My Mother is from Indianapolis...so I know a good number of things about this town.
For one thing, Indianapolis was laid out by an apprentice to the City planner who laid out Washington DC. From wikipedia: The capital moved from Corydon on January 10, 1825 and the state commissioned Alexander Ralston to design the new capital city. Ralston was an apprentice to the French architect Pierre L'Enfant, and he helped L'Enfant plan Washington, DC.
Both Washington DC and Indianapolis are laid out as a kind of circle with a monumnet (The Washington Monumnet in the case of DC and the Soldiers and Sailor Monument in the case of Indy) as it's center.
Indiana is called the "cross roads of America", and rightly so. Indianapolis is encircled by I 465 while I 70, I 65, I 74 and I 69 alleither cross or end in the city. Here are some pictures of the downtown area:
Since you two are sports fans, it should come as no surpise to you that Indianapolis is home to the first phase of the NCAA basketball tournement. It is also home to the Indianapolis Colts(Football) and Indiana Pacers (Basketball).
Additionally, on the Sunday before Memorial Day, in Speedway, Indiana; the Indianapolis 500 is run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is a car race, but it is not NASCAR!!!
Well, take care and keep smiling...catch ya later!
Da Knome
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