Circle City

A new farmers market downtown hopes to create a bigger tent for women-owned businesses.

“A lot of kids our age were doing it,” says Madeleine. “We didn’t think anything at all was going to happen. We just did it for fun.”

Subtleties and secrets that make us arrive for a flight a little early.

Downtown views and a tight-knit feel make this the hottest eastside neighborhood.

Zerna Sharp never had kids of her own, but her children, as she called them—Dick, Jane, and Baby Sally—became American icons as the main...

Axe, no. Bow saw, yes.

[See parts I and II to this 2012 IndyFringe series here and here.]

Despite our city’s imperfections (and there are many), Indy is a great place. We thought it would be worthwhile to share five innovative ideas from across the globe that could work here.

Even now, on off-duty drives through downtown, some of them will seek another route, any other route, to avoid the shadow of the nine-story building at Meridian and Vermont streets. For most of the city, the Indianapolis Athletic Club is an elegant landmark from an earlier time, an old-boy haven where Democratic Party elites once hosted parties and presidents. But for firefighters who crouched in its halls 20 years ago, it is still an imposing reminder of one of the Indianapolis Fire Department’s darkest nights.

He loved to tell dirty jokes, and reportedly hated being called "Abe."