Indianapolis, Columbus, Chicago, Los Angeles… I am moving around
From now, my field office is on 5601 Hollywood Boulevard. Cool address, huh?! 
This is a motel in the best classical, American, 50’s style you could imagine, with a glamourous front and a small swimming pool (and, luckily, wi-fi Internet connection…)
Hollywood Downtowner Inn
It feels empty not to cover indy racing anymore, but perhaps four days of hanging out by garages and pit stops was really enough… I and my friend Karen did something completely different and very exciting on Monday: we drove to the small town of Columbus, Indiana.
Columbus is a town with less than 40,000 inhabitants, about one hour’s drive south of Indianapolis. It was once listed as having the sixth most interesting architecture of American cities – after Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Washington. Quite impressing for such a small town!
In the 1950’s, a multinational steel engine company with its head office in downtown Columbus decided that it wanted to create an ideal community, and so commissioned some of the greatest architects in world to design buildings. There are numerous churches, schools, power plants, and residential houses there, designed by architects such as Eliel Saarinen and I M Pei and built from 1950 and into the 80’s.
Columbus, Indiana - Architecture History
Columbus was really strange to see – a juxtaposition of world class architecture and regular blend strip malls of any American town or suburb. We only had time to check out a few of the buildings, unfortunately, because I had to rush to the airport. Will have to come back!
So, leaving Karen behind in Indianapolis, I flew to Los Angeles via Chicago. Tomorrow, I wil drive to Corona – there is a lot of driving, and I hope watching the quick race cars hasn’t gotten on my mind!
/Gunilla
Like A Race Car Driver
Fast car dreams are great … until you hit a So Cal traffic jam….
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