A Monthly Field Guide to Indianapolis Mile Square Monthly Issue 04 · November 2026 |
Hey neighbor, New here? Mile Square Monthly is a once-a-month Indy guide from the Roots Realty Co team, the folks behind Indy Street Sweep, sent to neighbors we have met along the way. November is when the city starts to glow. The holiday markets open, the ice goes down outside the Fieldhouse, and Newfields lights up the garden for Winterlights. We promised you the holiday markets last month, and here they are. Here is the month in one place, plus a German restaurant inside one of the most beautiful buildings downtown, the historic neighborhood right next to it, and a Wednesday morning coffee we would love to see you at. Not your thing? Totally fine. Unsubscribe here and we part as friends. Otherwise, let's jump into it! |
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Our Picks This Month The best Indy events this November. |
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Photo: Jim Henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Real Estate Pulse Indianapolis homes took a median of about 34 days to sell in the first half of 2026, nearly eight days longer than a year earlier according to Redfin, so if you have been waiting for a little room to negotiate, see what is on the market or grab 30 minutes with our team. |
Neighborhood Spotlight Lockerbie Square About three quarters of a mile northeast of Monument Circle, between Michigan Street and New York Street. |
Lockerbie Square was laid out between 1847 and 1850, and so many German immigrants settled here that it was once called Germantown. In 1973 it became the first historic district in Indianapolis on the National Register. The whole thing is only about eleven acres of Federal, Italianate and Queen Anne homes, most of them built between 1855 and 1930. The poet James Whitcomb Riley lived here for more than twenty years, and his house on Lockerbie Street is now a museum. Lockerbie Street itself is still cobblestone. Walk it after dinner at the Rathskeller, which sits right on the edge of the neighborhood. | ||
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Photo: C. Bedford Crenshaw |
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That is November. If someone you know would get something out of this, forward it along. And if there is an event we should have on next month’s list, reply and tell us. We read every one. See you out there, Trace Burgess Next month: the Circle of Lights and the Athenaeum Christkindlmarkt, plus our December Masterclass. |
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