This corner has long piqued my interest. The star of the show is the former Ritz Theatre (shown here in its heyday), a bit north of 34th Street: Southeast corner: Southwest Corner, including a still-operating cleaners: More buildings along 34th Street. Man, I loved mini-putt as a kid: The northeast corner has a non-descript building …
Fountain Square is, in my estimation, the most intact section of historic, dense, multi-use buildings in Indianapolis. Fountain Square has really come along well in the past decade, and every time I visit, I find something new. And the great thing is, even though I’ve visited it often, I know that I have not seen …
SOLAR, a new group formed by Keeping Indianapolis Beautiful, is built on the foundation of community service. I’m posting it on the blog for anyone who may be interested in joining.
Apologies for the light posting recently. Here are some things that I’ve missed: New Indiana Living Green Magazine. New Carfree Times. The Urbanophile may fear to tread here. Actually, I’m just teasing him, and I agree with his stance that Monument Circle works pretty well as it is. I would like to see more street-level …
This article is exactly the reason that Urban Times has been such a staple of this blog. It (gently) breaks up the argument that often arises when a new project is proposed in a historic neighborhood. Of course, this should be somewhat obvious even without the Sandborn maps (which are great). Historic neighborhoods near downtown …
We had a neat trip to DC. I’ll let the pictures do the talking. First up: Our own Union Station. Love the old benches: Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is actually an oncoming train: Let’s see: Janitor with broom, or devil with pitchfork? State-of-the-art Room Dimming Device. The conductor placed Emergency …
Time to research the state of passenger rail in America…
Back in February, I noted the 52nd Street (and 46th Street) bike lanes. After finally riding down the lane yesterday, I will give it a partial thumbs-up. Having ridden down 52nd Street before the lane was created, I certainly did feel safer with the lane than without it. My largest complaint comes with the west-bound …
This year we were enrolled in two Community Supported Agriculture programs: Basic Roots and Nature’s Harvest Organics. It has been interesting to see how different they are. Basic Roots delivers to our door monthly, and specializes in hard-to-find and heirloom products, as well as some other “finished” products such as local cottage cheese, bread, syrup, …
This weekend will feature a tour of three newly restored homes in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood. The restoration is courtesy of SEND’s Fab For Less Program. The website’s nicest feature are the three informational videos. This is the fourth year of the program, and this is their largest project Further, according to NUVO, a group of …