Pre-Holiday inspiration
It’s the Holiday season, the perfect time for some high-concept inspiration. Have a great Christmas. I may post next week, but if I don’t, then have a fantastic New Year as well.
Envision Group to Focus on Broad Ripple
The Broad Ripple Gazette has printed an article regarding a possible reconfiguration of Broad Ripple Avenue towards a more pedestrian friendly environment. The renderings are available here. There were two companies that made presentations: Storrow Kinsella, and Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf. Here are my amateur impressions: It seems like the first rendering by BDMD is …
Committee Organization to revitalize near East Side
This isn’t really news, but I do feel like it deserves its own post here. This may be the best part about the Super Bowl coming to Indy in 2012. As this blog has mentioned before, East 10th Street has a great deal of potential as a business corridor. The Community Center has a new …
Marian College Multimodal Spoke
This IBJ story is one week old, yet I’m just now getting around to posting it. It’s a great idea. The largest downside that I see is that 38th Street is basically a freeway at that point, which does not lend itself well to buses or bikes.
Mass Ave’s 400 Block
Mass Ave’s 400 Block is an excellent example of the possibilities for the future. The amount of stores located in such a small area is staggering, and yet there are still a few surface parking lots on the street, as well as a pocket park. Most of the businesses are Indianapolis-based (the only exception would …
Randomly Miscellaneous (EDIT with new info)
A few tidbits: There’s now a large sign for the Uptown Development at 50th and College. The sign features a rendering that is quite different for the one on the web page. The building looks to be a solid two-story structure. I still don’t know how I feel about this particular project. The sign also …
Wabash and Peru
I spent Thanksgiving Day in Wabash, Indiana, and was able to take some downtown shots before I left. Â I love this town as it is built on the side of a hill, which might be unique in Indiana.Here’s a shot of the hill: Â It is more impressive in person than in picture. The famous Courthouse, …
Oliver and Warren
This is an offset corner, so I had to take some liberties with it. It seems that Hoffa’s Silver Cafe has been renamed Fatso’s. I’m glad they didn’t remove that great sign, though. These are on the south side. Â I love these buildings: Back to the north side:
Choose your own Corner
I’ve been meticulously documenting new corners in the past few weeks. There are many more out there than I had originally thought. So many that I’m having a tough time deciding which one to post tonight. So, I need your help via Google Street View. Here’s 3:Oliver and Warren (make sure you go a little …
The end of an Era
Today, the Indygo Board approved another fare hike. This was expected, even though it is sad. However, something I didn’t expect comes at the end of this article: The Red Line will now be a full fare service. As someone who works downtown but also works for IUPUI, this is highly disappointing. I viewed the …