Bike Life Photos: Street Names on the Sidewalks

I've seen these kinds of sidewalk street markers in a handful of other cities and I've always thought it was a really cool idea. Looks like someone had the same idea in Indianapolis a while ago, though they didn't get very far with it. They're not exactly the same, but for some reason they remind me of old-school, tiled New York subway signs.

All of these signs are in the area around Fall Creek Pkwy. and 24th/25th Sts.
This last photo shows a sidewalk sign in relation to the intersection (strangely, the signs are oriented so you have your back to the street in order to read the street name). You'll also notice another example of those old Indianapolis curbs.

I should mention that I originally noticed these signs while I was on my "Bike Life" experiment last month. It's amazing what you'll notice around this city when you get out of your car.

Photo: The Cosmo's Crown

If you stumbled upon this post looking for information about the Cosmopolitan fire on March 12, 2009, information and photos can be found here and here.

The frame for the corner peak on the Cosmopolitan just went up yesterday.

(Sorry for the quality. My camera doesn't seem to like hazy days.)

Photos: Fairbanks Hall Completion

Fairbanks Hall appears largely complete. Its official opening is scheduled for September but from the look of the parking lot -- yes, unfortunately we have a brand new, enormous, gated surface parking lot to go with this building -- it seems that there are already quite a few people working there. Below is a look at the exterior. You can read more detailed information about the building and compare these photos to earlier construction photos here.

I'm not sure if there will be public access to the interior of this building but I'll see if I can get inside to capture some pictures in the future.

Photo: Zing Gets Backhoed

Anybody know what's going on here? Who's got a good caption? Let me know in the comments!

(A commenter over at IBJ Property Lines indicated that this backhoe was for the installation of a brick pizza oven in the kitchen. I love brick oven pizza, so I hope that's true.)

Photos: Cosmopolitan on the Canal Construction Update

If you stumbled upon this post looking for information about the Cosmopolitan fire on March 12, 2009, information and photos can be found here and here.

Looking South on Senate, Watermark
Condos in the foreground-right.

Last week they started pouring concrete for some of the canal-level structures. Unfortunately, it's pretty tough to get any pictures of it with the construction barriers in place. Once it begins to rise above the barriers, I'll post some pictures. See earlier renderings, construction photos and information here.