NIRPC and the Great Hoosier Spirit of DIY Urbanism
Yesterday I attended NIRPC’s presentation on the updated Marquette Plan at the Carter Woodson Branch of the Gary Public Library,
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“Yes” on Sensible Spending, “No” on Illiana
The Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission, or NIRPC, is set to vote on the proposed 47-mile highway in December. CMAP
Read MoreLake County: A House Divided But Balanced (for now)
As Lake County begins to reap profits from a new property tax increase, officials in the cash-strapped government are already
Read MoreOf Jaspers & Newtons
Jasper, Newton, Iowa, and adjacent counties of Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Any relationship to Jasper Newton Jack Daniels, of Tennessee
Read MoreIf You Don’t Build It, They Won’t Come: Development & Gary’s Stadium
NWITimes’ Keith Benman recently wrote two articles highlighting the failure of the US Steel Steel Yard, Gary’s minor league baseball
Read MoreJuly in Gary!
St. Louis preservationist and director of the Preservation Research Office consulting firm Michael Allen visited Gary yesterday to see the
Read MoreGYY and Chicago’s Mythical “Third” Airport
Few weeks go by without discussion of the fabled “third airport” of the Chicago metropolitan area. The collective pet project
Read MoreCreative or Consumer Class? On inequality in urban growth
The media may thankfully be catching up with the dark economic underbelly of the mythos of urban prosperity, perhaps evidenced through
Read MoreMy delay in posting anything
I promise, promise, promise I’m going to be better about posting. I’m recovering from our trip to the Lake County
Read MoreThe End of Sprawl?
I’m used to seeing demolitions in the inner city, whether of historic housing or, occasionally, of newer homes that were
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