Our Inside Irvington Neighborhood tour–part of our Inside 465 series in partnership with the Urban Land Institute–started off on October 8 with an optional home tour in this adorable bungalow on E. New York St.
Our official meeting place, however, was Black Acre Brewing Co. We spent about a half hour there, just long enough to catch the beginning of a Slow Food Indy meeting.
From Black Acre, we wandered down to the Irvington Lofts to hear from Patrick Kestner from One 10 Studio and to take a quick tour of one of the units.
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We also got to see this rendering of the soon to be Coal Factory, a mixed use building that will be developed a few blocks south of Washington St.
Then near the Bonna Shops, Margaret Lawrence Banning from the Irvington Development Organization and Vishant Shah from Foundation East both took a few minutes to tell us about what it’s like to be a part of the Irvington community. We won’t get into details, but it’s possible there were a few tears shed.
Then while walking along the Pennsy Trail, we came across Coal Yard Coffee, a cafe/art gallery–that even some of the Irvington natives didn’t know about. But they were ready for us!
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We finished in what was once Lazy Daze Cafe but is now prime real estate right across the street from Bookmamas, Q Artistry and Lodge Design. In this last stop, we got the inside scoop with Bryan Luellen on new things to come with IndyGo.
We were very pleased with how the event turned out and are excited about kicking off a full series spring 2015. But definitely there are a few places we mean to go back to in Irvington first. (We’re sneaking in Izzy & Es. and James Dant even though we didn’t have a chance to go inside because really you should know about those shops.)
