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Owners Don, left, and Ron Carter are pictured in the courtyard at Underground Station at the corner of Main and Bank streets in downtown New Albany on Wednesday morning. | STAFF PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER FRYER

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Melding the old with the new Ron Carter is not only a developer but an amaRon Carter is Mr. Research. teur archaeologist.

The 1834 building “is one of the few post Heck, you could remove the word “amateur” and beam structures in New Albany,” Carter and it would probably fit just as well. said. “We had a professor from Hanover come Carter, who owns Carter Management Co. and date the beams.” with his twin brother, Don, are the brains behind With the old comes the new: Underground Underground Station, one of the most unique Classic Cuts and Katered to You opened developments to come along in Southern Indiana JASON THOMAS recently. The popular Bread & Breakfast in quite some time.

SoIn Editor across Main Street will soon call Underground The project at Bank and Main streets is a Station home. melding of old and new, with one of the buildings “I love the history here. Each of the buildings has a dating as far back as 1834 and all built before the 20th story behind it,” Andy Carter, Ron’s son and property century, Jenna Esarey writes in today’s centerpiece. manager for the complex told Esarey.

Folks in SoIn sure know how to protect our treasures.

Looks like plenty more chapters will be written.

A former apothecary, carriage house and funeral home have been converted to business space and apartments — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by with a courtyard that will offer live music and a place to phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsandrelax and eat, according to Esarey. tribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.

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• WHAT: A/TONAL: ‘Memory’ • WHEN: 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 • WHERE: Stiefler Recital Hall,

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NEW ALBANY — The Music Department at Indiana University Southeast will present the contemporary music ensemble, A/Tonal on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. in the Millicent and Norman Stiefler Recital Hall of the Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center on the IU Southeast campus, 4201 Grant Line Road in New Albany. Admission is free.

The program, entitled “Memory,” will include “The Memory Palace”

by Gabriel Kahane with texts by the composer, “Autumn Shadows”

by David Heinick with text by the composer based on ancient Chinese poetry, “Fleeting Moments” by Elliott McKinley, and “The Memory Palace” by Ann Callaway according to an Ogle Center news release.

Performers will include Chad Sloan, baritone; Jessica Dorman, piano; Carrie Ravenscraft, clarinet;

and Felix Borges, cello.

A/Tonal is a contemporary music ensemble that bridges the gap between traditional and new music with unique musical experiences.

Founded in 2013, the members of A/Tonal consist of a core group of performers Jessica Dorman (piano), Amy Ensel (flute), and Carrie Ravenscraft (clarinet) and resident composers Daniel Gilliam and Erich

Stem. The group gave its debut performance at IU Southeast in the Spring of 2014, featuring a multimedia performance of Daniel Gilliam’s “The Aggregate of Our Joy and Suffering.” A/Tonal has collaborated with many artists in the region and will soon broaden its outreach to include masterclasses and recording of living composers on IU Southeast’s New Dynamic Records label.

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Where to go and be seen in Southern Indiana

PARADING AROUND • WHAT: Harvest Homecoming Parade • WHEN: Noon, Saturday, Oct. 3 • WHERE: Starts at New Albany High School, ends at Bank and Elm streets

• INFO: harvesthomecoming.com

Approximately 120 unit parade including floats, dance troupes, clowns, bands and more will participate in the parade. The parade begins at New Albany High School, travels south on Vincennes Street west (turn right) on Spring Street. Listen to 88.1 WNAS for live broadcasting of the parade.

This year’s parade will be a Hope Southern Indiana donation site with grocery carts collecting canned goods along the way. Concessions available along the parade route by various churches and civic organizations.

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HOLY CATS AND DOGS • WHAT: Barktoberfest: Annual Blessing of the

Animals • WHEN: 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 • WHERE: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church The 10 a.m. worship service will be held outside on the lawn. Bring your pets to church to be blessed and then stay for the festival. There will be booths from local animal rescues and agencies as well as hot dogs, bratwurst, sauerkraut, chips and beverages. All food and beverage items are free, but donations will be taken to support the Pet Food Pantry.

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BEERS AND BRATS • WHAT: Octoberfest Sip & Stroll • WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 • WHERE: Downtown Jeffersonville

Enjoy beer and wine tastings, savory food and live music during the Octoberfest Sip & Stroll while exploring Jeffersonville’s downtown shops. Tickets are available at Choices Boutique, Budget Printing Center, The Springs Salon and Spa, Schimpff's Confectionery and by visiting jeffmainstreet.org or calling 812-283-0301.

GOTTA GO: Interested in seeing your event in our 3 To Go? Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com

Underground Old becomes new at Underground Station spot in New Albany

By JENNA ESAREY newsroom@newsandtribune.com

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EW ALBANY — Underground Station is a melding of old and new. Old buildings — one dating as far back as 1834, but all built before the 20th century — are now housing new businesses.

The complex of buildings at the corner of Bank and Main streets in downtown New Albany has a new lease on life thanks to the Carter Management Co., owned by twin brothers Ron and Don Carter.

“I love the history here. Each of the buildings has a story behind it,” said Andy Carter, Ron’s son and property manager for the complex.

A former apothecary, carriage house and funeral home have been converted to business space and apartments with a courtyard that will offer live music and a place to relax and eat.

TOTAL TRANSFORMATION “I saw what they paid for it and I thought, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’” said R. Michael Wimmer, an artist whose studio is just a block or so away down Main Street. “This place was a dump.”

Mayor Jeff Gahan would agree.

“If anybody remembers what this looked like before, they’re going to be surprised,” Gahan said. “It’s been completely transformed.”

Now it has new life.

“It sat vacant for I don’t know how long,” said Andy Carter.

Most recently the space served as storage for Schmidt Furniture, an iconic family-run New Albany business.

“All the buildings were interconnected,” Carter said. “They’d knocked openings in walls and you could walk right through from one building to another.”

The 1834 building was condemned.

Carpenter Kris Hardin, New Albany, connects a repurposed bracing beam to new lumber for a door frame at Underground Station at the corner of Main and Bank streets in downtown New Albany on Wednesday morning.

“We had to rebuild from the foundation up,” Carter said. “The basement is 100 percent new. We were able to brace up what was upstairs.”

They also salvaged and repurposed as much as possible from a section of the building that had caved in.

Wherever possible material was salvaged, repurposed and reused throughout.

One of the buildings was built sometime in the 1860s and a carriage house behind the original Main Street buildings dates to around the late 1800s as well.

The 1834 building “is one of the few post and beam structures in New Albany,” Ron Carter said. “We had a professor from Hanover come and date the beams.”

The building on the corner was an apothecary at one point.

“The 1834 building was Kraft Furniture.

They later started building coffins and then moved on to offering funeral services,” Andy Carter said.

The funeral business is still in operation in the city.

“We uncovered their original painted sign,” he said. “We took it off and gave it to them.”

Ron Carter has done research on each of the properties they own.

“He enjoys the repurposing of the space,” Andy Carter said. “The buildings are old, but the plumbing, wiring, and HVAC systems are all new.”

A BUSINESS INCUBATOR Carter Management purchased the property in June 2014 and immediately started renovations.

“Our goal was to create a courtyard

development that would allow businesses to feed off each other,” Andy Carter said.

Young entrepreneurs were in the crosshairs.

“We want to be a catalyst for young people to start their businesses,” Ron Carter said. “Most of these businesses are independent shops owned by young people.”

Underground Classic Cuts opened recently, offering barbershop services for men, women and children. The barbershop features original wooden columns and shelves crafted from poplar floor joists salvaged from the building next door along with modern touches to create a quirky, inviting space.

Katered to You also reused wood from the demolition, along with some corrugated metal salvaged from the carriage house.

Katie Traughber is the owner of the business that provides individual and family meal preparations by the week or month. A number of grab-and-go items and morning coffee, muffins and scones are available daily as well.

“I love it (Underground Station),” she said at the ribbon cutting for the complex Friday. “I’m a big proponent of downtown New Albany. When the Realtor showed me the space, the brick pillars sold it for me.”

Green Earth Outdoors, based in Georgetown, is relocating its retail operations to the complex soon. The business offers sleeping bags, backpacks, hiking boots and other outdoor equipment.

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WHAT: Underground Station WHERE: 37 Bank St., New Albany, fronting Main Street BUSINESSES: Sew Fitting Vape Works Lounge Open Home Office On the Courtyard Underground Classic Cuts Katered to You Bread & Breakfast – opening late October Green Earth Outdoors – coming soon New Albany Therapeutic Massage – coming soon

The sign for Underground Station is pictured at the corner of Bank and Main streets in downtown New Albany. The station features new businesses in old buildings, including one from 1834. | STAFF PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER FRYER

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ENTERTAINMENT

Timely photo exhibit NEW ALBANY — “Photography Since the Millennium” features work by Keith Auerbach, Priscilla Briggs, Carrie Burr, Tiffany Carbonneau, Mary Carothers, Debra Clem, Robert Ladislas Derr, Anita Douthat, Mitch Eckert, Julius Friedman, Dana Fritz, Laura Hartford, Celene Hawkins, Barbara Houghton, Brian H. Jones, Keith Kleespies, Cal Kowal, Tom LeGoff, Suzanne Mitchell, James Norton, C.J. Pressma (with David Harrity), Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Jenée Rue Sastry, Mel Strawn, Alan Teller, Alex Traube, John Whitesell, Marilyn Whitesell, Jerri Zbiral, and Jenny Zeller.

Examples of the works include traditional camera photographs, camera-less photographs, prints (etching, lithography, silkscreen), textiles, painting, sculpture, mixed media, collage, montage, assemblage, installation, and video/film. '"Photography Since the Millennium" is one of 60-plus photography exhibits scheduled as part of the Louisville Photo Biennial, held Sept. 25 through Nov. 7, 2015.

There are several programs planned in conjunction with this exhibit, including an evening talk by attorney and photography collector Paul Paletti. In addition, all students kindergarten through college are encouraged to take their own photos and create a “virtual exhibition” by sharing them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #CarnegieFreshEye, and by tagging the Carnegie to

MOVIES:

SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: ‘Photography

Since the Millennium’ exhibit • WHEN: Friday, Oct. 9, through Jan. 9; opening reception 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16 • WHERE: Carnegie Center for Art & History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany

the post. The creator of the post with the most “likes” at the end of the exhibit will receive a cash prize. All programs are free and open to the public; please note those programs that require preregistration, call 812-944-7336 to register.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, October 16, 6-8 p.m.: Opening Reception, free Thursday, Oct. 22, 6-7:30 p.m.: Curator’s Talk, free Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m.noon: Family Fun Workshop: Photos for Fingers; free, registration appreciated Tuesday, Nov. 17, noon-1 p.m.: Lunch & Learn: “Photo Treasures From the Indiana Room”; free, registration required Thursday, Dec. 10, 6 p.m.: Paul Paletti on Collecting Photographic Images; free Saturday, Jan. 9, 1-3 p.m.: Mix & Mingle with the Artists, free

OCT. 2 “The Martian” “Legend”

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This week's entertainment releases

ALBUMS: OCT. 2 “Unbreakable” by Janet Jackson “In Dream” by Editors

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BOOKS: OCT. 6 é “Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter” by Kate Clifford Larson “Carry On” by Rainbow Rowell

Where did all those people go?

SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: Agatha Christie’s ‘And Then There Were None’

• WHEN: Through Nov. 8 • WHERE: Derby Dinner

Playhouse, 525 Marriott Drive, Clarksville • INFO: For ticket information please call 812-288-8281 or visit derbydinner.com CLARKSVILLE — Derby Dinner Playhouse will present Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” through Nov. 8. For ticket information call 812-288-8281 or visit derbydinner.com.

“And Then There Were None” was the first hit play by the queen of murder fiction, Agatha Christie. The play’s excitement begins early as 10 guilty strangers are trapped on an island together in a strange country manor on an island off the coast of Devon. Accusations of murder and cyanide-laced cocktails add to the suspenseful moments as one by one they start to die and one by one they are each accused of murder.

The talented Derby Dinner cast of “And Then There Were None” in-

Brian Bowman as Philip Lombard, Tina Jo Wallace as Vera Claythorne, and Jon Huffman as Sir Lawrence Wargrave star in “And Then There Were None.” | SUBMITTED PHOTO cludes Jon Huffman, David Myers, Bill Hanna, J.R. Stuart, Zachary Burrell, Janet Essenpreis, Brian Bowman, Tina Jo Wallace, Cary Wiger, and Rita Thomas. This production is directed by Producer Bekki Jo Schneider.

Derby Dinner Playhouse is one of the oldest and largest continually operating professional dinner theaters in the country, according to the theater’s website. For over 40 years the theater

has served the Southern Indiana region and Kentucky by reaching out to more than three million people.

Derby Dinner opened in 1974 under the general management of Carolyn Thomas. In 1985, Thomas opted to purchase the Indiana dinner theater with partner Bekki Jo Schneider and in the last 25 years, the two have seen attendance grow to over 200,000 patrons per year with over 9,000 season subscribers.

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LOCAL SOIN HAPPENINGS Feeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/or organization’s upcoming events/new features/entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@ newsandtribune.com

LIVE MUSIC AT HUBER’S

• WHEN: 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday • WHERE: Huber Winery

Friday, Oct. 2, 2 p.m.: Kyle Hastings; Saturday, Oct. 3, 1 p.m.: Fiasco Brothers; Sunday, Oct. 4: The Corey & Stacey Band; Friday, Oct. 9, 2 p.m.: Elliot Truman; Saturday, Oct. 10: The Kevin Cummings Band; Sunday, Oct. 11: Strum Beat; Friday, Oct. 16: Kyle Hastings; Saturday, Oct. 17: The Devereaux Trio; Sunday, Oct. 18: The CMN Trio; Friday, Oct. 23: Dean Heckel; Saturday, Oct. 24: Josh & Holly; Sunday, Oct. 25: Aquilla Bock; Friday, Oct. 30: Josh Glauber [huberwinery.com]

Breaking Wheel, Corkscrew, Ill Advised, Nine Eyez, Chipped Teeth, Street Rat, 5:30 p.m., $7; Wednesday, Oct. 7: Fit For An Autopsy, Old Wounds, Lifelines, Extortionist, Bodysnatcher, Sons Of Southern Darkness, Downside, 6 p.m., $12 all ages. [naproductionhouse.com]

LIVE MUSIC AT BIG FOUR BURGERS + BEER JEFFERSONVILLE

• WHERE: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 134 Spring St., Jeffersonville

• WHEN: Friday and Saturday

Oct. 2: Eric and Kenny, Oct. 3: Kelsey Allen; Oct. 9: Kyle Hastings; Oct. 10: Kyle Hastings; Oct. 16: Kyle Hastings; Oct. 17: Josh and Jenna; Oct. 23: Kyle Hastings; Oct. 24: Drew Alexander; Oct. 30: Eric and Kenny

LIVE MUSIC AT BIG FOUR BURGERS + BEER NEW ALBANY

• WHERE: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 114 E. Main St., New Albany

• WHEN: Friday and Saturday

Oct. 2: Kyle Hastings; Oct. 3: Tyler Stiller; Oct. 9: Kelsey Allen; Oct. 10: Josh and Jenna; Oct. 16: Aquila; Oct. 17: Tyler Stiller; Oct. 23: Eric and Kenny; Oct. 24: Tyler Stiller; Oct. 30: Drew Alexander

CORYDON JAMBOREE LIVE

• WHERE: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon • WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturdays

LIVE MUSIC AT WICK’S

• WHAT: Live on State • WHERE: Wick’s, 225 State St., New Albany

Saturday, Oct. 10: What Ever Will Last (above) at Harvest, 10 p.m.

Once a house packing mainstay at every Louisville club from Phoenix Hill Tavern, Toy Tiger, Brewery Thunderdome all the way to Panama City, the band’s wheelhouse is up-tempo dance floor filling rock, pop and hip hop. No corny choreography, outfits or vibes. The band plays what they want to hear someone else playing. The Weeknd, The Roots, Phoenix, Bruno Mars, Imagine Dragons, Royal Blood, Notorious BIG Ice Cube, Sublime and whatever else makes you want to forget the day and live at night.

LIVE MUSIC AT NAPH

• WHERE: New Albany Production House, 1736 E. Main St.,

New Albany Friday, Oct. 2: Too Close To Touch, Ari, Street Sense, Ocean City, Goodbye, Goodnight, 6:30 p.m., $10 door/$12 day of show; Saturday, Oct. 3: Knocked Loose, Damaged Goods,

General Admission $12; children 6-12, $7; under 6, free. For reservations, directions or any other information call 812-7381130.

Oct. 3: Leigh Ann Cooper, Cody and Avery Miller, Marcus Kinnard; Oct. 10 (Tribute to the Stars): Mike Boughy as Waylon Jennings and maybe Elvis; Kim McCauley as Martina and Reba; Greg Perkins as George Strait; Oct. 17: Tayler Lynch, Mary Kutter, David Graves; Oct. 24: Linda Smith, Billy Nett, Maisy Releford; Oct. 31 (Halloween Show and dress up night): Paula Wiseman, Clinton Spaulding, Brandy Meenach as The Great Pumpkin; Jean Ann Birkle as the Wicked Witch of the West; Heather Smeltz as Glenda the Good Witch [corydonjamboree.com]

RHINEGEIST BREWING BEER DINNER

• WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 • WHERE: Varanese Restaurant,2106 Frankfort Ave.,

Louisville Varanese is pleased to partner with the Rhinegeist Brewing from Cincinnati to host a beer dinner on Thursday, Oct. 8, with a reception at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The evening will feature guest speaker Omar Elayan from Rhinegeist Brewing and a four-course dinner prepared by Chef Varanese paired with various craft beers. The cost is $49 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 502-899-9904 or emailing letsdine@ varanese.com.

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Penning some poetry INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Arts Commission is coordinating the 11th annual Poetry Out Loud Indiana State Finals competition on Feb. 20, 2016, in Indianapolis. Indiana high schools are encouraged to participate in this annual poetry recitation contest sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Poetry Foundation.

Registration is currently open for the 2016 competition.

Schools must register in advance to take part in Poetry Out Loud. Registration for schools is open until Nov. 30, 2015, and information on local winners is due by Jan. 22, 2016.

Home-schooled students may also participate through a nearby registered school or by organizing a separate competition. All local contests must be judged by the same criteria used in the state and national events.

The winner of the state championship will represent Indiana at the 2015 / 2016 Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, D.C. in early May. The state champion receives a $200 cash prize and an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. to compete in the Poetry Out Loud National Finals. The state champion’s school receives a $500 stipend to purchase poetry books.

A total of $50,000 in scholarship awards and school stipends

SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: Poetry Out Loud contest

• WHEN: Deadline is Nov. 30 • INFO: Contact Sarah Fronczek by email at sfronczek@iac.in.gov or call 317-232-1274. For more information about Poetry Out Loud and the school registration form, visit in.gov/arts/2422.htm

will be awarded at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals, with a $20,000 college scholarship awarded to the national champion.

The National Poetry Out Loud competition began in 2006 and is designed to encourage youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance, which helps students master public speaking skills, build self-esteem and internalize an appreciation for American literary heritage.

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Celebrating survival SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: Breast Cancer Survivor Celebration

• WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6

• WHERE: Buckhead Mountain

Grill, 707 W. Riverside Drive, Jeffersonville

JEFFERSONVILLE — The Kentucky Cancer Program at the University of Louisville will host the Breast Cancer Survivor Celebration at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Buckhead Mountain Grill in Jeffer-

sonville, held exclusively for breast cancer survivors.

The annual event kicks off the weeklong celebration leading up to the 20th anniversary of the Komen Louisville Race for the Cure on Oct. 10.

This celebration of breast cancer survival invites all survivors to come out and get in on the circus theme.

Participants are invited to wear circus performer clothing or animal costumes for a chance to win prizes.

Turners Circus will perform, featuring special acts by local breast cancer survivor, Anita Yussman.

Komen Louisville Race for the Cure also will be recognized for the 20th year of the race.

WHAS11 and “Great Day Live” host Rachel Platt will be in attendance.

One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Breast cancer knows no boundaries, be it age, gender, socio-economic status or geographic location.

Great strides in fighting the disease have been made; however, In 1980, the five-year relative survival rate for women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer (cancer confined to the breast) was 74 percent.

Today, that number is 99 percent.

The Kentucky Cancer Program at the University of Louisville invites all breast cancer survivors from the Kentuckiana region to celebrate their survivorship at the Oct. 6 event.

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CHANGING PLANS The original plan for the complex called for 14 commercial spaces, but Bread & Breakfast took four. The bakery and café is relocating to Underground Station from its original spot just across Main Street. The wildly popular store has outgrown its space and owner Laura Buckingham jumped at the chance to move to the new complex.

Her new space will feature exposed rafters, where she will store flour and other supplies and large windows into her kitchen allowing passersby a peek into the baking process. A large window inside will give diners the same view.

Two commercial spaces are available, both on the courtyard. Some other spaces are currently vacant but will soon be filled. Develop New Albany is relocating its office to one of the spaces and Carter Management will use one for its offices as well.

Three apartments on the upper floors of the complex fronting Main Street have already been leased. They feature approximately 700 square feet with the original hardwood floors and reclaimed wood

A repurposed column is pictured inside Underground Classic Cuts at Underground Station at the corner of Main and Bank streets in downtown New Albany on Wednesday morning. | STAFF PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER FRYER used throughout.

Ron Carter said they named the complex based on a couple of factors. Importantly, the tower of the Town Clock Church can be seen from the courtyard.

“The church was an important stop on the Underground Railroad in the 1800s,” he said. “Plus, some of

the businesses off the courtyard are actually underground.”

Carter Management formed in 2013 to renovate two properties across Main Street from Underground Station. The buildings, at least one dating back to 1840, now house Primo’s Delicatessen and Salon B.

The future space for Green Earth Outdoors is pictured at Underground Station at the corner of Main and Bank streets in downtown New Albany on Wednesday morning.

“The (Salon B) building got me into the historical part of it,” Ron Carter said. “I pull the property records, write up a small booklet on it and take it to the library.”

Carter Management also owns a building at Seventh and Market streets dating to 1877 that contains two apartments and, soon, a gym.

“We’ve got our eye on another spot,”

Ron Carter said. “We’ll just have to wait to see if they’re agreeable.”

Thanks to the Carters, an important part of New Albany’s history is back in the limelight.

“I can’t say enough about the hard work of the Carters,” Gahan said.

“Underground Station is a result of their vision. It really is a wonderful space.”