Mass Ave from the Air:
This is the first of 3 unrelated picture posts. Â Here’s the view of 3 Mass Ave from my cubicle:
Category «Historical Posts»
Suburban Bus Options
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 …
Bonus Weekend Picture Post
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:
34th and Illinois
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 …
The Importance of Fountain Square
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 …
SOLAR young adults group
SOLAR, a new group formed by Keeping Indianapolis Beautiful, is built on the foundation of community service. I’m posting it on the blog for anyone who may be interested in joining.
Randomly Miscellaneous
Apologies for the light posting recently. Here are some things that I’ve missed: New Indiana Living Green Magazine. New Carfree Times. The Urbanophile may fear to tread here. Actually, I’m just teasing him, and I agree with his stance that Monument Circle works pretty well as it is. I would like to see more street-level …
Urban Times: Mixed-Use is Historical
This article is exactly the reason that Urban Times has been such a staple of this blog. It (gently) breaks up the argument that often arises when a new project is proposed in a historic neighborhood. Of course, this should be somewhat obvious even without the Sandborn maps (which are great). Historic neighborhoods near downtown …
Train Recap
We had a neat trip to DC. I’ll let the pictures do the talking. First up: Our own Union Station. Love the old benches: Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is actually an oncoming train: Let’s see: Janitor with broom, or devil with pitchfork? State-of-the-art Room Dimming Device. The conductor placed Emergency …
On vacation for a week
Time to research the state of passenger rail in America…