West Newton, Moorsville, and Monrovia
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Historical Posts on Aug 27th, 2009 | 5 comments
Last night my wife and I ate dinner at Zydeco’s in Mooresville. The food was tasty. Here are some shots of the nearby region.
First, West Newton, an enclave in Indianapolis:
Next, Mooresville.
I liked that a few of the buildings had the first and last names on them:
Finally, the wife’s hometown, Monrovia. In the race between the two of us for the smallest hometown, her Monrovia wins against my Roanoke, 628 to 1,495:
They’re having a festival the weekend of September 12:
Nice new sidewalk infrastructure here at the corner next to this beautiful...
Basic Roots, Part II
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Historical Posts on Aug 24th, 2009 | 0 comments
Last year I posted about our CSA, Basic Roots, which delivers to our door once a month. I figured it was time for another update. This one features quite a bit more produce than the last one. Pictured above are:
6 eggs from Robin’s Nest in Camby
Spaghetti squash
2 ears of corn from Waterman’s Farm in Indy
Watermelon from Simmon’s Winery in Columbus
Tomatillos
One Jalapeno
Plums from Anderson Orchard in Mooresville
A variety of Tomatos
Rainbow Bell Peppers
Garlic from Rush County
Lemon Cucumbers (named for their color and not their taste).
Apples
Slender eggplants
A coupon for...
Did Interstates cause the end of acceptible transit in Indy?
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Historical Posts on Aug 19th, 2009 | 9 comments
I have been thinking more about this map that I posted last week that features Indy’s transit system in 1945. The map is a bit unclear in my photo, so I will explain it for you here.
Red lines are the streetcarsBlack lines are trackless trolleysThe difficult-to-see green lines are buses.
One thing that really jumps out to me is that Indianapolis’ grid actually looks like a city, instead of the jumble of disconnected areas that we have currently. Another thing to notice is that there are very few regions that are more than a few blocks from a transit line of some sort.
Urban Freeways were...
Site Update
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Historical Posts on Aug 17th, 2009 | 0 comments
You can now reach this page via http://www.urbanindy.com. The old bookmarks that you have will still link here.
Ball State’s Transit Exhibit *UPDATE*
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Historical Posts on Aug 13th, 2009 | 6 comments
Finally! I really needed to get to this exhibit. According to the link, they close shop on August 22nd.
Anyways, it contains a large amount of thought-provoking panels, centered around a vision of a light rail line from Noblesville to Union Station. I didn’t photograph all of the panels, but I’ve included many of them to give you a good idea of the scope.
A personal favorite…an old streetcar and bus system map:
More panels:
I’m having a difficult time summarizing this exhibit. The skeptic in me knows that this will never happen, especially to this detail. The idealist...
