The 27th Monumental Affair Awards, sponsored by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc.,  chose Davlan Pocket Park as a winner.  The award ceremony was October 21, 2004 at Indiana Roof Ballroom.

Riley Area Development Corporation developed an open space between Alabama Street and Massachusetts Avenue as an urban pocket park to serve Davlan Building residents and street level commercial uses, as well as visitors to the Avenue. It enhances the streetscape image of the area as an arts district.

The Davlan Pocket Park is an integral part of the Mass Ave Cultural District. The park is an official visual arts venue along the Mass Ave corridor and continually displays art installations in various parts of the park. IDADA (Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association) recently sponsored Ceramicist James Tyler's installation of "Brickhead 3".

In addition to being an arts park, site development provides an outdoor terrace for the Starbucks coffee house, and the setting for Elements Restaurant’s outdoor dining terrace. A series of broad brick-edged walkways serves these functions, allowing a walk in the park between the Alabama Street and Mass Ave, and provides access to the courtyard entrance to the Davlan Building.

Future bollard lights along the semi-circular walk will supplement ambient light from the streets and provide a soft glare-free light to the interior of the site.

The remainder space is dedicated to a passive landscape setting. The elements within the park respond to the materials and forms of their context. An open lawn is defined by a sculptural curvilinear brick seat-wall and grove of mature Little Leaf Linden trees while the dining terrace is separated by a wood, steel and concrete arbor feature. The wall is officially listed as an art installation within the Massachusetts Avenue Arts District Catalog. Careful pruning of the Lindens has removed damaged and dead branches, opened up their canopy for views into the site, and retained their basic form that contributes so much to the character of the site.

A planting palette of deciduous shrubs and perennials provides spatial definition and seasonal interest.