Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Dad’s salvage of the week - he found the building topper of the historic & long lost Tee Pee Restaurant that was listed on the National Register in 1986 & then demolished by the state fairgrounds in 1988. So many avenues of interpretation possible with this artifact. Incredible find. 281
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026RIP the pride on the circle historic marker June 2022-July 2026 💔 64112
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I waited til the 3rd date to talk about zoning, I deserve an award 3121
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Thank you to Arika Herron at Axios Indianapolis for visiting us at the City-County Archives to learn about our origin story, collections, and research. We are a scrappy duo indeed! www.axios.com/local/indian... Miles to go.axios.comInside the "scrappy" effort to build Indy's City-County ArchivesThe archives are just two years old, with a 150-year backlog of information. 181
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I'm excited to share what we've been working on for a year & a half: a documentary feature film about the excavation of our section of Greenlawn Cemetery. So proud of our team of archaeologists, historians, preservationists & genealogists working on the analysis of this significant historic site. 373
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026It has been an absolute honor to serve as the historian for the Rethink Coalition's SE gateway project. Thank you in particular to the Italian elders who shared so much with me. Here’s to the next steps for getting this damn thing built and reconnecting my community! rethink65-70.org/work/southea...rethink65-70.orgReport - Southeast Gateway Planning Study — Rethink Coalition 041
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Thanks to @indymonthly.bsky.social for visiting the City-County Archives and chatting about the “legal, historical, and ethical minefield” of work surrounding our Greenlawn Cemetery excavation. www.indianapolismonthly.com/arts-and-cul...indianapolismonthly.comRead Our One-On-One With City-County Archivist Jordan RyanAfter the Henry Street bridge project recently got under way, Jordan Ryan's role came into play as the city-county archivist. 172
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Really excited about this project - the City's response for a missing middles housing pattern book! ❤️ Pull the RFQ here: www.indy.gov/workflow/fin...indy.govindy.gov 011
Reposted by Jordan RyanAndrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive. 272113186469
Reposted by Jordan Ryanmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence. 241274019835
Reposted by Jordan RyanJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/01/2026Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026… 351101381924
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025You know you’ve made it as a municipal archivist when your Xmas gifts from dad are: a collage of materials from a demolition contractor who demo’d most lost city landmarks, Indiana world war memorial plaza ephemera, and an ashtray from the Lincoln Hotel 152
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 20/12/2025It’s hard building a municipal archive from scratch. Despite all the obstacles, we accomplished a lot this year. -108 reference questions answered -40 tours for ~150 people -8 lectures/panels for ~600 people -340 volunteer hours -doubled our vault and storage space -est online presence 170
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Mapping Inequality, the digital humanities platform for exploring redlining maps & data, launched in 2016. Never in my wildest dreams did I think they would ask me to write an essay on Indianapolis! It is an absolute honor to be included in this project: dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...dsl.richmond.eduMapping InequalityRedlining in New Deal America 051
Reposted by Jordan RyanSafe Streets Indy @safestreetsindy.org · 16/11/2025Today is World Day of Remembrance — a global event to remember those killed or seriously injured on our streets. Read more about this day, and our call to action for the City of Indianapolis, at the link below. #WDoR2025 #SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky #VisionZerosafestreetsindy.orgSafe Streets IndyAdvocating for Safe Streets in Indianapolis, Indiana. 197
Reposted by Jordan Ryans. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 10/11/2025Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport. 10112483089
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Thank you @mirrorindy.org for featuring Deedee our reference archivist and her amazing work to identify historic glass negatives held at the Irvington Historical Society: mirrorindy.org/historic-pho... You have until Nov 30 to see the exhibit!mirrorindy.orgThe lost photographs of Osbert SumnerHistorian Deedee Davis’ research began seven years ago to tell a different story of life in Indianapolis from 1898-1903. 051
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Thanks IndyStar for celebrating Archives Month with local public, nonprofit, university, and governmental archives ❤️ www.indystar.com/story/opinio...indystar.comIndiana's archives preserve more than history — they protect the truth | OpinionEvery family does something important. No history is insignificant. Our archives make sure we remember that. 082
Reposted by Jordan RyanElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Remember, according to the Republican Justices, it's okay to gerrymander for party advantage, not racial advantage. It's an unknowable distinction, but one that allows the Republicans to okay racist gerrymandering under the guise of political gerrymandering. 171575312
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Exhibit Columbus installations + Alexander Girard exhibit today with Dad 💯 191
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 04/10/2025A fabulous week in Fort Wayne at the statewide historic preservation conference. 1201
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025📣 Excited to share that What a Building Does: The Hoosier Modernisms of Evans Woollen is available for pre-order! Phillip Cox & Niall Cronin brilliantly tell the story of Woollen and his firm's journey from Midcentury Modernism to Brutalism to Postmodernism. Pre-order: iupress.org/978025307410... 170
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 14/09/2025RIP the Albert Kahn-designed Crane Bay, what a sad loss These photos are from July 2019. I just had this sick feeling the last crane bay wouldn’t survive The tangible context of: Industrial history Labor history West side neighborhood history Gone. #thisplacemattered 073
Reposted by Jordan RyanWildstyle @mrwildstyle.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I just rolled up to what I assumed was a public unveiling of a sculpture at Elanco but when I rolled up I was immediately turned away by this gentleman Who said I couldn't come back there Then he asked the guy walking up if he was there for the art unveiling and let him thru 😉 84710
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Another excellent Behind Closed Doors mausoleum tour at Crown Hill Cemetery. #thisplacematters 020
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 08/09/2025The Henry Street Bridge Project's Greenlawn Cemetery excavation is well over 1,500 grave shafts now on our little 1.5 acre strip. Don't forget to follow along on our project website where we provide updates for the public: wridinfrastructure.com/archaeology/... 061
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 07/09/2025🪦 Happy archaeology month 🪦 The City-County Archives was thrilled to table at the Indiana State Museum’s Archaeology Family Discovery Day yesterday. We shared historic maps and deed research with guests. Some guests made their own marker/monuments. Thank you to all who stopped by! 193
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Yesterday marked our final Archives teaching day for our Indyology internship. The students learned about memorialization from Leon Bates & Ahmaud Carroll-Tubbs, looking at national examples, then designed their own memorials for our cemetery. They then sculpted monuments to place in their designs. 262
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 18/07/2025The City-County Archives went on a great field trip yesterday, visiting Ball State’s architectural archivist Cody Sprunger. We learned about DIY humidification chambers to make our architectural drawing collection work more efficient. And of course we had to end the trip with some Pizza King! 171
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Thanks to everyone who attended our Greenlawn Cemetery excavation + Henry Street Bridge project public information meeting. I am excited to see where the research takes us in the next few years. In case you missed the meeting, the presentation slides are here: wridinfrastructure.com/june-2024-up... 160
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Last week we hit a new benchmark on the Henry Street Bridge Project excavation - reaching over 1,000 graveshafts identified. Not even 50% through our excavation. On our tiny, 1.5 acre parcel of a larger 25 acre cemetery. 132
Reposted by Jordan RyanJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 22/06/2025He was humiliated last weekend. This weekend he bombed someone. My guess is there is a relationship between those two events. 558145323095
Reposted by Jordan RyanElizabeth Blasius @blaservations.bsky.social · 19/06/2025New from me in Mas Context: In February NPS removed Transgender and Queer from the Stonewall National Monument website. NPS also removed LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History—the 1st federal account of the LGBTQ community.mascontext.comStonewall: Movement, Monument, MythIn February 2025, under the orders of the Trump administration, the National Park Service (NPS) removed the words “Transgender” and “Queer” from the… 062
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 14/06/2025I’m shattered. Our traffic calming project survived 2 months before a motorist wrecked through it. Listen to neighborhoods when they tell you we need more traffic calming measures. Pedestrians and cyclists are not safe. 💔 2378
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Special thanks to my reference archivist who surprised me & assembled this model before a tour. This is a rejected proposed plan for the GM stamping plant. It’s a great artifact and teaching tool that captures a moment in time of the downtown and west side’s built environment. #whatanarchivistdoes 130
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Brilliant and dedicated historians, librarians, archivists, and curators - gone. 💔 161
Reposted by Jordan RyanNicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025A tiny but wild snapshot of the current chaos 622451850
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I'm excited to share that Jeannie Regan-Dinius and myself are starting a dialogue at the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation conference. Our presentation, "The Monumental Effort to Excavate and Memorialize Greenlawn Cemetery," discusses the physical, archaeological, & contextual challenges. 192
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025🥳 Happy Historic Preservation Month! What do a union steelworker, a clairvoyant palmist, and the inventor of Bar Keepers Friend all have in common? These individuals all made history in the Fountain-Fletcher District: the area including the Fletcher Place, North Square, and Fountain Square n’hoods. 141
Reposted by Jordan RyanEd Fujawa @edfujawa.bsky.social · 30/04/2025A new post about the history behind a mystery photo at an ice cream establishment in Broad Ripple. www.class900indy.com/post/gus-bar...class900indy.comGus Barthel and the Little Deutsche House in Broad RippleExploring the story of Gus Barthel of Broad Ripple and his roadhouse named the Little Deutsche Haus. 054
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 30/04/20253 neighborhoods came together to do a tactical urbanism project on a problematic piece of infrastructure impacting each of us. And I spoke with WFYI about it: www.wfyi.org/news/article... Oh, and I thoroughly enjoyed waving the safety flag at motorists. 151
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 16/04/20252 years today without our Paul 💔 We love you and we miss you very, very much Every volume, every talk, every paper, every collection… everything is to honor your work and the work you left us. Miles to go ❤️ 060
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025A story of 3 neighborhoods - Fletcher Place, Fountain Square, and North Square - coming together to work on a shared infrastructure problem: speeding motorists on Calvary/McCarty Street getting on or off the highway. Can’t wait to see what we do next. ❤️ 4161
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Thanks for all the kind words at my Society of Indiana Archivists conference plenary talk yesterday. It means a lot. 💞 I'll be at Indy Design Week 4/25 to talk about municipal logos and the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation 5/17 to talk about Greenlawn Cemetery & monument-making. 120
Reposted by Jordan Ryanandybchen.com @andybchen.com · 27/03/2025celebrity sighting in this clip!!! wishtv.com/news/local-n...wishtv.comPlan would put 'land bridge' over half-mile stretch of South SplitRethink I-65/I-70 Coalition proposes a unique solution to reconnect neighborhoods to downtown Indianapolis by covering part of the highway with a cap. 2124