Morris-Butler House at 636-5409 or ing, Kierkegaard and Martin Luther King Jr. Each episode includes a co-starring role cast Northside Bed and Breakfast, the [email protected]. • Some contributions are journalistic, others auto­ through a raffle - which visitors will have a biographical, others analytical. Sources are chance to do on April 7 for the fourth, fifth and wide-ranging and largely "secular," including sixth installments of "M.D. Hearts." literary reviews and such standard-bearing mag­ The episodes will be shown on a continuous azines as The New Yorker. loop between 7 and 9 p.m. For more informa­ herb seeds to get started with their own herb Video Media Garden, located on the East End of tion, check the website at www.ancmovies.com. garden. Mass Ave next to the newly relocated Mass Ave The reading club meets the fourth Tuesday Tickets are $20 for members of Historic Video. of each month at the center's Lockerbie Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and $25 for From 7 to 9 p.m. that day, the five artists Marketplace headquarters. Book club organizers • ATHENAEUM non-members; reservations required at 636-5409 who will show a variety of film-based works said the meetings are open to the public, and aturday. April 1. The annual ST. BENNO [email protected]. during the "SCREENING FEST" are Andy emphasize that participants need not attend SFEST will be staged by the Athenasum Hoezel, Trevor Charles, Geoff George, Gabriel regularly, but instead are invited to attend any Turners beginning at 6 p.m. with a beer-tasting • PROPYLAEUM Maitreya and Dawn Whetzel. The show is being session of particular interest. and music by the Athenaeum German Band. curated by Whetzel, director of Fuller Projects The evening will continue with music by the hursday. April 27. Stephen Beus, an in Bloomington. Jay Fox Bavarian Showtime Band from 8 to 11 TAssociation of American Pianists finalist, In the event of inclement weather, the • AND MORE... p.m. in the Athenaeum. Food will be available will perform at 7 p.m. in the Indianapolis screenings will take place in the lower level of • The INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS open ala carte from the Rathskeller Restaurant. Propylaeum. LAMP Gallery at 719 Mass Ave. The exhibition their2006 season on Friday, April 14, against the The St. Benno Fest, which traces its roots Beus, a native of Othello, Wash., was the is made possible by the Mass Ave Video Ottawa Lynz. Game time is 7 p.m. several centuries back to Bavaria, is the tradi­ 2003 national collegiate winner of the Music Garden, Scavenger Films, Downtime Studios tional celebration of the arrival of the new Teachers National Association competition, and and Tom Battista. • The Indianapolis Senior Center SENIOR spring beer. was a competitor in the 2005 Van Cliburn PROM is set for Friday, Apri 21, at the Indiana Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the International Competition. Room Ballroom. Call 263-6272 for details. He served on a two-year mission to Finland door. Contact the Atheneeum Foundation at 630- • HARRISON CENTER • The EARTH DAY INDIANA festival is 4569, extension 1. as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and played concerts through­ riday. April 7. New work by Jose scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April out the country. A former student of Leonard FDiGregorio will be featured in LIMINAL, a 22, at the American Legion Mall. • MORRIS-BUTLER Richter at Whitman College, he currently stud­ show to be launched by an artist's reception at • The INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATION­ aturday. April 29. Herbs and new ideas for ies with Robert McDonald at Juilliard. the Harrison Center for the Arts. The reception AL FILM FESTIVAL will be staged from Scooking herbs will be the topic of a COOK­ Tickets are $ 15 per person and include a will run from 6 to 9 p.m. that day. DiGregorio's April 26 to May 4 at various locations, includ­ ING WITH HERBS TEA set for 1 to 3 pm at dessert buffet. A cash bar is available. work will hang through April 29. ing the Indiana History Center. Check the web­ the Morris-Butler House. Reservations are required by April 25 by calling site at www.indyfilmfest for details. 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Committees sought for side-street repair and traffic flow issues HE LOCKERBIE SQUARE People's Club has posted the T"Help Wanted" sign. "Volunteers wanted," actually, to lead a pair of separate committees to: • Explore options to deal with the The proposed Landmark of Lockerbie condominium development would face East Street just south of the historic house that is now neighborhood's badly deteriorated side the residence of Tom and Jeanne Gaunt and family. The building would run to Cleveland Street and feature a 50-space garage. streets, known to most folks as "alleys."

HE WILLIS-TATE HOUSE - • Explore traffic-calming strategies for which has stood without immediate New York and Michigan streets - two thor­ Tneighbors for decades at the south­ 26 condominiums oughfares that bear rush-hour traffic that west corner of East and New York streets result in a high number of accidents. - will soon have a neighbor, if plans Both problems were discussed at the brought forth to the Lockerbie Square would be housed in March meeting of the People's Club, but People's Club last month come to fruition. no one stepped forward to chair either The project, Landmark of Lockerbie, committee. President Steve Hewitt has put would house 26 units, including two East Street project out a call for volunteers to either lead or townhomes that would face East Street serve on the panels. with architecture designed to be harmo­ On the subject of the side streets, Emily nious with the historic Willis-Tate House square-feet in size, while the flats would the Willis-Tate House. Mack - newly appointed as the mayor's immediately to the north. be 1,600-square-feet. The one- bedroom As of mid-March, the project had not neighborhood liaison for much of The Packard condo development sits lofts would measure 1,200 square feet. yet been placed on the Indianapolis Downtown - reported at the March 14 immediately to the south. The structure would feature a bottom- Historic Preservation Commission agen­ meeting that other neighborhoods have level parking deck with space for at least da, although Gibson said he still hoped launched similar efforts and have gathered The bulk of the sizable two-story struc­ 50 vehicles, with access off of Cleveland for review at the group's April 5 meeting. information that could help the Lockerbie ture would feature a flat roof and rooftop Street on the west side of the develop­ Gibson said he had not yet met with project. patios over the 24 units that will be a ment. the development's neighbors, Tom and She also reminded neighbors that they mixture of two-bedroom flats and lofts. He said preliminary pricing for the Jeanne Gaunt, but planned to do so in should report all potholes to the Mayor's Each unit in the building would feature units is between $300,000 and $500,000. short order. Members of the Lockerbie Action Center at 327-4622 or 327-HOLE some exterior space. Gibson said the section of the building Square People's Club gave the project (327-4653). Reports can also be made via The presentation was made by archi­ facing East Street, housing the town- their endorsement, subject to revision the internet at www.indygov.org/ tect David Gibson of A3design, who said homes, would feature a slate roof and if the Gaunts have any issues with the eGov/Mayor/mac. the two townhomes would be 2,000- stone base, with elevations set to match plan. • She said callers should give the +•

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Tshould soon be installed, follow­ Memorandum of Agreement will also Foundation On the subject of traffic calming, ing a vote at the March 14 meeting of serve as the template for any other Marjorie Kienle asked for volunteers to the Lockerbie Square People's Club. neighborhood that wishes to install the help her and her husband, Jim, deal with Neighbors concurred with a Board of historic-style street signs. The next meeting of the the problem of speeding traffic along New Directors recommendation that the final Chatham Arch is one of those neigh­ Lockerbie Square People's Club is: York and Michigan streets. Memorandum of Agreement between the borhoods and has taken part in negotia­ 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, April 11 She said conditions lead to a high neighborhood and the City of tions between Lockerbie Square and city number of accidents and even deaths - and Indianapolis be accepted. officials. at Lockerbie United Methodist Church at the same time result in property damage Mike Arnold, who has shepherded the Installation of the historic-style street such as the destruction of the Kienle's project through a minefield of resistance signs, with a cost of about $12,000, is Learn more about the Lockerbie antique wrought-iron fence. by the Department of Metropolitan being financed by the Lockerbie Square Square People's Club at: Persons interested in either committee Development, said the Board of Foundation. The project seemed to be www.lockerbiesquare.org should contact any People's Club board Directors voted 7-0 in favor of the completed last summer when city offi­ member. action, despite some continuing concerns cials gave the go-ahead, resulting in the with the agreement which spells out the installation of four pairs of the signs. CONTACT YOUR responsibilities born by both the People's But before the other 16 pairs could be he historic house at 520 N. Park Ave. BOARD MEMBERS Club and the city. installed, city officials halted construc­ will get a MAJOR RENOVATION, Residents wishing to place busi­ T He did say, however, that city officials tion while work continued on a detailed according to plans unveiled to the ness on the monthly agenda are did make several changes in the docu­ memorandum of understanding. The encouraged to contact any member Lockerbie Square People's Club March 14 ment following recommendations made only signs affected by the project are of the Board of Directors prior to its by Brian Knapp, president of Dinmont by Don Bogard, an attorney and those on stand-alone posts, which are regular meetings — the last Development. Lockerbie neighbor who volunteered his being replaced with black historic-style Monday of each month, just over The long-vacant house, built around two weeks before each People's services to study the proposal. posts. • 1870, was purchased about five years ago Club meeting: by Dinmont's predecessor as part of the Board of Directors North Lockerbie project. The property is Lockerbie Glove Co. Townhomes in the not part of the current project, known as • Contracting firm moving into 300 block of Vermont Street. Steve Hewitt, president, 634-9516 Davidson Street building / page 11 ([email protected]) Lockerbie Park. The drainage issue does not account for Pete Howard, vice-president, A minor renovation was done on the all of the unexpected height of the build­ 633-1796 ([email protected]) house a couple of years ago, when the alu­ efforts have yet been made for the commer­ ings. Miller himself noted that the original Don Willing, vice-president, minum siding was removed and the interior cial spaces, although Hearthview has streetscape drawings of the project did not 951-1209 ([email protected]) stripped to its historic elements. already received some inquiries on those specifically illustrate how high above street Camme Smith, vice-president, Knapp is proposing the demolition of opportunities. In securing People's Club level the townhomes would actually be. 639-6615 ([email protected]) approval of the project, Hearthview agreed Doug Pond, vice-president, two small non-historic rear additions to the Neighbors accepted the explanation and to make a good-faith effort to secure com­ 631-6115 ([email protected]) house and the construction of a two-car expressed satisfaction with the steps Steve Wagman, vice-president, garage to be accessed off Leon Street to the mercial tenants for those units - which Kosene & Kosene is taking to soften the 580-2121 ([email protected]) west. The house and garage would be con­ could ultimately be converted into residen­ impact the new townhomes will have on Mike Arnold, treasurer, 955-1633 nected by a structure that would sit on the tial space if no commercial tenants are the streetscape. ([email protected]) same foundation as the two demolished found. Newsletter contact: sections. She said construction would begin with he controversial plan involving the the townhomes facing Park Avenue, then Steve Hewitt, 634-9516 or A simple front porch would be added, TPARKING LOT in the 600 block of Bill Brooks, 756-9830 along with a new roof, he said. proceed eastward to College Avenue, with East Michigan Street between Fulton and ([email protected]) The People's Club had only one issue the four-story mixed-use building being the Spring streets has been withdrawn from the with the plans, involving the use of hardi- final element. docket of the Indianapolis Historic plank siding on the new addition. Knapp Preservation Street. Lockerbie Square agreed to attend the March 27 meeting of change in plans at the DE SOTO School No. 9, LLC, and the City of People's Club the People's Club Board of Directors with ATOWNHOME PROJECT has appar­ Indianapolis had sought a variance to allow more detailed drawings showing how the ently satisfied neighborhood objections to a the parking lot to remain in its current Following is a list of neighbors who have hardi-plank would be used, in hopes of get­ change in the posture of the buildings near form, extending illegally nine feet into the responded to the recent letter-writing cam­ ting a People's Club endorsement before the corner of New York Street and Park public right-of-way. The proposal had also paign seeking donations to help promote the project is scheduled to be heard by the Avenue. sought rezoning to CBD-2. the health and welfare of Lockerbie Square. Tad Miller, a principal with Kosene & New members since last month's listing (as Indianapolis Historic Preservation The proposal was opposed by the of March 11) are: Commission on April 5. Kosene, reported at the Lockerbie Square Lockerbie Square People's Club, after com­ People's Club's March 14 meeting that sev­ promise efforts by the petitioner proved onnal ground-breaking ceremonies are eral of the townhomes in the project were insufficient to gain neighborhood approval. Chris & Cathy Banguis being set higher above street level than John Below Fexpected to be conducted in April for IHPC staff indicated that the applicants originally planned because of drainage pipe Donald Bogard the LOCKERBIE PARK project, Kelli withdrew the petition while they consider a Chad Braun Lawrence of Hearthview Residential issues within the site. different approach. Bill Brooks reported at the March 14 meeting of the Townhomes affected by the problem sit The parking lot is part of the sale of the Mr. & Mrs. Mike Carlson Lockerbie Square People's Club. in the 300 block of New York Street historic School No. 9 building by Patti Chunn Lawrence said that work was scheduled between Agio Restaurant and the sole exist­ International Medical Group to the Young Karen & Roger DeBruler to begin on the site in late March. ing historic house on that block, and in the & Laramore advertising agency. Pedro & Barbara Granadillo 200 block of Park Avenue. Charlie Greve Lockerbie Park features 70 stacked Neighborhood objections centered Jeffrey Hofer townhome units in 35 modules, and 18 flats As a result, the main levels of the town- around the impact upon neighboring houses Peter & Emily Howard in a four-story mixed-use building that will homes are higher above the sidewalk than if the parking lot were allowed to exist per­ Gary Jacobson Rebecca Schafer sit at the northwest corner of College any other structure in that area of the manently without the same setbacks as the Susie Longua Melinda Stafford Avenue and Michigan Street. A smaller neighborhood. The developers are propos­ properties on the rest of that block. Tina Pasquinelli Mark Totedo mixed-use building facing College Avenue ing to compensate by constructing a small At press time, there was no indication John Phillips Jr. Larry Wallace will feature two second-story flats and two brick wall in front of those townhomes, and when a revised proposal would be brought Lorraine Price Judy Williams lower-level commercial condos. capping the wall with a limestone slab in to the Lockerbie neighborhood or to Lawrence said no specific marketing the same manner as the wall around the IHPC. • APRIL 2006 38 URBAN TIMES

News from the The Cottage Home newsletter Cottage Home Neighborhood

EVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD Maintenance Sub-Committee. The group, beautification efforts are under way, Several initiatives show headed up by Bob Renaker, is in charge of Sreflective of Mayor Bart Peterson's mowing CHNA's 11 lots, maintaining the comments at his recent State of the City park and flower beds, planning twice-year­ address. pride in our neighborhood ly clean-ups, and forming a community "I want to challenge each and every one garden. of us to commit to making our own homes, turn-around since the mid-1980s with Neighbors know how far Cottage Home Everyone, including neighborhood busi­ our own streets and our own neighborhoods dozens of houses restored, over 300 trees has come, but outsiders see what we some­ nesses, renters, and home owners, is invited look better," Peterson said. "Fix the broken planted, brick sidewalks re-laid, many new times are blinded to: junk on the porch, to participate. Neighbors should also not screen door. Plant flowers. Mow the grass curbs and sidewalks, over 40 spring and unfinished paint jobs, un-pruned bushes forget our older neighbors who might need before June." fall clean-ups, and the development of a and trees, litter, visible trash cans, fallen a hand with projects. • Evidence of such action is already clear neighborhood park and flower beds. down fences, and overzealous weeds. in Cottage Home. However, the neighborhood association To focus on this task, the Land Use • Get involved: Check out The neighborhood has had a drastic can only do so much. Committee has created a Beautification and the stories on this page. • April 7 cutoff for • Mark calendar for Community Garden Saturday, April 22: OO TIGHT IN YOUR YARD FOR TOMATOES, Spring Clean-Up Ttoo shady for spinach, or just enjoy the company of other gardeners? The Cottage Home neighborhood EIGHBORHOOD OFFICIALS WOULD LIKE is offering beds in a community garden. The garden is Nto break the Cottage Home record of 50 volunteers located at 714 N. Highland Avenue right next to the at the Spring Clean-Up, so mark your calendars to CHN Urban Prairie. attend. What started as a small garden plot by a neighbor Volunteers should meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 22, whose green ambitions outgrew his yard will now at Cottage Home Park at 723 N. Dorman St. for refresh­ include 10 beds and a mulch frame. The 12x4-foot ments and assignments. raised cedar beds will be filled with rich planters soil Trash bags, gloves, and tools will be provided, but and organic mulch mix. you might want to bring your own garden gloves or Beds are divided into three 3x4-foot sec­ heavier trash bags. tions and can be shared between gardeners. As usual, we'll pick up trash under the 1-65-70 over­ On-site water and hoses will be available. pass and throughout the neighborhood; mulch and plant Light chemical use is allowed with several flowers in the neighborhood sign lots; sweep and rake of the beds dedicated to organic garden use curbs; and prune trees. In addition, we'll have a chipper only for branches and growth under the trees in the lot at The garden is open to local gardeners on East 10th Street and Highland Avenue. a first serve basis at the following rates: A dumpster will be available for neighborhood use Resident members: $75; senior resident at the corner of St. Clair and Dorman streets. Please members: $50; non-resident: $90. make sure to place your items into the dumpster Reservations must be in by April 7 and because overflow will not be picked up. No construc­ beds will be available for planting May 1. tion, demolition materials, tires, refrigerators or air con­ Contact Joan Morris for more infonnation ditioners or toxic materials will be accepted. at 257-2677 or joanhm@ mac.com. • Neighbors who have a refrigerator or air conditioner that needs to be picked up should call the Mayor's Top: Will Skidmore with the pumpkin harvest in 2005. Action Center at 327-4622. Thanks to Sara Graub of Keep Indianapolis Right: Swiss Chard companion-planted Beautiful and the sponsors of the Neighborhood Clean- with marigolds to keep out the pests. Up Program: The City of Indianapolis, Kroger, Coca- All photos by Ed Norman Cola, Republic Services, and Southside Landfill. •

N 18-INCH-WIDE SNAPPING Aturtle crossing Dorman Street; a • Nurturing wildlife in Cottage Home pair of nesting mallards with their neighbors to participate in one of • A Community Wildlife Habitat - brood often ducklings in Pogue's three ways. an even broader range of participation Run; a blue-tailed skink sunning on a • A Backyard Wildlife Habitat - that can include businesses, schools doorstep; a kestrel swooping down to individual yards that provide basic and residents. Certification is based nail an unsuspecting mourning dove at elements for wildlife survival and on a point system tied to meeting spe­ a neighbor's feeder - these are just a practice sustainable gardening. cific goals and participation. few of the native inhabitants of • A Wildlife Friendly Jenkins will be attending a neighbor­ Cottage Home. Neighborhood - a group designation hood meeting soon to present A small group of enthusiasts have in which the neighborhood is evaluat­ specifics of all three programs. For started gathering information on mak­ ed on the number of Backyard more information visit the Indiana ing Cottage Home even friendlier to Wildlife Habitat participants and other Wildlife Federation Website at native plants and animals. With the natural assets such as green space, www.indianawildlife.org or the help of Lynn Jenkins of the Indiana waterways, and number of mature National Wildlife Federation at Wildlife Federation, they hope to get trees. www.nwf.org. • A skink lizard is among the fauna found in Cottage Home. APRIL 2006 QQ URBAN TIMES W«J building and increasing the size of the out­ King, until moving to Broad Ripple in • NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES Cottage Home door storage operations. 2004. He is survived by his mother Neighborhood Association Tommie; stepfather John; wife; and six Representing the interests of our neighbor­ Wrecker company ongratulations to DAVID children. Our condolences to the family. hood bounded by East 10th Street, Oriental CHOSTETTER, who received the Street, Michigan Street and Interstate withdraws petition 65/70. prestigious Rose Award for Lifetime ongratulations to KITTY STEPHENS DOWNTOWN WRECKER COM- Achievement in our city's service and hos­ Cof 1130 E. St. Clair St. on the birth of The next meeting of the Cottage Home pany has withdrawn its petition for a pitality industry. David, of 720 N. Dorman her second great-grandson, bom on Neighborhood Association is: A variance that would have allowed it to St., was nominated for his 13 years of work Valentine's Day. 6 p.m. Monday, April 3 locate a wrecker service and store automo­ at St. Elmo Steak House. elcome to JAY PARKS, at Marian, Inc., 1011 E. St. Clair St. (on the biles on a 3.7-acre tract of land in the 900 The 15th annual Rose awards, sponsored first Monday's of even-numbered months.) block of Michigan Street just east of by the Indianapolis Convention and WMICHAEL TARR and JOSHUA Interstate 65. Visitors Association, were held March 7 at WOOLEY who recently bought the house Board of Directors the Convention Center. Of 76 nominated at 554 N. Highland Ave. And a belated wel­ Last Chance Wrecker and Sales had Michelle Shivers, president, 1106 E. 9th persons, only three walked away with life­ come to KEN CAMPBELL and C. J. originally sought a continuance from the St. time achievement honors. GURLEY who are renting the cottage at Joan Hostetler, vice-president, 716 N. Feb. 28 meeting of the Board of Zoning Mayor Peterson commented that the 822 N. Highland Ave. recently restored by Dorman St. Appeals, but withdrew the petition just Rose awards are his favorite evening in the TERRY BRADBURY Maribeth Bailey, treasurer. before that hearing. Melissa Lear, recording secretary. city and despite having worked diligently John Harris, corresponding secretary, 716 The company, now located at 1024 E. that day with his annual state of the city ottage Home residents interested in N. Dorman St. Market St., was seeking to locate its opera­ Greg Duncan, 1109 E. 9th St. address, looking forward to the night ahead participating in a SPRING GARAGE tion on the tract of land just outside the C Barbara Fain, gave him the drive to get through such a SALE should contact President Michelle Jim Jones, Cannon IV, 950 N. Dorman St. Cottage Home neighborhood. The proposal busy day. Shivers at [email protected] Sara Olds, 1106 E. St. Clair St. had drawn the formal opposition of the Congratulations, David, and we all 267-9513. Doug Shoemaker, Zionsville Cottage Home Neighborhood Association, Virginia Stewart, 802 N. Oriental St. thank you for representing our city in such the Near Eastside Community an outstanding way! For more information on the Cottage Home Organization's Zoning and Land Use tay up to date between issues of Urban neighborhood and association: Committee, and nearby businesses. ormer neighbor TONY "AMP" KING STimes. If you would like to receive an www.cottagehome.info Prior to withdrawing the petition, Philip Fdied unexpectedly on March 1 at the occasional COTTAGE HOME E- Or: 639-2814 or [email protected], or and Brad Aaron had sought a continuance age of 40 after a two-day illness. Tony NEWSLETTER, send your e-mail address send an e-mail to cottagehomeneighbor- to March 28 because of revised plans that lived at 712 N. Dorman Street in the old to newsletter editor Joan Hostetler at [email protected]. would decrease the size of the proposed home of his grandparents, Sam and Carrie [email protected]. •

• Thursday, April 27 - Heavy trash pick-up. Glassbum, Betty The calendar • Thursday, April 27, 6 p.m. - Night of the OUR Parks, Jay • Saturday, April 1 - Deadline to join Stars, East Side Volunteer Recognition, at Taylor, Judy Community Garden. Marian, Inc. Tarr, Michael MEMBERS • Monday, April 3, 6 p.m. - Neighborhood • Saturday, April 29, 6:30 p.m. - Cottage Wooley, Joshua* meeting at Marian, Inc., 1011 E. St. Clair St. Home Movie Night, empty lot south of 702 The following individuals and • Saturday, April 8, 4-6 p.m. - Brookside Dorman; movie projected onto Marian, Inc. businesses have joined or Membership is just $5 per year. Family Center, 3500 Brookside Parkway renewed their CHNA member­ • Monday, May 1 - Community Garden To join send checks to John M. South. $3 per person. Join your friends and plots ready to plant. ships since the last issue. Harris, corresponding secretary, NESCO neighbors. Please RSVP to Ed Norman • Monday, May 1, 6-8 p.m. - Researching Those marked with an asterisk 716 N. Dorman St., Indianapolis, at [email protected]. Your Historic Home, a program by Joan (*) also made financial donations 46202. Window signs are an addi­ • Saturday, April 15 - Community Garden to the association during the Hostetler, at Spades Park Library. Sponsored by tional $2. workday. NESCO History & Preservation Committee and same period. • Saturday, April 22, 9 a.m. - Cottage Home Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library. Spring Clean-up, 723 N. Dorman St. Reservations required: 275-4085. •

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CHATHAM ARCH Archives News from the Chatham Arch Neighborhood

Chatham Arch Remembering Paul Atkinson Neighborhood Paul Atkinson (left) One retirement and partner Tom Association Jones flank Mayor P.O. Box 441125, led to a full-time Bart Peterson at the Indianapolis IN 46204 2004 press confer­ job as neighborhood ence announcing the The next meeting of the Chatham donation of land for a Arch Neighborhood Association is: activist, enthusiast neighborhood park. 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, AUL ATKINSON WAS PRESI- at the Firefighters' Hall. dent of the Chatham Arch Neighborhood Association when P Learn more about the Chatham Arch Brad Luther moved to the downtown Neighborhood Association on-line at: historic neighborhood about 15 years ago. Indianapolis Historic "His passion for Chatham Arch ran Preservation www.ChathamArch.org deep," Luther said, remembering that first Commission. He also meeting. "He encouraged me to join the spent a great deal of 2005 Directors board to address the important issues of the plan with a large dining table. We spent time at the many hours around the table conducting Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Kim Lucas, President, 634-4524 time." [email protected] Patricia Griffin, who had already lived business. When business was not on the Center, researching how to establish a Vaughan Townsend, vice-president, in Chatham Arch for seven years before agenda, Paul reveled in hosting dinner par­ neighborhood foundation. 440-9848, [email protected] Atkinson arrived, has similar memories. ties." Jones remembers that during the admin­ Anne Hardwick, secretary, 684-0700 "The first time we met Paul, he was His love of cooking was accompanied istration of Mayor Steven Goldsmith, his [email protected] very gracious and interested in becoming a by a passion for cookbooks - with over partner attended so many meetings that Brad Coomer, treasurer, 822-9556 'quick study' of how he could personally 2,000 in his personal collection. Goldsmith gave him tickets to the Indiana [email protected] help out," she said. "We had many opportu­ For Luther, the memory of Paul Pacers. JeffCowsert, 917-9651 [email protected] nities throughout the years to work with Atkinson will include thoughts of his sense "It was a full-time job, volunteering to of humor, which he described as "dry and do things," Jones said. Ann Moore, 917-0238 Paul on neighborhood projects. [email protected] hysterical. He had a sharp wit - but would Harton said the fact Atkinson was "He was seemingly tireless," she Walter Bartz, 321-9687 also take one to task on historic issues." retired, yet keenly interested in Chatham continued. "He never stopped until his [email protected] Before moving Downtown, Atkinson Arch, "was a real blessing for the neighbor­ recent illness brought him to a halt." Larry Cleaver, 632-1476 worked for USF&G Insurance Co. for 25 hood." That illness led to Paul Atkinson's death Terry O'Neal, 635-0097 on Feb. 27 at the age of 73. The overall years, where he was an assistant underwrit­ That blessing will be evident for many [email protected] decline in Paul's health was felt throughout ing manager in the Fire and Marine Unit. years, but not only through Atkinson's Peggy Cranfill, 955-9570 the neighborhood he had dearly loved since He was a Kentucky Colonel and member of work on behalf of the neighborhood associ­ [email protected] moving here in 1990. the Sons of the American Revolution. ation. Atkinson and Jones have donated the Don Elliott, 822-8455 "It was difficult for everyone to accept," And though Atkinson and Jones consid­ 150x75-foot lot on the corner of St. Clair [email protected] ered retiring to a farmhouse in Johnson and East streets, adjacent to their home, to said Luther. "Our neighborhood is like a Urban Design Committee: family. We all mourned together." County, both men became instant the neighborhood. The park will be known Mark Porteous, chair, If Atkinson's passion for Chatham Arch Downtowners - and historic preservation­ as "Chatham Commons." [email protected] took second stage to anything, it was cook­ ists - when they decided instead to build a The two men also donated $10,000 to ing. house in Chatham Arch. launch the Chatham Arch Neighborhood Newsletter contact: "When I think of Paul, I think of his "He really believed in this neighbor­ Fund, to help underwrite various neighbor­ Kim Lucas, [email protected] work in the neighborhood - and cooking," hood," said Jones. "He fought for it." hood projects. said Tom Harton. "He was a real chef." Atkinson also spent a great deal of time "Constant improvement was his goal to Luther said Atkinson and Jones hosted at an endless array of meetings in addition make our neighborhood better and our Chatham Arch many neighborhood board meetings and to those of the Chatham Arch social circle stronger," Luther said. Foundation other planning sessions in the stately St. Neighborhood Association, which he Added Griffin, "He loved the people Clair Street home they built when both men served as president for three years. and the neighborhood and watching the P.O. Box 441125, Indianapolis IN retired. Atkinson also represented Chatham Arch at upgrades. We are better people, for having 46204 "Paul made sure there was plenty of meetings of Historic Urban Neighborhoods known and worked together with Paul wine and hors d'oeuvres for everyone," of Indianapolis, with the Police Alliance, throughout the years. He motivated us Tom Harton, president; Walter Bartz, Luther said. "Their home has an open floor and at countless meetings of the significantly." vice president; Cindy Porteous, treas­ Luther said. Their home has an open tloor a"" ai euuiiues,s> meetings, ui me Mgmuuumy. - urer; Tom Elkas, secretary; and Steve Tegarden. Spring clean-up effort is scheduled for Saturday, May 13 ^r~>i HATHAM ARCH WILL CONCON- neighborhood to clean its streets, sidewalks and are planning for tithi s year's event to be duct its spring neighborhood clean­ and alleys, and trim low-hanging branches fun and successful as well. up on Saturday, May 13. All volun­ to keep the neighborhood looking its best. Volunteers will be provided lunch C • Debate continues over teers should meet at 9 a.m. in front of 901 following the clean-up. Questions should The event is not planned to clean Broadway St. Trash bags and tools will be be directed to Anne Hardwick at proposed three-unit building individual property. provided. [email protected] in Waldorf development The community activity, organized in Clean-up organizers said the Chatham Sponsors include the City of - page 7 cooperation with Keep Indianapolis Arch neighborhood has always had great Indianapolis, Kroger, Coca-Cola, Republic Beautiful, represents an opportunity for the support from volunteers on clean-up days, Services and the Southside Landfill. • APRIL 2006 URBAN TIMES 41 • NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES Lisa Larkin has little trouble staying busy Home tour to focus Even though some residents claim to be • THE University of Indianapolis. She is now a on 'new' and 'old' retired, it is difficult to find one who is not family practice nurse practitioner, able to "still working." We could find no one in a GOOD prescribe medication. RGANIZERS OF THE 2006 rocking chair; most are volunteering in a Lisa occasionally returns to Marian LIFE OChatham Arch home tour are program that has been dear to their hearts College to fill in when needed. In addition to planning a 2006 event that will draw for a long time. This is another her involvement in the Equine Assisted An example is Lisa Larkin, who devotes upon the diversity of housing in the in a series of Learning program, she serves on the Board neighborhood, as well as showcasing a significant amount of time to the "Equine profiles by of Directors of Phoenix Theatre. both the historic properties and more Assisted Learning" (EAL) program at an Ann Moore Unfortunately, after a routine physical recently built structures. organization known as Strides to Success. In on retired examination in 2003, Lisa was diagnosed The tour will take place on Saturday EAL the horse becomes a partner in helping people who call with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. and Sunday, Oct. 7-8, from 1 to 5 p.m. bring about growth and change to people not Chatham Arch Fortunately, the drug Gleevec has been a home. both days. motivated in traditional learning experi­ "golden bullet" for this condition, which is ences. Co-chairs Barb Tegarden and Lisa Larkin now in remission. Lisa Daily had a pony while growing up Vaughn Townsend said that, with the Nick Larkin was commissioned as second number of new projects being built in in the Owen County town of Spencer. Her lieutenant in the U.S. Army after graduating Chatham Arch, this promises to be an late father was a prosecutor and a circuit create its Fitness and Wellness Department. from U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He exciting tour featuring the "new" as court Judge. Graduating from Indiana State She taught academic classes, training stu­ currently is with the ROTC program at well as the "old." University meant that Lisa was a brand-new dents to be wellness instructors. When he IUPUI; and Lisa and Greg are pleased to Other new events are also being registered nurse. On May 15, 1975, exactly was recruited by Eli Lilly and Co., Dr. Greg have him nearby until the time in early 2006 planned as part of the tour. Look for 30 years to the day before retiring, she went closed his practice and commuted to when he leaves for service at Fort Bragg. more information in coining issues of to work at Blue Cross/Blue Shield as an Indianapolis to work. During this period, the Urban Times. abuse investigator. Traveling with a team Lisa earned a master's degree in health pro­ Moving from a beautiful, serene, peaceful Call Tegarden at 917-0396 or around Northern Indiana, she looked into motion from Purdue University. community near Eagle Creek Park to Chatham Arch in 2003 was "a good move," Townsend at 440-9484 for more infor­ provider abuse, insurance fraud, over billing Lisa, Greg and Nick moved to Lisa says. Downtown living has rewards mation. to the Department of Public Welfare and, in Indianapolis in 1992. She received a Letter beyond fine dining and the arts: "the best that capacity, even carried a gun. of Inquiry from Marian College to head their neighbors anyone could possibly have." he next outing of the Chatham Arch In the meantime, Dr. Greg Larkin had Wellness Program and to take care of stu­ T(OUT TO) DINNER CLUB is set established a family practice in Greencastle. dents in a nursing capacity. When she For young workers just starting out, Lisa for 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at He and Lisa were married in 1978, and she encountered delays providing medical serv­ advises to not be afraid to ask for help - Shapiro's Delicatessen. Contact Nancy served as office nurse. When their son, Nick, ices and prescription medication for stu­ from family, from friends and from neigh­ Stage at 972-1522 for more informa­ was born, she cut back on work hours and dents, Lisa took matters in her own hands. bors. Her advice for everyone: "Rekindle old tion. • started a fitness business. Once again, she went back to school - friendships; spend time with your family." DePauw University recruited Lisa to this time earning a master's degree from - Ann Moore

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THE News from the Herron-Morton Place HERRONMORTONTIMES Neighborhood

Home tour is set for Sunday, Sept. 10 Herron-Morton Place Association, Inc of Herron-Morton Place, from dignified Herron School of Art and the studio of P.O. Box 44166, Indianapolis IN 46244 Event to celebrate Victorian-era homes to innovative new con­ artist T.C. Steele; the current home of struction. Epilogue Theatre, Footlite Musicals and the The next meeting of the Herron-Morton several anniversaries Place Association is: Tickets are $10 the day of the home tour Talbot Street Art Fair; and the future home 7 p.m. Monday, April 3, EN HOMES WILL BE FEATURED and will be available at each home on the of Herron High School and Indianapolis in the Herron-Morton Place Home tour as well as at the Herron-Morton Place Museum of Contemporary Art. in the Joy of All Who Sorrow TTour, a special anniversary event Historic Park at 19th and Alabama streets. Herron-Morton Place is bounded by Orthodox Church. scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 10. Tickets may be purchased for $9 in 16th Street on the south, 22nd Street on the advance at all branches of The National north, and the alleys west of N. Learn more about Herron-Morton The semi-annual tour will celebrate Place at: several milestones in what we believe is the Bank of Indianapolis; Out Word Bound Pennsylvania Street and east of Central city's fastest-growing historic neighbor­ Bookstore, At Home In The City, and Avenue. www.herron-morton.org. hood - the 20th anniversary of the Home Fusek's True Value Hardware. The neighborhood boasts beautifully Tour, the 20th anniversary of Herron- Tickets are also available on-line at preserved and restored homes that reflect Board of Directors www. herron-morton. org. many architectural styles, including Queen Morton Place's historic designation, and Jennifer Jones, president, 925-0319 the 30th anniversary of the Herron-Morton For more information, visit www. Anne, Italianate, Tudor, Arts & Crafts, Tom Forman, vice-president, 926-2141 Place Association. herron-morton.org, or call Tom Forman at Cottage, and Colonial Revival. Kellie Welborn, treasurer, 926-1270 Gloria O'Shell, secretary, 926-5168 "The Places We Call Home" is the 697-3619 or John Mays at 508-0306. Additionally, with the renewed interest in Herron-Morton Place continues to hold downtown living, Herron-Morton Place is Angela Edwards, 439-3382 theme of the event, sponsored by the Carole Veatch, 927-9823 Herron-Morton Place Foundation, Inc. a dynamic place in the historic fabric of experiencing tremendous growth in terms Tiffany Berkson, 926-4544 The tour will celebrate the architecture Indianapolis - as the former home of the of new residential construction. • Russ Smith, 926-3793 Tom Stark, 925-2170 Contact the HMPA Board of Directors at: [email protected] • Pennsylvania Street apartment The Herron-Morton Times is published by BOARD house to be relocated / page 9 the Urban Times in conjunction with the Herron-Morton Place Association, Inc. Articles, information, and discussion of rele­ vant neighborhood topics from all interested • NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES parties are encouraged. Space for articles PROFILE will be evaluated according to timeliness, appropriateness, and source. Submissions Play group launched are not guaranteed to be published, are sub­ Another in a series on members of the Herron- ject to editing, and will not be returned. The Morton Place Association Board of Directors. Herron-Morton mom, Marianne editors reserve the right to edit or refuse to Lusk, has initiated a Herron-Morton print any article that is inflammatory, deroga­ IFFANY BENEDICT BERKSON; A play group which will meet from 11 a.m. to tory, racist, discriminatory, partisan, or con­ full-time job in outside marketing taining language deemed inappropriate for a 1 p.m. in Herron-Morton Park, weather and sales; neighborhood historian neighborhood newsletter. Advertisements in T permitting. this publication do not necessarily reflect an and researcher. Weather was indeed the culprit on the endorsement form the Herron-Morton Place Association. The publisher reserves the group's first play date in March, which was What brought you to HMP? right to change the style or format of the relocated the Harrison Center nursery, newsletter and its content as deemed nec­ This old house! Not the show, the house thanks to a kind neighbor. essary. I live in. Though I am a native Californian, Interested parents are encouraged to my mother grew up in Indianapolis; I used E-mail articles to: contact Marianne at 926-9025 or [email protected] to come to Indy to visit my grandparents [email protected]. every summer. When I found out the price See page 3 for deadlines. • The initial date was posted on the neigh­ range on Victorians here, I loaded up a borhood list serv, but the majority of the truck and headed east. Not only did I find a neighborhood is not on the yahoo group. Victorian, but one with pretty much every­ The more, the merrier! Get to know other CALENDAR thing on my wish list. Coincidentally, it parents in HMP. turns out that my grandparents and mother • Monday, April 3 - Herron-Morton lived in HMP throughout the '50s. I was TORK REPORT: Herron-Morton Place Association full membership meeting immediately smitten with the potential here. SPlace welcomed two more infants this at the Joy of All Who Sorrow Church; 6:30 p.m. past month. First, ETHAN BRAYTON Changes you'd like to see in HMP? BULL was born at 11:48 p.m. Feb. 15. • Saturday, April 8 - Easter Egg Hunt at the Herron-Morton Place Historic Park; 1:30 • Pride. Not the rainbow kind - His parents, Chris Bull and Annette Blose, p.m. although that's super, too. I mean pride in live at 16th and Delaware streets. making the neighborhood as great as possi­ • Monday, April 10 - Herron-Morton The following week, AVA MARIE Place Association Board of Directors meet­ ble. More involvement, more interest, more HARRINGTON was delivered at 4:45 ing at the Joy of All Who Sorrow Church; participation, less apathy. I just find it odd a.m. Feb. 20. Ava weighed six pounds and 6:30 p.m. Tiffany Berkson definitely gets into life that some people choose to create the 14 ounces and is the daughter of Brock and in a Victorian neighborhood. • Saturday, April 22 - Spring Cleanup: history of their lives here and yet don't Janice Harrington, who reside at 20th and Celebrate Earth Day with HMP! Meet at feel compelled to help make it the best New Jersey streets. the park with gloves and rakes; 1 p.m. possible place to live. rs. Wilma Sands, beloved Herron- in the hospital. Hie entire neighborhood is Please turn to BOARD PROFILE, page 43 MMorton Place pioneer and revered neighbor, has recently returned from a stay relieved to hear she is home safe. • APRIL 2006 **> URBAN TIMES H'O

It's time to start Favorite HMP spots? New Jersey Street is way up there; to think the esplanades BOARD PROFILE used to run the same length of Alabama and Delaware streets. mobilizing forces Continued from page 42 It just makes me want to go back in time. I love the fact that no matter how many times you drive or walk in front of • No more boarded up, empty houses! I know entrepre- homes here, there is always some new detail you hadn't for 2006 art fair neurship is the American way, but have a soul. How much noticed before. more are these "investors" going to be able to squeeze out of The architecture that remains from the neighborhood's OLUNTEERS ARE BEING houses requiring a gut job? Let's make the greedy people heyday is an inspiration. Who doesn 't try to imagine what it sought to help with the fast- pariahs. A pox on them all! looked like 100 years ago? Isn't that really the magic of these approaching 51st Annual Talbot V • Mandatory jail time for the people going "mach 5" historic neighborhoods? There is beauty to be found in every Street Art Fair, scheduled for Saturday and down Delaware Street on their obnoxiously loud motorcycles historic home in the neighborhood. • Sunday, June 10-11, in Herron-Morton at 3 a.m. every summer night - and all the other "iron eagle" Place. flight crews. It could "drive" a person to drink. The event is consistently one of the best- attended art fairs in Indianapolis, and organizers need many volunteers to pull off backyard waiting for it to open up. How all of the activities that support the fair. Why I like Herron-Morton Place great is it to have a big festival in your yard A few areas that need volunteers every year! include: By Andrea Gregorek of running up the front staircase and then Things have come full circle. Teresa Neighborhood clean-up (the weekend down the back staircases. Patrick was my babysitter, and now I'm a prior), set-up, trash collection (during the This is another in an occasional series I don't remember not knowing my best babysitter for Eric and Kathleen Jones's fair and after), lemonade stand, publicity authored by young residents of Herron-Morton friend, Abby Hammond (formerly of 1808 kids. I have a little brother, Patrick, and I Place. Andrea Gregorek is a freshman and walk him to our park. Mom used to walk booth, and tear-down. honor student in the Math Science Academy N. Delaware). Our mothers tell us that we me to Shawn Grove park because we didn't Sign-up sheets will be available at the at Arsenal Tech High School. met when we were watching an abandon have one when I was really little. May and June Herron-Morton Place house bum. We were both two. Later, we OURTEEN YEARS AGO, MY LIFE Association meetings. Interested persons would ran down the alley to meet and play. I have spent many happy years here on started at 1703 North Talbott Street can also volunteer by sending an e-mail Our mothers always watched from our Talbott Street. Over time it is a street I have in a big blue house right on the cor­ backyards to make sure we were safe in with name, e-mail address, phone number, F come to know and love, not just as a place ner, where living in an old house certainly running the one-block distance. and times of availability to tforman@indy of friends and family but as the place I will has its up and downs. For example, stair­ rr.com, or by calling Tom Forman at 697- One of the best parts is the Talbot Street always call home. • cases. Many of my childhood memories are 3619. • Art Fair. I remember standing out in my

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aSt u ^ - 225 E. North St. Phone: 638-5534 or 5537 Murat Cell: 435-0577 Or, Call Randy Nail Centre Thomas King Cole Building FREE PARKING Suite 200 • One North Meridian St • Indianapolis, IN 317-578-0001 Christenson (317)635-3731 • 1(800)442-0362 A A APRIL 2006 SS URBAN TIMES Propylaeum now hosting monthly ONS meetings Patrice Abdullah, whose district also covers territory in the Jackie Nytes to speak at Old Northside. April 3 association meeting ONS President Andra Sudler expressed her appreciation of the Propylaeum for agreeing to host the monthly meetings. ITY-COUNTY COUNCILOR JACKIE NYTES WILL She praised the main-floor meeting space and also noted the Chelp the Old Northside launch its new monthly meeting abundance of parking both on the street and in the site - the Propylaeum at 1410 N. Delaware St. - when she Propylaeum's off-street parking lot. makes a presentation at the Monday, April 3, meeting of the Increasing the attendance at the monthly meetings is one Old Northside Association. goal for the current year, with interesting and relevant speak­ Nytes may be joined at the meeting by a fellow councilor, ers being one of the key methods. •

News Fund-raising alternatives under study from the Old Northside Brain-storming session Foundation officials have also compiled A discussion of corner plantings was a list of all items needing to be repaired or quite lively. It is hoped that those who Old Northside Association setss other priorities for updated at the two neighborhood parks. have plantings on the corner in front of The list is long and requires money. It their homes or businesses - or a historical Old Northside Foundation Association, Foundation was suggested that volunteers meet at least marker with plantings at their homes or The next meeting of the once a month to weed and clean up the businesses - will water and weed them Old Northside Association is: parks. Since one wedding has already been during the course of the year. ENERATING ENOUGH REV- conducted at Great Oak Commons, direc­ However, association members are 7 p.m. April 3, enue to carry out the goals of the tors decided the Foundation should draw being sought to "adopt" a corner or marker GOld Northside Association and Old up contracts for any future private activi­ where there is not a residence, organiza­ at the Propylaeum. (Note new site) Northside Foundation was one of the major ties that might be held there. tion, or business which can or will main­ Learn more about the Old Northside issues discussed on Feb. 18 when members Another discussion involved the ONS tain them. Association on-line at: of the two boards of directors met to Plaque Program, which can be used for The Old Northside website needs to be www.oldnorthside.org exchange ideas and talk about goals for the both historic and new buildings. Eight updated. A committee was formed to put neighborhood over the next few years. signs have been erected to date, while together some proposals for changes. Ideas and join the neighborhood's e-mail A committee is being formed to study will be discussed at the next board meet­ discussion group for pertinent neighbor­ another five signs have been ordered. hood issues and meeting reminders by other ways to make money, following last Historical information is available for ing. logging on to: year's home tour that was not successful in people who wish to erect a plaque in front Hie consensus was that we would like generating any income. of their homes or businesses. Information to become more social in the neighbor­ http://groups.yahoo.com/ One on-going effort involves selling will be distributed at each meeting; inter­ hood. Emily Stage, chairman of the Social group/ONSneighborhood pickets for the new fence at Great Oaks ested neighbors can also contact any board Committee, has some ideas. In March, the Commons. The pickets are priced at $50 member. residents were invited to go to Elements 2005 ONS Association each, and include a plaque with an inscrip­ The next great concern is the mowing of Restaurant for a wine tasting. tion of the donor's choice. the grassy areas along Interstate 65 going Neighborhood leaders would like to see Board of Directors Pickets will be installed when warm through the neighborhood. In the past, the more use of the Great Oaks Commons in Andra Sudler, president, weather returns. Over 100 pickets are still state has mowed part of it and the founda­ the summer, perhaps by having an associa­ [email protected] available for purchase. Interested persons tion members themselves mowed the area tion meeting, musical events or parties Brent Mather, vice-president, 916-9739, can get forms at neighborhood meetings or around the trees. there. [email protected]. from board members. Later, the foundation paid someone to The members of the two boards agreed Nancy Inui, treasurer, 917-9715 Another point of discussion was the [email protected]. mow the area three times a year. It has that it would be good for us to meet togeth­ Annette Dutro, secretary caboose at the Frank & Judy O'Bannon been decided to let the state mow as much er once a quarter to discuss various prob­ [email protected]. Soccer Park. Over $11,500 has been raised as it can with their equipment, while the lems and ideas for the Old Northside. Diana Mullendore, 637-1420, to refurbish the caboose, which when foundation will hire someone to mow ONS President Andra Sudler reported [email protected]. repaired will be turned over to the around the trees from College Avenue to that the consensus was that the meeting Paul A. DePrez, 631-2974, Indianapolis Parks Department for mainte­ Alabama Street. was beneficial and that the two boards had DePrezLaw.ON S@att. net nance. The 16th Street Corridor has several a lot of other things to discuss. If any resi­ Robert Hebbs, 636-6843, The caboose will more than likely be representatives from the Old Northside. dents have something they would like to bobhebbs@aol. com moved closer to the Monon Trail, said JTiose neighbors are keeping the organiza­ see discussed, please contact either Sudler Deanna Sapp, 685-9486, [email protected] Foundation members who have met with tions informed as to any proposals for or ONS Foundation President Lynn Lynn Molzan, 637-1942, city officials. changes. Molzan. • [email protected] Rand Hammack, Easter egg hunt set for April 15 in Great Oak Commons [email protected] RAFT-MAKING GAMES AND Everyone is invited to the event that for a chance to win the "Beautiful Basket" Newsletter contact: prizes will be among the many features activities for people of all ages, contest. Extra points will be awarded for Deanna Sapp, 818 E. 15th St. Cactivities set for the Easter Egg including adults. The traditional hunt for creativity. or via e-mail at: Hunt scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Easter eggs is, of course, the main event. Persons planning to attend are asked to [email protected] Saturday, April 15, at Great Oak Participants are encouraged to bring contact Emily Stage in advance at Any submissions must be signed and Commons. their own decorated and adorned baskets [email protected] or 679-9344. • include the address and phone number of the sender, and are judged on a case- by-case basis in accordance with the mission of this newsletter. JOIN THE OLD NORTHSIDE ASSOCIATION Membership form is available on page 45 APRIL 2006 AK URBAN TIMES H'O

• PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Website an underused resource Join the Urban Times OW MANY OF YOU LIVING IN THE OLD NORTHSIDE USE the ONS website for information? Did you know that information Hregarding meetings, upcoming events, and general neighborhood advertising family today information is on the site for you to read? The board is in the process of re-engineering, so to speak, the ONS web­ site. We want it to be even more user friendly and have more information added to the site. Get your message to people who live downtown One idea presented is that if we had the e-mail address of everyone who lived in the ONS, we could communicate important information more readily. (especially in our 7 neighborhoods where Urban Times is home- Notification of meetings, topics to be discussed, social events - all of which could be e-mailed easily. delivered as the official neighborbhood newsletter) If you would like to participate, then e-mail me at [email protected] or go to www.oldnorthside.orge to communicate with the president. We are trying to involve more people in our neighborhood to come to OUR Call Jeremy Crum meetings, to participate in the social events, and to help with clean up in the neighborhood and parks. NEIGHBORHOODS today at 638-0478 I hope that many of you who are not currently members will take the time to join. Simply call treasurer Nancy Inui for a membership form, and she to begin advertising will take your check. We now have membership cards for you to show at events for members. There will continue to be some events for those who are in our May issue not members as well. I am sorry I missed the wine-tasting at Urban Elements restaurant, but Deadline to reserve hope to see the families with children at our Easter egg hunt in April at Great Oaks Commons. space is April 10. Also remember that the Old Northside Association neighborhood meetings will be at the Propylaeum starting with our Monday, April 3, meeting. See 1 - Lockerbie Square 5 - Herron-Morton Place you there. 2 - Chatham Arch 6 - Cottage Home Andra Sudler, president 3 - St. Joseph 7 - Woodruff Place Old Northside Association 4 - The Old Northside

Old Northside Association 2006 Membership Application To be submitted with fee to ONS Treasurer: 1338 N. New Jersey, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Dues for 2006 are $25 per individual member ($50 suggested contribution for businesses) Please make your check payable to Old Northside Neighborhood Association Address: &ne£ Member 1: "CREATING" THE ULTIMATE YOU! 317-266-0598 Phone # Home: Work: E-mail:

I give permission for the above information to be printed in the ONS neighborhood directory: LET OUR DESIGN TEAM [ ] All of the above information SHAPE YOUR IMAGE [ ] All of the above except (circle:) home phone work phone email address COME EXPERIENCE OUR [ ] Please leave me out of the ONS neighborhood directory NO-TENSION CUTTING TECHNIQUE! 114 E. 9TH St. FREE PARKING Member 2: BEEN DYED, FRIED & CRIED? Phone # Home: Work: E-mail: ... WE CAN FIX IT! •MENTION THIS AD AND YOU WILL I give permission for the above information to be printed in the ONS neighborhood directory: RECEIVE 30% OFF YOUR 1 ST VISIT

[ ] All of the above information NO TENSION HAIRSCULPTINC BOLD NEW LOOKS MEN'S HAIRSTYLINC RAZOR CUTS-WAXING [ ] All of the above except (circle:) home phone work phone email address FOIL HIGHLIGHTING BRIDAL SPECIALIST [ ] Please leave me out of the ONS neighborhood directory CUSTOM COLORS ANTI-AGING SKIN CARE SYSTEM SPECIALTY PERMS Total amount enclosed: $ ($25 for each membership) Others at this address over the age of 18 are eligible to join as members. You may request a second form or write in on this application. In 2006 I would like to assist the ONS in the following areas: Small ails Member 1 [ ] [ ] Land Use (Historic preservation, zoning, etc.) [ ] [ ] Communications (Keyhole, website, etc.) are read, too [ ] [ ] Social Committee (Neighborhood Block Party, cookout, etc.) [ ] [ ] ONS Beautification (Clean-ups, special projects, corner plantings, etc.) [ ] [ ] Other: You are reading this one All members are eligible to receive a copy of the ONS Neighborhood Directory. APRIL 2006 46 URBAN TIMES

n News from the St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credits: Giving more for less Association F YOU'RE LIKE MANY PEOPLE I They would realize a federal savings of 238 E. Joseph St.. Indianapolis IN 46202 know, you may be waiting until the $125 and an Indiana savings of $250 for a Spring clean-up The next meeting of the St. Joseph Historic Ivery last minute to file your 2005 state net cost of only $125. Neighborhood Association is: and federal tax returns. And if that's the How else can you make your charitable 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 13 case, what I'm about to suggest is probably set for May 13 giving go so far? the furthest thing from your mind. The great news is that tax credits are at the Volunteers of America, 927 N. HE ANNUAL ST. JOSEPH Pennsylvania St. (Use north entrance on St. Thanks to the Indiana Housing and "priced" to appeal to donors at all income Joseph Street.) Community Development Authority, you Tneighborhood spring clean-up day levels. The minimum gift is $100 and the can save a ton of money on your 2006 fil­ has been set for Saturday, May 13. maximum gift is $50,000. The credits can The St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood ing (yes, I know - some of you are still Leah Orr, whose hard work is be used up to a donors state tax liability. In Association now meets quarterly (the second Tuesday in March, June, September working on 2005's filing), but because of responsible for the event, reported on some cases, people choose to receive 100 the event at the March meeting of the and December). The Board of Directors another impending deadline, you only have percent of their state taxes back by making meets at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of until June 2 to take advantage of the oppor­ St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood a sizeable donation to Neighborhood every month at the same location (use east tunity. Association. Assistance Tax Credit eligible programs. entrance only); those meetings are open to Contact Leah at 637-4532 for more the public and neighbors are encouraged to Every year the Neighborhood Volunteers of America of Indiana is only attend. Assistance Program, administered by information on the annual spring one of a handful of Indiana not-for-profits IHCDA, offers $2.5 million in tax credits clean-up day that has been conducted which have received Neighborhood Learn more about the St. Joseph Historic for distribution by Indiana not-for-profit in St. Joseph every year since 1980. • Assistance Tax Credits. As many people Neighborhood Association online at: organizations such as St. Joe's own know, Volunteers of America is headquar­ www.stjoeneighborhood.org Volunteers of America of Indiana. tered right in the heart of the St. Joe's ize the significant difference between a St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood Individuals or businesses that donate to neighborhood. Association meetings serve as an open programs and projects that benefit econom­ credit and a deduction. If you would like to learn more about forum for your discussion and active partici­ ically disadvantaged areas around the state A tax deduction lowers your taxable Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credits, I pation, whether you are a homeowner, an of Indiana - such as those administered by income. A tax credit directly reduces the encourage you to contact Kevin Getz, apartment dweller, or have a business in the income taxes you pay dollar for dollar. For area bounded by I-65, Central Ave., Ft. Volunteers of America - can use these tax director of development for Volunteers of Wayne Ave. & Pennsylvania Street. We are credits to their own advantage. example, a donor in the 35-percent tax America, at 686-5807 or [email protected] striving to make our neighborhood an urban Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credits bracket who makes a contribution of before June 1. mix of business & residential harmony. are an excellent way for neighborhood $10,000 using Neighborhood Assistance Like I said, while saving money on your Please join us and offer your neighborhood participation. members to increase the impact of their Tax credits will realize a federal savings of 2006 tax filing is probably the furthest $3,500, and an Indiana savings of $5,000 charitable giving by reducing the net cost thing from your mind right now, now is Newsletter contact. Send emails to: of their gift. In most cases, a donor will for a net cost of only $1,500! the perfect time of year to give. realize a dual tax benefit by benefiting Of course, the above scenario applies to [email protected] from a credit on their state taxes and a only a handful of us. What about the aver­ Mikal Bellicove, president age Indiana tax payer in the 25-percent tax St. Joseph Historic charitable deduction on their federal taxes. 2005 Board of Directors Unfortunately, many people do not real- bracket who makes a contribution of $500? Neighborhood Association Mikal Belicove, president, 201-1928, ([email protected]) Craig Ware, vice-president, 636-5858, Reminder: Neighborhood meetings are now quarterly ([email protected]) Linda Kammen, secretary, 917-9328, ENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEET- Pennsylvania St. Neighbors should use the for allowing the SJHNA to use their space ([email protected]) ings of the St. Joseph Historic entrance on the north side of the building. for so many of our past meetings. Bob Hood, treasurer, 916-5538, Neighborhood Association are now The S JHNA Board of Directors, mean­ Neighborhood officials have also ([email protected]) G Linda Alexander, 916-9797, conducted on a quarterly basis. while, will continue to meet on a monthly expressed their appreciation to Tim ([email protected]) As reported in last month's issue of basis - with all neighborhood association Campbell and Kevin Getz of Volunteers of Greg Harper, 972-1835, Urban Times, neighborhood meetings are members invited to attend. Board meetings America for their help in securing the new ([email protected]) now scheduled for the second Tuesday of also take place at VOA, from 6 to 7 p.m. in meeting locations. VOA's space allows the Mona Kendall, 634-8336 March, June, September and December - the Board of Directors Room, which is group to take advantage of a smoke-free Jayme Moss, 955-0889, ([email protected]) meaning the next meeting is set for June accessible only from the building's east environment, as well as gain access to digi­ Dave Gibson, ex-officio, 698-4050, 13, from 7 to 8 p.m. entrance. tal video equipment for neighborhood-wide ([email protected]) The meeting location is also new: The In making the switch, association offi­ presentations, including one given by Garry Membership Multi-Purpose Room of the Volunteers of cers said they would like to thank the good Chilluffo at the March meeting. • Annual dues at $10 for individuals and America headquarters at 927 N. folks over at the Lucille Raines Residence families and $25 for businesss. Please send us your name, address, telephone and email information. Make checks payable to St. Joseph Historic Join the St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Association, 238 E. St. Joseph Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 You'll find a registration form on the website at www.stjoeneighborhood.org/membership New: Business members are now listed on the St. Joe website, accessed and or send your name or company name, address, telephone and e-mail address linked from the monthly e-newsletter. (with $10 forindividua l or family membership, or $25 for business membership) to St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood Foundation SJHNA, 238 E. St. Joseph St., Indianapolis IN 46202 238 E. Joseph St.. Indianapolis IN 46202 APRIL 2006 Jt-y URBAN TIMES ^ I

News from the Woodruff Place WecdmU VtactVott Historic Neighborhood

• PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE the coming debate over carriage houses. Woodruff Place is unique among the city's Woodruff Place as renovators. Meetings are historic neighborhoods in that we have normally held at Town Hall 7:00 Battles, then and now worked to reduce population density. This Civic League Tuesday of each month. AM A RELATIVE NEWCOMER TO 735 East Drive, Woodruff Place Please ontact Terri Everitt was, in fact, a prime objective of the at 632-4927 if you would Woodruff Place, but I am keenly aware Woodruff Place Historic Preservation Plan. Indianapolis, IN 46201 like to be on the agenda. Iof our past. The neighborhood leaders knew that high- 317-632-9827 Woodruff Place was designed to protect density apartments in homes intended as Woodruff Place Historic its unique quality of life, as evidenced by single- or two-family dwellings damaged The next general Preservation Committee membership meeting is Terri Everitt, chair the walls constructed as part of James O. the houses and weakened the community. Kristin Boling Woodruff's original dream. Though the Once I became part of Woodruff Place, I 7 p.m. Monday Monica Thompson Deal ideals that make up quality of life have joined the fight against high density John Faust given rise to great debate, that desire to dwellings and believe it to still be crucial. May 8 Kevin Garing Bill Longest protect our neighborhood has persisted ever Now I see us quickly becoming a renovated Brent Roberts Membership is open to all residents and since. historic neighborhood, and we are being Jeff Watt Stories tell of the huge uproar against property owners in Woodruff Place with asked to increase density on some proper­ annual dues of $25. General membership the first homeowners to rent rooms out dur­ ties by allowing a carriage house apart­ meetings are held the second Monday of Woodruff Place ing the Depression; there was continuing ment. odd-numbered months. Foundation but futile opposition against the breaking In the coming weeks we are going to be 735 East Drive, up of once grand homes into apartments; arguing this point in an attempt to come up Woodruff Place Woodruff Place there was a fight all of the way to the with a comprehensive position. I don't Indianapolis, IN 46201 Supreme Court against annexation by the know what the outcome will be, but I Civic League Board 317-632-9827 City of Indianapolis; and as the area deteri­ assure everyone that it will be based on law Kevin E. Garing, President orated through the '60s and '70s, brave res­ and will follow the guidelines of our Tessie Lloyd-Jones, Vice President The Woodruff Place Jeff Watt, Treasurer Foundation is the fund- idents stood up against urban flight and preservation plan. Brian Mahern, Secretary raising organization for fought against crime and neglect. With regard to another battle important Nancy Michael, Urban Times Woodruff Place. Its The adoption of a historic preservation to all of us, I want to voice our support for Don Baker primary objective has been the acquisition of plan was a typical Woodruff Place battle State Bill 341, which will now allow cities Amy Peterson properties for rehabilitation and the TEA 21 Jennifer Vines grant for East Drive improvements. that lasted over 20 years and pitted those to more quickly acquire abandoned proper­ who wanted to maintain the status quo and ties and more aggressively pursue negligent Woodruff Place Historic Kevin Garing Nancy Michael slow rate of change against those who owners. Jeff Watt Jim Liech Preservation Committee Charlie Neill demanded immediate improvements and Eliminating abandoned houses is a 735 East Drive, Woodruff Place felt the plan was the right tool. crucial step towards reducing crime and Indianapolis, IN 46201 Judy Carter Gasper, the previous owner restoring property values in urban neigh­ 317-632-9827 Woodruff Place Town Hall of my house, proudly told me of her oppo­ borhoods. The bill passed the State Senate 735 East Drive, Woodruff Place sition to historic preservation, which she unanimously, but was not heard in the Indianapolis, IN 46201 believed to be an infringement on individ­ House of Representatives after Rep. Phillip The Woodruff Place Historic Preservation 317-632-9827 ual homeowners' rights. Judy was not shy D. Hinkle shelved it. Committee represents Woodruff Place in The Woodruff Place Town Hall is available for about voicing her opinions, going as far as Fortunately, the legislation was ultimate­ matters pertaining to historic preservation and land use. Its members provide helpful members to rent for meetings and social draping herself in an American flag at a ly passed in the final hours of the Indiana guidance in working to our historic functions. Please contact Jennifer Vines at Town Hall meeting and warning everyone General Assembly. (See story on page 18.) preservation plan, and offer their experience 414-8133 for information and availability. that they would all have to paint their hous­ My thanks go to our neighbors in Arsenal es white. Heights and NESCO for their efforts to get Despite Judy's spirit and style, Woodruff this important legislation passed. Place did adopt a historic preservation plan Watch for changes on our website: in 2002 - and the resulting improvement in quality of life is undeniable. Kevin Garing, president I mention our heritage in anticipation of Woodruff Place Civic Association

Neighbors will then celebrate the com­ Woodruff thanks Anno at Angelos torical and contemporary philosophical and • NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES ing of spring with snacks, games, prizes Groceries (corner of College and Georgia) religious perspectives on the ethics of truth- and conversation in the home of Elaine and Chad at Kroger-Linwood for contribu­ telling and deception and how these per­ Easter Party planned Delbecq and Jim Knapp at 906 West Drive. tions the past two years. spectives impact the responsible exercise of Organizers are counting on attendees liberty. for Saturday, April 15 enjoying the reunion after the long winter. new, improved WOODRUFF Jason will also present a paper titled Participants are asked to bring their baskets APLACE WEBSITE is being devel­ "Understanding Suffering and Its Role in oped by Brian Mahern and Rich Costello UMOR HAS IT THAT PETER and "I Spy" eyes. Defining Extraordinary Care" later this with assistance from IIJPUI computer sci­ Cottontail will be hopping down the month at an international conference on he Kids Committee is working hard to ence students. "Bunny Trail" into Woodruff Place "Rites of Death and Dying" sponsored by R get the neighborhood ready for the once again this year. T the Ethics Program at the March-Bloch annual WHEEL RALLY, scheduled for ast Drive resident DR. JASON The arrival is likely to occur at 1 p.m. University in Strasbourg, France. Saturday, May 13. Note to parents: helmets EEBERL, IUPUI assistant professor of The weekend of April 7-8 will find Saturday, April 15, at the neighborhood's are recommended. philosophy, is keeping a busy calendar dur­ annual Easter Party. Jason participating in a book-signing and ing March and early April. discussion of "Star Wars and Philosophy " The festivities will begin at the fountain he March 11 PITCH-IN DINNER He will be a participant in a colloquium on West and Cross drives, rain or shine. (Open Court Press, 2005), which he co- Twas a success, due to the great cooks sponsored by the Liberty Fund entitled edited with Kevin Decker, at the Southern The party will include three egg hunts - for in Woodruff. Chili fanatic Don Baker had "Freedom, Responsibility and Lying," babies to three-year-olds; for 3- to 6-year- Kentucky Book Fest in Bowling Green, so much fun he wants to do this again! and which is being held in St. Louis March 9- Ky. • olds, and for 7- to 10-year-olds. again! and again. 11. A dozen scholars will discuss both his­ APRIL 2006 48 URBAN TIMES This is not your typical yard sale!

Admission is free! So come to Woodruff Place Flea Market to shop for thousands of bargains in a park-like atmosphere. The residents of Woodruff Place promise you bargains, food and entertainment! 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 3 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 4

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Thanks to all who made CASINO NIGHT a big success!!! You Have the Power Casino Woodruff was a great success for Woodruff Place. Each year of the past three it has doubled and the fun had by all ensures it will become an annual event. Residents of downtown neighborhoods played games from bingo to craps and bid on items as diverse to Donate Life as Victorian chairs and stuffed pink flamingoes.

This would not have been possible without the donations of goods, time, and energy of many volun­ Register today as an teers. Special thanks - in no particular order - to Kimball and Tessie Lloyd-Jones, Doreen and Ted Tatnall, the Giacolettis, Kevin and Mari Garing, Lee and Shanon Hinkle, Sally Cook, Trish Swisher, Nancy organ, tissue and eye donor Michael, Charles and Katie Neil, Rick and Sherry VanDyke, Charmaine Rawson, Monica Deal, Rob Dickinson, Jeff Watt, Dick and Sally Fant, Darala at www.donatelifeindiana.org Barnett, Craig and Michelle Nelson, the Olins, Marc and Karen Goff, Scott Keller and LeeAnn and Terry or at your local BMV Branch Harper.

We managed to consume 5 gallons of jambalaya, 20 pounds of barbecue, and an undisclosed but impor­ tant quantity of Rob's sledgehammer punch.

Woodruff Place extends its appreciation to the following businesses and individuals who generously donated items to the silent auction at Casino Woodruff! Kimball & Tessie Lloyd-Jones Cris Feay of What the Fudge! Ted & Doreen Tatnall NESCO History & Preservation Joe & Diane Giacoletti Agio Restaurant Kevin & Mari Garing Aesop's Tables Shannon Hinkle Jazz Kitchen Sherry Van Dyke Meijer - Southport Charmaine Rawson Kroger - Mid City Monica Deal Kroger - Linwood Square For more information about organ, tissue and eye donation visit www.iopo.org Rob Dickinson O'Malia's - Downtown or call 1-888-ASK-IOPO (275-4676) Darala Barnett Indiana Repertory Theatre Craig Nelson Dance Kaleidoscope Michelle Olin Scott Keller Katie Neill Karen Goff Trish Swisher Sally Cook DONATE DONE Nancy Michael Lee Ann Harper Indiana Organ Procurement Organization inc. Dick Fant LIFE VIDA Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra ©2006 Indiana Organ Procurement Organization, Inc. IOP0 is a nonprofit health service. Indianapolis Youth Wind Ensemble Indianapolis Civic Theatre Conner Prairie Living Museum APRIL 2006 ACk URBAN TIMES H'SJ

THE SCOUNDREL OF DAGGER To enroll in either workshop or for addi­ Monday, June 5, to Friday, June 9, by the GULCH," a comedy-melodrama by D. tional information about Phoenix Theatre Hoosier Theatre Company in partnership THEATERS Chappell, at the Freemason Hall Auditorium on classes, contact Tom Robertson at 635- with Indy Parks and Recreation. three weekends through April 16. 7529. Additional information is also avail­ Continued from page 35 The workshop will feature songs, dances Described as a family-friendly comedy, the able at www.phoenixtheatre.org. and selected scenes from Broadway musi­ two-act play features such twists as Jo of "Little cals such as "Grease," "Oklahoma," Women" playing the villain and Dudley Do- pening Thursday. April 13. Giants of the arfield Park will be the location of a "Beauty and the Beast" and "Annie." A Right of Saturday morning cartoon fame in stage and screen come to life in SUMMER THEATRE DAY CAMP final performance for friends and family O over-the-top situations. G "ORSON'S SHADOW," a play by Austin for youngsters between the age of 10 and will be staged at 7 p.m. June 9. Performances are set for Saturday and Pendleton that runs through May 7 at the 14. The one-week workshop, "Musical The cost is $125. Call 786-0856 for Phoenix Theatre. Sunday, April 1-2; and Fridays through Mania," will be conducted 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. applications. Deadline is April 15. • The bittersweet comedy features the charac­ Sundays, April 7-9 and April 14-16. Friday and ters of Kenneth Tynan, Orson Welles, Laurence Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Olivier, Joan Plaowright, and Vivien Leigh as Sunday show times are 2 p.m. they work in the 1960 production of Ionesco's Bob Rini will direct. Featured in the cast are "Rhinocerous." Bennett Kern as Preston Goodly, Lisa "Orson's Shadow" uses humor and irony to Kempthorne as Daisy Darling, Jason Helfrich as reveal the fragility and vulnerability of these Dirk Dagger, Shelly Presley as Rita larger-than-life celebrities whose tangled Wigglesmore, and Olivia Dee as Flora Darling. romances and fleeting fame lead to an hilarious Freemason Hall is located in the Masonic and powerful clash of the titans. Lodge at 525 N. Illinois St. Call 634-9063 or For ticket and showtime information, call 201-3436 for information. Tickets are $9 for 635-2381. adults, children 16 and under are admitted free with a paying adult. • CABARET THEATRE Stage Actors' Workshop is a not-for-profit hrough Sunday. April 23. The run of community theater acting company comprised T"DIVAS!!" - the well-reviewed and well- of talented people who do theater for the love of attended offering at American Cabaret Theatre - it. Their mission is to bring to the public live has been extended through Sunday, April 23. stage shows that are entertaining and education­ At the same time, the local production is get­ al at a cost that will not break the family budget. ting a shift in hours due to the end of the year­ long run of "Menopause: The Musical." With the departure of that national show, the American Cabaret Theatre productions resume WORKSHOPS an evening schedule, with showtimes now set at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. he Phoenix Theatre will conduct two "Divas!!" is a musical tribute to the great Tacting workshops that will start in women of stage, screen and concert arenas. The April: cast includes Vicky Richmond, Joyce Licorish, Kelleen Strutz, Melissa Schott, Da'Ron • "STEPPING ON STAGE," a begin­ Washington and Karen Brown , who pay hom­ ning-level, participatory workshop for new age to such greats as Aretha, Mariah, Madonna adult actors ages 18 and older. The work­ and Dolly. shop will run 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays from The run has also featured special appear­ April 11 through May 16 at the YMCA at ances by "guest divas" including former ACT the Athenaeum. mainstays Shannon Forsell and Peggy Chambers and local pop artist Jennie Devoe. • "SECONDS TO SHINE: MAKING The ACT will follow with a production of YOUR MONOLOGUE WORK FOR "ALWAYS PATSY CLINE " YOU," a half-day workshop for adult actors ages 18 and older with previous FREEMASON HALL stage experience. The workshop will be pening Saturday. April 1. Bob Rim's conducted from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April oStag e Actor's Workshop will perform 8.

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Lee was a ing the very foundations of our Renaissance man who reveled in the days when democracy, the Rule of Law. intelligence was measured by subtle turns of phrase, when reports from the Algonquin And so there I was, a poster boy Roundtable were prized above profane comedy. for Central State outplacement, wav­ WHERE ing my arms in frustration at the Although more than 30 years separated us, the scofflaws. Challenging their rude­ present and former journalists enjoyed our own lit­ ness, their presumption that their tle Algonquin Roundtable, although the Satellite convenience outweighs mine, that CHANGE Cafe served a poor substitute for the New York their impatience negates the weight City hotel restaurant where the likes of writers such of public safety. as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and George IS GOOD S. Kaufman gathered to ponder life and the news of But then society has the last laugh. the day. Musings from the editor I think that if Lee had wanted a tombstone, about life downtown Traffic backed up and a few of (or just about anything else the idiots who had pushed the enve­ which he didn't, he might have borrowed a he wants to write about.) Dorothy Parker idea for her own marker: lope just a bit too far found them­ selves stuck in the intersection. SOUPS OF THE MONTH "Wherever she went, including here, it was against By Bill Brooks her better judgment." Motorists on the other artery - Or perhaps any number of George Gershwin or ™ ^^^^^^^^^m patient people who have earned the Vegetable & Cole Porter lines that Lee could unerringly remem­ right to traverse through the ber, appreciated turns of phrases and subtle rhymes such intersection by honoring their red light — found Black Bean as "When I'm out on a quiet spree, fighting vainly the themselves cheated. They glared, they honked, they old ennui." fantasized about well-placed meteorites. Good stuff, but I digress. Many of our conversations And I stood there, doing my best Lee House focused instead on the cherished art of curmudgeonery. finger-waggle. Smug in my superiority. FRITTATA OF THE MONTH The art of irritability, of short-tempered frustration over In a calmer moment, I wondered if we are at the life's follies; over our fellow man's follies. height of curmudgeonery. Is this the golden age of Which is why Lee House would be proud today, curmudgeons, fueled by an all-time low in civility? Smoked Sausage Frittata because I have aspired in these 20 years to follow in his Probably not. Genghis Khan wasn't known for his curmudgeonly footsteps; I declare myself graduated. manners. The Spanish Inquisition wasn't very civil, As a full-fledged, fully apprenticed card-carrying and Henry VIII was just downright selfish. curmudgeon, I challenge rudeness and stupidity where­ But there's no doubt that society needs a refresher FOR DINNER: ver I see it. Someone has to, or else rudeness and course in civility. stupidity will believe themselves to be appropriate - The basic issue, actually, is manners. Or the lack and civilization will continue its downward spiral to a thereof. Manners are especially important for urban Vegetarian day when everyone has their own reality TV show and dwellers, because of our proximity to each other. we all gauge our worth by the stack of chips on our Cheating on the yellow light, or sneaking through the Pasticcio celebrity poker table. red, is less important in Montana than it is in Delphi, I digress again, but that is a curmudgeon's right, a Indiana; and less important in Delphi than it is at New cache that comes with the requisite maturity, by which I York and East street, where the latest in a steady stream mean oldness. The subject of today's diatribe is that of accidents occurred last month when two motorists which sparks fits of curmudgeonness. That which colluded to destroy the Lockerbie United Methodist FINE WINES & ratchets up my irritability - seemingly daily occurrences Church marquee as well as each others' vehicles. such as: One of them ran the red light. It's physics. INTERNATIONAL BEERS • People who get into the express checkout lane One of them, for sure, needed a lesson in manners, a concept many of us think of as archaic rules about soup Lunch served with not 12 items but 37. And who haven't even started looking for their checkbook in their cavernous purses spoons and little fingers. But manners are really about 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. when the cashier presents them with a bill. making sense of life, making life go smoothly. Dinner served • People who stand in line at Starbucks for 10 Manners are not only about civility but also courtesy, 5-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday minutes and - with 12 people, including me, standing such as not assuming that the entire neighborhood wants 5-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday behind them - wait until they get to the front of the line to hear that new rap classic you enjoy blasting from (Limited menu available 2:30-5 p.m.) to even start thinking about their order. And when they your hip-hop car stereo. Such as not assuming that have read every word on the wall behind the counter, everyone in the restaurant wants to eavesdrop on your they ask their equally flummoxed friend for advice, and cell-phone conversation. all the while those of us who are languishing in line Crap. I wasn't going to talk about cell phones. 600 Massachusetts have time to update our wills. Another diatribe for another day. Although Lee House It is, however, not enough to grumble to yourself lived a long life, he didn't live long enough to see cell Avenue over such occurrences, not if you aspire to be a true phones worm their way into every nook and cranny of curmudgeon. You must speak out. Granted, there is modern life. always that chance that the boor in front of you will Thankfully so, I think, because he would set a new, 631-0055 take fighting offense; that is where gray hair comes in perhaps unapproachable standard for curmudgeonery. handy. But what is life if we do not aspire to greater heights. • APRIL 2006 C«| URBAN TIMES wX

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