The second- and third-floor parking levels of the Indianapolis Public Schools headquarters will remain surrounded on
three sides by a chain-link fence at least until the spring, a school district official said today. The unsightly fence will
come down next year, but it isn't clear yet what will replace it. The limestone that previous hid the parking levels was removed
so workers could shore up the structure. Replacing the stone could be prohibitively expensive for the financially strapped
school district, adding another $1 million or more to the $2.3 million project. Any ideas for what they could do?
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Welcome to Property Lines, Indy's source for neighborhood real estate news. Your host is Scott Olson, IBJ's real estate beat
reporter. Edited by Cory Schouten.
The second- and third-floor parking levels of the Indianapolis Public Schools headquarters will remain surrounded on
three sides by a chain-link fence at least until the spring, a school district official said today. The unsightly fence will
come down next year, but it isn't clear yet what will replace it. The limestone that previous hid the parking levels was removed
so workers could shore up the structure. Replacing the stone could be prohibitively expensive for the financially strapped
school district, adding another $1 million or more to the $2.3 million project. Any ideas for what they could do?
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We loved lakehouse and think the Arbor Village would be a great location. It is less than 2 miles from over 1000 rooftops in the 225,000 to over 1 million range. Many people could use the great fishers trail system to bike or walk there. Just an idea Scotty -- but maybe something closer to 3 Wiseman would good. The only microbrew in area is Ram (boring)
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And, what was done with the limestone that was removed? Could it have been salvaged?
relies on government money.
No way for ground retail, it is filled with offices and where they hold
school board meetings.
The building is strange because the parking garage is in the middle of the
building, between levels of offices.
When hoosiers stop crying about taxes, I'm sure a nice decorative exterior
can replace the holes.
This is a catch-22. The building is an ugly brutalist structure with the panels on. It's an ugly modification to take them off.
How about re-using the black windows and panels being removed from the old INB tower? Or EIFS panels with another Wyland mural all the way around?
The new owner could have demolished the structure, turned it into parking, and waited until the market was better for a new building. While I think that surface parking lots are a scourge on the downtown landscape, in this case it would have been a blessing.
Anyway, It's IS a B**t ugly building and it needs to be wiped of the face of the earth before it don's anymore harm to the world of architecture.