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Are they empty now? Are there immediate plans to construct something new on the site? I haven't been keeping up on this and the story is pretty short. Just curious if anyone knows.
 
Yes the School of Education moved to University Hall. The Scool of Business to Federal Hall (The former Federal building at 7th and Cherry) Both were incredible renovations ... both now named. Bayh for Education. Scott for biz.
 
Are they gonna wait until Homecoming? What an event...we should've torched those ugly concrete pillars back in the early 70's...what was it back then, just pour the concrete and not worry about campus architectural heritage? Same thing happened @ HC...surely there was a starving Italian sculptor somewhere in Indiana?
 
bent20 said:
Are they empty now? Are there immediate plans to construct something new on the site? I haven't been keeping up on this and the story is pretty short. Just curious if anyone knows.
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They are mostly empty now that Scott College of Business has moved to Federal Hall.

The original plan was to implode them, but I heard that the Eugene V. Debbs historical society was too worried about ground shaking, so they will have to be demo'd... Originally, they planned to put the football stadium over that way... but that has changed now. No big plans that I'm aware of.
 

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Eleven said:
They are mostly empty now that Scott College of Business has moved to Federal Hall.

The original plan was to implode them, but I heard that the Eugene V. Debbs historical society was too worried about ground shaking, so they will have to be demo'd... Originally, they planned to put the football stadium over that way... but that has changed now. No big plans that I'm aware of.
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Why don't they move the Debs Home/Museum to Fairbanks Park to join Paul Dresser's memorial? Given their political backgrounds, they'd likely be good neighbors.
 
Eleven said:
They are mostly empty now that Scott College of Business has moved to Federal Hall.

The original plan was to implode them, but I heard that the Eugene V. Debbs historical society was too worried about ground shaking, so they will have to be demo'd... Originally, they planned to put the football stadium over that way... but that has changed now. No big plans that I'm aware of.
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Is there/would there be enough room to put a football stadium on the Statesmen Towers "footprint?"

Seems like it would be difficult to 'wedge' it in w/out a LOT of street re-routing and dirt movement
 
The stadium location is basically a done deal it would seem, so not much point in debating it now. I like the idea of it being on 3rd Street where people will see it as they drive into town.
 
bent20 said:
The stadium location is basically a done deal it would seem, so not much point in debating it now. I like the idea of it being on 3rd Street where people will see it as they drive into town.
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It's absolutely going to be across US-41 now... but before the plans changed, the stadium was going to be on the east side of campus.. that's why they were buying up the houses in that neighborhood.
 
The oil wells are "alleged" to be near that side of campus, I think. Anyone else ever thought that if those wells took off and brought in a fortune, that the stadium might be one of the things on the "wish" list?
 

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Eleven said:
It's absolutely going to be across US-41 now... but before the plans changed, the stadium was going to be on the east side of campus.. that's why they were buying up the houses in that neighborhood.
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Aren't there still several business they would need to buy before anything could be done over there?
 
bent20 said:
The stadium location is basically a done deal it would seem, so not much point in debating it now. I like the idea of it being on 3rd Street where people will see it as they drive into town.
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Plus, it opens a new campus developmental corridor which includes the Wabash River...something hard to buy! What's that so-called "river" that runs thru the IU campus...the Jordan? :)
 
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I serve on a board at the Scott College of Business, and I heard this from a faculty member: one of the main reasons delaying the announcement of the plans to demolish the towers was a rare bird had made it's nest on the roof of one of the towers. Some conservation society or state agency would not allow the demolision of the towers until the bird and it's nest could be safely relocated. I'm not sure what kind of bird this was, but it was rare enough to halt any plans for the buildings.

I have no idea if the bird is still up there, but I'm guessing that situation has been taken care of. Just thought it was an interesting story...
 

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Sounds like a good plan to me. If they're not needed and they're costing money to just sit there unused, why keep them?
 
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