For context and background, read Looking East (and the comments), then Roberta’s April BlogMeet report.

Long story short: Roberta X’s second tower tour post included this long-distance photo of an example of our city’s industrial past...

...and a request for help in identifying it.  In her post she helpfully linked Google’s aerial view of the site.

This long-time Indy resident recognized the plant immediately (answer in the comments), but when I looked at the aerial view I was amused to notice another item in Indianapolis lore.  Thinking it might be fun to see how quickly people could identify it or discover its purpose, I printed off some copies and took them to Sunday’s BlogMeet.  It took less than five minutes for our astute panel to figure it out.  How about you?

Here’s the image of (most) of the site.

What’s that very different space in the upper left-hand corner?

Closer up:

Of course, you could probably go searching for the answer, but IMO it’s more fun to figure out what it is from the image alone.

No clue?  You’ll find some hints below the break.  Answer coming tomorrow.

The top of the two aerial images is north, not that it makes any difference.  Roberta’s photo is taken from the west-northwest, so a north-south line would run more or less from the lower left to the upper right.

Hint #1: The space is abandoned/vacant.  You’re looking at its  remains/ruins.
By the way, the size of objects on the screen is almost exactly the size they  were on the picture I printed, so you’re not working at a disadvantage.

Hint #2: Speaking of sizes, the rectangles across the street in the top of the closeup are houses.  Those little things below the horizontal line in the upper right-hand corner are cars.  The long object to the right of the center is (I believe) a flatbed semi.

Hint #3: One contestant asked about the contour:  Is it a deep bowl or funnel-shaped?  No, the ground is relatively flat.  The left and right edges might be slightly above the center, but I’d say any difference would be no more than 20 feet.   

Got it? 

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