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On The Road – Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman) – Evansville’s West Franklin Street

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  January 6, 20205:00 am| 21 Comments

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Good Morning Everybody,

I hope this finds you well. Bad shit’s about, take care.

On a more positive note, let’s go –

A few months ago, I shared a few pictures of West Franklin Street here in Evansville and since they seemed to go over well, here’s an album with comments about each picture. Feel free to choose the best ones to share or just link the entire album.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/G3gUrQzihQsrQr3G6

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  1. 1.

    satby

    January 6, 2020 at 5:25 am

    Evansville, Indiana? Pretty looking town. Ever get up around South Bend give me a heads up!

  2. 2.

    Joey Maloney

    January 6, 2020 at 5:30 am

    Wow, I lived in Evansville back in the early 1980s. Looks like it’s changed since then – to a place where someone might want to live.

  3. 3.

    JPL

    January 6, 2020 at 6:27 am

    Your photos are wonderful.    Apparently there is a Texas transplant in front of the gun shop.

  4. 4.

    HeartlandLiberal

    January 6, 2020 at 7:19 am

    This is Evansville, Indiana. My son lives within a mile or two of the area shown. This is a neighborhood northwest of the main downtown area of Evansville, which is southeast from this area right on the north and east side of a big bend in the Ohio river. If you want a really good breakfast, right in this neighborhood on main drag is the Kite and Key Restaurant. Good German style Bratkartoffeln with an Eggs Benedict. They have an annual street fair in this neighborhood that is well attended, too.

  5. 5.

    JeanneT

    January 6, 2020 at 8:05 am

    I’ve only been in Evansville once, fleetingly for a college visit with my son – and I obviously missed this area.  Now I feel like I should stop in and take a closer look next time I’m that-a-way.

  6. 6.

    OldDave

    January 6, 2020 at 8:05 am

    Evansville!  Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by ….

    I’ve only stayed on the outskirts of Evansville – I’ll have to look at Darrin’s album.  Less than an hour east of Evansville is a v. small town named Santa Claus, home of Holiday World – which not only claims to be the oldest theme park, but is home to three fantastic roller coasters.  Highly recommended.

  7. 7.

    OldDave

    January 6, 2020 at 8:05 am

    Evansville!  Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by ….

    I’ve only stayed on the outskirts of Evansville – I’ll have to look at Darrin’s album.  Less than an hour east of Evansville is a v. small town named Santa Claus, home of Holiday World – which not only claims to be the oldest theme park, but is home to three fantastic roller coasters.  Highly recommended.

    (second attempt to send; first timed out with an error 524, Ray ID 550daf8cbd76c883)

  8. 8.

    JeanneT

    January 6, 2020 at 8:05 am

    Hey, that’s a much more inviting view of Evansville than I remember from visiting there very briefly in 2005!

  9. 9.

    Searcher

    January 6, 2020 at 8:07 am

    @HeartlandLiberal: The “annual street fair” is actually like the second largest in the country (after Mardi Gras).

    I was sooo disappointed when I moved away and found out what even cities like Chicago and New York considered street fairs.

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    Spanky

    January 6, 2020 at 8:10 am

    The towns that missed out on the “urban renewal” of the 60s, 70s, and 80s now find themselves in the fortunate position of having the very charming building stock right there to reinvent themselves. Yay for historic preservation. Even when it’s accomplished by accident, people take advantage of the opportunity.

    The Historic Preservation Commission seeks to preserve and enhance the city’s distinct aesthetic that serves as visible reminders of its historic heritage. The Commission accomplishes this through enforcement of the city’s local Preservation Ordinance.

    And it helps (a lot!) when the government is with you on this.

    Not in Evansville but yeah, I got a dog in this fight.

  11. 11.

    raven

    January 6, 2020 at 8:21 am

    Midwestern tavern life. . .seems like a dream to me now.

  12. 12.

    arrieve

    January 6, 2020 at 8:24 am

    I’ve never been to Indiana, and I loved these pictures. I’m glad someone fights to preserve this kind of architectural heritage.

  13. 13.

    Another Scott

    January 6, 2020 at 8:39 am

    Very nice pictures.  Unsurprisingly, reminiscent of old towns in Ohio as well.  It’s good to see them trying to come back.  Here’s hoping they do well.

    It’s also good to see the gun shop falling on hard times.  ;-)

    ‘morning all.  Have a good day and a good week.

    Cheers,

    Scott.

  14. 14.

    Betsy

    January 6, 2020 at 8:52 am

    Great building stock.  I’m a downtown revitalization consultant — always love to see a beautiful Main Street.

    What’s the story on that 4-lane street? Who’s in charge of it?  Whatever agency owns and maintains it could use a management approach to the street right-of-way that would help downtown a lot.

  15. 15.

    MelissaM

    January 6, 2020 at 9:44 am

    Nice! We have a friend who teaches at the U there, and have visited him but never the city. Now I think I need to visit.

  16. 16.

    trollhattan

    January 6, 2020 at 10:47 am

    Looks very Midwesty in that main drag way. Could easily be Iowa.

    Is parking one’s Suburban on the sidewalk considered SOP?

  17. 17.

    stinger

    January 6, 2020 at 11:06 am

    Evansville looks strangely deserted for a place with such attractive architecture. You must have been up early on a Sunday morning to get these shots!

  18. 18.

    UttBugly

    January 6, 2020 at 11:28 am

    So cool. I live about one tenth of a mile East of the Evansville city line. The Fall Festival is one fun week for eating anything excessively sweet or excessively fried or excessively both.

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    Hungry Joe

    January 6, 2020 at 11:41 am

    My family owned women’s clothing stores (“Salm’s”) in Evansville from about  1905-1967. I lived there till I was ten (in 1961), when we moved to SoCal (San Diego County). I was, at first, devastated; eventually I wised up.

    Real estate lesson: We sold our three-bedroom house in Evansville for about $30,000 and bought a similar house in Carlsbad (northern San Diego County) for almost exactly the same price. The houses are still there. Zillow says: Evansville house — $225,000; Carlsbad house — $870,000.

  20. 20.

    Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman)

    January 6, 2020 at 3:38 pm

    @trollhattan:

    Is parking one’s Suburban on the sidewalk considered SOP?

     

    It is if you own the (now out of business) gun shop.

  21. 21.

    Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman)

    January 6, 2020 at 3:42 pm

    @Betsy:  That’s not downtown Evansville.

    West Franklin is on Evansville’s west side and once was the center of commerce and industry for that side of town.

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