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Broad Ripple History
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Dawson Lake
Dawson Lake was the site of a gravel pit. In the mid-1990s houses were built around the lake and called Oxbow. |
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Early days at Oxbow on Dawson Lake |
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1938 Marion County lakes listing Could Blue Water Lake be Dawson Lake?  |
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Aerials courtesy of MapIndy
Click on one, then use the arrows to go forward and backward in time. See Dawson Lake grow. See Glendale Mall built, then lose its middle. See BRHS grow. See The Reserve be built. See Fresh Thyme Farmers Market and the parking garage go up. See Park Tudor replace the Lilly Apple Orchard. |
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1941 1941-64th Street White River bridge still there  |
1956 1956  |
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1962 1962-Glendale Mall and canal parking deck appear  |
1966 1966  |
1972 1972-Orchard gone / Park Tudor expands / College straightened  |
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1978 1978-Westfield Blvd straightened and new bridge  |
1979 1979-Kroger 65th and Keystone appears  |
1986 1986-BR Park pool gone  |
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1990 1990  |
1991 1991  |
1993 1993  |
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1995 1995-New building for Indpls Art Center  |
1997 1997-Houses pop up at Oxbow  |
1999 1999-Canal parking deck half gone  |
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2000 2000-Lowes replaces Glendale Cinema  |
2001 2001  |
2002 2002  |
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2003 2003-The Reserve construction begins  |
2004 2004  |
2005 2005  |
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2007 2007  |
2008 2008-Glendale Mall torn down  |
2009 2009  |
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2010 2010  |
2011 2011  |
2012 2012  |
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2013 2013-BR Parking garage appears  |
2014 2014  |
2015 2015  |
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2016 2016-The Coil/Fresh Thyme appears  |
2017 2017  |
2018 2018  |
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2019 2019  |
2020 2020  |
2021 2021  |
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2022 2022  |
2023 2023  |
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