Super Bowl 46 descended on Indianapolis in late January 2012 and the city was ready. As Urban Indy has reported on frequently over the past year, the city was ready with the reconstruction of a 3 block street downtown from a formerly sleepy 4 lane street to a full on pedestrian boardwalk of sorts. Georgia …
This is the first post in a weekly series focusing on each of the College Avenue Business Nodes. Â On Saturday, February 25th, I met with Mary Owens, who is the head of the Land Use Committee for the Meridian Kessler neighborhood. Â I would like to thank her for the helpful information that she was able …
Cincinnati officially broke ground on it’s modern streetcar system on Friday February 17th, 2012. The ceremony took place in the street in front of Memorial Hall in the heart of the historic Over the Rhine neighborhood. The location was fitting as streetcar tracks from yesterday’s system still reside in the brick paved street in front …
I’m going to keep posting these, as it seems like there was good turnout for the last meeting. Â This one will focus on College Avenue from 49th Street southwards towards 40th Street. Â Next week, this site will look at each of the College Avenue corner nodes in detail for a new series. Â The notice …
The City of Indianapolis has put out a quick promotional video about bike lane use. Try and spread the word that cyclists are out there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QhFz6GrnlM
An Urban Indy reader chimed in recently stating that he was holding a rally on the steps of the Statehouse this evening. According to the reader, Johnathan Katz, “Let’s encourage our legislators to pass some legislation that will actually pass jobs. A mass transit plan for Indianapolis has bi-partisan support and will create scores of …
If you are a reader of Urban Indy, then you are most likely a supporter of public transit improvements and thus, have more than likely kept up with the ongoing saga that has been building momentum in Central Indiana for the past two years. I am referring to Indy Connect, the regional plan to improve …
I just received this in an e-mail. I am planning on attending, and I hope to see others there. Come participate in a Neighborhood Discussion: “How will Meridian-Kessler look and feel in the next 20 years?â€Â                            Topics Include:   Neighborhood Planning Discussion for New Zoning Overlay   Dialogue regarding non-residential properties along College Avenue between …
Transportation for America has designated today as National Call In Day to oppose HR7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. If you are not in tune with what is going on at the national level on transportation funding, this is the Federal Government’s plan for funding all types of infrastructure from roads to transit …
Indianapolis has pulled off a nearly-impossible task: hosting a Super Bowl in a cold weather city without a week-long barrage of complaints from sports journalists. A notoriously fickle bunch had glowing reviews, and left them wondering how we did it. That was a surprise to me, as my initial reaction when Indy won the rights …