Unfinished History: The 1988 Canal Extension
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, Pedestrian on Jan 27th, 2016 | 5 comments
This is the first post in what I hope will become a somewhat regular feature on Urban Indy. A few months ago, my coworker found this sketch of a proposed downtown canal extension, along with a Convention Center. In addition, there would be brick pavers all the way to the State Capital building from Monument Circle, and on through to the west. I’m unsure how far in the planning process this was. Google comes up empty on this one.
Incidentally, I’ve heard that there used to be a requirement for all downtown proposals to submit 3-dimensional views similar to this one. It would be nice to...
9 on Canal Phase II Renderings
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, New Development on Jan 25th, 2016 | 18 comments
The second phase for the 9 on Canal project has been released to the Regional Center Hearing Examiner, and are shown below.  These are designed to be geared towards college students at IUPUI, and it does add another retail presence on the canal. This has been a tricky proposition in the past, and the canal is getting close to a full build-out. In addition to the proposed canal playscape, it does appear that at least the newer additions to the canal may help it start to be more than a mere office park amenity.
The first image shows that the building is currently industrial, so adding more housing...
