St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church / St. Barts Apartments, Columbus, Indiana
While Richard Nickel identified water and stupid men as the two natural enemies of architecture, vacancy is a close third.
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Post Office, Columbus, Indiana
An incredible juxtaposition of the Columbus that was (the handsomely generic old post office) and the Columbus that is (the delightful AT&T switching center).
Public Library, Columbus, Indiana
A tidy Carnegie replaced with a pair of modernist icons.
Perry Stadium / Stadium Lofts, Indianapolis
One of the quirkier examples of adaptive reuse you’ll ever see: you can now live in the ballpark where baseball Hall-of-Famer Henry Aaron played for the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro Leagues.
Superior Chevrolet, Indianapolis
A multi-story car dealership and service center in prime urban renewal territory on the edge of Indianapolis’ downtown core—I’m a little surprised that this one hung on.