6places
6businesses
1909oldest
2still open
4gone
Indianapolis on When It Was is 6 addresses and the 6 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1909. 2 are still open today; 4 are gone, and 4 of the buildings themselves have been demolished. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.
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Cash and Carry Paper Co., Inc.
914 East New York Street
Cash and Carry Paper Co. at 914 East New York operates a 33,000-square-foot warehouse and showroom in the Lockerbie industrial corridor, sel…
Lafayette Road Drive-In
3900 Lafayette Road · 1953–1982
Bell-Air Drive-In
2849 Kentucky Avenue · 1945–1981
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
4790 West 16th Street · 1909–present
Shadeland Drive-In
2500 North Shadeland Avenue · 1950–1986
Twin Theatair Drive-In
2866 East Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive · 1950–1993
Indianapolis, decade by decade
- 1900s
- 1940s
- 1950s
Still here, and gone
Still open (2)
Gone (4)
- Twin Theatair Drive-In 1950–1993
- Shadeland Drive-In 1950–1986
- Lafayette Road Drive-In 1953–1982
- Bell-Air Drive-In 1945–1981
By kind of place
Theater (4)
Bell-Air Drive-In · Twin Theatair Drive-In · Lafayette Road Drive-In · Shadeland Drive-In
Racetrack (1)
Store (1)
Every place in Indianapolis (6)
- Bell-Air Drive-In 2849 Kentucky Avenue · 1945–1981
- Cash and Carry Paper Co., Inc. 914 East New York Street
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway 4790 West 16th Street · 1909–present
- Lafayette Road Drive-In 3900 Lafayette Road · 1953–1982
- Shadeland Drive-In 2500 North Shadeland Avenue · 1950–1986
- Twin Theatair Drive-In 2866 East Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive · 1950–1993
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