May 4, 2013
Our state capitol building is surrounded by utilitarian streets and inappropriate development.
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March 30, 2013
Indy Rezone won't change the city's timid approach to planning.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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June 30, 2012
Savvy cities understand strip commercial corridors are economically and environmentally unsustainable.
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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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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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March 31, 2012
Houses in communities that are easy to navigate on foot command a higher price-per-square-foot.
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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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Sounds like angie's list could have benefitted from some sort of internet based service that rates various providers of services...anybody know of any?
These are the same CEO's who complain about working-class people who unionize and negotiate decent pay and benefits for the people who make businesses run.
Are millions in Angie's List advertising expenses going into CEO Bill Oesterle pocket also? http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/05/ibj-exposes-self-dealing-by-angies-list.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
This is actually worse than is being reported. The properties were gifted to Oesterle with more than $4.6 million dollars in taxpayer money. So not only is he screwing his shareholders with inflated sale prices, but he is double dipping considering Mayor Ballard gifted him all the money to buy the property. Guess being politically connected (Campaign chairman to Mitch Daniels) gives you a license to steal and a get out of jail free pass. http://www.ibj.com/city-will-give-angies-list-46-million-for-real-estate/PARAMS/article/28944
A non-compete clause is expected to keep Buchman from appearing on-air at WTHR for a year from the WISH contract’s expiration.