I'm a Lifelong Hoosier and I have been living in the house that my parents purchased from the first days of my life. I know of these problems too. If it had been that the acerage adjacent to Woodruff Place was purchased or aquired for the sanctity of Woodruff Place,... there would have been hardly any argument. The one problem persistent is that time goes on and the situation changes..if Woodruff had a good knowledge of the future of this location, the premise here, and would have brought to the Place here a forest to the East and a Park to the West and have a Covenant there that prevailed constantly,... there would have been no oddity close by to have defense about. Oh too, listen to this, my neighbor at our west rented, absentee renting, to a fellow whose name I learned, Woodruff. I don't know but I would see the wear of life upon him.
I grew up in Woodruff Place. It was sad to see it decline in the 60’s and 70’s. I used to go back there to see what it looked like...if people were taking care of it. I’m so glad that it is getting back to the way it used to be and should be.....a beautiful community. Our family lived very close to Michigan St near the Indiana Women’s Prison. One night three women escaped....well, actually just 2 ....one of them got hung up in the barbed wire. Apparently, she was too chubby to get out. But, one of the women was found in our garage. The next day my dad put padlocks on the doors. I always loved walking up and down the streets of Woodruff Place. We had lots of friends who lived there, too. We went to the schools near where we lived. We went to School 74, Harshman Jr Hiigh and Tech H.S. My mom graduated from there, too. Tech was enormous! It was like a college campus. It had some of the best teachers and amazingly good curriculum.
When I moved to Indy in 89. Woodruff Place was pretty run down. Today, most of the homes have been renovated and same with the fountains. It is not as wonderful as it once was but definitely a desirable place to live now.
Wonderful documentary. I've always loved Woodruff place
Great old film! I'm an Indy native and I love this unique history of our city, especially pre-Interstate System
Born and raised here. Love history. Went to Howe H.S.. Very happy to see people fixing up and keeping up communities
I'm a Lifelong Hoosier and I have been living in the house that my parents purchased from the first days of my life. I know of these problems too. If it had been that the acerage adjacent to Woodruff Place was purchased or aquired for the sanctity of Woodruff Place,... there would have been hardly any argument. The one problem persistent is that time goes on and the situation changes..if Woodruff had a good knowledge of the future of this location, the premise here, and would have brought to the Place here a forest to the East and a Park to the West and have a Covenant there that prevailed constantly,... there would have been no oddity close by to have defense about.
Oh too, listen to this, my neighbor at our west rented, absentee renting, to a fellow whose name I learned, Woodruff. I don't know but I would see the wear of life upon him.
I grew up in Woodruff Place. It was sad to see it decline in the 60’s and 70’s. I used to go back there to see what it looked like...if people were taking care of it. I’m so glad that it is getting back to the way it used to be and should be.....a beautiful community. Our family lived very close to Michigan St near the Indiana Women’s Prison. One night three women escaped....well, actually just 2 ....one of them got hung up in the barbed wire. Apparently, she was too chubby to get out. But, one of the women was found in our garage. The next day my dad put padlocks on the doors. I always loved walking up and down the streets of Woodruff Place. We had lots of friends who lived there, too. We went to the schools near where we lived. We went to School 74, Harshman Jr Hiigh and Tech H.S. My mom graduated from there, too. Tech was enormous! It was like a college campus. It had some of the best teachers and amazingly good curriculum.
My great grandpa McInturf was the older man fixing the statues toward the end. I remember well when he did this and the smell of the paint.
When I moved to Indy in 89. Woodruff Place was pretty run down. Today, most of the homes have been renovated and same with the fountains. It is not as wonderful as it once was but definitely a desirable place to live now.
Cool video I’ve only seen a few old photos of the old family house
Very interesting movie, surprised more have not commented.
May Woodruff Place last forever and I'm thankful for those who are working to keep it a beautiful place to live.
Any idea on the year of this film? The latest year mentioned, I believe was 1976, so it must have been following the bicentennial year.
My mother attended arsenal tech HS. In 1930s.
I lived there in several different locations over the years and for a tme was on the Historical Society
Do you know what year this video was originally filmed?
I believe it was 1975 or 76’
Narrated by my old friend, the late Fred Karrish....