Gone but not forgotten in Indianapolis (Bloomington, Lafayette: law, store, transport)

[Eddyline]

Broadripple Park Swimming Pool with the 10 meter diving platform.

[Phil Sonarman]

I remember Kiddieland park at Eastgate Mall. As a teenager I was one of many hired to help erect and set up all the rides. And then spent the next two summers as a ride operator. Been trying to find photos on line. No luck.

[maxwell2323]

.....YMCA, Riviera Swim Club, Club Olympic........

In the mid 60s my best friend and his family belonged to the Riviera Club. A few times he invited me with them to go swimming there. Pretty cool - better than the YMCA pool that our family went to.

They referred to it as the Rivi. And wasn't there a smaller pool there, or a section kinda separated that had a name - supposedly where there were no rules or lifeguards for this section. I remember being in there while a childhood bully punched me and told me it was okay for him to do that to me there. Coudn't wait to get out of that section.

Despite that it still brings good memories.

[Eddyline]

I swam at Rivi in the 60's. And the section with no rules was the "bullpen", no girls allowed.
Serious rough play. Had a basketball hoop.

My sister lives a few blocks away and I walk by there when I visit.
The pool still looks the same but I bet the rules have changed.

[Eire1916]

Originally Posted by Zoo Animals On Wheels

Knobby's (drive-in restaurant)
Bill's Fabulous '50s (drive-in restaurant)
Harold's Steer-In (drive-in restaurant)
Paramount Music Palace (restaurant with a huge pipe organ!)
Haag's (drugstore)
Hook's (drugstore)
Osco (department store)
Frank's Nursery and Crafts
Noble Roman's (sit-down restaurants that played silent movies, not the carry-out places in strip malls and bowling alleys that exist today)
Cub Foods (discount/bulk grocery store)
Del-Farm (supermarket)
Preston's (supermarket, which became Preston-Safeway)
Westlake Drive-In Movies (geez...just lots of drive-ins that are gone now!)

I remember the amusement style parks at Westlake and at Riverside. I remember the Indianapolis Zoo when it was at Washington Park. Of course, I remember Burger Chef before it was purchased by Hardee's.

[Eire1916]

Originally Posted by Tim_Davis

Wow...this was old I guess, I remember, Fulton JR High, Frisches? Big Boys, Holyoke? Westlake Dances, Frog City??, Lidners Malts, Long's Donuts off of 16th street, Riverside, Krannert YMCA Swim Team, Mirmar Club, Jordan YMCA, Riviera Swim Club, Club Olympic, IAC, Baxter YMCA...BDHS Swim Team...all so long ago now

I remember way back when there was a Frisch's Big Boy downtown near the old Hume-Mansur Building. My Mom would take me downtown to my doctor at the Hume-Mansur Building, then we would have lunch at Frisch's. I remember several years ago driving north on I-65 from Nashville and seeing Frisch's again outside Louisville. Man, I was in heaven!!!

[Eire1916]

Originally Posted by Zoo Animals On Wheels

Knobby's (drive-in restaurant)
Bill's Fabulous '50s (drive-in restaurant)
Harold's Steer-In (drive-in restaurant)
Paramount Music Palace (restaurant with a huge pipe organ!)
Haag's (drugstore)
Hook's (drugstore)
Osco (department store)
Frank's Nursery and Crafts
Noble Roman's (sit-down restaurants that played silent movies, not the carry-out places in strip malls and bowling alleys that exist today)
Cub Foods (discount/bulk grocery store)
Del-Farm (supermarket)
Preston's (supermarket, which became Preston-Safeway)
Westlake Drive-In Movies (geez...just lots of drive-ins that are gone now!)

I used to work at one of the Preston's back in the day. Francis Preston was a nice man, a true gentleman!

[Bob12]

I forgot about Riverside, my Grandpa use to take me there when I was a little boy.
I miss those days with him, he has been gone a long time.

[MortonR]

Originally Posted by Eire1916

I remember way back when there was a Frisch's Big Boy downtown near the old Hume-Mansur Building. My Mom would take me downtown to my doctor at the Hume-Mansur Building, then we would have lunch at Frisch's. I remember several years ago driving north on I-65 from Nashville and seeing Frisch's again outside Louisville. Man, I was in heaven!!!

I don't recall the Frisch's, although when I was younger we lived in Cincinnati and they had them there, but your comments did remind me of the Hume-Mansur Building and going to an ear doctor there.

RM

[dp77]

I grew up on the westside, near Speedway...Chapel Hill. My family lived there from the late 70's until 2002'ish.... Here are some things I remember, growing up there (that are no longer there).
1. the BMX track behind Westlake Elementary School
2. Rax Roast Beef
2. Linder's
3. Bill's Fabulous 50's
4. A & P grocery store
5. Hook's Drugs
6. Silhouette (work out place for women)
7. The Flea Market on West Washington St.
8. Stingray's
9. Target on West Washington
10. Pondarosa
11. The baseball card shop at 10th and Girls School
12. The trails between Chapel Wood Elementary and Farley
13. WESTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB (ohhh the memories) -it's sad how that turned out
14. MELODY SKATELAND (oh I miss this place)
15. Ok, this is not westside Indy, but I loved Thunder Island in Westfield
16. the Noble Romans on 10th and Girls School is still there...and remains the best, but I miss how they showed the old silent movies...I had a birthday party there when I was little and we got to go in the kitchen and make pizzas. Way cool.
17. Fulton Jr. High
18. I forget what it was called, but there use to be a lazer tag place across the street from Fulton that also had other games.
19. the Aquarium store in Speedway
20. the pet store in Speedway, Animal Adventures, that had a monkey and a talking bird that would cuss you out.
21. The Speedway Pet Shop
22. a bait shop that was in Haughville, if I remember right, that my dad use to take us to
23. Roselyn's Bakery
24. The Golden Horseshoe (never went there)
25. Abbott's Pizza on West Washington...loved it
26. Triangle Tavern (Rockville and Wash.)
27. Clermont Drive-In (cannot believe it's gone)
28. Harley's in Brownsburg
29. The Omlette Shoppe on West Washington (RIP Amanda, love you and miss you)
30. Trailer City (trailer park on West Washington near ATA)
31. the Hobby store in Bridgeport (assuming it's not there)
32. Black Hebart Lumber
33. Bush Stadium
34. Speedway movie theater...lots of fun memories of RHPS
35. Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips
36. Poppe shop
37. Wonderbread store
38. The Roost (lol, sorry)
39. Great Skates in Avon
40. Chi-Chi's

I could go on and on. I don't have that much time.