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Urban Environment

 
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Agriculture and Agribusiness
Agriculture and Agribusiness

Indianapolis has a long history of producing crops and livestock and continues to be one of Indiana’s largest agricultural contributors. … Read More »Agriculture and Agribusiness

Air Quality
Air Quality

There is little evidence that air pollution was ever considered a significant problem in Indianapolis from the late 1800s through… Read More »Air Quality

Bacon’s Swamp
Bacon’s Swamp

A large peat bog that once extended several blocks west of today’s Keystone Avenue between 54th Street and Kessler Boulevard,… Read More »Bacon’s Swamp

Baltimore and Ohio Trail
Baltimore and Ohio Trail

Repurposed as a recreation rail-trail, in 1994, the vast Baltimore & Ohio railroad system originally radiated out of Indianapolis and… Read More »Baltimore and Ohio Trail

Bowen Site 
Bowen Site 

The Bowen Site is the best documented of seven known Late Woodland Native American villages along the in . The… Read More »Bowen Site 

Bradford Woods
Bradford Woods

Bradford Woods is located on roughly 2,500 acres of heavily wooded land located in Clay Township in the southwestern corner… Read More »Bradford Woods

Brighton Beach
Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach was the site of a series of “roadhouses” and other saloon-like establishments where drinking and gambling were the… Read More »Brighton Beach

Broad Ripple Park
Broad Ripple Park

Located along the , Broad Ripple Park served as a popular swimming and boating resort as early as 1890. Local… Read More »Broad Ripple Park

Canal and White River State Park
Canal and White River State Park

The Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission selected the Canal and White River State Park area as one of Indianapolis’s due to… Read More »Canal and White River State Park

Cemeteries
Cemeteries

Prior to 1824, all cemeteries in were rural graveyards often adjacent to churches. One hundred and fifty of these interment… Read More »Cemeteries

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