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BASILE: Glad to say goodbye to Kaliningrad
July 28, 2012
Frank BasileTwo Russian policemen approached me and asked to see my “papers.” After a cursory look, they escorted me into
a small cinder block “interrogation” room, which could barely contain the three of us and my backpack.
MoreAirport execs' globetrotting sparks scrutiny
March 10, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis Airport Authority CEO John Clark and two key officers spent more than $67,000 last year on travel that included
extended business trips to Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Morocco and Switzerland.
MoreTRAVEL: Heading south of the border again and again
August 27, 2011
Frank BasileKatrina and I have made more trips (10) to Mexico and traveled to more cities and towns there (35) than we have to any other
foreign country in the last 12 years.
MoreBASILE: Three lessons from a harrowing trip to Paraguay
March 27, 2010
Frank BasileOur trip to Uruguay and Paraguay did not get off to a good start. And it went downhill from there.
MoreMayor's European mission focusing on motorsports industry
November 16, 2009
A delegation of business and community leaders led by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard departed for Europe Nov. 14 on a nine-day
economic
development mission to help grow the city’s motorsports industry.
MoreBASILE: When cruising Antarctica, comfort isn't first priority
August 29, 2009
Frank BasileThere are cruises to the Antarctic in large luxury ships that go near the islands—close enough to afford
magnificent views. But those ships are too big to get close enough to go ashore.
MoreMAURER: Perhaps nuclear weapons in Iran finally will unite the Middle East
July 13, 2009
Mickey MaurerPresident Obama was in Egypt last month to see the Sphinx, the Pyramids and other relics of a bygone age but, more important,
to set the tone for a new age—according to Obama, “a new beginning” in relations between the United States
and the Muslim world.
MoreBASILE: Following in the footsteps of Darwin in the Galapagos
June 29, 2009
Frank BasileThere's nothing like following the wildly influential thinker Charles Darwin's own footsteps, which I
had the pleasure of doing by visiting the beautiful, mysterious, isolated and enchanted Galapagos Islands.
MoreIran: A peaceful sojourn into the 'Axis of Evil'
May 18, 2009
Frank BasileIran is a magnificent and historically important country. It contains nine World Historical Sites as designated by UNESCO.
Only 20 countriesâ??including Greece, China and Italyâ??have more.
MoreTraveling abroad for business can be tricky
April 20, 2009
Scott OlsonFamiliarity with a foreign culture and its traditions can mean the difference between success and failure, or at least avoiding
embarrassment.
MoreAll of us Belongers, building castles in the sand
February 23, 2009
Bruce HetrickOn vacation in the British West Indies, we see the decline from just a year ago at this same beautiful spotâ??fewer families
at play, fewer retirees strolling arm and arm, fewer young couples slathering one another with sunscreen.
MoreLearning, not quaking, in Israel
January 26, 2009
Mickey MaurerI'm in Israel. My wife, Janie, and I are enjoying the camaraderie of a group of central Indiana community leaders on a study
mission sponsored
by the Jewish Community Relations Council.
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The basic idea of nice apartments with parking and retail is a good one, but this design seems overwhelmingly big/tall for Broad Ripple. The size could be disguised a bit with lots of big trees/landscaping, but the complex is too massive to blend in easily. That section of canal between College and Westfield will also need to be upgraded on both sides. Nice apartments facing onto a nice promenade with shade trees/plantings could bring together the canal towpath/Monon recreation, the outdoor seating at existing restaurants, and this project into something that upgrades the whole area. A plan for the whole stretch makes more sense than facing nice new housing onto what looks like a ditch. Is there a plan? Does the public have input? Who pays? The apartment idea seems to be reasonable, but Whole Foods is not a good idea for appropriate retail. Besides the store being physically too big, there are already Fresh Market at 54xCollege and Whole Foods in Nora for fancy groceries. Good Earth and Kroger are within walking distance of the Shell site. There are at least 7 grocery stores within a safe bike ride. Whole Foods would add nothing but traffic congestion. This design is on the right track, but there needs to be more work done to ensure that it blends in with and enhances the existing community. A project that large will set a tone for that whole part of town. It could be a real asset, but only if done right.
I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?