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Once upon a time, Pan Am Plaza was one of the most vibrant gathering spaces in our city. No longer. Awaiting the redevelopment that depends on an economic recovery, it is virtually empty, its bricks and concrete crumbling. Unabated winds blowing through it carry with them the whisper of past glories, when anything in our […]
HHGregg Inc. had only 18 stores when Dennis L. May left the bankrupt Sun Television and Appliances chain in Ohio about 10 years ago to join the locally based company. Today, HHGregg has 108 stores and stands as a rare survivor in a crowded field of home technology retailers. And the closure of Circuit City […]
If-and, trust me, this is pure fantasy-I took Lou Grant and Ulysses S. Grant to Noah Grant’s Grill House & Raw Bar (65 S. First St., Zionsville), I believe the two would lean heavily on the grill side of the lunch menu, digging into perhaps the Steak Sandwich ($8.95), although they’d have to contend with […]
Cost-cutting and layoffs at the city’s museums and full-time orchestra haven’t brought many visible changes so far. The scenario could darken considerably in 2010, 2011 and 2012, as cultural institutions fully account for devastating investment losses in their endowments-a key source of income. “It’s a bigger problem than what most people think,” said Andy Bawel, […]
Call it March Madness-NBA style. The Indiana Pacers franchise needs $15 million a year beginning in 2010-presumably from the public-to fund the operation of Conseco Fieldhouse. The franchise says it can’t afford to operate the venue, where it claims to have lost money every year but one since moving in 10 years ago. That’s madness. […]
With one hand, Rob Koharchik refills his tall coffee cup with liquid energy. With the other, he cradles rolled-up floor plans like a football. He quickly climbs several flights of dark concrete steps to reach a small stage, where a worker on a lift is filling a jury-rigged bucket with fake flower petals. In less […]
If-and, trust me, this is pure fantasy-I took Lou Grant and Ulysses S. Grant to Noah Grant’s Grill House & Raw Bar (65 S. First St., Zionsville), I believe the two would lean heavily on the grill side of the lunch menu, digging into perhaps the Steak Sandwich ($8.95), although they’d have to contend with […]
A 10-story downtown building that’s been vacant more than five years and labeled one of the state’s most endangered historic structures soon may see new life. Local developer Halakar Properties Inc. has put the Illinois Building under contract, and has been meeting with city officials about a tax abatement that could help return retail space […]
The jokesters in the Indiana General Assembly once again have shown their incredible ability to play the fools. True, it only takes a committee to commit laughable acts beyond the dreams of circus clowns. The entire Legislature need not be involved. This time, a selection of our representatives rejected efforts to rid the state of […]
Since I first started writing about arts in Indianapolis in the mid-90s, I’ve been baffled as to why the American Cabaret Theatre offered so little traditional cabaret.
The format of cabaret is fairly simple: A singer and an accompanist (sometimes a…
Indiana reported the biggest increase among states in new jobless claims for the week ending March 7, with a jump of more than 5,500, which it attributed to layoffs in the auto and manufacturing industries. Nationally, new jobless claims fell more than expected last week, but continuing claims set a record for the eighth straight […]
Hamilton County businessman Brose McVey has announced he will challenge incumbent Rep. Dan Burton for the Republican nomination for Indiana’s 5th District Congressional seat in next year’s election. McVey, a former aide to Dan Quayle and Dan Coats when they were senators, was the 7th District GOP nominee in 2002, when he lost to the […]
The Indianapolis-based parent of Today’s Bedroom One, The Mattress Gallery and Today’s Kids has been placed in receivership by a Marion County Superior Court judge after failing to meet financial obligations to primary creditor Huntington National Bank. The company, TBO LLC, was founded in 1978 and operates 16 retail locations in central Indiana. The stores […]
HealthNet Inc. will receive $2.5 million from Indianapolis-based Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Inc. to install electronic medical record systems as well as billing and scheduling software at its eight community health centers. The grant comes at a time that HealthNet’s patient population, drawn from some of Indianapolis’ poorest neighborhoods, is growing and now totals 47,000. […]
HealthNet Inc. will receive $2.5 million from Indianapolis-based Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Inc. to install electronic medical record systems as well as billing and scheduling software at its eight community health centers. The grant comes at a time that HealthNet’s patient population, drawn from some of Indianapolis’ poorest neighborhoods, is growing and now totals 47,000. […]
