The splitting of East Ohio Street is an interesting dilemma. This is one block north of the recently reconnected Market Street, which is featured in this post. Below is an aerial shot of this split. The split is in place both to divert traffic on to the interstate and to avoid an at-grade railroad crossing. …
Apologies for being so late with this. Free time can get slim being a new dad! This picture was shot from Monument Circle looking west, during the holiday season here in Indy. Click on the resolution that best matches your screen. 2560 x 1600, 1280 x 853, 1280 x 1024, 1366 x 768
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The things you find when you are on a coffee break. I happened to have my camera on me yesterday, when I saw this rendering of the downtown Kahn’s, which is in a building currently undergoing renovation in the former home of John’s Fine Wines: The stretch of historic low-rise buildings along this stretch of …
Massive surface parking lots have no place in an active and successful city’s downtown. Fortunately, they are increasingly seen as prime opportunities for development. Â The North Of South Project is planned to replace a good portion of the giant swath of asphalt located at the southeast corner of this aerial: Another crucial location is at …
A recent study by Bundle & The Street, lends some credibility to the notion that purchasing a home in the suburbs based upon the premise that it’s “cheaper” may not really be that true at all. The study focused on a number of major and minor metro regions across the nation and pitted their daily …
Dating from the year 1900, the Riverside Pumping Station is a relic from a time when civic pride extended to facilities that we now take for granted. It’s a little-known jewel, located on Waterway Boulevard just northwest of IUPUI’s campus. It is still in use today by the Indianapolis Water Company. A decade ago, I …
The project at 1201 Indiana Avenue is quite large in scale. Â Designed to house students in a mixed-use structure, it features 253 units in a location that previously occupied Lincoln Tech. Â Here’s the best rendering we can find: One quibble is that the parking area on the north side of the project is quite large, …
Running a collaborative blog has been rewarding. Â We have recently added 2 new bloggers, who I hope you will enjoy. Jim Walker is the head of Big Car Gallery and Made for Each Other. Â Basically, if there’s something cool going on around town, there’s a good chance Jim has his hands in it. Scott Russell …
This article originally appeared on urbanOut in May 2010 and gained  a lot of attention in the Columbus blogosphere so I figured it should be shared on Indy’s prominent urban blog as well. People love to compare cities and pit them against each other in an attempt to understand strengths and weaknesses of places, analyze …