The Cultural Trail Northeast Corridor construction is finally (mercifully!) coming to a close this Friday, November 5. After 19 months of work and a few headaches along the way, a ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 5pm on the southeast corridor of Massachusetts Ave. and Park Ave.  That’s First Friday on Mass Ave. and …
This post is intended to be an antidote to recent pessimism regarding the quality of our city’s infill projects. Two newer buildings on East Ohio Street deserve recognition for their attractive design. The Nature Conservancy building was not without controversy, as they decided to tear down the existing building, as opposed to renovating it, or …
Here ya go, for those still keeping up. This is November 2010’s wallpaper. In assorted sizes for your enjoyment! This is the World War I Monument in downtown Indy being overshadowed by a beautiful sunset just last week. 2560×1600, 1366×768, 1280×1024, 1280×853
It’s been 16 months since it was first reported that the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA) was considering a move from their original home at Senate Ave. and Vermont St. to Fletcher Place. The potential location was an intriguing mixed-use development called Fletcher Place Arts, to be located on a piece of land along …
Just when you thought we’d gotten to the end of The Di Rimini code violation list, it’s time to tack on another. Apparently the owner not only chose to violate a city order forbidding occupancy of the building — word is that several tenants have already been moved in — but they have now been …
Currently, College Avenue is a one way northbound street between Virginia and Massachusetts Avenues. There have been a few public calls to change this missed connection, and to return College into a two way street (which even has its own facebook fan page, which I have joined). There are also calls to instill bike lanes …
The city of Indianapolis uses a comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances as their main tool of city planning (see current zoning codes; or see Indy’s zoning synopsis). The purpose of our zoning code is to resolve conflicts between land uses by separating them (Euclidean style). Obviously, there are some land uses that don’t fit well …
Since its opening in 1996, Victory Field has received much praise as the home of the Indianapolis Indians. And rightfully so. It is a beautiful ballpark in an urban setting that has helped link the central part of downtown to White River State Park. But the one downside to the new ballpark is what was …
By now, the DiRimini apartment complex drama has become a familiar tale to anyone following urban Indianapolis issues. The infill development project, located in western downtown Indianapolis, has been under construction since early 2010.  Over the past several months as the building rose out of the ground, it became obvious that what was being built …
In another of a planned type of posts here at Urban Indy, we hope to engage you, our readers, in hopes of generating some good ideas about how to tackle known, but still yet unfixed issues facing Indianapolis. Today I would like to push the paradigm of affordable downtown living. Many people ask this question …