A few links to start the week. PBS has a great new series on infrastructure in America, starting with this video on exurbia vs. smart growth. Thundermutt linked me to the latest info on the Food Co-op on the Near East Side. I’ve already voted. Find out more about early voting on this page.
The Mayor has launched a new initiative to increase the role of sustainable planning in Indianapolis. Obviously, this is great news. The Star has more details.
Here’s something I just stumbled upon: A series of panels discussing sustainable design in Indianapolis. More info here.
This is the 3rd of 3 unrelated picture posts. I found this by accident near the East and Lincoln intersection, as the tower was peaking up in the background just a block away. See here and here for the first 2 posts. Â This is a great old house: The neighborhood has gone under recent renovations …
Finally! An intersection with 4 buildings that hug the corner. Â This is on the Near South Side. Northeast Corner:Southeast Corner: Southwest Corner: Northwest Corner:
This is the first of 3 unrelated picture posts. Â Here’s the view of 3 Mass Ave from my cubicle:
Both Urbanophile and Circles and Squares have recently written posts on improving Bus service in Indianapolis. Meanwhile, this article in the Indianapolis Business Journal hints on something that my wife has mentioned as a possible solution in the suburbs. You see, my wife spent two years in Guatemala in the Peace Corps. Guatemalan buses are …
I took these on my way back from my bicycle trip to 34th and Illinois. Â This is Pennsylvania Avenue, between 34th and 38th Streets:
This corner has long piqued my interest. The star of the show is the former Ritz Theatre (shown here in its heyday), a bit north of 34th Street: Southeast corner: Southwest Corner, including a still-operating cleaners: More buildings along 34th Street. Man, I loved mini-putt as a kid: The northeast corner has a non-descript building …
Fountain Square is, in my estimation, the most intact section of historic, dense, multi-use buildings in Indianapolis. Fountain Square has really come along well in the past decade, and every time I visit, I find something new. And the great thing is, even though I’ve visited it often, I know that I have not seen …