Check out this article about Indianapolis LISC grants in Irvington, featuring George Thomas Florist and Amandula Henry of the Irvington Development Organization. via WishTV: INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – If you travel along Washington Street through Irvington, you’ll notice changes throughout the year. “So many people pass through and they don’t know they’re going through a really cool neighborhood,” said Amandula Henry from the Irvington Development Organization. It was once an area of sleepy sidewalks with vacant storefronts. “When we acquired [...]

Dale Harkins and the Irving Theatre are featured in the The Indianapolis Star: When Dale Harkins bought the Irving Theater in 2008, he collected a stack of newspaper clippings about former owners who tried — and failed — to bring the Irvington landmark back to life. The theater opened as a movie house in 1913 and flourished for half a century. Howard Caldwell, author of “The Golden Age of Indianapolis Theaters,” recalls taking dates to the Irving [...]