On this nasty Friday, I've got a few updates on previous posts. Hope everyone
has a nice weekend. Here goes:
What was Flagstar thinking?
Flagstar Bank has added yet another sign outside its new home downtown at One North Penn. The sign atop the building wasn't well received by Property Lines readers. And the new, blade-style sign has small letters facing sideways (see image). Does this look good? Branch manager Dawn Beery said local employees didn't get any say in the sign decisions; those calls were made at the bank's headquarters in Troy, Mich.
Downtown Dunkin a done deal?
Dunkin Donuts has filed permits for its new location in the old Panda Express at Washington and Pennsylvania streets downtown.
The chain will take 1,700 square feet in the building and is considering design options for the structure. One option is a
retro-style design that incorporates the old Roselyn Bakery sign and includes neon Dunkin signs on a stainless steel facade.
Another new tenant, print supplier Cartridge World, is taking the former Jewelry Doctor space in the same building. The original
post is here.
Groundbreaking set for Cosmopolitan
Flaherty & Collins Properties plans a March 4 formal groundbreaking for its $33 million Cosmopolitan on the Canal. The project calls for 218 apartments, 18,000 square feet of retail space
and a 338-space parking garage on a site bordered by the canal, Senate Avenue, Michigan Street and North Street. The project
won $2.7 million in city incentives.
Sexy time coming soon
The Mass Ave restaurant formerly known as Scholar's Inn is on schedule to open in March, said Lyle Feigenbaum, who owns S.I.
with his wife. A renovation began in January to transform the
space into Scholar’s Inn Restaurant & Lounge, or S.I., which also stands for Sexy & Intimate. S.I. also is getting a new
chef: Jake Brenchley. A soft opening is set for March 12 with a grand opening of March 21.
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Any word on if S.I--or whatever their name is--will still have 1/2 priced martini night?
WHY O WHY would they but a sign like this up. Looks like they used an old pole sign. THE LETTERS SHOULD BE UPRIGHT!!!. See Huntington sign in background. This show what happens when somebody that’s NEVER BEEN IN THIS CITY makes a decisions. MDC must be voting with one hand and taking the money in the other.
Dunkin Donuts Retro store would ROCK!!! That corner. And a BIG ROTATING DONUT IN NEON. LOVING IT.....
S.I. Sexy & Intimate??? Why dose my mind hear sticky & dirty. Kind of like when I hear the words Brads Gold Club.
Great job...
PS: Maybe on Friday's they can have a persond dressed up as Rich Uncle Pennybags. You know the Monopoly Guy, he can stand at the intersection I have read that is great advertising.
I hope the Flagstar management sees it. When I read that Flagstar had also submitted for approval of a blade sign, I was thinking of how sleek and well-designed the Huntington sign turned out to be. I thought oh, Flagstar can really redeem themselves after that mistake up top.
Wrong again.
And you guys want to make that corner WORSE with a tacky Dunkin' sign? Gimme a break.
People look down their noses at (for example) Carmel's efforts to create a certain consistent aesthetic with their downtown, then suggest that Indy do the exact same thing.
Case number 2007DV3052
PetitionType VARIANCE
Disposition AP
Final Decision Date 2007-08-21 00:00:00.0
Exp. Date Temp. App.
Petitioner Name ONE NORTH PENN LLC
Comments BY NANCY LONG - VARIANCE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS of the Sign Regulations to provide for a 40-square foot projecting, lower-level building identification sign (maximum 24-square foot projecting sign permitted), between the heights of 17 feet and 48 feet (lower-level building identification signs not permitted above 26 feet in height), on the southwest corner of the building, being the third lower-level building identification sign for the same tenant on a corner lot (maximum one lower-level building identification sign permitted per tenant, per street frontage).
Staff Rec. AP
Entry Date 2007-08-15 00:00:00.0
Staff Planner JYORK
MDC Date
Variance Type DV
BZA Date 2007-09-25 00:00:00.0
Zoning CBD1 RC
Address 1 N PENNSYLVANIA ST
Conditions N
HOV Date
Board 3
IHPC Date
Hearing Date
neon sign and the ugly flagstar sign. Dont get yourselves confused and try
to point how ironic it must be.
I'm not anti-sign, I'm anti-blight. At the intersection of two 25-mph streets downtown there is no need for a sign scaled to be read from a passing car a quarter-mile away at 65 mph. Also, there is a different community standard regarding light pollution today.
As posters on this blog are often wont to point out, just because it's old doesn't mean we should keep it.
They're the ones that ultimately allowed. Does Acorn own that building?
Sign? What sign? is the best revenge.