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What a joke. This should constitute a taking.
It does not, and this has been held up repeatedly through legal rulings. A taking would require preventing them from doing anything with the property, and they can still do things with the property.
If this building is truly “historic” and deserved protection, the IHPC would have given it that designation long before now. Because its move to do so now, on the heels of the Children’s Museum plan to raze the dilapidated structure, makes its johnny-come-lately actions suspect. Of course, the IHPC members could prove me wrong by ponying up their personal funds to buy and renovate the building if they think it is so important.
Boohoo. Not every building that qualifies for historic preservation has been designated as such, and the IHPC has full legal authority to be as “John-Come-Lately” as it pleases. Also, the IHPC members decide if a building meets historic preservation status criteria or it does not, they do not need to “pony up” jack that is not how the process works.
Here is the real deal. The Children’s Museum is a large organization that has a HUGE amount of money. Moreover, it has the privilege (and it is a privilege) of non-profit tax status, which means it is legally obligated to provide a public benefit since it lives off the public’s subsidy. The Children Museum may think tearing down the neighborhood for its parking and real estate schemes is the easiest path to take, but it does not always get to do what it wants, and I am glad to see some people finally standing up to it.
Good. I fully support IHPC on this matter. A parking lot is a waste of space there and it is clear that TCM had no other intentions for this site.
The Drake is no more dilapidated than many other buildings that have been renovated and restored for continuing use. The so called effort that the museum went through to renovate the Drake was to provide cover for their ultimate goal of demolishing it. They did not demolish the Stutz home for future parking. Why? They knew that the community would be outraged. The Museum is a wonderful institution that does not need to ride roughshod over the neighborhood. They have plenty of parking lots.
Great news. Yes it’s sort of “last minute” but remember “action…followed by reaction.” This building has so much going for it – beautiful period architecture, size, location (now on the Red Line) etc. It’s time that Indianapolis stopped tearing down its quality, historic buildings. And Jeffrey D C. is absolutely right – numerous buildings of character in the area, some in worse shape, have been successfully brought back to sustainable life.
And if this happens, I hope the Children’s Museum sues to maintain its rights as the property owner. If the IHPC wants to preserve the Drake, it can buy it.
The Children’s Museum can afford lawyers who understand that would be a LOSING lawsuit. It is legal, and this process has been upheld by the courts. If it happens, then the TCM will have to figure out how to use the property with the Drake on it. That’s life.
Or move it. The precedent exists in the form of the Ambassador apartments, which were in the St. Joseph Historic District and were moved out of the way of the Central Library expansion.
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Yes, please. This building can, and should be saved.
My memory is that the Ambassador was not moved; the library expansion plan was changed to accommodate the Ambassador where it was built.
If the IHPC really wants to save this property they should buy it. The IHPC is not about preservation but about stopping the future.
If you are following this conversation – this has been announced in the IBJ:
The Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission voted 8-0 (with an abstention by Bruce Stauffer) to approve a pair of resolutions adding emergency protection to the 91-year-old Drake Apartments building at 3060 N. Meridian St.
Everyone in this discussion should read the well-stated editorial by Sheila Suess Kennedy, p. 15A of Sept. 6 print copy of the IBJ – “Time to hit pause button on Drake demolition.” She describes the ever expanding developments and how they’re impacting on the area.