What is Public Space? A Grandfathered-in Parking Lot Conflicts with Red Line Plans
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, New Development, Pedestrian, Transit on Jun 27th, 2017 | 57 comments
Local News outlet Fox 59 recently published an article about a local restaurant at 54th and College, which contends that the city is being unfair in its Red Line plans. The restaurant currently uses a head-in parking lot configuration found nowhere else in Meridian Kessler. Given that this structure was historically a gas station and a grocery store, that’s not too surprising:
A closer look at the property shows that the parking lot basically spills out into the right-of-way to the north and east side of the property:
The article contends that the restaurant will lose its parking lot access from...
Indygo Purple Line Public Meetings Scheduled
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, New Development, Transit on Jun 22nd, 2017 | 13 comments
Next month, IndyGo is convening public meetings to discuss the future plans for the Purple Line. Here is the schedule and agenda:
Purple Line Public Meetings:
Help determine stop placement, lane configuration, and downtown routing for Indy’s second rapid transit line. IndyGo staff and consultants will be available during open houses, offering a brief presentation 15 minutes after the start of each session.
Monday, July 10
City of Lawrence Government Center
(9001 E. 59th Street, Lawrence, IN 46216)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday, July 11
Meadows YMCA
(3908 Meadows Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46205)
6:00...
Friday Fun: Ultra-Modern Carriage House Proposed in Old Northside
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, New Development on Jun 9th, 2017 | 9 comments
Note: To see previous Friday Fun posts, click here.
One of the more interesting and popular ways to increase density in historic Single-Family-Housing neighborhoods is to allow a carriage house toward the backside of the lot. Often, the new residence will sit on the second floor of a new garage for the property. This has been occurring with relative regularity within the urban core, so it wasn’t surprising to see such a proposal to this Victorian on Park:
However, this carriage house in particular jumped off the latest IHPC agenda (page 113):
The IHPC staff issued these responses:
THE DESIGN...
