Ransom Place Matters

To paraphrase Fanon: 'Erase the culture—you erase the people!'

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

No wiser words! @IndyMayorJoe @IMPDnews @IMPD_Chief

[Jacktron @jacktronprime]

@LauraLoomer Wait what did I miss?

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@PreservIndy

[Bakari Sellers @Bakari_Sellers]

As we move forward this week, remember when Trump or Fox or whomever use “woke” or “radical” they mean “Black.”

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@JordanRyanArch @IndyDPW I have the utmost respect for career city workers.

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@JamesEBriggs The CT is going to reduce access into Ransom Place if DPW gets their way. Just to benefit commuters. Unbelievably this would be the second time commuters have been prioritized to our detriment. ☹️

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@MrWildstyle The homes close to Fall Creek were shacks due to Fall Creek flooding but the ones closer to MLK were like the houses in Herron Morton. Big vernacular wood frame homes

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@MrWildstyle Yes. Many of the homes were in good shape but without public infrastructure like sewers and sidewalks. People protested.

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@MrWildstyle Same goes for Lockefield and Flanner House Homes. Thousands were relocated for those projects

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@MrWildstyle I remember houses on Missouri from 12th to 16th along the Canal. My neighbor who is in her mid 90s and was a public health nurse told me she used to service residents living there.

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@MrWildstyle Am sure the homes between Missouri and Senate were demolished for Flanner House.

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@MrWildstyle No. Flanner House was west of Senate close to Missouri which was just east of the Canal. About where the Neuroscience building is now located. The 12th St bridge crossed the Canal from Fayette to Missouri Sts.

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@MrWildstyle 15th St. was probably vacated when Flanner House was built. The area btween the Canal and Capitol was industrial, with a smattering of old homes. Think most people had moved in the 1940s to accommodate the WPA flood control projects. There were bridges at 12th St & at 9th St. 2/

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@MrWildstyle There's been several deer sightings. If my memory serves me right the bridge ran behind a junkyard or something similar to 16th St across the canal and the train tracks. I don't remember a street per se. Fayette St. ended around 13th or 14th Sts. 1/

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@cResources @StanCurts Blackout shades will help a lot.

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

@cResources @StanCurts Yes, the change is a shocker at first but early morning winter dawn is the best. 8:00am sunrise is just a bit too late!

[Ransom Place Matters @freeman_ransom]

Happy Birthday Andy!!!

[Kyle Kingen @kylekingen]

One of the worst intersections in Indy?
10th and MLK