Barrister Building and the Indiana Parking Garage from the City Market.
Barrister Building from the East.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Indianapolis Architecture - Barrister Building / Indiana Parking Garage
Barrister building was built in 1925 and the Indiana Parking Garage was built in 1930. The Indiana Parking garage is unique in a few aspects. First of all, it is the oldest remaining parking garage of it's size. It is also the only parking garage in Indianapolis that has a certain degree of architectural significance, including windows. A parking garage with architectural distinctiveness, gee, what a concept.
Barrister Building and the Indiana Parking Garage from the City Market.
Barrister Building from the East.
Barrister Building and the Indiana Parking Garage from the City Market.
Barrister Building from the East.
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Wow, awesome! By complete coincidence, I was just on that block of Market on Sunday and snapped some pictures of things around there, including the Indiana Parking Garage. That is a VERY cool garage, if there is such a thing. I'm pretty sure I had never been on that block (between Penn and Delaware) on foot before and I was blown away by how many interesting architectural styles and interesting elements there are. I still haven't even uploaded the pictures to my computer but I hope to post a collection at some point.
And by the way, I love all the photos you've been posting, even if I don't comment on all the posts.
Thanks for the compliment! I walk that stretch almost everyday and I really like it. It's not a vibrant lively street or anything like that (mostly banks and law offices), but it is a nice break from the Jail, CCB, and the bail bonds places that I also have to look at everyday. The garage has a lot of personality to it; including original tiles and my personal favorite, a nuclear fallout shelter sign. I wish that some of the garages around downtown would have followed their example.
Check out the Test Building, SW corner of Monument Circle and Market. It's a parking garage too:
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/indianapolis/testbuilding.htm
Wow! I guess I was asleep at the wheel when I said "the only parking garage"; luckily I was in a parking garage at the time ;). Thanks for that link, it was interesting and informative. It's pretty amazing as to how well the Test Building conceals its parking accommodations.
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