INDOT Proposes a Devastating Blow to Downtown Neighborhoods (Edited)
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, New Development, Pedestrian, Transit on Jan 27th, 2018 | 13 comments
One very powerful state organization has a proposal to set back the past 40 years of downtown redevelopment. Instead of a bold proposal that would help reunite the urban fabric, INDOT gives us the stuff of nightmares:
INDOT gave us what the roadway could look like, but they didn’t give us the street-level view. Fortunately, local architects decided to fill in that massive gap.
The highway exists in the top photo, but at least it can be partially mitigated with greenery. Not so with a giant concrete wall. Click the above pdf to see the whole impact analysis for yourself. It’s worth a look....
IndyGo Route Improvements Set for February
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Announcements, Transit on Jan 6th, 2018 | 3 comments
IndyGo has announced additional trips along some key routes for February of this year. This has likely occurred in part because of the new income tax, which was able to start being collected in October of 2017.
This announcement serves as a reminder that these system changes were not all about the Red Line. These new improvements happen to occur in some of the most transit-dependent areas in the...
New Proposal for Fountain Square
Posted by Joe Smoker in Neighborhoods, New Development on Jan 3rd, 2018 | 24 comments
Another day, another Milhaus proposal. This is proposed to be located in Fountain Square, just east of Shelby on Prospect Street. The adjacent vacant lot to the east is the proposed new location of IFD Station 3. Thoughts?
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