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Car dealer where Al Green's once stood372 viewsHere's where Al Green's used to be. This car dealership looks the same as every other one in the area, which used to be one of the city's main car dealer locations. Imagine the Al Green's sign poking through this relatively dull landscape, standing out like a sore thumb amid all the parking lots and pedestrian-hostile streetscapes.
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Dr. Morris Green299 viewsBrother of Al and Belle Green, former physician in chief at Riley's Children Hospital. Morris is currently living but in poor health. He was by all accounts an outstanding doctor, much loved and respected.
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Close up of East view643 viewsI had the print made at Ritz in 2008 after finally locating the negative. I added the sepia tone in Photoshop. Al's 57 Chrysler was parked there night and day. I was hoping for better quality.
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1972 shot I took591 viewsSignage looking West. Until 2008, this image had only been printed on a contact sheet. Note the trash strewn about the fence area. Back then litter was common all over. The TV series Madmen on the AMC channel poked fun at people's tendency to litter in the 1960s.
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Bob Ryans last visit216 views1991 shot of the restaurant.
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Eastgate Shopping Center645 viewsEastgate Shopping Center to the right, view facing West on US 40. Al Green's on the left off camera. Note the sea of a parking lot, which used to be chock full during the 1960s. Now Eastgate's days are numbered as it will probably be reassembled into separate parcels soon if it hasn't already.
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US 40 facing West495 viewsAl Green's to the left. Note the excessive width of US 40 and the sparse traffic. US 40 has been underutilized ever since I-70 was built two miles to the North in the early 70s. The width of US 40 will probably be put to use one day as a mass transit line, either as Bus Rapid Transit (low cost express bus service), trolley car, or a full dedicated train track. Ironically, Indianapolis once had one of the nation's finest intra-urban train systems.
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Final days168 viewsTaken by Jack Varry days before demolition.
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Final days173 viewsTaken by Jack Varry days before demolition.
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Ninth and Park street level, Indianapolis508 viewsStreet level view of where the Greens grew up. Interesting how this neighborhood looks relatively untouched by progress, while their much newer drive-in has long since met the wrecker's ball. The family residence and store was said to be located in this area but that's all I know. The building in this picture is now commercial/residential so it's one possibility. Across the street is a parking lot, another possibility.
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Ninth and Park - Where Greens grew up440 viewsNeighborhood where Al Green's parents settled after emmigrating from Russia, according to Leo Foster, the electrician who worked for the Greens. The location of their home is unclear. (Ninth St. zig zags at Park.) Nate, one of the five children and the movie projectionist at the drive-in, owned apartments along Park and East.
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An Eastside landmark828 viewsThis is the sign that millions of people saw between 1947 and 1994, here on its last leg. Note the enclosure between the building and the sign. People typically placed their order here and then returned to their car, where they would normally wait 1-2 hours. Customers had the option of standing in this enclosure to be entertained by the vivacious Belle Green herself.
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