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...
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:Â
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...
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, New Development
on Jun 9th, 2017 | 9 comments
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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...