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Lafayette Square
Tax bills slashed for pair of ailing malls
October 20, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinMarion County is granting Simon Property Group Inc. a $2.4 million refund, after a tax review board cut the value of Lafayette
Square Mall and Washington Square Mall roughly in half.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Big Car director helps drive growth
June 27, 2012
Mason King
The
Big Car arts collective is shifting into a higher gear, with a budget this year of $250,000, a new westside events hub, and
a paid staff that no longer fits into a sedan. Executive Director Jim Walker provides a front-seat view.
Lafayette Square amusement center closes
March 29, 2012
Scott OlsonAmerica's Incredible Pizza Co. shut down on Sunday, leaving a 75,000-square-foot vacancy in the struggling shopping center
on Indianapolis' west side.
MorePolice called to control rowdy shoe shoppers
December 23, 2011
Local police were called to two Indianapolis malls to control crowds waiting to purchase the newest generation of Air Jordan
basketball shoe. Similar incidents have been reported nationwide.
MoreLafayette Square coalition names executive director
September 24, 2011
IBJ StaffMary Chalmers, a neighborhood liaison for the city, will leave that post to lead the effort to improve the area near 38th
Street and Lafayette Road.
MoreDINING: Salivating over Salvadoran cuisine on the westside
March 12, 2011
Lou HarrySecond in a month-long series of numeric restaurant reviews. This week: 3 in 1 Restaurant on the west side.
MoreIndoor amusement center could have new owner
June 9, 2010
Springfield, Mo.-based America's Incredible Pizza Company is negotiating to purchase Xscape and could have a deal finalized
as soon as Wednesday.
MoreRoad upgrade kicks off improvements in Lafayette Square area
June 1, 2010
Tom HartonA $20 million improvement of West 38th Street between Guion and High School roads that is set to begin next month is the first
in a series of initiatives that stakeholders hope will revive the real estate fortunes of the area anchored by Lafayette Square
Mall.
MoreUPDATE: Macy's closing wounds ailing mall
January 8, 2009
Scott OlsonMacy's decision to close its store at Lafayette Square could deal a devastating
blow to a mall already reeling from the loss of other major tenants.
MoreExit of anchor complicates Lafayette Square overhaul
December 1, 2008
Chip CutterThe demise of apparel retailer Steve and Barry's University Sportswear deals another blow to efforts to turn around the ailing
Lafayette Square Mall.
MoreNew Lafayette Square owner pitching major expansion
May 26, 2008
Cory SchoutenLafayette Square Mall could look a lot like the revitalized Glendale Town Center in a few years if the mall's new owners get
their way. A proposed site plan shows that New York-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. doesn't intend to settle for filling
the mall's ample vacant space.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.