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I’ll take the downtown we had in 2019 for $1000 Alex.
Great idea to devote a special section in Feb. to what’s going on downtown.
We need momentum from the private sector, and a new CEO of the city.
Indianapolis’ downtown, starting mid 20th century, was planned and built as a “visitors” city. It is made for conventioneers, sports fans, and commuting workers from the suburbs. Everything from the downtown freeways, to the multiple sports facilities, and the convention center is built, not as a city in which to live, but as a city people visit and leave. And it has that fake, tourist, dead feel.
DT Indy needs to build a Living city. Build it for living; Build it for residents living downtown. Only then will you get a city that is vibrate, active, *real*, and interesting. Once you have that, tourists will also flock to downtown, because it will be alive, real, and multi-faceted.
+1
Much of Walter’s perspective of the past is spot on. The move is on to in-fill where possible with apartments and condos, but the residential transition and resulting “living city” could take 10 years or more. Keep pushing!
You haven’t been down to the Mass Avenue corridor then? New condos and apartments have been opening up.
But most of that type of development has been on the east side of downtown, so the core few blocks are almost exactly what you describe, a visitors city.
I agree with Walter. We need to make downtown fun. All of the economic developments need a high priced ticket to enjoy the fun. What is free and fun dt? The city could pursue many things that could occur this year-not in 10. I went to 4 museums on free MLK day, with free parking. The museums were mobbed. Some ideas include daily music on the circle with music relevant to the viewers-especially on the weekends.
Large screen video of live ISO concerts on the circle, encouraging blankets, chairs and picnics.
A central festival area (city market area, Georgia street, empty state gov lots) and encourage all of our neighborhood festivals to do it downtown
Develop the canal and get vendors to sell food and drink.
We really need to make going dt free and fun.