College Avenue Nodes: 42nd Street Edition
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods on Mar 28th, 2012 | 6 comments
This is the last post in a series featuring College Avenue nodes in the Meridian Kessler neighborhood. Again, thanks to Mary Owens from the MKNA for all of the helpful information.  Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 can be read here.
Northwest:
The northwest corner contains the 2 most prominent historic buildings at the intersection. This one houses a barber shop, and is a former Kroger grocery store.
Proof of the former Kroger at the entrance of the building:
The other large building is a 3-story former Masonic Lodge. It is now home to the Church of Christ as well as Taste of Philly...
Rockdale Proposal in Broad Ripple
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods on Mar 23rd, 2012 | 15 comments
Wednesday night, after our first family visit to Brics of 2012, I discovered a rendering along the Monon trail for a new office development known as Rockdale in the former Broad Ripple Pet Center along Westfield Boulevard. More information can be found at these links: 1 and 2. They are aiming to become the first LEED-certified construction in Broad Ripple, and they plan to be bicycle-friendly. The renderings and siteplan are linked below. I like...
A Ride on Tampa’s TECO Streetcar
Posted by Curt Ailes in Neighborhoods on Mar 21st, 2012 | 12 comments
I had the recent fortune to be in Tampa while on spring break with my family. I convinced my wife to make another small excursion for one of, “dad’s transit trips” and as a result, we were able to ride the Tampa Streetcar line from it’s northern-most station to the downtown end point, and back. We followed the ride with a stop at the Tampa Bay Brewing Company where the beer was good, and the food left a little to be desired. Normal readers can imagine how excited I was to ride another one of America’s streetcar system; something that is few and far between. I planned ahead...
College Avenue Nodes: 46th Street Edition
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods on Mar 20th, 2012 | 5 comments
This corner has remained pretty much unchanged for a good number of years. The farther south one goes on College, the more impact a game-changing project like a streetcar or even a rapid bus line could have.
Northeast:
One of the most interesting and older buildings in the neighborhood with its limestone facade and exterior cellar entrance. It has been the home of Big Al’s Superstore for a number of years.
Southeast:
Home of Double 8 Foods, this corner building has been the location of a small grocery store since the 1930’s. I took this photo of the building a few years ago for an...
Canal Tower Redesigned
Posted by Chris Corr in Neighborhoods on Mar 19th, 2012 | 29 comments
It’s still massive, just not skyline-altering-ultra-massive. A proposed student housing tower at 9th St and the downtown Canal Walk has been redesigned and reduced in size, whittling the original 26 story proposal down to a more palatable 10 stories. That reduction in height reduces the total capacity by about a third but still places it among the largest apartment complexes in downtown Indianapolis. Here is a rundown of the changes proposed in the developer’s MDC case to be heard March 21st:
Tower structure reduced from 26 to 10 stories
Base structure reduced from 6 stories to “4 to...
