On Saturday, I joined several others who were taken on an exploratory walk around Lafayette Square and Eagledale Neighborhood. Â The path we took was clockwise as follows: Like last year’s walk around Garfield Park, this neighborhood is full of challenges and opportunities. Unlike Garfield Park, Lafayette Square and Eagledale are suburban in form, although it …
Please join 200+ cyclists and I for the Neil Kelty Memorial Ride on Sunday, May 4th at 3 pm. Â More information can be found on the link, but most importantly, Neil’s employer PERQ is donating 5$ to Neil’s foundation per rider that attends. Â Also, they mention that it would be preferred if attendees can ride …
Last week, I had a chance to meet with Gary Hobbs and Wil Marquez, who are key figures behind the effort of transforming a former candy factory into a mixed-use building. Â Located to the east of Fall Creek along 38th Street, this looks to be an exciting project that will inject new life into the …
Many of us have eagerly awaited the arrival of Indy’s own bikeshare program. Discussions have been going on for what seems like years (literally) and recently, we were finally given details for the stations and bikes. Today, April 22, 2014, officially marks the launch date of the Indiana Pacers Bikeshare. I was a proud volunteer …
Once one of the most interesting redevelopment dilemmas in the city, Bush Stadium has been successfully saved and converted into apartments. Â This old home of the Indianapolis Indians was counted as down and almost out, but it is breathing with new life. Â Last week I had a chance to snap some photos of the …
Today, the City, behind Mayor Greg Ballard, announced a new downtown district which represents the culmination of years of work and a number of recent project announcements. Roughly bounded to the north by New York Street, to the south by the railroad tracks, to the west by Delaware Street and to the east by, well, …
Another day, another post about a new Chipotle in Indianapolis. This building replaces a former stand-alone liquor store in Broad Ripple, and it appears to be successful for the most part. Â And, yes, it will also house a Chipotle, just like the last post that I made. Here’s the view from the 1001 Food + …
The Indianapolis Bikeshare program was revealed last Friday at well attended press conference in the Fountain Square cultural district where it was announced that the program will launch in just a few short weeks – Tuesday April 22nd is go live day! We are seeing stations already being placed throughout downtown. Â This is the one …
I’m a huge fan of the new building to house a Chipotle on Washington Street downtown. So much so that I’ve taken photos of it in various stages of completion. Â Here it was last September: Here it is as of Friday, March 28th: A major advantage that this site has over the larger projects around …
Now that SEA 176, better known as the mass transit bill, has been signed into law, the real work begins for transit advocates to push support for the Indy Connect plan. As we all know, SEA 176 prohibits light rail. It does not, however, prohibit heavy rail or commuter rail. But that’s another post for …