Fountain Square Neighborhood Association

Fountain Square, 1910.

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

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.

@luvv_nafs @Hermes2110 @PVNKTHVG Confucianism

@Hermes2110 @PVNKTHVG And can you put a link to Ru for finding more information later? I wasn’t able to find it with a Google search.

The japan and China thing is always funny especially japan. All they do is ask Japanese people "are you religious". The Japanese lack any native word for "religious," so one was invented that basically means "religious extremists"

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

📢 Important public meeting! 📢 @FSNAin @_FletcherPlace @GarfieldPkNbors @BatesHendricks @NorthSquareNA @IndyPedCrisis

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. 🐝🦋

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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 trib.al/H5PlWKX

New car dependency apologetics just dropped

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

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.