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Don't know if you've seen this, and don't know if this is the best forum for this, but kind of interesting...

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?c431

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Its amazing that right now there are only 7 structures in Indianapolis taller than the new control tower. Its also amazing that between 1988 and 1990 four of the six tallest structures in Indianapolis were completed.

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You might also be interested to know that Indy has some of the tallest buildings in the Midwest. If you don't count Chicago, there's one building in Cleveland taller than the Chase (Bank One) building. Other than that, there's no taller building anywhere west of the Appalachians and east of the Rockies.

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I'd love to see a picture of the Indianapolis skyline from 1985 and compare it to a photo from 2005. Better yet... 1980 to 2005. You probably wouldn't recognize the city. I say 1980 because there was no dome and the city still had MSA.

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Location: Lexington ky

whats amazing is louisville is biulding a skycraper at tall as the chase tower i think

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Yes, developers are planning Museum Plaza in Louisville. As designed, it would be 0.9 meters taller than the Chase Tower to the roof (no coincidence, I think), but it wouldn't come close to exceeding Chase Tower's total height with the spires figured in. It's projected to be finished in 2010. I personally doubt it will be built at all, but if it does, it probably won't be completed by then. It's really ambitious for a city with a metro-area population of about 1.4 million. It would have to be adding at least 400,000 square feet of office space and need to sell probably 200 or more condos. It would also have trouble attracting the retail component, as Louisville's downtown is really not very vibrant yet. Cool looking building, though, very unusual. http://www.museumplaza.net

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Location: Lexington ky

thanks for the link now that would be kool for indy where msa was i think we could support that

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I don't think Indy is ready for anything that funky.

BTW, did you know that the American Institute of Architects ranks cities in the U.S. for their architectural significance? Chicago, NYC, DC, San Fran, and Boston are the top 5 cities. Guess what's sixth...

Columbus, Indiana.

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Location: Lexington ky

i know columbus is known for that stuff i didnt know they where that high

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Yep. Pretty good company for little ol' Columbus. This was from a 1991 survey of a few hundred AIA members, IIRC.

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Saw the report about Columbus in the news recently, it surprised my to find that out. Good to hear though.