Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: January 16, 2014
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace
858 NORTH PARKER The near east side is an area of high crime, low income, low home ownership, abandoned houses, decaying sidewalks, litter, and high weeds. In 2006, a mass murder of a family of seven occurred. Despite this, homeowners are working to turn the area around. The City created a TIF District, with funds […]
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2411 NORTH RURAL STREET Living Well Urban Farm hosted the community garden to provide garden plots, workshops and produce to neighbors in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood. Their mission is to educate and motivate, through demonstration, urban farming techniques. This work will exemplify that mission and create a large space for neighbors to gather and for the […]
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FAIRFIELD AND 34TH ST NEAR THE DOUBLE 8 FOOD STORE KIB collaborated with a local non-profit, IndyTilth to install native trees, shrubs and perennials and a large rain garden at the Double 8 Food Store near Fairfield and 34th Street in the Mapleton-Fall Creek Neighborhood. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT This project will accomplish: DESIGN […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: January 1, 2014
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace
48 SOUTH WEBSTER IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROEJCT This project will accomplish: WORK STATUS This work is complete. Stop by to check out the new greenspace! DONATE Continued success of projects like this depends on our sponsors and individuals like you. Consider donating to Keep Indianapolis Beautiful.
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2301 NORTH PARK AVENUE The Oaks Academy was established without much of a playground or any outdoor amenities. They approached KIB to build a pocket park / arboretum / outdoor classroom on the vacant lots across the alley from the school building. The City of Indianapolis is selling the land behind the school for them […]
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36TH & WATSON RD This project revitalized a neglected pocket park in the heart of a neighborhood undergoing renovation. New, young, energetic residents teamed with long-term, mostly elderly residents to make this park a focal point for neighborhood activities. IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT This project will accomplish: DESIGN PROCESS A landscape architect and friend of […]
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10833 EAST 56TH STREET, LAWRENCE This very active environmentally oriented school has a huge natural play area and plantings behind the school. They have done amazing things with this area in the past 10 years. They also want to add a fruit orchard and community garden area. But this project is for a quiet reading […]
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SOUTHWEST CORNER OF VIRGINIA AVE AND MERRILL ST IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT This project will help accomplish: DESIGN PROCESS The planting of this amazing greenspace along the Cultural Trail in the Fletcher Place neighborhood was completed on November 16th 2013, with a spring bulb planting and putting the planted landscape to bed for winter. Two […]
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2305 E. NEW YORK ST. In 2014, KIB will work with Westminster Neighborhood Ministries to transform four lots on the southeast corner of New York St. & Beville Ave. into a pocket park for the local community, to complement Westminster’s new adult services community center. The space will serve as a defined gathering space for […]
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4133 MATHEWS AVENUE A partnership between KIB, the University Heights Neighborhood Association (UHNA), and the University of Indianapolis will transform the former site of a vacant apartment building into a community pocket park and greenspace. The park will serve to focal point for neighborhood get together, offer teaching opportunities about native plants and the natural […]
