I was downtown a couple days ago visting a bookstore really close to the Madam Walker Building, and grabbed an opportunity to snap this photo. I wish I had a photo to show of the Madam Walker Theater inside too. It’s really beautifully done.
The real Madam Walker who this theater is named for, was truly a pioneer for successful women in business, women as political activists and African-Americans. Her success and involvement in the early 19th century in Indianapolis forever has left a legacy that will never be forgotten.
The theater located at the corner of Indiana Ave and Martin Luther King Blvd just northwest of center of downtown has been a landmark for many decades, and now hosts a varied lineup of interesting cultural events. The site is now a national historic landmark and is registered on both the state and national registers of historic places. After an immense amount of work restoring and improving the building beginning in the 1980′s, it has been transformed into a magnificent facility for the performing arts and other events.
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