Earlier this week, I was fortunate enough to stay for 3 nights in downtown Chicago. A Chicago trip always trips my urbanist triggers, and this time was no different. Comparing Indianapolis and Chicago is a futile pursuit, but that doesn’t mean I don’t do this while I’m there. Fortunately, I’ve come away with some inspiration …
Here’s a few pics from my trip to Beech Grove a few weeks ago: Â The Amtrak Train Shed, dating from 1909: How many songs have this particular title? City Hall:Beech Grove has done quite a bit of work to make Main Street and Emerson Avenue more attractive and walkable. Â I can’t imagine how hard …
The May issue of the Urban Times Newsletter has a story on the new Nature Conservancy building in the Cole-Noble Neighborhood. The paper has a new rendering of the project as well as some new information. Perhaps the most interesting fact is that they are using a large amount of bricks that were salvaged from …
In the past two days, I’ve made some odd short walks. They took place along the same street, Broad Ripple Avenue. On Wednesday, the walk started at Marsh near Keystone Avenue. I was dropped off by my wife who then went on to my friends house, which is located to the north west of the …
The West Side contains a few churches that harken back to old Europe. Â The first is the Bulgarian Orthodox Church: Next, a new feature featuring a video production of the the Romanian Orthodox Church. Â Thanks to my friend Mike for putting all of this together: More Pics: Finally, the Catholic Church and Gymnasium on West …
Planet Forward is a new user-driven website similar to You Tube, which features a variety of videos from the simple solutions, to the contrarian, to the innovative. I found this website by accident last night, as I happened upon the PBS special that was televised at 8 pm. The program was decent, but as usual, …
Commenter JG fortold my next Historic enclave. I was in Acton early Easter Morning and took these pictures. Amazingly, there were 2 businesses open at 7 am Easter Morning: a diner, and a small grocery store. Â This is the most prominent structure downtown: I.O.O.F. buildings are always a crowd-pleaser: The Address is still Indianapolis:
Golden Hill is a secluded neighborhood that manages to still be located in Center Township. Â It’s an interesting place for a walk, with narrow winding streets and no sidewalks. Â It’s obviously one of the first car-based suburbs in this city. This is a little park:Houses: No, this isn’t California, but you could have fooled me: …
On our way out to New Augusta last Saturday, we traveled down Westlane Road. I was quite surprised to find that it has a dedicated bike lane, complete with signs, running down a length of it. I didn’t catch the beginning or end points, but I would guess that it was over a mile long. …
This is the first of a new series featuring historic enclaves within Marion County. Â New Augusta, located on 71st Street, has managed to maintain a pleasant small town atmosphere a few steps to the north east of a busy intersection with Georgetown Road. Â In short, this town is gorgeous: Ah, if only I had money: …