What happens when a large section of a city threatens to become obsolete? Â That question came to my mind after hearing Indianapolis’ DMD director Adam Thies mention that he was worried about the future of Pike Township at yesterday’s We Are City Summit. Â I was fortunate to be invited to the event as a media …
Apologies for the recent dearth of posts here on Urban Indy. Â I know I personally needed a mental break from the blog world, plus I’ve been busy with trying to sell a house, but I hope to get back in to the swing of things this week. Â Here is a list of some recent links …
Urban Indy has obtained renderings of the revised mixed use development being proposed for the former Shell station (and neighboring apartment buildings) on the north side of the Central Canal in Broad Ripple. Initial renderings of the project, which we aired in April, resulted in an uproar from residents and business owners of Broad Ripple. …
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful is hosting a walking tour tomorrow at 7 pm to commence the recent opening of 4 projects in the Mapelton-Fall Creek neighborhood: Urban Indy posted about 2 of these projects a year ago. Â Central Avenue, as well as small segments of 29th and 30th Streets, are now 2-way streets within the neighborhood, …
Sometime in the near future, the city should be making a decision on which of the proposals they have received for the Market Square Arena site to accept.  Courtesy of an idea that I first read from Urban Indy blogger Chris Corr, I’m posting this as a hope for some forethought to the street environment surrounding …
Try not to bounce in your chairs too much: a writer at Urban Indy has finally decided to assess the CVS at 16th and Meridian, a few years after it opened. The general view around these parts–which probably prompted the majority of us not to feature it–was a resounding “meh” at the results, even though …
I suppose I enjoy it when nature and old infrastructure collide, but I couldn’t resist posting this photo of a tree knob nudging off a column’s capital for a Friday Fun post. The location is 57th and College Avenue:
Five years ago, I took a stroll down East 10th Street, and made a photo essay of my journey. Â There have been enough changes along the way that I figured an update was due. Â I took some photos a few weeks ago on my way to Better Blocks, and will add some other updates for …
Back in January I hypothesized about what BRT along Washington Street might look like, envisioning the future from 30000 ft of what service might look like and how stations might look. Since then, I have put on my engineering hat to think about how we plan for the stations along the route. Additionally, how might those …
