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I hope the city can pull off the purchase and the redevelopment of the Drake into an upgraded apartment building, with its own parking.
The museum needs to get back to being a museum and not a playground.
I agree with Kevin. I was a volunteer at the Children’s Museum back when the current building was constructed. At the time, the Museum big shots said that they considered moving to another location, but decided to stay in the old location as a way to support the neighborhood. Since then, it seems like they’ve been busy tearing down the neighborhood. Hope the redevelopment of the Drake proceeds.
Its a treasure the City can’t afford to lose. They have destroyed enough built history already. They can’t even afford to build something like this today.
Interesting that the Marion County Register of Historic Places forbids the demolition of a property on its list (at least without prior approval), whereas the U.S. Register of Historic Places is merely a list, as its name implies, with no guarantee that properties will not be protected from alteration, modernization, or even demolition.
Hope this building can be saved, renovated and reused. May the remaining vestiges of history along Meridian, which should be a fine and magnificent boulevard, be protected!
Certainly, the suburbanization of Meridian Street must end. Just say no to surface parking lots and blank face garages and fast food auto-oriented drive through design. Seek expanded residential uses throughout the corridor, particularly from Fall Creek to 38th.
The city overstepped it’s boundaries with this one.
Seems like a great opportunity to add some nice affordable housing to the Midtown area.
How do you figure these will be affordable after extensive repairs and upgrades?
Because the city is buying the building for the purpose of providing affordable workforce housing.
A private developer looking to maximize profit would of course charge whatever the market would bear and would consider the cost of repairs and upgrades in the return it could get whereas the city is not seeking to get the most profit possible out of the property and can help subsidize repairs.