May 18, 2013
Lou HarryThird in a month-long series of Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.
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May 4, 2013
Lou HarryAfter more than a decade of planning, The Indianapolis Cultural Trail will have its official ribbon cutting May 10 with a
coming-out party on May 11. And that’s when boosters and skeptics alike will be watching to see what exactly Indianapolis
is going to do with its difficult-to-grasp landmark.
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May 4, 2013
Lou HarryFirst in a month-long series of Indianapolis Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.
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May 4, 2013
Lou HarryWhile I’ve been bullish on the Cultural Trail, I realized recently that I haven’t actually walked it—at
least, not all of it. Time to change that.
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April 24, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinOpponents of a proposed tax to pay for improvements throughout the cultural district have accused tax advocates of rigging
the proposal to ensure its passage.
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October 25, 2012
Cory SchoutenThe most striking feature of a proposed $43-million development along Mass Ave is a Times Square-style electronic screen that
would wrap around the building's corner and rise more than three stories.
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May 19, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe city of Indianapolis and private-sector players are lining up behind an effort to rebrand the Central Canal Towpath as
an art-themed destination dubbed Art 2 Art by adding artwork and improving the trail.
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April 28, 2012
Cory SchoutenCity leaders once envisioned the Canal Walk as a bustling pathway lined with restaurants and shops, but residential and office
buildings have sprouted instead on most of the parcels along the meandering 1-1/2-mile stretch--making it more of a local
amenity than a visitor attraction.
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January 21, 2012
IBJ StaffDiscounts are seen as a way to make the annual fair a better promotional tool for the Indianapolis Art Center.
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December 14, 2011
J.K. WallThe honorees include business leaders, former U.S. presidents, famous novelists, a Shawnee chief and a feminist pioneer.
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November 26, 2011
IBJ StaffThe End of the Line Public House will replace the Shelbi Street Cafe.
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October 7, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinControversy has swirled around a piece of art commissioned for the Cultural Trail’s $2 million public art program. What
ultimately happens to Fred Wilson’s “E Pluribus Unum” sculpture of a freed slave could alienate local African-Americans
who oppose it or draw the scorn of national art critics.
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April 28, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe latest piece of art to be installed along downtown Indianapolis’ Cultural Trail will cost almost as much as the
first eight displays combined.
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October 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinA new not-for-profit organization will try to raise more than $700,000 a year for the trail’s ongoing maintenance, and
it will market the trail as a tourism and economic-development engine.
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May 8, 2010
Michel MounayarToo few of the city's revitalization projects are connected by attractive sidewalks, streets, gardens and plazas.
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April 24, 2010
Cory SchoutenThirteen years after Mayor Jim Brainard first described his vision for a new downtown along Range Line Road, Carmel City Center
is starting to look like a city.
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November 21, 2009
IBJ StaffThe bar, which isn't yet named, will be Baker & Daniels lawyer Trevor Belden's first bar.
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November 10, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinGreg Lucas will be the second fine art gallery owner in Indianapolis to close shop this year. Lucas announced Tuesday that
he will close his gallery at 884 Massachusetts Ave. by year's end.
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July 13, 2009
Lou HarryIf you’re in Broad Ripple and hungry for pizza, you’ve got lots of options. But what do you do if it’s the
middle of the night on a Thursday and you and your entourage have the munchies? Well, for that very specific
demographic group of pizza eaters, there’s now ’Za, which is open until 4 a.m. Wednesday
to Saturday.
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July 6, 2009
Lou HarrySearch the Web for Naisa and you may come up with the North American International Auto Show or the Native American and Indigenous
Studies Association. Neither has anything to do with the new Naisa Pan-Asian Cafe (1025 Virginia Ave., 602-3708), where the
name comes from simply reversing the letters in the word Asian.
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June 8, 2009
Cory SchoutenA local architecture firm hopes to challenge hip Mass Ave with an arts-themed development in Fletcher Place. The $9 million
project would include apartments, retail and office space.
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May 18, 2009
Lou HarryThis week, art in the wind and an original musical.
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April 20, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinIndyHub, the city's young professionals network, will launch a new Web site, circlingthecity.com, to pique the interest of
out-of-towners who are being recruited by local companies.
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November 10, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinIndy Fringe executive director Pauline Moffat and Gary Reiter, a board member of the Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival
Inc., want to build an affordable live-work complex near Massachusetts Avenue.
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September 8, 2008
J.K. WallCities must woo people while they’re young—in their 20s or early 30s—because after that age, people tend
to hunker down. The Indianapolis area apparently appeals to at least two key groups of young people—particularly those
already married, according to a new study by researchers at IUPUI.
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So the Mayor adds another non value added layer to having a vehicle towed? Whereby the City Government RECIEVES AN ILLEGAL KICKBACK FROM A LGOISTICS COMPANY THAT SUBS THE WORK TO LOCAL TOW COMPANIES? What is the service the City performs for receiving the "tribute"? This is RICO!!!!! What a corrupt and unnecessary layer. What a dirtbag Mayor and his cronies.
Owner occupied housing. Clear enough?
So people think I am paranoid. It's from experience in dealing with puds requested by developers who make major donations themselves to representatives, have nice fund raisers for those running for office and hide through pac's. then there are the public relation firms. You will note some pr comments below. You there Clyde Lee? My opinion. Commercial along 421, great. Multifamily housing, terrible idea that will change the town. Senior condos or zero lot line homes west, great. I suggest keeping all entries to commercial areas at 421. All entries to owner occupied on sycamore. Will keep the traffic on sycamore down some. Two other things. You can't trust what will be there in 10 years. Steve builds quality stuff, but areas change over time. Look at the changes at the wall mart center at 86th and 421 over the last 10 years. Look at the apartments and neighborhoods behind St Vincent's. Raintree properties WILL decrease in value if commercial and multifamily goes in near. It has already been happening around the bridges area. The houses that have been sold recently are way below market. Several deals not closed due to the Illinois construction and the whole unsurety of the bridges. It's pretty simple, Zionsville will approve the whole thing because the city council has been groomed over a LONG period of time for this. I might even suggest some are in their position as a result of this.
Esta, do you have a dog in this fight? You seem to really want to knock anyone against this project. No, I didn't move to Indiana for the architecture. I moved here for that red barn in the field. The horses and fields of corn. A place that is NOT overdeveloped. There are plenty of nearby places in Indianapolis that could be REDEVELOPED instead.
RKW - OK, we get it, you're paranoid. The question is, are you paranoid enough? Greg - Yes, Pittman(s) is (are) at it again. They are developers, they build things. It's what they do. So when you go to work tomorrow, Greg, you're at it again too. Cliff - Really? You moved to Indiana for its progressive architecture? That's like moving to England for the cuisine. Zionsvillain - The house you moved to was once a field or woods. I'm willing to bet folks were upset when that ground was plowed under and a house was built. But I guess now that you are in, everything should stop? "My house was OK, but the next one is sprawl." SE Guy - Please don't paint us with such a wide brush. Most reasonable Zionsville residents welcome planned, measured development.