"Picture Decatur" (Decatur IL)

For the latest installment of Decatur "Link of the Week", we feature SHOP MERCHANT STREET. http://www.merchantstreetdecatur.com/ "Shop Merchant Street isn’t just about the most famous street in Decatur, Illinois. It’s about all of downtown and what it means to us not only as patrons, but as business owners as well. Downtown Decatur is a family of shops that has grown over the years to include a diverse collection of the best of the best in what our city has to offer in quality service and products." Support your local small businesses folks;  they are the heartbeat of Decatur!

Kentucky Fried Chicken 105 West Wood Street Decatur Illinois demolished 7/8/2014

Central Park Decatur Illinois May 2014 from 8 directions..... looking SE looking E looking NE looking N looking NW looking W looking SW looking S

James Millikin Homestead 125 North Pine Street Decatur Thanks to Mike Isenberg for sharing his collection of B&W's from the 70's (shown below) (before the Stephen Decatur statue was relocated downtown)

The new season for Scovill Zoo began yesterday (April 5), with the opening of the zoo for 2014. There's an amazing new attraction this year.... an incredible new exhibit full of PENGUINS!  Yes, penguins in Central Illinois. original artist's drawing of the exhibit before the start of construction exhibit under construction Summer 2013 exhibit under construction Summer 2013 exhibit under construction Summer 2013 ribbon cutting ceremony March 2014

On Saturday, March 1, 2014, Brush College Elementary School was sold at auction. We were there to take pictures of B.C.E.S. on its final day as an asset of the Decatur School District. ALBUM 2