Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: January 1, 2014
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace
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 […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: January 1, 2013
Categories: AES Indiana Project Greenspace
ARLINGTON AVENUE AND STAUGHTON DRIVE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT This project will accomplish: DESIGN PROCESS Reclaimed 1950s pavers, PUP Bush Stadium seating, functional artistic elements and native plants and trees are all incorporated into this design to promote the reuse of materials. Partnerships with w/Purpose, IndyGo, the Department of Public Works, BWI Development, People for […]
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NORTHWEST CORNER OF BEECHER AND SINGLETON STREETS, APPROX. 1829-1899 SINGLETON ST. IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT This project will accomplish: DESIGN PROCESS Working from the design, the primary focus for the summer was prepping the space for planting in the fall. Much work was completed by Vaughn Demolition to clean up the lots, improve the soil […]
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2927 PARK AVENUE, 46205 This area formerly lacked open greenspace for residents to participate in recreation activities, host neighborhood and family gatherings and ultimately have immediate access for improvements in their everyday quality of life. IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT This project will accomplish: DESIGN PROCESS KIB will work with Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation (MFCDC) to […]
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BROOKSIDE PARKWAY SOUTH AND PARKER ST. The Paramount Peace Park is a tree-canopy-art-park located at the corner of Brookside Parkway South Drive, and Nowland Avenue. Each year, new art pieces created by local artists will be woven into the canopy, allowing park-goers to become aware of our human connection to nature as their eyes are drawn […]
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6200 E. WASHINGTON ST. In 2012, the Irvington Terrace neighborhood was awarded an IPL Project GreenSpace grant from KIB for their vision of a community gathering space along the Pennsy Trail. This space is intended to raise awareness of the underused Pennsy Trail and to provide the community with a gathering space for neighborhood events. KIB worked with […]
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BROOKSIDE AVE, E. 12TH ST AND ARSENAL AVE. KIB is working with the Windsor Park Neighborhood Association (WPNA) to restore this pocket park to the former beauty and amenities that the park once had 100 years ago after George Kessler designed the space as part of the Brookside Parkway. The triangle park will add to […]
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14 N. OXFORD STREET (BEHIND 23 N. RURAL ST, THE COMMONWEALTH There is a well-established community garden behind the newly restored Former IPS School 3 Building, now called The Commonwealth. This building will house 32 mixed-income apartments. Both the garden and the apartments were developed by Englewood Christian Church. This pocket park project is the […]
