tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158467536239735339.post3709679123650555964..comments2023-10-19T05:19:01.550-08:00Comments on American Dirt: Pioneering waterfronts: extending the Indianapolis Canal Walk.AmericanDirthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04600555386886915000noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158467536239735339.post-63890811572832800542010-10-07T19:46:05.362-08:002010-10-07T19:46:05.362-08:00Thanks Connie. Hope you enjoy it. Don't go t...Thanks Connie. Hope you enjoy it. Don't go there with lofty expectations, though. It's been a year since I was there (the Glick building wasn't finished year, which I assume it is now), but that intersection needs serious improvements in traffic management and basic pedestrianism. Surely we need to get there first before we can think of all the other potential improvements.AmericanDirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600555386886915000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158467536239735339.post-30734426533181705872010-10-07T04:43:38.518-08:002010-10-07T04:43:38.518-08:00I enjoyed your tour of the canal. I'm hopping...I enjoyed your tour of the canal. I'm hopping up to 16th and MLK to take a look at that section you think is still existant.A Year at the Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836965128291916468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158467536239735339.post-73678355808195562832010-06-01T19:20:31.736-08:002010-06-01T19:20:31.736-08:00Thanks for the comments.
Craig, you are correct. ...Thanks for the comments.<br /><br />Craig, you are correct. While the canal more or less remains above ground in some fashion until about 17th Street, the underground portion--from 16th to 11th--will likely remain that way for the foreseeable future. However, it's always interesting to look at the periphery of some new architect's rendering--the one for the Circle Truss very clearly shows an above-ground canal stretching beyond its current terminus at 11th Street, flowing underneath the interstate and onwards towards MLK Drive. Clearly it falls in the purview of those with creative redevelopment visions for this area.<br /><br />CorrND, thanks for the link...and yes, it shows some unusual foresight to implement a TIF for something far into the future--it's contrary to the nature of most TIFs, in fact.AmericanDirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600555386886915000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158467536239735339.post-84501799093822876642010-06-01T16:55:55.793-08:002010-06-01T16:55:55.793-08:00Very interesting stuff. It's probably going t...Very interesting stuff. It's probably going to be impossible to implement a good canal connection between 16th and 11th unless it's directly tied to a revamp of the on/off ramp system for I65. That area is such a clusterfuck. I wrote a review of one of the Gateway proposals (not the Circle Truss) from a <a href="http://dig-b.blogspot.com/2007/11/development-dmlk-jr10th11thi-65.html" rel="nofollow">roadways perspective</a> a while back. I'd really like to see a plan like that.<br /><br />I also wasn't aware that the current DMLK work went back to a TIF from '97. That's planning ahead.....CorrNDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371462855078578516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158467536239735339.post-36477853862932326422010-06-01T02:24:28.979-08:002010-06-01T02:24:28.979-08:00It was my understanding that the proposal is to ex...It was my understanding that the proposal is to extend the <i>path</i> from 30th St. to 11th. St.--not the canal. The present day canal supplies drinking water to the city and terminates at roughly 21st St. where it is empties into a water treatment facility. But you do make a good point that path construction from Fall Creek south to 11th St. will be difficult due to the aqueduct crossing of Fall Creek and the I-65/West St. ramps.Craignoreply@blogger.com