Zola Lamothe will discuss her book during this weekend’s Cultural Art Pavilion lineup as part of Indiana Black Expo’s Summer Celebration.
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The three-parcel property was the longtime home of the Second Baptist Church, the city’s first African American Baptist congregation.
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A year after a $450,000 contract intended to help shape development for historic Indiana Avenue expired with no published results or recommendations, the city of Indianapolis has hired a new contractor.
Purdue University in Indianapolis is continuing to add to its downtown footprint, spending $4.5 million to acquire another property for its growing city campus.
“Voices of the Avenue” will debut May 31 at the District Theatre as the second of six Indiana Avenue-themed productions made possible by a $350,000 grant from the New York City-based Mellon Foundation.
The 1.46-acre project is expected to consist of 262 apartments, a four-story interior parking garage with 323 spaces and nearly 35,500 square feet of retail, office and amenity space.
The sale of Walker Plaza, which was built in 1989, also clears the way for the center’s leadership to usher in a new plan for the Legacy Center, which is expected to focus on further educating the public about C.J. Walker and her work as a businesswoman and prominent figure in Indianapolis in the early 1900s.
City officials have hired an out-of-state firm to create a development plan for the Indiana Avenue corridor, a part of downtown that has seen neighbors push back on recent project proposals.
A 100-capacity rooftop event venue is planned at the Madam Walker Legacy Center, the historic building at 617 Indiana Ave that opened in 1927.
“Wes Bound,” scheduled to premiere Feb. 26 on Bloomington public television station WTIU-TV Channel 30, is a centennial tribute to Montgomery, who was born on March 6, 1923
The Department of Metropolitan Development on Thursday issued a request for expressed interest, or RFEI, which will allow the officials to gauge the appetite developers have to devise an overall plan for the Indiana Avenue neighborhood.
Joining IBJ’s Dave Lindquist are Rob Dixon, a saxophone player and artistic director of the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation. And Lasana Kazembe, a poet, teaching artist and assistant professor of education at IUPUI.
Indianapolis artist Tasha Beckwith is set to paint a mural to celebrate the legacy of entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker, who built a hair-care product empire and became known as the “first self-made female millionaire” in the United States.
Urban Legacy Lands Initiative Inc. expects to create a preservation and stewardship framework to support the city’s Black communities, with a focus on equitable and inclusive neighborhood growth.
Groups that hope to see revitalization in the Indiana Avenue neighborhood are paying close attention to how future interstate construction projects will affect the area.
A formal withdrawal of project plans was filed Friday, Nov. 20 with the city of Indianapolis, although no reason was offered.
The proposed complex next to the Madam Walker Legacy Center would include about 344 apartment units ranging from studios to three bedrooms, with most of those likely used by IUPUI students.
Fletcher Place restaurant Bluebeard, which was the museum’s original choice of cafe operator, says it can’t tackle the project right now because of uncertainty around the pandemic.
The Indianapolis Department of Public Works will close Indiana Avenue from Blackford to West streets from Thursday afternoon until Monday afternoon.
The mural will be painted between the Madame Walker Legacy Theater and the Indianapolis Urban League in the Indiana Avenue Cultural District, which was historically a Black business, entertainment and population center.
An initiative involving Indiana University and the Lilly Endowment is set to provide a $15 million renovation to the historic Madame Walker Theatre Center while ensuring the historic landmark’s viability into the future.
Lilly Endowment’s $500,000 gift will help fund needed maintenance to the historic building on Indiana Avenue. Center directors say the theater needs a new HVAC system, in addition to electrical wiring, lighting and sound equipment.
