Fall Creek Place, Indianapolis

Fall Creek Place is one of many revitalized neighborhoods in Center Township, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The neighborhood mainly consists of tree-line, residential streets, with nodes of commercial along its boundaries. Victorian homes from the late 19th century are the most prevalent house type as well as new build construction of period design.

Fall Creek Place
Neighborhood Area of Indianapolis
Single-family homes along North Pennsylvania Street (2003)
Coordinates: 39°48′06″N 86°09′01″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Marion
Townships	Center
City	Indianapolis
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	46205
Area code	317 / 463

The neighborhood is bounded by Meridian Street (west), Fall Creek Parkway (north), the alley east of College Avenue (east), and 22nd Street (south). Before the project's Phase IV began in 2006, its eastern boundary was Park Avenue.

In the 1980s, the neighborhood fell into serious disrepair; entire city blocks were left abandoned. In 2001, city efforts to redevelop the area into a mixed-income residential community began. In 2003, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded Indianapolis with a Homeownership Zone Award for the way the city used a $4 million HUD grant to stimulate other public and private investment in the Fall Creek Place redevelopment. Also in 2003, the American Planning Association selected Fall Creek Place as the winner of the 2003 Outstanding Planning Award for "Implementing Smart Growth." In 2006, the National League of Cities gave Indianapolis the silver winner Award for Municipal Excellence for cities over 500,000 in population for the Fall Creek Place redevelopment project. and Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine

The area was previously nicknamed "Dodge City," referring to the infamous western town of Dodge City, Kansas, where there were shootouts in the streets. The area was plagued with frequent drive-bys during the 1980s and 1990s.^{[citation needed]}

K-6 students are zoned to Indianapolis Public Schools 27 and 60.

See also

• List of Indianapolis neighborhoods

External links

• Media related to Fall Creek Place, Indianapolis at Wikimedia Commons
• Fall Creek Place Homeowners Association