Year archives: 2010

Indiana’s Meadow Lake Wind Farm

Last week, I had the pleasure of heading north for a few hours to White County. It is located just north of Lafayette and in what I would call the flatest area of Indiana. Until recently, I hadn’t been in this area of Indiana for literally years and had only heard about the wind farm …

Clarian Neuroscience Center of Excellence – Renderings and Siteplan

The first glimpse of the Clarian Neuroscience Center of Excellence will be presented to the Metropolitan Development Commission Hearing Examiner tomorrow, September 23rd, at a 1pm hearing in the 2nd floor Public Assembly Room. Here is the exact wording of Clarian’s filing: Hospital District One Approval to provide for an approximately 271,000 –square foot neuroscience …

More Parking Day Pics

(PARK)ing Day was quite nice. I wish this happened every day. The first 3 pics are from the Parks Foundation location on Market Street, while the last 2 are from the Architecture for Humanity location on Meridian:

Debunking the myth of expensive tunneling for Light Rail at IND airport

Robertson Tunnel East Side, Portland Oregon

When Indyconnect released it’s innitial findings, citizens were very excited about one prospect that was relayed and that was a direct light rail link from downtown to the airport on Indianapolis’ westside. However, upon further examination, the Indyconnect team clarified in meetings and local media that this link would not go all the way to the airport. The reasons …

Crews get moving in Indy for (PARK)ing day 2010

Parking Day 2010

This morning I was able to head downtown and snap a few photos as Architecture for Humanity was setting up for this year’s event at the corner of Washington and Meridian. They had spots on the east and the west side of the street which was nice to see. Kevin reported on the details in a …

Progress on 52nd street bike lanes

52nd Street Sidewalk Reconstruction

Back in July, we brought you a story about new bike lanes and associated improvements on 52nd street in Midtown Indianapolis. Recently, more action was taken towards finishing this project. For the last month and a half it has had a single layer of pavement over the prior removed roadbed. Crews moved in and started …

MDC Hearing September 15th – Clarian Projects

On the agenda earlier today for the Metropolitan Development Commission were two items related to the recently announced Clarian Health projects immediately to the south of Methodist Hospital.  One project will be a $100M Clarian-owned Neuroscience Center on a block of land bounded by 16th St., Missouri St., 14th St. and Senate Ave.  The other …

A Bump-out Here, a Widened Street There

Last year, the village section of Broad Ripple Avenue added curb bump-outs and prominent crosswalks. This was much needed, and crossing the street has become safer in this section: Unfortunately, this project did not apply the same ethic to the rest of Broad Ripple Avenue east of the village.  From Broad Ripple Park to Keystone …