The new curtain wall is almost done on the north and south faces of One Indiana Square. What do you think so far? (IBJ Photo/Robin
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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
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
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Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
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It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
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How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
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When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.
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Yet there are two more things Maurer can do...
1) Add a green roof above the lower portion of the building. It would do wonders!
2) Implement a complementing glass secion the rest of the building on the lower floors. No need for a stark contrast between the two!
One thought was that they were waiting to repair the broken windows before putting in the color.
The use of different colored glass is a way to add more visual interest to what is basically, as mheidelberger calls it above, a big box.
Compare this glass treatment to a house that has both brick and wood siding, a couch with an interesting pattern and different colored pillows, perhaps even the pinstriping on a car.
They're breaking up the space, giving the eye more to be stimulated by. It's now asymmetrical, which makes the viewer engage with the facade in a more purposeful way. The brain actually has to work a bit to figure out what's going on, and that makes it a more intriguing building. As you round the tower, the interest keeps building as the facade changes.
The architects may also be commenting on the proportions of the building. By shaving off a portion of the edge with the dark glass, they've created a leaner silhouette with the light blue. It helps create the illusion of a taller, more vertical tower.
Thank you for the great architectural explanation about the different colored glass. I cannot wait to see the tower completed.
It's a good curtain wall and remove's the most hideous piece of our skyline.
Next up, knock that idiotic glowstick off the Old National Building.
And here's the link to the images that Josh mentions above.
http://www.gensler.com/#projects/158
Speed up the pace before the insurance company paying for repairs goes bust or construction costs rise.
Get it done.
I do agree about screening and landscaping.
He has projects in Charlotte and New Orleans which are the same caliber of cities as Indy. Indy has no need for office space, but hotel-condos still has a demand. These are the same projects going up in the afore mentioned cities. Trump Indy has a cocky tone about it, don't you think?
I have no particular answers, just a list:
*The old city hall-state museum-interim library. Beautiful, but what practical use does it have - can it have?
*The VERY depressing and unattractive MSA site. Can we at least plant some grass? Put up green fencing? implode it...again?
*Empty, dark, and decaying office buildings )like the Consolidated, if I have the name right)
*Will the City Market make it? For a smaller scale and very successful urban market, look at Columbus Ohio's North Market
*An overcrowded and long-in-the-tooth CCB. It's a grim, monolithic dump
Too bad, because there IS activity on the fringes, like Lockerbie, new housing, the cultural trail, and Mass Ave.. Given that and the rehabbed tower -- there's something to build on -- ideas and inspiration anyone?
I fear my wallet isn't THAT fat, but I can get a deal on grass seed. If you have a rake and a shovel, let's hit the dirt! God knows Indy Parks doesn't have the moola.
How would you like to be one of the residents in the new housing next to the MSA site? Now THAT'S a city view for you! It would keep me from moving there. Anyone reading this live there? Isn't that depressing, especially considering your rent/mortgage?
Yes, grass would be an improvement, because for all practical purposes, and with this economy, that site will be barren for years. So why on earth bother with the Open Market project -- as if tearing down the 65 on-ramp bridge will make a difference? The bigger challenge is the MSA site and the blocks just to the east.