At Market St. and Alabama, dating back to as far as  1821,  this part of town is where fresh food was sold. The sheds from which the various meats and produce items from nearby farms were made available for purchase were replaced in 1886 by one of many  German constructions that shaped Indianapolis, the two story brick building you see here.

 

 

Today, tucked into the back of the right side of the City Market building, with the YMCA fitness facility, is Bicycle Garage Indy. A quality bike shop with a national reputation for employing some of the top mechanics in the bike industry, there is also a great big heart at work  that knows the customer is #1!! This is also the Go To shop for many of the more hard core Indianapolis cyclists who depend on their wheels for work or transportation year round..

Other posts about Indianapolis history Martin Krieg created as he wrote "How Indianapolis Built America" are at this link HERE