Monument Circle, with its central location and iconic art, will be a place to watch how people react — and the reverberating effect on businesses — when a public area offers more to do.

As people across the world practice social distancing or self-isolation to curb the further spread of coronavirus, some are searching for new and innovative ways to connect with each other.

A few new chunks of high-tech sidewalk are opening up on the south end of the circle ... and use people's steps to fuel a system of magnets below – creating just enough power to turn on the ...

Pat Segel, in a photo taken earlier this summer, stands near the section of the turning circle at Gifford and Division streets in Elgin. A large chunk of concrete is missing after being dislodged ...