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This is on a much smaller scale, but the base of the fairfax building is being restored after having been "modernized."

It looks like a student project.

I've heard that it was because bits of it were falling off, so it was probably a liability issue. Seems like that's how a lot of crimes like this were justified, "We don't want to spend the money on maintaining our building so we're just going to ruin/bulldoze it."

I still wonder what the deal was with those first floors. Why were they intact?

I'm pretty sure there is still at least some detailing still under the stucco surface. I found this on the Emporis page for the building... "When SWBT sold the building in 1974, the new owners covered the original terra-cotta skin with a white plaster-like substance over a wire cage which had b...

Going back to Oak Tower itself, I recently went in the lobby of the building just to see what was in there. I was surprised to find that the room just to the right of the entrance is still decorated in art deco! They even have framed photos and blueprints of the building. I spoke to the one person w...

I hadn't heard of that one before! Yeah, I'll include it. Thanks for mentioning it

SW Bell actually did plan to enlarge the building with a twin on the McGee side and a tall gothic spire in between. It would have made it not only the largest building downtown, but also the tallest. There was also a plan in the late eighties to modify the "modernization" with vertical wi...

How recent is that last rendering?

I see. Thanks for clarifying!

I thought that area was going to be a pool/gym

Here's the same view via Google Earth

In the old picture, the Romanesque building in the top left corner with the tower is the old board of trade building. You can also see the junction of Main and Delaware behind the plane's left wing

No renders?

beautyfromashes wrote:Tetris!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8

I kinda like it, but only ironically. It looks like an old computer monitor.

I see it now. The fountain would be around the front of the plaza if it was all aligned right.

Sigh.

I think the three structures are aligned. The stairs ARE a mess though.

Well, that's disappointing.

Thanks for the Imgur advice though!