After a bit of a dry period, quite a few interesting items have come out in the last few days. Urban Times Newsletter continues to rock my world. The articles on the web are nice, but I encourage everyone to try to find the print copy available at various locations downtown. I even read the …
This blog has been a bit lax on the reporting of upcoming conferences and events. I intend to make amends. Perhaps I need to add an events feed on the right side of the blog like on Streetsblog? Please let me know if this is of interest to you and I’ll see what I can …
These buildings popped up pretty quickly.This is on 65th Street: This is on Westfield next to the Monon Coffee Company: What say ye? Personally, I like the Westfield one better if only because it’s not fronted by a parking lot.
So let’s cut the funding. This video from CBS News does a good job of explaining the predicament of passenger rail in the United States. The figures near the end of the piece show some stark numbers: Amtrak receives 1.4 billion dollars per year (the same as it received in 1980), compared to 14.5 billion …
Or, “words that start with ‘ex’”. Anyways, it has to be seen as a positive sign that the Fishers-to-Indy express bus has been successful. 500 trips a day may not sound like much, but that’s 500 less cars on the road. Also, the demand will allow IndyGo to look in to expanding to other areas. …
These 2 pics are from last Friday. Hopefully I can start adding more photos as soon as the weather improves.
A group known as “Downtown Indianapolis Streetcar Corp.” has quietly formed, and look to study possible routes. Of course, funding will be a tremendous hurdle, but at least people are looking into it. In other IBJ news, they’ve posted an article about Casa Verde. It’s good to see them get some publicity. This may be …
The Chicago-based Where blog has an interesting and provocative post up concerning the sustainability of cities. In it, he mentions a new project in Madrid called the Air Tree. This project has to be seen to believed. This type of project can help give even hope to a long-term sustainability pessimist like yours truly. Humans …
I figured I might as well post this here in case people missed it. I went to the Sunflower Market often, but I probably should have gone to Good Earth instead. The cashier told me that the Indy location was doing well, but it was a corporate decision based on the performance of all of …
A few updates: The renewable energy bill in the State Legislature has been rejected. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. David Crooks, refused to make concessions to the coal industry. A sizable project at 49th and College has been approved. I have mixed feelings about this, as the property has two four-squares and a bungalow that would …