In case anyone hasn’t noticed, Georgia Street in downtown Indianapolis is currently getting an extreme makeover and turning large portions of its right-of way over to the pedestrian. Â Announced in early May of this year, this project has been touted as the latest example of Indianapolis taking positive steps in turning their downtown into a …
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 …
The DPW has a new non-automobile oriented multi-use path planned along 62nd street. The path once completed, will start and end at Keystone Ave and Allisonville Rd. It will also facilitate a safe path from Allisonville Road’s bike lanes across to Keystone and once restriped, down bike lanes that will be painted along Broad Ripple …
If you are a regular reader, than you are familiar with the ongoing saga of the Di Rimini apartment compex located at 733 N Capitol Ave in downtown Indianapolis. A quick recap: In September of 2009, The Di Rimini under the name of Sarajo Commons submitted plans to the Indianapolis MDC and were accepted after …
Recently, I was invited on a tour of a number of new facilities under construction in Indy’s neighboring suburb to the north, Carmel. Among the places I visited that day where the Center for the Perfoming Arts; or the more commonly referred to building, The Palladium. Once complete, the CPA, will be a three facility world class …
For the past two year’s, Eli Lilly & Co have been volunteering in community improvement activities that have had positive impacts. This year, they are partnering with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) in an effort to help beautify the west side of Indianapolis along the I-70 corridor. Long has this stretch been one of industrial or …
In the fall of 2009, an infill development on the west side of downtown Indianapolis caused a stir with local urbanists. The DiRimini, or as it was called early on, Sarajo Commons, was set to take an empty lot on N. Capitol Avenue. The project is targetting IUPUI students and potential downtown dwellers. Finally, someone was stepping …
Last week, I had the pleasure of heading north for a few hours to White County. It is located just north of Lafayette and in what I would call the flatest area of Indiana. Until recently, I hadn’t been in this area of Indiana for literally years and had only heard about the wind farm …
The first glimpse of the Clarian Neuroscience Center of Excellence will be presented to the Metropolitan Development Commission Hearing Examiner tomorrow, September 23rd, at a 1pm hearing in the 2nd floor Public Assembly Room. Here is the exact wording of Clarian’s filing: Hospital District One Approval to provide for an approximately 271,000 –square foot neuroscience …
Designs for the Clarian Neuroscience Center of Excellence have just been made public. Â Here are two to whet your appetite, both focusing on the 16th St. facade near the corner of Missouri St., and I promise to have a more comprehensive post with a full set of renderings in the next day or two.