Park Stories

Parks: The Taggart Transplant

PRB+ Magazine

Transforming a crumbling monument into a community theatre

By John Jackson

First open to the public in 1899, Riverside Park was once the crown jewel of Indianapolis’ parks and boulevards system. Its modern footprint is 862 acres—22 more than New York’s Central Park. After more than a century, the time had come to reinvigorate Riverside.