The Indy Fringe Festival headquarters at St. Clair and College has undergone a transformation in the past four years. Now finished with the restoration of the long-unloved church building, the organization has not stopped there. Â The first project in Phase II was to restore the brick alley (known as Spring Street) to help with drainage …
Earlier in the month, the Indianapolis Star featured an article on the extensive development plans that are materializing for the City of Greenwood, with the goal of turning the historic main street back into a desirable retail destination for locals and visitors.  The southerly suburb’s commercial center sits at the convergence of Main Street and …
On Monday, November 19th, the first 67 miles of I-69, stretching north from Evansville, opened to the public. The IBJ had a great story covering the facts, hyperbole, and struggles that lie ahead for the 142 mile stretch of freeway that would eventually connect Evansville and Indianapolis. Many questions remain unanswered about this project chief among …
The project to redevelop the former Bank One Operations Center is moving along quite well. Here is my previous post on the project on June 8th. This is what the project looked like on October 15th: Since that time, workers have opened two large holes in the roof to make way for interior courtyards:
There are a number of interesting projects to be mentioned from last month’s Metropolitan Development Commission Report. The building at 24th and Meridian applied for a variance to allow for a Drive-Thru. Â The variance was recommended to be declined by the staff. Tortas Guicho Dominguez y el Cubano on Virginia in Fletcher Place applied for …
The Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood has been the recipient of a good deal of projects with the aim to improve the neighborhood’s aesthetics and infrastructure. For this post, I will cover 3 of these projects. Perhaps the most important undertaking is the conversion of Central Avenue from a one way to a two way street in …
Last night, I was given the unique opportunity to tour the McOuat building with Nancy Gibbs, the Project Manager. Ms. Gibbs relayed to me that the McOuat (pronounced Mi-coo-it) was empty for 24 years, so it is amazing to me that it is in as good of shape as it is. The building formerly housed …
On September 14th, 2013, The City of Indianapolis provided a press release announcing that the EPA’s Partnership for Sustainable Communities had selected Indianapolis as a recipient for it’s “Greening America’s Capitals” program for 2012. Each year, 4 communities are selected to receive this funding to aid, “…Â state capitals develop an implementable vision of distinctive, environmentally …
In the first of what I expect to be many updates, I present the first pictorial update of the now under construction Broad Ripple parking garage. We have spent a lot of bandwidth here at urban Indy debating the planning, financing and need of this project. The project has also generated plenty of it’s own …
The Fort Benjamin Harrison Reuse Authority has been around for quite a while (see these posts from 2010 and 2011), and now the planned public plaza is starting to fill in with to the north with new apartments. Â There are two structures directly to the north of the plaza, with more just to the north …