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RACE: Indianapolis needs standards for its Capitol District

May 4, 2013
Our state capitol building is surrounded by utilitarian streets and inappropriate development.
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RACE: Zoning overhaul might not go far enough

March 30, 2013
Indy Rezone won't change the city's timid approach to planning.
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RACE: It's time to rediscover Kessler's park and boulevard system

March 2, 2013
George Kessler’s 1908 vision was the foundation for Indianapolis’ neighborhood building and metropolitan-park planning. The nearly 3,500-acre Kessler legacy is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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RACE: Our streetcar legacy is high-value neighborhoods

February 2, 2013
As late as 1950, Indianapolis’ city limits were served by a system of streetcars and buses that resulted in compact and socially active neighborhoods.
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RACE: Here's how we can design our way to prosperity by 2040

January 5, 2013
If we do not think about whom we are designing the Indianapolis region for, we will, by default, turn design decisions over to speculators and partisans.
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RACE: We're turning our back on the city's design DNA

December 1, 2012
Some large projects are in the works for Massachusetts and Indiana avenues. These projects are important. They can reconnect the fabric of downtown neighborhoods and commercial areas while adding economic and cultural vitality.
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RACE: Making downtown walkable shouldn't be afterthought

November 3, 2012
For me, the coolest cities have downtown streets that are economically vibrant, social, safe and comfortable. By any measure, we fall short.
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RACE: Is CityWay a mixed-use project or urban neighborhood?

September 29, 2012
CityWay’s design does a lot of things well. Its site plan is woven into the Indy grid, providing active street edges.
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RACE: Professional project review is an investment in quality

September 1, 2012
If you want to make the private sector leery of developing in your community, take the certainty out of the process by making it political.
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RACE: Washington Street rife with missed opportunities

August 4, 2012
Some of Washington Street's vitality can be recovered. An urban design plan for the street would identify a framework of existing and future landmarks, edges, open spaces and gateways.
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RACE: Reinventing commercial strips has economic upside

June 30, 2012
Savvy cities understand strip commercial corridors are economically and environmentally unsustainable.
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RACE: Desecrated diagonals put us at a crossroads

June 2, 2012
Both Indianapolis and Washington, D.C., were designed as capital cities—with a certain formality, heroic views, intersecting axis, monumental architecture and sacred places.
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RACE: 10 East Main brings together ingredients for revitalization

May 5, 2012
Branded as the 10 East Main Street Business District, the still somewhat spotty and edgy 10th Street is coming back to life serving new bohemians and longtime residents.
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RACE: Walkable neighborhoods are a good investment

March 31, 2012
Houses in communities that are easy to navigate on foot command a higher price-per-square-foot.
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RACE: All top cities have urban design plans

March 3, 2012
Regardless of their size and regional settings, there is a common theme among cities making the “best cities” lists: place-making is a priority.
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