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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October 6, 2012
Lou HarrySecond in a month-long series of possessive restaurant reviews. This week: Ralston's DraftHouse.
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September 1, 2012
Lou HarryOne of the most striking things for me this year was the lack of "must miss" shows.
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March 9, 2012
The city's Historic Preservation Commission has approved rezoning and variance requests for two buildings sought by the owners
of Broad Ripple's Brugge Brasserie just south of the intersection of Massachusetts and Park avenues.
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January 14, 2012
Lou HarryWhere else but TOTS can you choose between a porn musical and a hostage drama? Reviews of "Debbie Does Dallas" and Acting
Up's "Two Rooms."
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October 18, 2011
Scott OlsonThe city-owned properties targeted for redevelopment are at 555 N. New Jersey St., the site of Indianapolis Fire Department
administrative offices and Station No. 7, and at 501 N. New Jersey St., the location of Firefighters Credit Union.
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August 27, 2011
Lou HarryFor me, the biggest challenge in wearing the hats of both playwright and critic was not being able to fully embrace the camaraderie
of the festival,
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March 24, 2011
Scott OlsonClosure leaves locally owned independent record shop with one location, in Meridian Kessler, as the industry struggles to
compete with digital downloading.
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September 11, 2010
Andrea Muirragui DavisThe service is stellar. The menu is creative. The food is, well, yummy.
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August 28, 2010
Lou HarryJust going to Indy Fringe makes you a part
of it. It’s difficult to be a passive observer during the 10-day event, which ends Sunday.
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April 14, 2010
Scott OlsonThe Mass Ave. restaurant is set to become Mesh, which will feature a more casual atmosphere and menu, as well as a new operator
who will
lease the space
from the building's owners.
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December 12, 2009
Brock BenefielAfter more than a century in business, Indianapolis-based Stout’s Footwear Co. isn’t just
surviving. It also is proceeding with plans to open
a store next year on the city’s north side.
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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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September 5, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe launch of two new gallery ventures come on the heels of the closing of one of the
city’s most well-established fine contemporary art spaces, Ruschman Gallery.
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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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January 19, 2009
Cory SchoutenIndianapolis Public Schools is looking for a new redevelopment strategy for its 11-acre facility on Massachusetts Avenue after
an ambitious proposal for the historic former Coca-Cola bottling plant fizzled.
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December 29, 2008
Jo Ellen Meyers SharpTalk to anyone about Kristin Kohn and her "In the City" ventures and you hear the same thing, over and over: Smart.
Enthusiastic.
Fun. Entrepreneurial. And hardworking, especially when it comes to Massachusetts Avenue.
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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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May 7, 2007
Cory SchoutenBustling foot traffic at lunchtime and at night helps sustain many of the restaurants, shops and galleries in the vibrant
Mass Ave downtown neighborhood. But few of the Massachusetts Avenue shoppers and diners on foot venture east of the psychological
barrier that is College Avenue.
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Three Magi
Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.