Massachusetts Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District | |
![]() Massachusetts Avenue looking southwest from Alabama Street. | |
Location | Roughly bounded by one block to either side of Massachusetts Ave. from Delaware St. to Interstate 65, Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°46′30″N 86°8′55″W / 39.77500°N 86.14861°W / 39.77500; -86.14861Coordinates: 39°46′30″N 86°8′55″W / 39.77500°N 86.14861°W / 39.77500; -86.14861 |
Architectural style | Art Deco, Islamic, Italianate, Modern Movement, Renaissance Revival, Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 82000064 (original) 100004725 (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 2, 1982 |
Boundary increase | December 4, 2019 |
Massachusetts Avenue, or simply Mass Ave, is one of six designated cultural districts in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is located just a few blocks northeast of Monument Circle. Massachusetts Avenue was one of the four original diagonal streets of downtown Indianapolis in Alexander Ralston's plan of 1821. Today it lies at the heart of the city's arts district. It offers some of the city's most visible theaters and art galleries as well as a number of shops and eateries.[1]
Gentrification in the 1990s propelled the area from squalor to one of the city's more fashionable addresses. Currently, redevelopment of Mass Ave focuses on fostering locally owned shops, theaters, and restaurants.[2]
- ^ "Massachusetts Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ^ "History". DiscoverMassAve.com. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
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