Residents of Indianapolis, I have a simple question to ask that is rooted in some deep philosophical debates. What kind of city do you want to live in? Is it the type of city where you get in your car to go get everything? Is it the type of city where you can walk out …
Tonight at 8 pm is the latest public event from the folks at Big Car gallery.  Urban Indy is a sponsor of the event which features six presentations based around big ideas centered around this year’s theme of the Spirit and Place Festival, which is the body. The event takes place at the Service Center …
The story of Franklin Township’s new fee for School Buses has struck such a chord with people that it has now reached NPR. The program hits some familiar themes: Budgets are tight, property taxes are capped, and the district is forced to do more with less. However, being an urban design blog, I wish to …
From time to time I like to troll through the city’s aerial photography records and see how the configuration of our city has changed over time. In particular, it’s fascinating and depressing to see the changes that interstate highway construction brought upon our urban neighborhoods. In some cases, the construction bisected once contiguous neighborhoods; in …
Here’s what I’ve come across in Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC) and Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission (IHPC) filings as of 11/8/11 (click links to read staff reports on these cases): 1. MDC Hearing Examiner 11/10/11 – The previously reported plan to put a gas station at 324 W Morris (SE of the I-70 West/Missouri exit downtown) …
If you go to the polls tomorrow, please remember what our task is as a community. If I can stress only one point, it is that voting simply by bracketed letter, “(R) or (D)” for example, or voting based on party color can have extremely negative impacts. I have long said that local elections can mean …
Sorry for the lack of wallpapers the past couple months. Something about a family, full time job, 19 month old, Calculus, Statistics and travelling to DC got me down…. anyway, I tried something totally different this time around. I took the original from Georgia Street looking north on an alleyway between Pennsylvania and Meridian. Hope …
Joe is a graduate of the Urban Planning program at Ball State university and a frequent commenter at Urban Indy. He commutes by bicycle daily from Fall Creek Place to work in Avon.  We look forward to adding another voice to our community. Welcome aboard, Joe!
Here’s what I’ve come across in Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC) and Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission (IHPC) filings as of 11/1/11 (click links to read staff reports on these cases): 1. MDC 11/2/11: A plan by Milhaus Development for apartments on the west side of the Monon Trail between 20th and 21st is being continued all …
Just wanted to throw out a reminder to everyone that IndyCog’s 2nd annual Tweed Ride is this Saturday from 11am – 5pm. Go to their event page for more information.