Detour alert: Plan around these All-Star Weekend street closures
The biggest shift will be the closure of the southern half of Monument Circle to vehicular traffic.
The biggest shift will be the closure of the southern half of Monument Circle to vehicular traffic.
Opinions are mixed on a temporary pop-up park that has closed the southwestern quadrant of Monument Circle to traffic for the past four months.
The Republican candidate for mayor said on X and Facebook that he would “do everything in my power” to stop a pro-Palestine group from “assembling on property dedicated to Americans who have died for our country.”
The group has used Placer.ai, an artificial-intelligence-based software system that partners with a wide range of mobile apps companies to measure movement using anonymous phone-tracking software.
Chicago co-working company Expansive bought the landmark building on Monument Circle before the pandemic. Centier Bank says Expansive still owes $12.9M on its loan and has fallen behind on payments.
The Monument Circle quadrant outside of the Emmis Corp. headquarters and South Bend Chocolate Co. will serve as a pedestrian-only experience in the heart of downtown Indianapolis.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett on Wednesday announced plans for a four-month closure to vehicles in a quadrant of Monument Circle and a pedestrian-focused redevelopment of Georgia Street.
In 1926, the Indianapolis Light and Heat Co. strung lights on its building, decorating it for Christmas.
The 18-month effort is expected to boost the number of bike patrol officers, security cameras, cleaning crews and those helping the homeless in the Mile Square.
The company said in a statement sent to IBJ that its first priority “is to make sure our partners are safe at work.”
A circle seems like a simple shape, but this is a very complex puzzle for city officials. For this week’s edition of the IBJ Podcast, Dan Parker, director of the Indianapolis Department of Public Works, talks with host Mason King about the direction the city is taking and what roadblocks could be in the way.
Officials are working on finding the $60 million, which will likely include federal funding, to pay for it.
Jeff Smulyan, chairman, CEO and founder of Emmis, said the company is weighing all its options for what could be done with the prominent downtown property.
Once again, the festival is expected to feature some of the city’s best-known restaurants and brewers, music, a wing-eating contest and other activities.
Saturday’s concerts on Monument Circle featured R&B and hip-hop artist Doja Cat and indie pop trio AJR. IBJ’s Mickey Shuey was there to capture the shows in pictures.
Although the game will be played indoors, many big fan events will be outside—including concerts on Monument Circle, an aerial dance troupe, a zipline, and a “Touchdown Bag Jump.”
Fans of Doja Cat and Twenty One Pilots will look up to see dancers descend from the 49th floor to the 23rd floor of Salesforce Tower.
The pools of water around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument used to be frozen each winter for ice skating. The practice was halted in the mid-1980s when it was discovered that the weight of the ice was causing damage to the fountain basins.
Christmas trees have been used to decorate Monument Circle since 1918, but the decorations started to grow in number and sophistication after World War II.
After the pandemic prevented Indiana Grown from putting on its annual Monumental Marketplace in 2020, the one-day event is set return to Monument Circle on June 18. More than 75 vendors are expected to attend the event.