Celebration Fall Creek
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling, Pedestrian on Sep 12th, 2014 | 1 comment
This is a bit of late notice, but tomorrow is an event to celebrate the completion of the Fall Creek Trail.
I plan on attending this event for at least a short amount of time tomorrow in the 56th and Emerson area. More information can be found on this PDF. I hope to see a good crowd out and...
Parking lots in historic districts or Why IHPC was right to deny the firefighter’s credit union
Posted by jason.larrison in Neighborhoods, New Development on Sep 11th, 2014 | 32 comments
Back in 2005, I sat on the Historic Irvington Community Council’s design and zoning review committee. Irvington had just recently become a historic district and was under the jurisdiction of the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission. Not long into our life as a historic district, a developer submitted an application to redevelop the northeast corner of East Washington Street and Audubon Road, a prominent intersection in the neighborhood.
The corner was home to two vacant buildings. The corner building was a 60’s era building that most recently housed an auto parts store. East of...
Real Time Bus Tracking: The Green Line
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Transit on Sep 4th, 2014 | 6 comments
Urban Indy has been talking about the possibility real-time bus tracking for IndyGo for several years. The newest hope for commuters is a Fall 2014 release date. Â However, this morning, The Huffington Post mentioned a company known as DoubleMap that provides real-time bus tracking for IUPUI, Bloomington Transit, and many other systems. Â Their online maps are high quality. Â Compare IUPUI’s original look to the one that they have now:
Another pleasant surprise from DoubleMap is the real-time version of the Green Line Indianapolis Airport bus.  Two years ago I rode the original...
Element and A Loft Hotel: Early Renderings
Posted by Kevin Kastner in New Development on Sep 3rd, 2014 | 13 comments
A new two-flag hotel is being proposed downtown, directly across the street from Banker’s Life Fieldhouse. This lot featured a different hotel proposal before the market crash. The hotel is being designed by Ratio, across the street from their headquarters. The renderings of the new hotel are included on the IHPC Staff Report, and I’ve included some of them below:
What do you...
