INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Avenue and 10th Street expansion of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene and Marilyn Glick will open on Thursday, June 20.
The opening marks the first expansion of the internationally recognized linear park. Upon completion, the expansion will better connect the Indiana Avenue cultural district, connecting to the front door of the Madam Walker Legacy Center, while creating a new connection to the Fall Creek Greenway and White River Wapahani Trail. The expansion of the Cultural Trail includes 170,000 decorative pavers, 23 stormwater planters, 13 benches, nine bike racks, cultural interpretive panels, 8,950 perennials and shrubs, 78 trees, and a new traffic signal at the Paca Street, St Clair Street and Indiana Avenue intersection.
The approximately one-mile expansion is half of the current Cultural Trail expansion project. The additional segment along South Street will open later this year. The expansion will add approximately two miles to the linear park, which connects cultural districts and neighborhoods and serves as the downtown hub for the city’s greenway network. The full expansion includes funding for the Cultural Trail’s maintenance endowment to sustainably maintain the Trail and funding to enhance the Trail’s public art program.
The Indiana Avenue and 10th Street segments will open in time for the Madam Walker Legacy Center 2024 Legacy Fest celebration events.
The Indianapolis Cultural Trail first broke ground on the east corridor in 2007, and now encompasses the Mile Square. The initial trail was completed and opened in 2013.
