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Urban Design
RACE: Indianapolis needs standards for its Capitol District
May 4, 2013
Bruce Race / Special to IBJOur state capitol building is surrounded by utilitarian streets and inappropriate development.
MoreRACE: Zoning overhaul might not go far enough
March 30, 2013
Bruce Race / Special to IBJIndy Rezone won't change the city's timid approach to planning.
MoreRACE: It's time to rediscover Kessler's park and boulevard system
March 2, 2013
Bruce Race / Special to IBJGeorge 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.
MoreRACE: Our streetcar legacy is high-value neighborhoods
February 2, 2013
Bruce Race / Special to IBJAs late as 1950, Indianapolis’ city limits were served by a system of streetcars and buses that resulted in compact
and socially active neighborhoods.
MoreRACE: Here's how we can design our way to prosperity by 2040
January 5, 2013
Bruce Race / Special to IBJIf 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.
MoreRACE: We're turning our back on the city's design DNA
December 1, 2012
Bruce Race / Special to IBJSome 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.
MoreRACE: Making downtown walkable shouldn't be afterthought
November 3, 2012
Bruce Race / Special to IBJFor me, the coolest cities have downtown streets that are economically vibrant, social, safe and comfortable. By any measure,
we fall short.
MoreRACE: Is CityWay a mixed-use project or urban neighborhood?
September 29, 2012
Bruce Race / Special to IBJCityWay’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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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?