German Park and Germania Park Since the late 19th century, there have been several private parks owned and operated by local German organizations. The Schützen… Read More »German Park and Germania Park
Greenways and Trails The City of Indianapolis has developed a substantial greenways and trails system. It connects Indianapolis to the surrounding donut counties,… Read More »Greenways and Trails
Holliday Park (founder of the Indianapolis News) and his wife , both active philanthropists, deeded their 80-acre estate to the city in… Read More »Holliday Park
IMAGIS Indianapolis Mapping and Geographic Infrastructure System, or IMAGIS, was a consortium that created an innovative shared information system to provide… Read More »IMAGIS
Indianapolis Cultural Trail The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene and Marilyn Glick, an eight-mile multiuse pathway winding through downtown Indianapolis, connects… Read More »Indianapolis Cultural Trail
Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System In part a response to the “City Beautiful” ideal popularized by the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Indianapolis initiated… Read More »Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System
Indianapolis Zoo The concept for the Indianapolis Zoo first emerged in the 1940s when newspaper columnist began voicing his dream of establishing… Read More »Indianapolis Zoo
Jens Jensen (Sep. 23, 1860-Oct. 1, 1951). Born in Slesvig, Denmark, and educated at Danish Folk Schools, Jensen briefly served in the… Read More »Jens Jensen
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. (KIB) An environmental and community nonprofit, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) engages diverse communities to create public places that help people and… Read More »Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. (KIB)
Richard Lieber (Sept. 5, 1869-Apr. 15, 1944). Born into an affluent family in St. Johann, the Saarland, Germany, Richard Lieber attended the… Read More »Richard Lieber