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• New York Street closure is delayed until Aug. 2 (at the earliest)
  Just a day after announcing that the New York Street shutdown at Interstates 65/70 would probably begin Sunday, the Indiana Department of Transportation has postponed that action until “on or after” Monday, Aug. 2. In anticipation of this closure, [Read More...]
• New York Street closure and traffic pattern shift to begin this week
  New York Street will be closed at Interstates 65/70 as soon as Sunday, July 25, an action which will also shift traffic patterns on Downtown streets, the Indiana Department of Transportation has announced. New York Street between East and Pine [Read More...]
• A trail detour: ‘Monon Loop’ to open in mid-May
  Monon Trail users will soon have a new route at the southern end of the trail, closed due to the major reconstruction of the North Split of Interstates 65/70. Named the Monon Loop, the permanent section of trail will be open by mid-May, serving as a [Read More...]
• 103 apartment units planned on East Market Street
  Note: This posting corrects an error in street address in the April edition of Urban Times A major residential development featuring 103 residential units in a six-level building is planned for the 1100 block of East Market Street in Holy Cross. The [Read More...]
• THIS JUST IN: The Garage food hall poised to open in Bottleworks District
  Fourteen vendors are set to open Tuesday in The Garage food hall, a key component of the Bottleworks District development. Fourteen vendors will entertain customers Tuesday when the second major component of the Bottleworks District – a food hall [Read More...]
• THIS JUST IN: Phoenix plans to create two outdoor performance spaces
  The Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre hasn’t been able to stage a live performance during the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean its brain trust hasn’t been working to reach beyond its walls. As a result of that work, the Downtown theater plans to launch [Read More...]
• A review of what’s ahead at the Bottleworks District with conceptual art
  Wednesday’s opening of the Bottleworks Hotel and next month’s opening of The Garage Food Hall have rightfully garnered much publicity, including as the cover story of the December 2020/January 2021 edition of Urban Times. But there is much more of [Read More...]
• THIS JUST IN: Rebuilt Delaware Street to host two IndyGo ‘Super Stops’
  A project to place two IndyGo “Super Stops” along North Delaware Street – immediately north of the southern end of Mass Ave, and immediately north of North Street – will begin construction early next year, nearly four years after first being [Read More...]
• THIS JUST IN: Changes coming to Mass Ave’s Davlan Park
  Riley Area Development Corp. is planning to expand the patio space in Davlan Park for both Bru Burger and Starbucks, add a new curved seating bench opposite the existing serpentine wall, and place a “busker” station for street entertainers. That [Read More...]
• THIS JUST IN: Market Street closure to begin between City Market and City-County Building
  The Indianapolis Department of Public Works (Indy DPW) expects to close East Market Street between Delaware Street and Alabama Street on Tuesday, Sept. 8, to begin work on $7.4 million street and pedestrian infrastructure [Read More...]
• THIS JUST IN: Crowdfunding campaign launched for ‘The Dog Park at Immanuel’
  Downtown residents may soon have a place to take canine friends thanks to the recently launched crowdfunding campaign to create a dog park next to Immanuel United Church of Christ in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood. If the campaign reaches its [Read More...]
• THIS JUST IN: Bottleworks shares images of new hotel’s restored lobby
  IMAGE ABOVE: Updated renderings showcase the hotel’s reimagined lobby with terrazzo floors, plaster detailing, colorful ceramic tile and brass art deco patterned doors, all restored to their historic state. The highly anticipated Bottleworks [Read More...]
• THIS JUST IN: Virtual open houses planned on North Split project
  Downtown stakeholders and other interested citizens will have two opportunities to see a formal presentation by the North Split Project Team. The two sessions of the North Split Public Open House will feature several project updates, Aesthetic [Read More...]
• THIS JUST IN: Downtown historic neighborhoods could be freed from threat of interstate noise barriers
  Downtown stakeholders apparently have one less controversial element of the controversial “North Split” interstate project to worry about: noise barriers. After study, the I-65/I-70 North Split Project Team of the Indiana Department of [Read More...]
• Market Street block to be closed next spring for makeover
  Rendering shows how the 200 block of Market Street will be configured after next spring’s makeover. Architect’s rendering shows the new layout for the approach to the north entrance to the City-County Building. Rendering shows the raised pedestrian [Read More...]
• This just in: Major loan puts CCIC renovation back in motion
  The mammoth Near Eastside building which has become a hub for artists is again continuing its transformation, thanks to a $4.1 million loan from the Local Initiatives Support Corp. of Indianapolis. The funding has allowed Teagen Development, the [Read More...]
• Critics: New plan is better, but should do more to boost Downtown environs
  The grassroots advocacy organization known as the Rethink 65/70 Coalition has reacted positively to recently announced plans of the Indiana Department of Transportation to scale back on its plans to expand a section of the Downtown interstate [Read More...]
• Court ruling puts Block 20 project back on track at Athenaeum
  Nearly two years after receiving Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission approval, the $15 million Block 20 project to replace the Athenaeum’s surface parking lot appears to have the final go-ahead. That’s because a three-judge Indiana Court [Read More...]
• Mass Ave project gets go-ahead
  Plans for a significantly redesigned four-story building proposed for the corner of Mass Ave and Walnut Street have been approved by the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission. The developers, 646 Mass Ave LLC, returned to the IHPC on June 6 [Read More...]
• Office space not an afterthought in office building
  Developer Daniel C. Jacobs has received approval to build a six-story office building in the 500 block of East North Street, just off Mass Ave and at the rear of the former Tway Company building which sits at the northwest corner of North Street and [Read More...]