Fountain Square Neighborhood Association

Improving quality of life and cooperation among residents in the historic Fountain Square neighborhood of Indianapolis.

[LiterateIndy @LiterateIndy]

Fountain Square, 1910.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Paris, a city of 2.161 million people, within the footprint of Indianapolis, a city of 880,000 people.

[JR Urbane Network @JRUrbaneNetwork]

Heading to Zhangjiajie W Railway Station a few days ago. I find a taxi and while driving the driver asks me when my train is. I tell him and he says: "oh you're early, can I change my taxi's battery? it's on the way, takes 10 mins?" I said sure... 🧵On my Chinese EV adventure.

[Fountain Square Neighborhood Association @FSNAin]

@luvv_nafs @Hermes2110 @PVNKTHVG Confucianism

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

40 diners takes the space of 3 parked cars and I’m supposed to believe removing this is better for the local economy?

[Fountain Fletcher District @FFDAIndy]

📢 Important public meeting! 📢

@FSNAin
@_FletcherPlace
@GarfieldPkNbors
@BatesHendricks
@NorthSquareNA
@IndyPedCrisis

[Indy Cultural Trail @INCulturalTrail]

The goldenrod are looking bright & beautiful right now along the Cultural Trail on W. Walnut street!

Did you know that goldenrod is a superstar pollinator plant?
These vibrant yellow flowers are a favorite among bees and butterflies, providing them with nectar & pollen. 🐝🦋

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

There were 38 million trips between the Los Angeles and Phoenix metro areas in 2010, with the car-to-air travel ratio being nearly 50/50. If a direct rail route along the I-10 corridor operated at 150 mph, it would be 3.5 hours quicker than driving and competitive with flying.

[Fountain Square Neighborhood Association @FSNAin]

Surprised that insurance company lawyers havent leaned harder on the “negligence requires more than lack of intention” argument as they have for so many other insurance cases.

[Fountain Square Neighborhood Association @FSNAin]

Excited for tomorrow’s annual fletcher place yard sale starting 8am!!!

[Coby @Cobylefko]

A seemingly small, but significant impact on how we perceive our cities is how storefronts meet the street.

Though it's good that more places are encouraging mixed-use, execution often leaves a lot to be desired. As these two images show, simply having mixed-use isn't enough.

[Harman Idema @HarmaninToronto]

It’s back to school again for Dutch kids as well!

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

Hong Kong is building public housing on an exclusive golf course despite loud opposition from wealthy members — a reflection of how old business elites are losing political sway https://t.co/7ttwePf0oz

[Fountain Square Neighborhood Association @FSNAin]

New car dependency apologetics just dropped

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

There is basically nowhere for delivery drivers to park these large trucks in DC. They’re doing the best they can under the circumstances

[cars.destroyed.our.cities @CarsRuinedCity]

Maps of Brooklyn’s subway, light rail and streetcar networks, 93 years apart.

#Brooklyn #NYC

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

In the early 1990s, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado was stationed in Rwanda to cover the genocide, an experience that left him traumatized.

In 1994, upon returning to his home in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sebastião hoped to find solace in the lush green forest of his childhood. Instead, he discovered that his home had transformed into a dusty, barren land stretching for miles, devoid of any wildlife.

"The land was as sick as I was. Only about 0.5% of the land was covered in trees," he remarked.

At this time, his wife, Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado, proposed that they embark on the ambitious journey of replanting the entire forest. Sebastião supported the idea, and together, over the course of the next 20 years, they planted an astonishing 2.7 million trees.

Their efforts resulted in the rejuvenation of 1,500 acres of rainforest, and the site eventually became home to 293 plant species, 172 bird species, and 33 animal species, some of which were on the brink of extinction.