Can I rename this topic back to Nee Indigo Hotel (Holiday Inn)? I think that makes more sense.
It also has some large employers that are actively hostile towards urbanism and downtown.
which major employers are actively hostile? State & local gov? Or corporate businesses? Genuinely curious, I can only think of maybe a couple of examples.
Trust me. People don’t live in the Silicon Valley for the experience. Whether urban or suburban, they go there to be involved in the bleeding edge of innovation and to get rich while doing so. I grew up there, and coincidentally work for a company from there.
You just had to throw that 
out there didn’t you. Couldn’t leave that one alone. Sleeping 
lie and all that jazz. Smh
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No doubt, as you say many SV people aspire to get rich and/or work on bleeding edge stuff. Maybe 25% directly work on bleeding edge and maybe 10% get rich – if they get into a startup early enough and the company sustains its success. (An acquaintance of mine developed PowerPoint, sold it to Microsoft in 1987, and took stock instead of cash. It does happen.) But there are a lot of everyday jobs at those companies too, including the finance, HR, customer service, and operations minions. I’ve had open positions in SV and been through the experience of filling them. My point was that a company like Cisco in what was once a relatively undeveloped area of San Jose naturally saw RTP as a place to land. Now their second larges site.
Cisco originally came to Raleigh at Highwoods Tower off of Capital Blvd overlooking the Beltline. When they were deciding on a campus location, it was between Centennial Campus and RTP. They ultimately decided on RTP to be closer to the talent that was already there (think shooting fish in a barrel). In the early days of the campus, Cisco was “stealing” talent from IBM and Nortel.
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Yes, I was at Nortel at the time and many co-workers drove down the road to Cisco. Some are still there but most of us are retired.
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my mind!!! Hahaha no, I think I had just gotten used to the idea of it being knocked down for something more modern and mixed use (and taller/more attractive) to take its place, so that now I’ve gotten emotional whiplash from trying to update my thoughts and feelings on it. To keep somewhat consistent, I DO still think they should repaint the exterior a nice creamy pink and theme the interior 1960s Miami or something - think that would go a long way towards making it look prettier than it currently does.
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They have a 2 round tower Westin in Seattle. Sorry this was taken through the glass roof of my Tesla Lyft.
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Me too but they HAVE to repaint the exterior, full stop. The beige has got to go.
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Has anyone seen a rendering of the refreshed hair curler? Perhaps we are too early in the process to have them yet?
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Probably too early. I’m praying for a fresh coat of (DIFFERENT COLOR) paint, at the VERY least. Miami pink plzzzzzzz
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My hopes are beyond just paint, but I just don’t have any real expectations.
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Vintage is cool. So the Longleaf being from the 60s, the vintage/retro look they created is popular for those who like mid-century modern.
To avoid seeming like a copycat, the Indigo could draw inspiration from the fact it’s from the 70s and have a very different feel. A little google searching found a retro 70s hotel in London that apparently has gotten some good press: https://www.laurashumbleabode.com/laurashumbleabode/tthe-standard-london-the-1970s-design-hotel-of-dreams
I kinda like it. Granted, it’s only retro 70s on the interior. But it’s an interesting inspiration.
There’s another in Nashville, but I think they went a bit overboard with the orange/brown/yellow theme: https://www.venuereport.com/blog/this-new-retro-themed-nashville-hotel-is-giving-us-some-serious-70s-vibes/
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The Standard in Miami Beach is also retro 70s; it even has macrame. I completely agree!
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Can’t wait to see inside this landmark after the renovation. Will that be a restaurant up top again?
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Presumably but it’s been pretty quiet. Weren’t they supposed to have released renderings by now?
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from that article above and who will operate the restaurant. Here is their restaurant in Charlotte at the Marriott hotel that is on UNC Charlotte’s campus. I have eaten there it is pretty good.
https://www.goldenowltavern.com/
“Sage Hospitality Group, based in Denver, is managing the future Hotel Indigo. Sage has not provided details regarding the 20th-floor restaurant. Sage lists a number of restaurants and bars that it owns and manages across the country. On the East Coast, those include Golden Owl Tavern in Charlotte; Braddock’s Rebellion in Pittsburgh; Peregrin, Bowerbird Savannah, Emporium Kitchen & Wine Market and The Wayward Bar in Savannah, Georgia; and The Study in Alexandria, Virginia.”
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