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The venues, locales, and institutions that make Indy the Crossroads of America.

 
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Whitestown

Whitestown is a community in southeast corner of Boone County in Worth Township, approximately 22 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Whitestown was organized in 1851 as a result of the Big… Read More »Whitestown

Wholesale District

Bounded by Maryland, Delaware, and South streets and Capitol Avenue, the Wholesale District grew up around Union Station. Its proximity to the railroads and Washington Street retailers allowed local, regional,… Read More »Wholesale District

Willard Park Neighborhood

Willard Park Neighborhood is a neighborhood organization bounded by Michigan Street to the north, railroad tracks just beyond Washington Street to the south, the alley between Jefferson Avenue and Beville… Read More »Willard Park Neighborhood

Williams Creek

Williams Creek is a northside unigov included town bounded by 81st Street, College Avenue, Williams Creek, and Pennsylvania Street.  In 1925, Washington Bank and Trust Company advertised Williams Creek Estates as “the… Read More »Williams Creek

Winchester Village

Winchester Village Neighborhood Association, Inc. is a neighborhood organization bounded by Stop 11 Road to the north, Stop 12 Road to the south, Madison Avenue to the east, and Cherington… Read More »Winchester Village

Windcombe

Windcombe Neighborhood Association is a neighborhood organization bounded by the south side of 84th Street to the north, Lots south of 78th Street to the south, Kimlough Drive (Monon Trail)… Read More »Windcombe

Wonderland Amusement Park

Milwaukee and Indianapolis investors established the Wonderland Construction Company in 1905 to furnish amusements on Indianapolis’ eastside. On Saturday evening, May 16, 1906, the company opened its Wonderland Amusement Park,… Read More »Wonderland Amusement Park

Woodruff Place

Woodruff Place is a near eastside subdivision, bounded by East 10th Street, East Drive, East Michigan Street, and West Drive.  James O. Woodruff came to Indianapolis in 1869 to start… Read More »Woodruff Place

Woollen’s Garden

Woollen’s Garden of Birds and Botany, its formal name, is a 55-acre city park that includes a 38-acre state-dedicated nature preserve. Located on the south valley wall of Fall Creek,… Read More »Woollen’s Garden

Wynnedale

Wynnedale is a town on the northwest side bordered by 44th Street, Cold Spring Road, 42nd Street, and 2400 West.  During the first half of the 19th century, a few… Read More »Wynnedale

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