LOCAL NEWS
The Circle at the Center of Everything
Ralston drew a circle in 1821; Indiana filled it with a 284-foot monument, a Civil War museum, and the world's largest Christmas tree. The Circle is still the city's axle.
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LOCAL NEWS
The Brickyard in November: Racing's Largest Room, at Rest
A quarter-million seats, a yard of bricks, and the largest single-day crowd in world sports: the Speedway in its quiet season is a small city at rest.
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LOCAL NEWS
The World's Largest Children's Museum Is on Meridian Street
Five floors, a working dinosaur lab, a treehouse the size of a legend: the world's largest children's museum is exactly where you'd least expect it, and Indianapolis has the receipts.
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LOCAL NEWS
The Park the River Built: White River State Park and the Canal
A canal that bankrupted the state, two museums, the NCAA's home, and a ballpark: White River State Park is Indianapolis's front room, built on its industrial back yard.
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LOCAL NEWS
Mass Ave and the Monon: The City Recycling Itself
A bottling plant reborn as a hotel, a railroad reborn as a trail, a diagonal drawn in 1821: Mass Ave and the Monon are Indianapolis's recycling program at city scale.
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LOCAL NEWS
Newfields: The Estate Indianapolis Kept for Everyone
A mansion, a hundred acres of sculpture park, and an encyclopedic museum on one bluff above the river: Newfields is Indianapolis's estate, held in common.
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WEATHER
Crossroads Weather: Indianapolis's November Rehearsal for Winter
Clippers from Canada, the first measurable snow, and a cargo hub that cannot take snow days: November assembles Indianapolis's winter, piece by piece.
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TRAFFIC
The Crossroads, Literally: I-65, I-70, and the Eternal 465
Four interstates, a 53-mile belt, a finished I-69, and two BRT lines: the Crossroads of America is a traffic system before it is a slogan.
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INVESTIGATIONS
The River Runs Under the City Now: DigIndy and the White River
Twenty-eight miles of tunnel 250 feet down, capturing what used to overflow into the White River: DigIndy is Indianapolis's largest public work, and it is invisible by design.
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SPORTS
The Stadium With the Skyline in It: Lucas Oil in November
A window wall facing the skyline, the Combine's permanent home, and Manning's statue at the gate: Lucas Oil Stadium in its purest football month.
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SPORTS
Two Addresses for a Religion: The Fieldhouse and Hinkle
A modern fieldhouse downtown, the 1928 cathedral at Butler, and a state where basketball is inheritance: November opens both of Indianapolis's great rooms.
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