{"id":13470,"date":"2018-09-24T07:46:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T14:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=13470"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:28","slug":"the-old-sears-roebuck-department-store-building-on-the-indianapolis-cultural-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/24\/the-old-sears-roebuck-department-store-building-on-the-indianapolis-cultural-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"The old Sears-Roebuck Department Store Building on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"T<\/span><\/strong>his is the old Sears-Roebuck department store building, built in 1929, where Needler’s Market\u00a0now occupies the whole bottom floor (where you see the lights turned on).\u00a0 As a Sears flagship location in\u00a0Indianapolis, it was one of five such stores in the city.\u00a0Sears left this location in 1983.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Across the street, in the parking lot for\u00a0Roberts Park United Methodist Church,\u00a0on the northwest corner of Alabama and Vermont, is where Sears had its auto center.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is the old Sears-Roebuck department store building, built in 1929, where Needler’s Market\u00a0now occupies the whole bottom floor (where… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,128,149,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indianapolis-cultural-trail","category-indianapolis-history","category-indy-points-interest","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-3vg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16503,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2022\/03\/04\/indianapolis-points-of-interest-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":13470,"position":0},"title":"Indianapolis Points of Interest Index","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"March 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"-\u00a0\u00a0Athenaeum (Das Deustsche Haus) Built 1893 - Belmont Beach - Central Canal -\u00a0Christ Church, an Episcopal church built in 1857 on Monument Circl - Circle City Industrial -\u00a0Louis Schwitzer, First IMS Winner and Builder of Circle City Industrial Complex -\u00a0City Market 1886 with Bicycle Garage Indy -\u00a0Columbia Club at the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Indianapolis"","block_context":{"text":"Indianapolis","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/indianapolis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TopOfMonumentLadyVictory.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17951,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2025\/07\/26\/nbg-indianapolis-history-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":13470,"position":1},"title":"NBG Indianapolis History Index","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Athenaeum (Das Deustsche Haus) Built 1893 Bicycle Stair Ramp at the Athenaeum Boston based Sasaki Associates Transformation of the Indianapolis Riverfront! 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