This Saturday, a block of East Washington Street near Rural will be transformed under the Better Blocks program. Â This is the first installment of this idea in Indianapolis, which intends to engage residents in the potential for a new vision for their streetscapes. These renderings are lifted from their facebook page, and were put together …
The story begins here, at Devington Shopping Center, located at Arlington Avenue and Staughton Drive (near 46th Street). The colorful mural here was painted by Arlington Students several years ago. Stop by and take a closer look sometime. But for this case, notice the color. Its liveliness as seen here from the street. Arlington High …
This Thursday will feature a meeting discussing the large project that is proposed on College Avenue. Â The project has received a new look since our last post on it, which can be seen below: The meeting will take place at 6:00 PM on Thursday, May 23th, and will be located at Broad Ripple United Methodist …
Let me preface this post by saying – I love the Cultural Trail. I use it a minimum of 4 times a week and, more typically, about a dozen times taking my daughters to school, picking up groceries at Marsh, getting frozen yogurt at one of the many shops along the trail, and just going …
Recently, I learned of a new Pocket Park project being launched in Irvington by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. Â The park is located to the south of the Marsh store, along the Pennsy Trail: The KIB webpage linked to a photo of the park’s construction, which is obviously in the early stages: I contacted Ben McGhee, …
This Saturday, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail is throwing a Grand Opening party like none other. Â Titled Get Down On It, the party features events for all ages to celebrate the completion of the trail. Â There have been many delays, frustrations, and even a time where people were wondering if there was enough funding for the …
The Indianapolis Business Journal’s Property Lines blog has posted an article about the approval of a new large multi-building project at the corner of College Avenue and North Street. Â This article has plenty of information on it, but Urban Indy has been fortunate enough to receive additional renderings of the project from Craig McCormick, principal …
As one of the premiere transit blogs, Human Transit has been beating the drum of frequency maps for transit.  These maps prioritize how often buses run, where traditional transit maps show each line to be on equal footing.  I had even thought of creating a crude version for IndyGo that features their new lines that have …
Urban Indy is proud to sponsor an upcoming Jane Jacobs walk in the Garfield Park neighborhood with the Big Car organization. Â Indy’s version of the nationwide initiative takes place on May 4th at 10 AM. Â Registration and more information for the event can be found at this website. Â I’ll be taking part in the 3 …
I feel it is time to dispel one of the most common myths about Indianapolis. Â I have seen it time and time again, most recently on one of my favorite local blogs Historic Indianapolis. Â But I don’t mean to pick on them, as they are not alone in believing that the Riley Tomb marks the …