Capital Improvement Board set to buy Pan Am Tower for $10.5M

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12 thoughts on “Capital Improvement Board set to buy Pan Am Tower for $10.5M

  1. If any downtown building needs a facelift, this is it. I just screams “I was built in the 80s” and not in a good way. It definitely will not fit in with its new surroundings…the ultra-modern Signia and the recent new facade on the Convention Center.

    1. Yep, this was built in a hurry to justify the ice skating rinks that were also built in a hurry all for the PanAm games. At least we got our 37 years out of it as a place holder. It will come down later, as another piece of the city financed hotel project. Can’t be in another hurry and create another B building just to say we did.

    2. This building was “blah” from Day One. As the other posts concurred, it was a means to an end. It will never make any list of potential architecturally significant buildings — it’s about as insignificant as you can get. If it’s to be repurposed, at least get rid of those goofy gables up top. Always tacky and out of place. They’ve always looked like flimsy props you’d see on a theater stage.

  2. sorry, I’m not a fan of the glass and steel curtain buildings of the style proposed for the Old City Hall project, either the first proposal or the current. Or the new Signia being built for the Convention Center. The PanAm building complements St. John’s Church just up the street. I prefer brick and limestone to those gleaming monstrosities.

  3. For everyone in the comments who thinks this building (I don’t, it looks… fine I guess) it appears to be of curtain wall construction and could have its facade replaced like the regions tower has had twice now.

  4. Most buildings in Indianapolis are blah. Unremarkable architecture. Salesforce and Conrad are exceptions.

    But Indianapolis is not alone. A much larger downtown Denver include many more tall buildings but all of uninspiring design.

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