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>> COMING UP -- MEET THE HOOSIER TEAM RESTORING VINTAGE INDY 500 RACE CARS.

>> TRAVEL ACROSS INDIANA ON U.S. 40 FOR THE HISTORIC NATIONAL ROAD YARD SALE.

CATCH A MOVIE AT THE CINEMA 67 DRIVE-IN IN SPENCER.

>> AND HAVE A SEAT AT THE IDLE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

>> THAT'S ALL ON THIS EPISODE OF "JOURNEY INDIANA."

[MUSIC] >> WELCOME TO "JOURNEY INDIANA."

I'M BRANDON WENTZ.

>> AND I'M ASHLEY CHILLA.

AND WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM THE AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM.

LOCATED IN DEKALB COUNTY, JUST NORTH OF FORT WAYNE, THIS MUSEUM FEATURES OVER 120 CARS SPREAD OVER THREE LEVELS OF EXHIBITS.

INSIDE, YOU'LL FIND INDIANA-BUILT CARS, RACING AND ENGINEER-THEMED EXHIBITS, AND THE ORIGINAL AUBURN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY SHOWROOM AND COMPANY OFFICES.

AND THIS IS THE PERFECT LOCATION TO SHARE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE TRANSPORTATION-RELATED STORIES.

AND WE'RE STARTING IN BROWNSBURG WITH A TEAM OF FORMER RACE MECHANICS WHO ARE NOW KEEPING BUSY RESTORING VINTAGE INDY 500 RACE CARS.

PRODUCER JOHN TIMM HAS THE STORY.

[MUSIC] >> IF YOU'RE A RACER, JUST THE HISTORY OF IT.

BECAUSE ALL OF THIS STUFF RAN AT THE SPEEDWAY.

IT'S JUST THE HISTORY OF IT.

[MUSIC] >> '74 EAGLES, McLARENS, DALLARA, THE COYOTE, CURTIS ROADSTER.

THAT CURTIS DIRT CAR.

WE'RE WORKING ON ANOTHER McLAREN M 16, 1930 MILLER IN THERE.

THE MARIO McLAREN, RUTHERFORD'S McLAREN.

MEARS' PC 6.

[MUSIC] >> MY FATHER DROVE INDIANAPOLIS BACK IN THE '60s.

BEEN EITHER A SPECTATOR OR A PARTICIPANT SINCE BASICALLY I WAS BORN.

WE WENT BASICALLY TO MOST OF THE RACES HE DROVE IN, MY SISTER AND I, MOM, OF COURSE.

I GREW UP IN THE BACKSEAT OF A STATION WAGON.

JUST REALLY ABOUT ALL WE KNEW.

[MUSIC] >> I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING FOR, LIKE, THE FIRST TIME I WORKED FOR GURNEY IN '76, I WAS WORKING FOR GURNEY.

AND RACING MY MIDGET ALSO.

MADE EVERY MISTAKE KNOWN TO MANKIND.

IN FACT, I THINK I HAVE A FEW OF THEM PATENTED.

BECAUSE I JUST DID EVERYTHING WRONG [LAUGHING].

RAN SOME MIDGETS AND SOME SPRINT CAR STUFF.

LIKE I SAID, SPENT AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY, AND HAD A LOT OF FUN, BUT HAD TO QUIT.

ALWAYS TRIED TO RACE WHILE I WAS WORKING, BECAUSE OF COURSE I HAD TO WORK TO SUPPORT MY HABIT [LAUGHING].

AND IT WAS A PRETTY EXPENSIVE HABIT.

AND JUST SO I WAS ALWAYS WORKING ON THESE CARS, ACTUALLY.

CHANGED TIRES FOR FOYT, RUTHERFORD.

IN FACT, RUTHERFORD WAS IN THE BACK YARD, 1970.

THAT'S WHERE PATRICK RACING STARTED.

FRONT ROW CAR WAS BUILT IN THE BACK YARD OF THE SHOP MY DAD BUILT BEFORE HE DIED.

RENTED HALF A SHOP FROM A BUDDY OF MINE UP NORTH.

AND WE STUCK THREE OR FOUR CARS IN THERE.

WENT TO WORK ON THEM.

HIRED A GUY OR TWO TO COME IN AND HELP.

AND JUST PROGRESSED.

[MUSIC] >> MOST OF THE TIME, THE OWNERS ACTUALLY FIND THEM.

THEY'RE ON THE INTERNET A LOT [LAUGHING].

WELL, THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING.

THEY WANT TO TRADE UP, TRADE DOWN, TRADE OVER, YOU KNOW?

SO THESE GUYS, THEY LOVE CARS.

IF IT'S A COMPLETE CAR, IT'S RIGHT ABOUT A YEAR, DEPENDING ON WHAT SHAPE IT'S IN.

WE GO THROUGH AND REPLACE BEARINGS AND SEALS, FUEL CELL IF NECESSARY.

HAVE THE MOTOR REBUILT.

WE'VE REBUILT THE GEARBOX.

MAG AND -- EVERY PART.

BASICALLY, WE PREP THEM AS IF THEY WERE GOING TO RUN THE 500-MILE RACE AGAIN.

[CARS ZOOMING] >> I CAN START A PROJECT AND NOT FINISH IT WITH THE BEST OF THEM.

THEN SOMEBODY ELSE COME AND FINISH -- I'M JUST KIDDING [LAUGHING].

I'M MORE GENERAL.

BUT BASICALLY, IT'S THE SAME OLD THING.

IT'S THE ART OF SURROUNDING YOURSELF WITH GUYS THAT DO KNOW THEIR PARTS BETTER THAN YOU DO.

NOBODY ACTUALLY KNOWS EVERYTHING.

I CERTAINLY DON'T.

[MUSIC] >> YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE JUST ABOUT ANY PART OF A CAR.

FRONT, REAR, SIDE, DOESN'T MATTER.

IF YOU BREAK SOMETHING, IT'S -- [LAUGHING] IT CAN BE TOUGH TO REPLACE.

SO OF COURSE YOU TRY NOT TO BREAK ANYTHING, LET'S FACE IT.

[ENGINE RUMBLING] >> YOU KIND OF HOLD YOUR BREATH AT TIMES.

TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN THEY FIRE THESE THINGS UP, I'M HOLDING MY BREATH.

[ENGINE RUMBLING] >> GOT A MILLION THINGS RUNNING THROUGH YOUR MIND.

DID WE DO THIS?

DID WE DO THAT?

DID WE FINISH THIS?

DID WE DO THAT?

IT'S SUCH A NEAT SOUND.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AROUND, AND EVERYTHING IS NICE AND TIGHT, AND NOTHING IS LEAKING, IT'S JUST LIKE, PHEW.

AND THEN YOU'RE BASICALLY HIGH-FIVING YOURSELF [LAUGHING].

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIGGER, ANOTHER UNIT OR A BIGGER UNIT.

AND EXPAND A LITTLE BIT.

JUST KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I LIKE COMING TO WORK.

I THINK THE GUYS DO, TOO.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

[MUSIC] >> CARS AND ESPECIALLY VINTAGE CARS ARE DEFINITELY NOT MY THING.

BUT HIS JOY AND LOVE OF WHAT HE DOES MAKES ME WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.

AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT TURN 4 RESTORATIONS.COM.

EARLIER, WE CAUGHT UP WITH SAM GRATE, THE CURATOR HERE AT THE AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM.

>> SO THIS BUILDING WE'RE IN HERE TODAY, IT WAS THE INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR THE AUBURN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.

IT WAS BUILT IN 1929, FINISHED IN 1930.

AND IT SERVED NOT ONLY AS THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, BUT ALSO AN ENGINEERING BUILDING AS WELL.

SO YOU'VE GOT THE MAIN SHOWROOM HERE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, THEN UPSTAIRS, YOU'VE GOT ALL THE OFFICES.

YOU'VE GOT THE DRAFTING STUDIOS, THE CONFERENCE ROOM, THE ADVERTISING OFFICES, THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.

AND THEN ALSO ON THE THIRD FLOOR AS WELL WAS WHERE THE ENGINEERS, THE DRAFTSMEN WERE LOCATED, WHERE THEY DESIGNED AND BUILT MOCK-UPS OF THESE CARS.

SO IT WAS A MULTI-FACETED STRUCTURE.

BUT IT HAD THE GREAT ART DECO EXTERIOR, THE BIG SHOWROOM LIKE HAVE HERE TODAY.

IT WAS JUST THE CENTERPIECE FOR THE COMPANY.

IF YOU ASKED SOMEONE ABOUT AUBURN AUTOMOBILE, ODDS ARE THEY'LL THINK OF THE SPEEDSTER.

PROBABLY THE MOST STYLISH, THE MOST COVETED TODAY.

AND IT WAS DESIGNED BY GORDON BUEHRIG.

PARTICULARLY IN '35 AND '36.

THEY HAD TWO PRIOR ITERATIONS STARTING FROM '29 THROUGH '30, AND THEN FROM '31 THROUGH '34.

AND THEY WEREN'T THE MOST PRACTICAL CARS, BUT THEY WERE VERY STYLISH.

THEY WERE VERY MUCH EYE-CATCHERS.

AND EVEN TODAY, THEY STILL CATCH THE EYES OF PEOPLE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, AUCTIONS.

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT GENERATIONS OF CORD.

THERE'S THE L-29, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN 1929.

AND THE CORD 810 AND 812, WHICH WAS IN '36 AND '37.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO KIND OF JUST PICK ONE OUT OF THOSE TWO.

THE L-29 WAS THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED FRONT WHEEL DRIVE PASSENGER CAR.

THAT WAS THE E.O.

CORD AUBURN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, HARRY MILLER INNOVATION.

BUT THEN THE CORD 810 AND 812s WERE THE EPITOME OF ART DECO STYLING AND STREAMLINING, WHICH WAS JUST STARTING TO COME INTO THE AUTOMOBILE DESIGN OF THAT PERIOD.

AND HAD ITS OWN ITERATION OF THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE AND JUST THE TWO CARS, THE TWO DIFFERENT CARS BY THEMSELVES WERE BOTH JUST SPECTACULAR AND INNOVATIVE IN THEIR OWN WAYS.

WE HAVE THE VERY FIRST DUESENBERG PASSENGER CAR THAT WAS EVER SOLD.

IT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE CASTLE DUESENBERG, AND IT WAS OWNED BY A GENTLEMAN NAMED SAMUEL NORTHRUP CASTLE OUT OF HAWAII.

HE WAS RIGHT AROUND SEVEN FOOT TALL, SO WHEN HE ORDERED THE DUESENBERG, HE NEEDED IT WIDE ENOUGH AND LONG ENOUGH FOR HIS 7-FOOT FRAME TO FIT INSIDE OF IT.

IT HAD STAYED IN THE CASTLE FAMILY FOR 99 YEARS, ALMOST 100 YEARS, BEFORE THEY DONATED IT TO US IN 2019.

>> WANT TO LEARN MORE?

JUST HEAD OVER TO AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM.ORG.

UP NEXT, IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE BARGAIN HUNTING.

PRODUCER JASON PEAR BRINGS US THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE 2019 HISTORIC NATIONAL ROAD YARD SALE.

>> NATIONAL ROAD WAS THE FIRST FEDERALLY FUNDED ROAD.

IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS U.S. 40.

IT REACHES FROM CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, TO VANDALIA, ILLINOIS.

GOES RIGHT THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY.

ALSO TRAVELS THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS, ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TERRE HAUTE.

IT IS THE 16TH ANNUAL NATIONAL ROAD YARD SALES, AND YOU CAN TRAVEL ALONG U.S. 40 TO VISIT LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UNIQUE YARD SALES, ANTIQUE VENDORS, SOME PLACES HAVE FOOD VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS AS WELL, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE STATE OF INDIANA.

[MUSIC] >> MY NAME IS PAM, AND I AM THE FIRST STOP RIGHT HERE IN RICHMOND, INDIANA.

I'M AT TONY'S CAR SALES, SET UP FOR A GARAGE SALE TODAY.

PRICES ARE CHEAP.

FIVE TOO MUCH FOR ALL THAT?

>> PERFECT.

>> MY DAUGHTER DID A LOT OF CLEANING OUT.

AND SHE SAID IF I HAD THE GARAGE SALE, I CAN KEEP THE PROFITS.

SO I'M JUST WHATEVER I CAN GET -- QUARTERS, 50 CENTS, I'M NOT OUT TO MAKE A BUNCH OF MONEY.

JUST TO SELL.

>> WE JUST STARTED, AND WE WENT OVER IN HENLEY AND THOSE PLACES.

NOW WE'RE GOING BACK THAT WAY.

[MUSIC] >> WELL, HERE I FOUND BOOKS, COOKBOOKS.

I LOVE COOKBOOKS.

>> WE KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT TRAVEL.

AND THEY'LL START IN MARYLAND WHERE THIS BEGINS, AND THEY WILL GO ALL THE THROUGH ILLINOIS OR IOWA, AS FAR AS IT GOES.

>> WE JUST STOPPED BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTION GOING ON HERE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF TABLES.

YOU PULL OVER AND YOU HIT A BUNCH OF PLACES AT THE SAME TIME.

[MUSIC] [MUSIC] [CAR HONKING] >> WHAT BROUGHT US HERE WAS THE SIGN.

>> TENDERLOINS.

>> THIS IS A FIRE STATION.

>> AT A FIRE STATION, SO WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL FIRE STATIONS.

>> SO WE'RE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, INDIANA, ON U.S. 40 IN HANCOCK COUNTY.

ROUGHLY ONE MILE WEST OF THE HENRY COUNTY HANCOCK COUNTY LINE.

>> I UNDERSTAND THE TENDERLOIN AND THE FISH ARE LOCALLY FAMOUS, POSSIBLY INTERNATIONALLY, I DON'T KNOW.

[LAUGHING] >> THEN WE GOT SOME CHIPS AND DRINKS AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.

BUT MAYBE GET SOME PEOPLE SOME GOOD, FULL FOOD.

>> I THINK IT'S AN EATING EVENT, YES.

[LAUGHING] [MUSIC] >> WELL, RIGHT NOW, YOU JUST HAPPEN TO CATCH ME CHIPPING GOLF BALLS.

SO I WAS OUTSIDE IN THE YARD, HITTING GOLF BALLS, WAITING FOR SOME CUSTOMERS TO COME UP TO BUY SOMETHING.

BEEN SLOW, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT, AND SOLD A GUITAR, AND SOLD ACTUALLY A BEARDED DRAGON, AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

SO YEAH, WE'VE MADE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, BUT HAD SOME FUN ALONG THE WAY.

DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THE YARD SALES.

THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM AROUND HERE ON U.S. 40.

EVERYBODY CHIPS IN AND HAS IT, AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

>> YOU'D THINK THAT HANK WILLIAMS WOULD SELL.

DO YOU KNOW HIM?

GOOD SINGER, I LIKE HIM.

[MUSIC] >> WE HAVE A LOT OF FURNITURE, SOME APPLIANCES.

THERE ARE SOME LAWN GARDEN ITEMS, TOO.

DIFFERENT TOYS, CLOTHES GALORE.

ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, WE PROBABLY HAVE IT.

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT.

HAD A FEW NICE BREEZES COME THROUGH, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE.

ANYTHING YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU PROBABLY CAN FIND.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS EVERYWHERE, AND I KNOW IF YOU KEEP GOING DOWN 40, IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER.

[MUSIC] >> THERE IS NOTHING THAT I LOVE MORE THAN FINDING A GOOD DEAL.

AND I HAVE SUCH FOND MEMORIES OF GOING TO YARD SALES WITH MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY MOM AS A CHILD, SO THIS IS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY.

YOU CAN GET MORE INFO ON FACEBOOK.

JUST SEARCH FOR NATIONAL ROAD YARD SALE.

>> UP NEXT, WE'RE HEADED SOUTH TO OWEN COUNTY, FOR A LOOK AT AN INDIANA SUMMER TRADITION.

PRODUCER SADDAM ABBAS HAS THE STORY.

[MUSIC] [MUSIC] [PROJECTOR WHIRRING] >> GOOD EVENING, FOLKS, AND A HEARTY WELCOME TO OUR DRIVE-IN THEATER.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT LINED UP FOR YOU, ONE THAT PROVIDES SEVERAL HOURS OF PLEASURABLE RELAXATION AND DIVERSION FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

>> WHEN I WAS LITTLE, MY PARENTS USED TO BRING ME OUT HERE, AND I REMEMBER COMING OUT IN MY PAJAMAS.

AND WE WOULD WATCH THE SHOWS.

>> IT WAS FUN, BECAUSE WE COULD GO AND MOM AND DAD COULD THROW US IN THE BACKSEAT, AND WE COULD WATCH THE MOVIE, FALL ASLEEP, HAVE SNACKS, BEFORE HAVING TO REALLY SETTLE DOWN TO WATCH THE MOVIE.

>> IT'S THE MOVIES UNDER THE STARS.

YOU CAN'T GET THAT AT AN INDOOR.

[MUSIC] >> DRIVE-IN THEATERS ORIGINATED IN NEW JERSEY IN THE LATE '30s.

AND THEY BECAME POPULAR IN INDIANA IN THE LATE '40s, AFTER WORLD WAR II AND PEOPLE BECAME AUTOMOBILE-BOUND.

DRIVE-INS OFFERED FAMILIES A PLACE TO GO WHERE THEY COULD ALL BE TOGETHER, OUTSIDE AND THEY WERE A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT WASN'T AS EXPENSIVE AS GOING INSIDE.

BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS, IT WAS A CARLOAD PRICE, FOR THE MOST PART.

AND IT'S JUST EXPANDED.

IN THE '60S, DRIVE-INS REALLY BECAME VERY POPULAR.

AT ONE TIME, THERE WERE LIKE 4,000 OF THEM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND INDIANA WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN DRIVE-IN THEATERS, SO TO SPEAK.

WE STILL HAVE GREAT NUMBER OF DRIVE-INS OPERATING IN INDIANA.

CINEMA 67 ORIGINALLY OPENED IN 1957, AND ALWAYS BEEN OPERATED AS A FAMILY-TYPE OPERATION.

ORIGINALLY IT WAS CALLED RECORD'S DRIVE-IN.

THE GROUND WAS BOUGHT FROM A FARMER, AND IT WAS A STATE OF THE ART DRIVE-IN AT THE TIME.

I'VE OWNED THIS SIX I WAS 26 YEARS OLD.

SO MY EXPERIENCE AT THE DRIVE-IN AS AN ADULT HAS BASICALLY BEEN AS AN OWNER AND OPERATOR, AND SEEING THE DIFFERENT SIGHTS, AND ENJOYING THE PEOPLE THAT GET TO COME AND BRING THEIR FAMILIES.

OUR AIR-CONDITIONING IS BY NATURE [LAUGHING].

YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE SHOWER.

YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE HEAT WAVE.

YOU MIGHT HAVE A MOSQUITO BITE.

BUT THAT'S NEXT TO CAMPING.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO IN THE SUMMERTIME.

AND IT WEARS THE KIDS OUT, SO THEY'LL SIT AND WATCH THE SHOW.

SOMETIMES THEY'LL FALL ASLEEP.

BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM LAY ON THE GROUND ON BLANKETS.

IF THEY'RE NOT ON BLANKETS, THEY'RE IN THE PICKUP TRUCKS AND LAWN CHAIRS.

AND LITTLE KIDS, THEY REMEMBER IT.

>> THE PEOPLE COULD COME TO THE DRIVE-IN AS A FAMILY.

THEY COULD BRING THEIR BLANKETS, THEIR SNACKS OR WHATEVER, OR BUY THEM AT OUR CONCESSION STAND.

AND THEY COULD BE TOGETHER AND ENJOY PLAY TIME BEFORE THE MOVIE, AND THEY COULD INTERACT.

WHEREAS IN AN INDOOR THEATER, YOU WALKED IN, YOU SAT DOWN, AND YOU WATCHED THE MOVIE AND YOU GOT UP AND LEFT.

SO IT BECAME A FAMILY TOGETHERNESS THING.

>> YOU'LL SEE THE KIDS RUNNING AROUND UP FRONT, PLAYING FRISBEE AND BALL.

JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME.

AND THEIR PARENTS CAN ENJOY THEMSELVES.

>> IN 2013, WE HAD TO PUT IN DIGITAL PROJECTORS, BECAUSE IN 2016, THEY QUIT RELEASING MOVIES ON 35 MILLIMETER.

SO WE ALL HAD TO GO TO DIGITAL.

THAT WAS QUITE AN EXPENSE.

A LOT OF THEATERS CLOSED BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T -- INDOORS AND OUTDOORS, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING 60 TO $80,000 FOR THAT NEW PROJECTOR.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND SAYING, "I WANT MY KIDS TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE EXPERIENCED."

SO I THINK THE DRIVE-INS, WHILE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG BOOM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE AROUND AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.

AND WE ARE A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO CONFINED ENTERTAINMENT.

>> THIS BRINGS BACK SO MUCH OF MY CHILDHOOD.

THE NUMBER OF NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS I SPENT WITH MY FAMILY AT THE DRIVE-IN -- I JUST SO MUCH CAME BACK TO ME WATCHING THAT.

IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAD THERE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DO IT.

IT'S SOMETHING YOUR KIDS AND YOU ARE GOING TO REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES.

AND YOU CAN GET MORE INFO, INCLUDING SHOW TIMES, AT CINEMA 67.COM.

ASHLEY?

>> THANKS, BRANDON.

FINALLY, WE'RE HEADED TO INDY TO, WELL, HAVE A SEAT.

PRODUCER TODD GOULD HAS THE STORY BEHIND THE IDLE.

>> THE WHITE NOISE OF THE TRAFFIC IS KIND OF LIKE THE OCEAN, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE SITTING AT THE BEACH, AND A BIG STORM IS ROLLING IN.

IT'S JUST, THERE'S SOMETHING CALMING ABOUT IT.

[MUSIC] >> IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE ANYTHING CALMING ABOUT THIS SCENE.

TRAFFIC RIPPING ALONG AT MORE THAN 60 MILES PER HOUR ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF TWO MAJOR U.S. INTERSTATES, AND MERGING INTO THE HEART OF ONE OF THE MIDWEST LARGEST CITIES, AND YET, FOR INDIANAPOLIS RESIDENT TOM BATTISTA, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO BETTER SPOT FOR ONE OF THE CITY'S NEWEST GREEN SPACES AND CITY PARKS.

AN AREA TOM DUBBED "THE IDLE, A POINT OF VIEW."

[MUSIC] >> BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SIT IDLY BY, AND THIS TRAFFIC IS ALL GOING TO BE RACING BY AT 60 OR 70 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE IDEA OF TWO THINGS, A POINT OF VIEW, SO IT CAN -- WE CAN GO OUT AND SIT AND WATCH THE VIEW, OR WE CAN SIT HERE AND TALK AND HAVE A POINT OF VIEW.

TALK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

TALK ABOUT THE LATEST THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR LIVES.

>> IT SEEMS UNIMAGINABLE, BUT IT'S TRUE.

THE IDLE, WHICH OPENED IN THE FALL OF 2018, SITS RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 65 AND INTERSTATE 70 IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.

THE PARK IS PERCHED A MERE 25 FEET ABOVE THE ROARING TRAFFIC BELOW, AND AT THE SAME TIME, ACCORDING TO TOM, IT STANDS AS AN OASIS OF CALM ABOVE THE ROARING SPEED OF LIFE THAT ENDLESSLY RUMBLES ALONG THE PAVED STREETS BELOW IT.

[MUSIC] >> SO IN THE LATE '60s, EARLY '70s, THE INTERSTATE CAME THROUGH.

AND I FOUND OUT THAT THEY DISLOCATED 17,000 PEOPLE.

THEY WENT THROUGH THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS, RIPPED THESE NEIGHBORHOODS APART.

SO THERE WERE FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE TOTALLY DIVIDED WHEN THEY CAME THROUGH.

[MUSIC] >> TOM BATTISTA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GUY WHO THINKS OUTSIDE THE BOX.

FOR NEARLY FIVE DECADES, HE SERVED AS A CONCERT TOUR MANAGER FOR SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN ROCK AND ROLL.

INCLUDING JIMMY BUFFET, DAVID BOWIE, STYX, KISS, AND MANY OTHERS.

SO ONE DAY, WHEN HE WAS RUNNING AN ERRAND NEAR HIS BUSINESS IN THE FOUNTAIN SQUARE DISTRICT OF INDIANAPOLIS, HE CROSSED OVER A BRIDGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE TWO MAJOR HIGHWAYS.

SAW A PATCH OF UNDISTURBED, OVERGROWN THICKETS, AND HAD AN EPIPHANY.

>> AND I GOT TO THE MIDDLE WHERE THIS FOREST WAS, AND I CLIMBED OVER THE GUARDRAIL AND WALKED OUT.

AND THERE WAS A BROW OF A HILL.

SO IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO SIT AND VIEW THE TRAFFIC.

SO IT JUST SEEMED LIKE, GOD, WE COULD PUT SOME CHAIRS OUT HERE AND BE ABLE TO JUST SIT HERE SAFELY AND WATCH ALL THESE CRAZY PEOPLE IN A HURRY TO GO SOMEWHERE.

>> TOM'S VISION TO REUNITE THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF FOUNTAIN SQUARE, FLETCHER PLACE, HOLY ROSARY, AND BATES HENDRICKS SEEMED A NOBLE PURSUIT, AND HE BEGAN HIS QUEST TO BUILD THE IDLE BACK IN 2011.

AND HIS CONNECTIONS WITH POWERFUL NAMES LIKE JIMMY BUFFET GOT HIM MEETINGS WITH MANY OF THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE STATE TO TALK ABOUT HIS VISION FOR A NEW CITY GREEN SPACE.

BUT ULTIMATELY, HE RAN INTO SIX YEARS OF LONG MEETINGS AND MILES OF RED TAPE, AS FOLKS FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT ALL FEUDED OVER THIS TINY STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN THE TWO INTERSTATES.

>> BEING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS FOR 50 YEARS NOW HAS ALLOWED ME TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND BE ABLE TO MAKE A SHOW HAPPEN.

AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, BE ABLE TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

>> TOM PULLED TOGETHER SEVERAL CIVIL ENGINEERS, CITY CONTRACTORS, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, MOST OF WHOM DONATED THEIR SERVICES TO HELP PRESENT A CONCEPT THAT WAS ATTRACTIVE TO EACH GOVERNMENT ENTITY.

AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF HARD WORK, TOM AND A TEAM OF NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVISTS FINALLY RAISED THE MONEY NEEDED TO TURN THE IDLE INTO A REALITY.

>> THERE'S A CUT IN THE GUARDRAIL OFF THE TRAIL YOU GO DOWN THIS LITTLE PATH THAT'S HIDDEN BETWEEN TREES, AND YOU WALK THIS SNAKE PATH.

AND IN THE BROW OF THE HILL THEN THERE'S THREE ROWS OF CHAIRS FROM OUR OLD BALLPARK.

SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SIT AND WATCH THE TRAFFIC MERGE.

IT'S REALLY KIND OF A FUN THING TO WATCH.

>> THE IDLE FEATURES MANY NATIVE PLANTS FROM THE REGION.

AS WELL AS HANDCRAFTED BENCHES AND SIDEWALKS THAT HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING FROM A JESUIT MOTTO TO PAINTINGS OF LOCAL BIRDS, TO THOUGHTS FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD POET ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING COMMUNITY.

AND YEP, THERE'S EVEN SOME COMMENTARY FROM A MUSIC LEGEND OR TWO, WHICH REFLECTS TOM'S ROCK AND ROLL ROOTS.

>> HERE WE ARE, A GREEN SPACE IN THE CITY.

WE'RE A MILE FROM DOWNTOWN.

THERE WAS AN ACRE OF GROUND THAT COULD BE USED BY THE PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF FENCED OFF.

IT JUST, IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

[MUSIC] >> WANT TO LEARN MORE?

JUST HEAD OVER TO IDLE INDY.COM.

AND AS ALWAYS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY CONNECTED WITH US.

>> JUST HEAD OVER TO JOURNEY INDIANA.ORG.

THERE YOU CAN SEE FULL EPISODES, CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, AND INSTAGRAM, AND SUBJECT STORIES FROM YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS.

>> WE ALSO HAVE A MAP FEATURE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE WHERE WE'VE BEEN, AND TO PLAN YOUR OWN INDIANA ADVENTURES.

BUT BEFORE WE SAY GOOD-BYE, LET'S SPEND A BIT MORE TIME EXPLORING THE TREASURES HERE AT THE AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM.

[MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] >> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "JOURNEY INDIANA" IS PROVIDED BY COLUMBUS VISITORS CENTER, CELEBRATING EVERYWHERE ART AND UNEXPECTED ARCHITECTURE IN COLUMBUS, INDIANA.

TICKETS FOR GUIDED TOURS AND TRIP PLANNING INFORMATION AT COLUMBUS.IN.US.

AND BY WTIU MEMBERS -- THANK YOU.