When the Indiana Department of Transportation announced that it intends to widen I-65/70 through downtown Indianapolis, residents in the affected neighborhoods as well as historic preservationists, landscape designers, architects, and members of the business community united in their call for alternative plans.

Indiana Landmarks invites you to hear a perspective from one who orchestrated, and won rave reviews, for an alternative to highway expansion. On February 26, John Norquist, former mayor of Milwaukee, will speak on urban interstates & livable cities at Indiana Landmarks Center, The talk is free but requires a reservation or by calling 317-639-4534.

A former Wisconsin state senator, Norquist was Milwaukee’s mayor when he championed the removal of a .8-mile stretch of elevated freeway through the city’s downtown and replaced it with a boulevard and tax-base supporting development, winning local and national acclaim. Under his leadership, the city revised its zoning code and reoriented development around walk-able streets and public amenities such as the 3.1-mile river-walk.

Doors open with a cash bar at 5:30 p.m., followed by Norquist’s talk and Q&A, 6-7:00 p.m.