Originally Posted by
David Sochar
I live 16 miles North of the Circle, in Westfield, out where the countryside is fast turning into housing developments.
Indianapolis is a really nice place, when it is not boarded up. There is the drug wars and idiots shooting each other all the time like any large city. But anyone wanting to can walk downtown with no fear. Don't know where you stayed, but they should have been able to guide you better. The City really goes out of its way
The Circle has a great Civil War museum inside it, and you can take stairs or elevator to the top. Go to the Columbia Club for lunch or dinner, and you will see some of the finest woodwork in the city. Or go to the museum at the 500 track - surprisingly good museum with many cars and good exhibits. From there, you can ride around the track in a van and check out how banked those turns really are. The Eiteljorg is full of Western art, very good walk. And the State Museum, and the Conservatory with plant exhibits and then there is the Zoo. All along the canal walk, with a great memorial to the men of the USS Indianapolis - the ship that delivered the Bomb out to the Pacific.
Then there is Mass Ave, Virginia Ave, Georgia Street, and Broad Ripple for the restaurant and bar scene. St Elmo's is one of the finest restaurants in the US.
I would say you need to come back, call me, and I'll make sure you enjoy the visit. My daughter used to run the desk at a large Hotel downtown, and she prided herself on making sure the guests she dealt with knew all their options and places to go. Whether it was a business groups, family with kids, singles, couples, young, old....