Indianapolis Cultural Trail
Introduction
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Images
Indianapolis Cultural Trail (image from Active Indy Tours)
Prairie Modules by M12 Studio (image from Afar)
Glick Peace Walk (image from Rundell Ernstberger Associates)
Along the trail (image from Indianapolis Cultural Trail)
Looking Through Windows sculpture by Michael Kuschnir (image from Herron School of Art and Design)
Downtown Indianapolis along the trail (image from WFYI.org)
Swarm Street section designed by Vito Acconci (image from Indianapolis Monthly)
Backstory and Context
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Fundraising for the trail began
in 2001, and the local architectural firm of Rundell
Ernstberger Associates completed a design in 2005. With funding from Eugene and
Marilyn Glick and the U.S. Department of Transportation, the trail was
completed in May of 2013. The trail connects to Fountain Square, Indiana and
Mass Avenues, the Canal and White River State Park, the Wholesale District, and
the Monon Trail, which, in turn, connects to Broad Ripple Village and Carmel.
Two and a half hour bicycle tours are available through the trail headquarters,
as are bikes for rent. Public art projects featured along the Indianapolis
Cultural Trail include "Ann Dancing" by Julia Opie; "Looking
Through Windows" by Michael Kuschnir; "Care/Don't Care" by Jame
Pawlus; Poet's Place, honoring the late Trail supporter Jim Shackleford; "Talking
Wall" by Bernard Williams; "Moving Forward" by Donna Sink;
"Chatam Passage" by Sean Derry; the Glick Peace Walk; "Prairie
Modules 1 & 2" by M12; and "Swarm Street" by Acconci Studios
[1].