The 4 is intended to represent the future hotel on West. I suggested they add Devereux Meadows to the presentation for next time.
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Maybe somebody else can merge the proposed Zimmer model and a massing of Kane Phase III into this shot. What an entrance into DTR that would make! 
Markers for those that may not be as familiar with the proposed locations.
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Here’s my attempt Dylan… I dumped into PPT, then drew shapes, then took a photo of my screen with my iphone. That’s why it’s so grainy. Personally, if we were going to have 2 towers here, I’d like for there to be some variation. First of all, I don’t want them the same height. Let one be several floors taller than the other. Secondly, I’d prefer for them to not both be pushed to Peace. Both have extended pedestals and I’d like one of those towers forward toward Peace and the other pushed back from Peace on its pedestal.
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Huh, got to say, I am not sure I like the Mordor Castle Gates look.
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Now we just need that barn-like building across the street to be rezoned. Anyone know what property that is?
State property I believe. Going to be a park and a possible 20 story building.
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Haha, though if you’re going nerd, go full nerd. It most closely resembles the Argonath statues in Fellowship.
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I do like that better.
Now that’s the kind of unique architecture we need downtown!
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Honestly, this is probably more likely anyway - aside from the incredibly misleading click-bait headlines from N&O and IndyWeek, we currently have zero reason to believe Kane wants to go all the way to the full 40 story limit. He might just want to do 25-30 stories, but still needs to apply for 40 story rezoning because of our asinine height limit guidelines.
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Agreed. I would think that the city could put conditions on any rezoning request if they wanted to do that. Frankly, I wouldn’t be disappointed if the city came back and capped Kane’s phase 3 at, say, 350 feet if they approved the other corner as proposed.
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“Think of the terrible shadows the statues will cast”
— Old Man Proudfoot of Oakwoodshire
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I thought there were early massings that Kane put out just to demonstrate what building may be structured like. Seemed to show 40 storys
#TouristAttraction (belongs in different thread, haha)
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I recall a massing that was a singular tower on a pedestal of retail and parking. The tower was on the Peace side of the pedestal with some sort of public amenity on the roof of the other side of the pedestal. I don’t recall seeing anything confirming that it was indeed 40 stories or if it was just associated with the rezoning request of DX40.
I was thinking the same thing.
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Reminds me of 4th St. in Downtown LA. A quasi-freeway snaking between high rises built after the Bunker Hill slum clearance of the 1950s-60s. It’s tall, but it sure as heck ain’t urban.
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Can we turn them so they are “high fiveing” over Capital, giving us an triumphant arch entrance to DT?
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