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The resulting vision plan proposes a bold future for the East Washington Street corridor with a revitalized industrial job base, transit-oriented, mixed-use development, new residential opportunities, and a focus on...
Vision Plan

The resulting vision plan proposes a bold future for the East Washington Street corridor with a revitalized industrial job base, transit-oriented, mixed-use development, new residential opportunities, and a focus on…

A significant development constraint in urban areas is stormwater runoff, which can no-longer be accommodated in traditional sewer pipes.  For any redevelopment to occur, a strategy to overcome this hurdle...
Sustainability Planning

A significant development constraint in urban areas is stormwater runoff, which can no-longer be accommodated in traditional sewer pipes.  For any redevelopment to occur, a strategy to overcome this hurdle…

    The transportation vision incorporated in the IndyConnect plan is a significant movement in public policy toward reclaiming urban neighborhoods and rebuilding our region to be more vibrant, sustainable...
IndyConnect Transportation Vision

    The transportation vision incorporated in the IndyConnect plan is a significant movement in public policy toward reclaiming urban neighborhoods and rebuilding our region to be more vibrant, sustainable…

The first step in translating the principles into a plan is defining the geography–what the plan will and will not cover.  A development suitability analysis helps us determine what properties...
Development Suitability

The first step in translating the principles into a plan is defining the geography–what the plan will and will not cover.  A development suitability analysis helps us determine what properties…

Principles
  • Historically the streetcar was located in the center of Washington Street. Modern rail systems sometimes use a center alignment and sometimes use a curb alignment, and each comes with advantages...0March 11, 2011

    Center Transit Alignment

  • It is important to promote density of residents, jobs, and destinations to support transit. But density need not translate into high-rise buildings. Three and four story buildings, similar in scale...0March 11, 2011

    Three to Four Story Development

  • The corridor was developed during the era of combined sewers that cause significant pollution in nearby streams during heavy rains. Washington Street revitalization should be a model for redevelopment that...0March 11, 2011

    Best-Practice Stormwater Management

  • While there are several large community parks on (Willard Park) and nearby (Christian Park, Highland Park, Brookside & Spades Parks) the corridor, it is important to include a variety of...0March 11, 2011

    Inclusion of Public Open Space

  • While inherently necessary to support revitalization, parking lots waste land and significantly lower densities, especially when each and every individual building has its own parking. A more efficient and appropriate...0March 11, 2011

    District Parking Strategy

  • A solid employment base created the near eastside and is critical to its rebirth. It must be recognized, however, that the corridor cannot compete with suburban industrial parks that offer...0March 11, 2011

    Reinforce the Industrial Employment Base

  •   A busy regional corridor is not the best place for lower density housing, including single family homes and duplexes. They also don’t provide the necessary density required to support...0March 11, 2011

    Moderate-density Residential Along the Street

  • Transit activity promotes a nodal type of retail development, with core neighborhood-serving retail clustered around the places with the most pedestrian activity—where the transit stops are. The days of an...0March 11, 2011

    Grade-Level Retail at Transit Nodes

  • The remaining historic structures along East Washington Street are irreplaceable and highly important to surrounding neighborhoods. They represent a contract between generations and establish the legacy of a once-vibrant corridor....0March 11, 2011

    Integration and Reuse of Historic Structures

  • The value of the future East Washington Street isits unparalleled transit access and associated vibrant urban form. It won’t succeed by pretending to be suburban, and new development must embrace...0March 11, 2011

    Pedestrian Oriented Development

  • The East Washington Street Vision Plan is a bold story about the comprehensive revitalization of a corridor as old as the city itself. It seeks to partner economic revitalization with neighborhood revitalization in a manner that brings residents and jobs back, improves property values and tax base, improves ecological quality, and promotes the transformation of a struggling, degraded corridor into a vibrant, mixed-use urban address.
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    • Near Eastside Quality of Life Plan
    • Southeast Neighborhood Quality of Life Plan

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