OFFICIAL - IRS HQ construction

ignatius · Post by **ignatius** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:49 am

I was surprised to see a high crane. I expected 3-4 floor buildings. Why is it difficult to get rendereings of federal buildings? Powercat, have you tried requesting them from CDFM2?

The construction behind Union Station for the post office move is also much larger than I expected. They have taken up almost the entire lot behind the station.

Any Fed Reserve renderings out there as well?

jimmy · Post by **jimmy** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:54 pm

a second matching crane is up now also.

KCDevin · Post by **KCDevin** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:51 pm

actually since the site is so large, the cranes are tall to load heavier objects over longer distances... Simple science... Not because the buildings will be tall.

GRID · Post by **GRID** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:21 am

KCDevin wrote:actually since the site is so large, the cranes are tall to load heavier objects over longer distances... Simple science... Not because the buildings will be tall.

Devin, for once, you are right on

. They are only about ten stories high...

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:47 am

so 2 are up now....are there going to be 4 all together?

GRID · Post by **GRID** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:13 pm

New pics. There will be four tower cranes. Impressive. The garages are going up east of the Pershing Building and west of Union Station as well.

trailerkid · Post by **trailerkid** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:08 am

cool pics, man!

DAMN...this is a big project!

Highlander · Post by **Highlander** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:21 pm

Any chance these cranes will still be around when the H&R Block, Arena and Cordish Development get started in earnest? All of those cranes would make one hell of an impressive sight when driving along the DT interstates.

ignatius · Post by **ignatius** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:36 pm

ignatius · Post by **ignatius** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:30 pm

I thought the IRS center was suppose to have massive underground garages. They are already building the foundation at surface level.

Pork Chop · Post by **Pork Chop** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:54 pm

ignatius wrote:I thought the IRS center was suppose to have massive underground garages. They are already building the foundation at surface level.

The underground garage(s) will be on the opposite side of the pictures post above (along Pershing Road). I walked by there today and there is a very massive hole in the ground.

FangKC · Post by **FangKC** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:31 am

KCDowntown wrote:Does anyone else think it interesting that no one has seen a rendering of this project?

Personally, I kind of have a bad feeling about the way this is going to look. I have this feeling that since a lot of the space will only be used seasonally, that not a lot will go into the aesthetics of this project.

Anyhow, I hope that I'm wrong.

KCDowntown

Here's a rendering of the IRS Complex Annex:

I think we should start calling the annex "little brother," or even "mini-me."

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 7:41 am

wish we could see the rest of it....we saw this shot in Ingrams

Post by **chrizow** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:12 am

i am thrilled at the influx of 6,000 workers into that part of the city, but what a god-awful monolithic typically "government" style building. why does it have to look like a fortress? it has about as much curb appeal as the Allied-Signal plant in SKC.

KCDevin · Post by **KCDevin** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:39 pm

it's the IRS, we had to have expected something like this from them... However I like the facade...

The IRS were alot smarter than the federal reserve, building a low building in a low area, the Federal Reserve are gonna build a highrise on the highest point in the downtown area...

FangKC · Post by **FangKC** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:13 pm

I think the architects went for modern mirror image of the old structure. You can see that it has similar elements; it looks like the original building, but one that has been squished down by a press.

It does look like a prison though. Perhaps it is a subtle message that people shouldn't try and cheat on their taxes, or else they will end up in prison.

JBinKC · Post by **JBinKC** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 9:00 am

I think it looks considerably better than what I had imagined from the IRS...though they took the easy way out figuring no one could complain about the same design that has been there for 70 years.

Tosspot · Post by **Tosspot** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:06 pm

Friday, Sept. 24, 2004

Friday, Oct. 22, 2004

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ComandanteCero · Post by **ComandanteCero** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:04 pm

what is the new IRS building supposed to look like? anyone got any renderings?