Mass Ave Cultural Arts District
Mass Ave Cultural Arts District | |
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300 block of Massachusetts Avenue Bottleworks Hotel | |
Interactive map of the neighborhood | |
| Coordinates: 39°46′30″N 86°8′55″W / 39.77500°N 86.14861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Marion |
| City | Indianapolis |
| Area code | 317 / 463 |
The Mass Ave Cultural Arts District, colloquially known as Mass Ave, is a designated cultural district in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The district centers on 0.86 miles (1.38 km) of its namesake Massachusetts Avenue, from its southern terminus at New York and Delaware streets to its northern terminus at Bellefontaine Street. The avenue is one of the four original diagonal streets included in Alexander Ralston's plan of 1821. Mass Ave also contains the Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District, a historic district included on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982.
Beginning in the 1990s, redevelopment helped propel the area from squalor to one of the city's more fashionable addresses. Today it lies at the heart of the city's unofficial theater district, home to the Athenaeum and Old National Centre. Dozens of locally owned and operated boutiques, bars, restaurants, and commercial offices line the avenue.