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Mass Ave

Mass Ave is a cultural district centered on Massachusetts Avenue in Downtown Indianapolis.

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Art Deco former Coca-Cola bottling plant exterior at Bottleworks on Massachusetts Avenue, photographed in May 2024. — Bottleworks on Massachusetts Avenue — May 2024

Massachusetts Avenue’s cultural district, public art and the former Coca-Cola complex

About Mass Ave

Mass Ave is a cultural district centered on Massachusetts Avenue in Downtown Indianapolis. Its diagonal commercial street brings together shops, restaurants and performance venues alongside public art on the Cultural Trail. Bottleworks reuses the former Coca-Cola complex at the avenue’s northeastern end, while Chatham Arch and Lockerbie Square are separately named nearby residential neighborhoods.

The avenue and its surrounding residential streets

Massachusetts Avenue cuts diagonally through Downtown’s street grid, concentrating storefronts, restaurants and performance venues along its length. The district’s published map places the Old National Centre, the Athenaeum and smaller theatres around the corridor.

That map names Chatham Arch and Lockerbie Square as distinct historic neighborhoods beside the avenue. Mass Ave’s cultural district includes a wider collection of venues and neighborhood connections; its name does not replace those residential identities.

Ann Dancing and an artwork in a former mill alley

Julian Opie’s Ann Dancing stands where Massachusetts Avenue meets Vermont and Alabama streets. The four-sided LED column presents an animated figure and forms one of the Cultural Trail’s public-art stops.

Farther along the corridor, Sean Derry’s Chatham Passage occupies an alley off the 700 block. Its steel grate, underground vault, lighting and scent system refer to the nearby Real Silk Hosiery Mill, whose historic building was converted into condominiums.

Art Deco buildings at Bottleworks

The former Coca-Cola bottling complex anchors Bottleworks near the northeastern end of the avenue. Rubush and Hunter designed the Art Deco plant, which grew through later additions before the property became an Indianapolis Public Schools service center.

The hotel now occupies the upper floors of the former administration building. The Garage food and retail hall uses two garage buildings with terra-cotta facades and large roll-up doors. The photograph shows the Massachusetts Avenue exterior in May 2024.

Check these on a visit

Try these in person before you commit to an address in Mass Ave.

Find Ann Dancing at the Massachusetts, Vermont and Alabama intersection.
Follow the Cultural Trail into the alley off the 700 block for Chatham Passage.
Use the district map to distinguish the avenue’s venues from Chatham Arch and Lockerbie Square.

Neighborhoods and districts near Mass Ave

The closest neighborhoods and districts in Indianapolis, measured center to center.

1.6 miFountain SquareFountain Square gathers shops, music venues and historic commercial buildings around Virginia Avenue, Prospect Street and Shelby Street.

All Indianapolis neighborhoods and districts

Schools near Mass Ave

The 6 closest schools within 5 miles, including any outside the city. Being nearby does not mean a home is zoned for a school: confirm attendance zones with the school or district.

All schools in Indianapolis

Benjamin Harrison School 2 Center for InquiryElementary
about 0.1 mi · Public · Grades K–5 · 303 students
Paramount Online AcademyK–8
about 0.6 mi · Public · Charter · Grades K–8 · 163 students
Paramount Cottage HomeElementary
about 0.6 mi · Public · Charter · Grades K–5 · 381 students
Arsenal Technical High SchoolHigh
about 0.7 mi · Public · Grades 9–12 · 2,360 students
Washington Irving Neighborhood School 14Elementary
about 0.8 mi · Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 230 students
H. L. Harshman Middle SchoolMiddle
about 0.9 mi · Public · Grades 6–8 · 509 students

Distances are approximate. They are straight lines from the centre of Mass Ave, not travel distances, and a home at the edge of the area can be noticeably closer to or farther from a school.

Sources & data notesReferences, reporting periods, and how to use this information

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District identity, shops, performances and Bottleworks
Visit Indy — Mass Ave districtSource checked 2026-10-18
Avenue corridor, separately named neighborhoods and cultural venues; 2024 map used for geographic orientation
Mass Ave Cultural Arts District — Published district mapSource checked 2026-10-18
Julian Opie LED artwork at Massachusetts, Vermont and Alabama
Indianapolis Cultural Trail — Ann DancingSource checked 2026-10-18
Sean Derry installation off the 700 block and Real Silk history
Indianapolis Cultural Trail — Chatham PassageSource checked 2026-10-18
Coca-Cola plant, Rubush and Hunter Art Deco design and later reuse
Bottleworks District — Site historySource checked 2026-10-18
Hotel in administration building, garage food hall and district facilities
Bottleworks District — Visitor destinationsSource checked 2026-10-18

Photo credits

Image credits and license
Bottleworks on Massachusetts Avenue — May 2024
Creator: w_lemay
Original source
License: CC BY-SA 2.0
Changes: Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped for display.
Bottleworks on Massachusetts Avenue — May 2024