Bloom Archives
Limestone
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Globe-Trotting With Brooke Bierhaus: Morning Meditations on Jerusalem’s Western Wall
You might not believe it, but 6:45 a.m. is my favorite time of day. It has been since I was 13 years old. Waking…
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The Indiana Limestone Symposium: Where Carvers of All Kinds Gather (Photo Gallery)
The Indiana Limestone Symposium is “summer camp for grownups,” says Bloomington resident Bill Holladay. He should know—he’s been coming every year since he first…
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The Comedy Attic Celebrates 10 Years Of ‘Comedy as Art’ in Bloomington
Keeping the doors of a comedy club open in a small city for a decade could be seen as reason enough to celebrate, but…
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A Magical Fish and the City it Spawned
One hundred and 11 years ago, work was completed on our courthouse in the Square. But the origins of that building, of the weathervane…
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County History Includes Whiskey Barrel Mystery and an Auction (PHOTO GALLERY)
On June 22–23, 1818, in the first public sale of real estate in the newly formed Monroe County, commissioners sold parcels of land by…
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Indiana Limestone (Video)
For nearly two centuries, laborers in south-central Indiana have been blasting, cutting, and carving away at the great mass of Salem limestone that has…