RACE: Vision and leadership help make great cities
The next mayor should make planning an inclusive process.
Bruce Race / Special to IBJ
Articles
RACE: Contemporary urbanism on Virginia Avenue
One of the city’s diagonal arteries is a study in blending the new with the old.
RACE: Collaborate on agenda for an exceptional region
Other cities offer models for extending planning across county lines.
RACE: An agenda for evolving great Indy neighborhoods
One-size-fits-all solutions don’t work for urban neighborhoods.
RACE: Justice Center facility is a lost opportunity
Project to relocate jails and courts is a failure of urban design fundamentals.
RACE: It’s time to reimagine Keystone Avenue
Bus rapid transit line could transform the corridor in ways that would benefit the entire city.
RACE: Much at stake in handling of tear-downs, infill housing
The houses in our older neighborhoods can work to the city’s advantage; let’s not destroy them.
RACE: Lessons from development of the Canal District
Inappropriate, suburban-style projects should be a thing of the past in downtown Indianapolis.
RACE: Rest areas, welcome centers send negative message
Indiana has branded itself as the Crossroads of America. We take pride in being an automotive and industrial state. You’d think we’d embrace the idea of rest stops that welcome visitors and celebrate the car culture.
RACE: The Indy travel experience: Is improvement in sight?
The city needs a strategy to transform into a destination visitors would recognize.
RACE: Old shopping centers don’t have to be heat islands
Here’s how we can mitigate the damage being done by the city’s acres of asphalt.
RACE: Storefronts, sidewalks can make or break a retail node
A street’s appeal and economic potential depends on good design principles.
Great public architecture is worth the price
Public architecture represents a community’s confidence and aspirations. Public buildings are landmarks that welcome and connect us. They celebrate our arrival, become intersections for culture, symbolize our commitment to democracy and justice, and sometimes they heal us.
RACE: Make it Mallory: East Washington as creative corridor
Old factory is one of many existing assets that can reverse fortunes of a struggling neighborhood.
RACE: Updating Indianapolis’ plan: vision, reality and the future
The city has an opportunity to replace its weak comprehensive plan with a robust strategy.
RACE: Region should plan for 500,000 new neighbors
Expected population growth will work for us if we prepare and against us if we don’t.
RACE: Historic Maple Road has power to transform city
Bus Rapid Transit could revive 38th Street and the neighborhoods that surround it.
RACE: We have great streets, but we need more of them
Successful streets balance environmental, economic, community and transportation objectives.
RACE: City, state planning must account for climate change
There’s a heavy cost associated with ignoring the environment as we envision our future.
RACE: The public house and our changing cities
The long-standing tradition for pubs and inns dates back to the Romans. Wales, England and Ireland have been perfecting the pub for centuries.