Here’s a small example that I have cut from the 2006 Aerial photos of Indianapolis. It’s pretty self-explanatory, and it’s something that was mentioned in the landmark book Suburban Nation. Even houses that are geographically right next door to a commercial building are usually separated by a fence or wall.
I’ve recently had the privilege of a conversation with a person involved with a new program in the city to promote green building guidelines. The project is called HOME and it is designed to provide quality green housing(pdf) at affordable prices. The buildings are designed by Tyson Domer of Hundredyear consulting. As of now, there …
There are some newer neighborhood plans up on the Great Indy Neighborhoods site. I encourage readers to check them out. I hope to post more information about this project (as well as some other relevant topics) in the near future. For now, see these plans (they take a few minutes to download).
I stumbled upon some old maps of Indianapolis’ past transit glory from this site. It’s a bit difficult to navigate, but there is a wealth of information here. Here’s my favorite: The streetcar system in 1923, the last year before bus service:
Just a heads up that I’ve added these meetings on the Northeast Corridor Transit proposal to the calendar. Head to CIRTA for more information.
Last night I got detoured on my route home (I drove to work yesterday because I had to go to the dentist and then run some errands). There was quite a bit of construction on the new interchange at Washington St, so I kept going east down English Avenue. The corner of English and State, …
A whole lotta interesting reads are floating around the internet(s) recently. It’s part of my job to share them with you. A killer-good post on From: Brown To: Green about, well, pretty much everything. Newsflash: Indianapolis has pretty dirty air. Judging by most of the comments on the article, most of us are saying “bring …
This editorial is quite appropriate here for my 100th blog post. The whole thing was beautiful to wake up to on a Tuesday after a 3-day weekend, but here are some choice quotes: “On the individual level, this means conservation. Switch to a compact car. Reduce and consolidate trips. Join a carpool. Ride a bike. …
This is the new market that I mentioned earlier at 54th and the Monon owned by Ron Harris. He hopes to be open 7 days a week, year round. Here are some other blog posts about it: Middle West Meals, and Going Local.
The ebb-and-flow of information has been interesting to watch. After a bit of a lull in pertinent information, both the Star and the Indianapolis Business Journal have posted lengthy articles. The wind farm in Benton County is now online. It is the first commercial-sized wind farm in the state. Possible buyer’s remorse over the push …